Central Kansas Library System

"This robust new play reveals the writers and artists who launched an enduring icon of American popular culture, Batman." - Chicago On Stage It's 1939, and the vibrant energy of a Bronx apartment sparks the creation of an iconic legend. Picture two young friends, driven by passion and creativity, giving life to a hero that would forever etch its place in the rich tapestry of American comic book history. Little did they know that their collaboration...

Arriving in Hollywood to become an actress, Anna May Wong discovers her beauty and talent aren't enough to overcome the racism that relegates her to supporting roles and, over the years, fights to win lead roles, accept risqué parts, and keep her illicit love affairs hidden-even as she finds global stardom.

In this fiercely authentic tale from the author of The Man Who Cried I Am, a gifted novelist confronts the powerfully entrenched, profit-motivated forces of corporate racism When his military service ends at the close of World War II-a period that will continue to haunt him throughout his life-Cato Douglass resolves to pursue a writing career and follows his dream to New York City.   Soon, his first novel is published, and it appears his dream has...

A revolutionary woman for her time, Emily Hahn takes us on an adventure through the many faces that populate the landscape of China. Blending fiction and nonfiction seamlessly, Emily Hahn looks at everything and everyone she met on her breathtaking journey through the China of the 1930s. Hahn investigates not so much the complicated issues of political blocs and party conflict, but the ordinary, or extraordinary, lives of Chinese residents and tourists....

Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass chat over tea about their efforts to win rights for women and African Americans.Some people had rights, while others had none.Why shouldn't they have them, too? Dos amigos, Susan B. Anthony y Frederick Douglass, se reúnen a tomar el té y conversar sobresus similares historias en la lucha por los derechos de las mujeres y de los afroamericanos. La premisa de este intercambio particular entre ambos se basa...

On September 11, 1973, in Santiago de Chile, Augusto Pinochet took power and installed a dictatorship in place of the democratic government of President Salvador Allende. That day Victor Jara, a young songwriter and activist, poet and playwright is arrested and imprisoned with hundreds of other people in the Santiago stadium because of his association with the socialist opposition. His hands, so crucial to playing music, are broken by one of Pinochet's...

A beautiful, empowering story about the impact of literacy in underprivileged communities, based on a real bookmobile program in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Luis's favorite day of the week is Monday, the day the bookmobile comes to his neighborhood. In Villa Nueva, sad stories can gather like dark, stormy clouds. But at the bookmobile, Luis hears stories that burst with life, laughter, and color. Maybe today will bring a song or a puppet show! He might...

A fictionalized account of Margaret Brent, an early English colonist who settled in Maryland, where she became a prominent figure and dedicated herself to protecting the fledgling colony.

Singer Ella Fitzgerald and movie star Marilyn Monroe became fast friends. Each was underestimated by the men in their lives, but determined to shine. This novel celebrates their surprising bond.