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Wildsam field guidesSummary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: Following the aftermath of the March 2021 mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, this film chronicles how the Asian American community came together to fight back against hate and explores the struggles and triumphs of AAPI communities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RISSummary: Ken Burns presents and follows the transformation of a single struggling, impoverished Atlanta neighborhood over several years as community members apply a radical holistic revitalization program to improve the lives of every resident.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EASButler, Blake.
Summary: "In his first full-length work of non-fiction, the daring novelist and critic Blake Butler details his epic struggle with insomnia, and its unexpected consequences on his imagination, his creative process, and his perspective on reality"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.84 BUTOney, Steve
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 ONEReid, Kim.
Summary: A serial murderer began hunting black children in 1979 Atlanta. Kim Reid's mother was a lead detective on the case. Kim assumed the weight of running their single-parent household, as well as keeping an eye on her sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 REILandau, Deb Miller
Summary: The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shockwaves through the affluent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia like few other crimes before it. The neighborhood, with its stately mansions and top-tier schools, was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in cold blood in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies so dangerous they would be murdered by a hitman...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Summary: A report on genius inventor Dean Kaman's FIRST program follows a team of brilliant, misfit high school students through the program's 2009 robotics competition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.892 BASDouglas, Deborah D.
Summary: The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.5 DOUWilliams, Patricia
Summary: The popular comedian traces her youth in Atlanta's most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic, discussing her experiences with petty crime and prostitution that led to her becoming a mother at age thirteen before resolving to secure a better life for her children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, PATRICIA WILSummary: Inside Wildsam Atlanta, you'll find city stories from prize-winning writers, past and present; illustrated maps to chicken wings, standout architecture and green spaces; interviews with the South's best chefs, airport custodians and urban planners; delightful miscellany from the archives, selective recommendations about authentic Atlanta experiences and trusted travel essentials.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.582 ATLANTA WILKendrick, Stephen
Summary: "A history of the 1960 US presidential election with a focus on the role played by the imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the wake of an Atlanta sit-in"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0973 KENCarter, Jimmy
Summary: Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. At ninety, Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia that he described in his earlier memoir An Hour Before...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 973.9 CARCarter, Jimmy
Summary: In this autobiography, President "Carter tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARTER, JIMMY CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CARTER CARFoust, Michele
Summary: Describes points of interest in each state, recommends restaurants and hotels, and includes information on shopping, transportation, entertainment, and historical sites.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2018