Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7517+4294963405 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682812 The popular television personality discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687226 An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she took with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. She describes her resolve as a young girl to become a lawyer, and how she made this dream become reality: valedictorian of her high school class, summa cum laude at Princeton, Yale Law, prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.s office, private practice, federal district judge before the age of forty. She writes about her deeply valued mentors, about her failed marriage, about her cherished family of friends. Through her still-astonished eyes, Americas infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this ... book-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668368 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532829 An incandescent journey to unearth the beginnings of American art. An unforgettable voyage across the reaches of America and the depths of memory, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay tells the story of Americas artistic birth. Following his family back through the generations, renowned critic Christopher Benfey unearths an ancestry- and an aesthetic-that is quintessentially American. His mother descends from colonial craftsmen, such as the Quaker artist- explorer William Bartram. Benfeys father-along with his aunt and uncle, the famed Bauhaus artists Josef and Anni Albers-escaped from Nazi Europe by fleeing to the American South. Struggling to find themselves in this new world, Benfeys family found strength and salvation in the rich craft tradition grounded in Americas vast natural landscape. Bricks form the backbone of life in the rural Piedmont of North Carolina, where Benfeys mother was raised among centuries-old folk potteries, tobacco farms, and clay pits. Her father, like his father before him, believed in the deep honesty of brick, that men might build good lives with the bricks they laid. Nurtured in this red-clay world of ancient craft and Quaker radicalism, Benfeys mother was poised to set out from home when a tragic romance cracked her young life in two. Salvaging the broken shards of his mothers former life and exploring the revitalized folk arts resisting industrialization, Benfey discovers a world brimming with possibility and creativity. Benfeys father had no such foundation in his young life, nor did his aunt and uncle. Exiled artists from Berlins Bauhaus school, Josef and Anni Albers were offered sanctuary not far from the red Piedmont at Black Mountain College. A radical experiment in unifying education and art, Black Mountain made a monumental impact on American culture under Josefs leadership, counting Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Buckminster Fuller among its influential students and teachers. Focusing on the natural world, innovative craftsmanship, and the physical reality of materials, Black Mountain became a home and symbol for an emerging vision of American art. Threading these stories together into a radiant and mesmerizing harmony, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay is an extraordinary quest to the heart of America and the origins of its art. --Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1374658 Anne Frasier describes the marriage of Theresa Weir to the favorite son of local orchard-owners whose bad luck makes them seem cursed and depicts the newlyweds life on the farm amidst pesticides, environmental destruction and death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425698 A former national security advisor and Secretary of State offers the compelling story of her eight years serving at the highest levels of government, including the difficult job she faced in the wake of 9/11. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393830 A work of narrative nonfiction that will chronicle the authors first year with her Golden Retreiver, Scout, based on her blog of the same name from The New York Times-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468642 Condoleezza Rices compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. In her position as Americas chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around the globe, seeking common ground among sometimes bitter enemies, forging agreement on divisive issues, and compiling a remarkable record of achievement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110433 In Paradise Under Glass Kassinger chronicles her journey from brown thumb to green to create her own tropical refuge in suburban Washington, D.C. Following her journey across America and a quick tour of the glasshouses of the past, Kassinger takes us step-by-step from the construction of her conservatory through her efforts to identify the easiest to grow, most beautiful houseplants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1167029 This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the universitys second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1137430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=880783 Elementary biography of actor Denzel Washington discussing his childhood, his struggle and triumph as an actor, and how he gives back to the community--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=945362 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773002 When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, wed know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed, starting with dirt, seeds, and enough knowledge to muddle through. Or starting with baby animals, and enough sense to refrain from naming them.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613763