Washoe County Library System

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO TAYLOR 2006
1 available

2) Jesus, my father, the CIA, and me: a memoir-- of sorts

Author

Cron, Ian Morgan

Publisher

Oasis Audio

Pub. Date

p2011

Language

English

CD Book
Show Edition

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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD BIO CRON 2011 UNABRIDGED
1 available

Description

An entertaining, touching memoir of life with an alcoholic father who secretly works for the CIA, a dark pilgrimage through the valley of depression and addiction, and finding a faith to redeem and a strength to forgive.

First Ladies of the United States

3) The firebrand and the First Lady: portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice

Author

Bell-Scott, Patricia

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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On Shelf

Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.917 BELLSC 2016
2 available

Description

Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did for justice and freedom.

4) The night lake: a young priest maps the topography of grief

Author

Tichenor, Liz

Publisher

Counterpoint

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

On Shelf

Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
283.092 TICHEN 2021
1 available

Description

"In less than a year and a half, Liz's mother killed herself and her infant son died unexpectedly. In between these two deaths, Liz was ordained as an Episcopal priest. The Night Lake is the story of finding a way forward through the kind of tragedy that seems like it might be beyond surviving, and trying to do so while holding down a job that's all about leading a community in hope. It's the story of parenting a toddler who is delighted with the...

5) Jane Crow: the life of Pauli Murray

Author

Rosenberg, Rosalind

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

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Trailblazing Women

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO MURRAY 2017
1 available

Description

" Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant portrait of a figure who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. A mixed-race orphan, Murray grew up in segregated...