Washoe County Library System

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"The growth of Las Vegas that began in the 1940s brought an influx of both women and men looking to work in the expanding hotel and casino industries. In fact, for the next fifty years the proportion of women in the labor force was greater in Las Vegas than the United States as a whole. Joanne L. Goodwin's study captures the shifting boundaries of women's employment in the postwar decades with narratives drawn from the Las Vegas Women Oral History...

Sarah Winnemucca broke race, culture, and gender barriers in the late 1800s to become a champion of the Northern Paiute. As a writer and speaker, scout and interpreter, teacher and peacemaker, she fought against injustice towards native people. Her experiences took her from the foothills of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains to San Francisco, California, from the reservations in Oregon and Washington to Washington, D.C--

''Lonely Planet's Southwest USA is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Marvel at the Grand Canyon, experience unbeatable nightlife in Las Vegas and visit world-class museums in Santa Fe; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Southwest USA Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection...

Lonely Planet's California is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Amble down Hollywood Boulevard, hike in Yosemite National Park and take a boat to the infamous Alcatraz; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's California Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination's...

"William Kittredge writes about the West," Raymond Carver once wrote, "with pity and terror and love. His work is singular and unforgettable." And in this extraordinary, much-awaited memoir, he explores one of our primary national mythologies through the history of his own family. The Great Basin is a sagebrush desert extending from Oregon into Nevada and California, ringed by mountains and crossed by oasis valleys--and, until white men arrived in...

"Fighting Back is James B. McMillan's memoir of a life spent fighting racial discrimination in its many forms. His story is personal, but it represents the experiences of thousands of other African-Americans who demanded equality under the law. Born in Mississippi, McMillan and his mother moved north when he was five years old. He later attended the University of Detroit on an athletic scholarship, earned a degree in dentistry from Meharry Medical...

Hurricane Katrina brought an unlikely group of volunteers together. What happened over the next seven months forever changed their lives and the lives of those they helped. Burn on the Bayou, a documentary film, is their story of repairing and rebuilding a community that was all but lost. At the end of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts devastating over 90,000 square miles. Mississippi officials calculated...