My Beloved World reflects many important themes. Along with gender equity and women's empowerment the achievements of Sonia Sotomayor show her ability to overcome many obstacles, including growing up in poverty with an alcoholic father and violent family quarrels, an often unavailable mother, the development of diabetes at age seven, and anti-hispanic racism. Also important were the positive values conveyed. These included self-reliance, education, the pursuit of positive goals with tenacity and grit, and the strength of identifying with her Puerto Rican background, loving the food, music and the warmth of belonging conveyed by her grandmother. More of these ideas can be found in books available in our Library. Some of these books are described below. And when you go to the shelf to find a book on a specific topic, you will discover other books on the same topic nearby. The books are shelved by topic, expressed in the call number.
For books on more themes click on the tab above for the drop-down menu. For information about each book scroll over the title.
The Intersection of Race and Gender in National Politics by 
Women and Politics by 
What Happened by 
Women's Rights by 
Feminism Unfinished by 
My Life on the Road by 
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by 
Breaking In by 
My Own Words by 
Sisters in Law by 
Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights by 
The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women by 
This page will help you locate books and information in books.
There are several options for locating print and electronic books.
First, you may search the CUNY+ Online Catalog to find books, multimedia materials, and other resources. You may limit your search to Queensborough, or include all of the CUNY libraries. Both paper and digital versions of books are accessible through this catalog.
Books in print format that are not available at the QCC Library may be ordered from the circulating collections of other CUNY libraries through CLICS -(CUNY Libraries Intra Campus Delivery Services). This service may be used by CUNY students, faculty and staff. When requested materials arrive at the QCC Library, patrons are notified via school e-mail accounts. Books also may be returned to the QCC Library, which will facilitate their delivery to the home Library.
When students, faculty or staff require library materials that are not owned by any CUNY Library, the ILLiad service may be utilized for Interlibrary Loan.
Another search tool that the QCC community may use is Worldcat , an international catalog which can locate a book in any library in the world.
Use the online CATALOG to find a book by topic. The best way to search is by "ALL FIELDS," using KEY WORDS. For literary criticism of a particular work, use the author's last name, an important word from the title, and the word "criticism." For example, for criticism of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, type "Lee mockingbird criticism."
Double Jeopardy by 
Gender, Psychology, and Justice by 
Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act by 
The Ethnic Moment by 
Race and Racism in Literature by 
Race and Racism in the United States by 
Mainstreaming politics : gendering practices and feminist theory by 
Pressure Makes Diamonds by 
How Racism and Sexism Killed Traditional Media by 
Race, Class and Gender by 
Talking Out of School by 
Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power by