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Staff PickThe deviant's war : the homosexual vs. the United States of America2020
Summary: In 1957, Frank Kameny, a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii, received a summons to report immediately to Washington, D.C. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda2015
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity -- and that of his pen pal -- will be revealed"--- place hold (0)
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Staff PickSaving Alex : when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began2016
Summary: A memoir from Alex Cooper, who knew "she was holding a secret that could shatter her family, her church community, and her life. Yet when this secret couldn't be hidden any longer, she told her... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe bluest eye1994
Summary: Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove, an African-American girl in an America whose love for blonde, blue-eyed children can devastate all others, prays for her eyes to turn blue, so that she will be... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickBeloved : a novel1987
Summary: Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their dazzling language and their lyric and emotional... more »- place hold (1)
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Staff PickThe girl on the train : a novel2015
Summary: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning, flashing past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stopping at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe handmaid's tale1986
Summary: "This visionary novel. in which God and Government are joined, and America is run as a Puritanical Theoracy, can be read as a companion volume to Orwell's 1984-its verso, in fact. It gives you the... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe handmaid's tale2017
Summary: Margaret Atwood presents a chilling dystopic novel set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, after a radical theocratic revolution. In a time of declining birthrates, fertile women... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe moon is a harsh mistress2018
Summary: "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress rose from the golden age of science fiction to become an undisputed classic--and a touchstone for the philosophy of personal responsibility and political freedom. A... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe fountainhead2005
Summary: Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet... more »- place hold (0)
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