September Activity Calendar Reads

Observe a daily holiday by reading a book!
 

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1. Disability visibility: first person stories from the twenty-first century

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Author:
Wong, Alice
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 7 IS SUPERHUMAN DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." • Edited by MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow Alice Wong
“Shares perspectives...

2. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

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Author:
Graff, Garrett M.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 11 IS PATRIOT DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO 9/11 HISTORY NONFICTION
Formats:
Audiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham

​"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal

"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been...

3. Pirate hunters: treasure, obsession, and the search for a legendary pirate ship

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Author:
Kurson, Robert
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 19 IS TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO PIRATE-RELATED NONFICTION
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"'Pirate Hunters' is a gripping account of two courageous divers' quest to uncover the shipwrecked vessel of Joseph Bannister, one of history's most infamous pirates"--

4. Step it up and go: the story of North Carolina popular music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk

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Author:
Menconi, David
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 28 IS NATIONAL NORTH CAROLINA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO NORTH-CAROLINA NONFICTION
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Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"This book is a love letter to North Carolina's popular music in all its many-splendored glory, from bluegrass, folk, and country to R&B, rock, and pop. Though the state's diverse music scenes have often operated in the shadows of better-known hubs for popular genres-New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Nashville, Austin, and Athens, Georgia-David Menconi shows North Carolina's influence on American popular music runs deep. He uses profiles of artists...

5. They called us enemy

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Author:
Takei, George, 1937-
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
SEPTEMBER 25 IS NATIONAL COMIC BOOK DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO GRAPHIC NOVEL
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Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:

George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's—and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps,

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