Filter By Subjects
Copes, Juan Carlos Empress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Farah 1938- Maasai Mara National Reserve (Kenya) National parks and reserves United States Nieves, María Photicular books Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.) History Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 1919-1980 Slave ships Underwater archaeologyFilter By Subjects
Copes, Juan Carlos Empress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Farah 1938- Maasai Mara National Reserve (Kenya) National parks and reserves United States Nieves, María Photicular books Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.) History Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 1919-1980 Slave ships Underwater archaeologyDashner, James
Summary: Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa Mara̕--to correct history and defeat the SQ.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2012
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC DASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC INFSwisher, Kara
Summary: "Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world."--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Behl, Benoy K.
Summary: In 1819, a group of British soldiers on a hunting expedition chanced upon the Ajanta caves, lying in the horseshoe-shaped ravine of a river some 200 miles northeast of Bombay. Ranging in date from the second century BC to the sixth century AD, the paintings and sculptures that they found there now rank among the world's most important cultural treasures. Since the rediscovery of the caves,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 751.73 BEHCottman, Michael H.
Summary: A pile of lime-encrusted shackles discovered on the seafloor in the remains of a ship called the Henrietta Marie, lands Michael Cottman, a Washington, D.C.-based journalist and avid scuba diver, in the middle of an amazing journey that stretches across three continents, from foundries and tombs in England, to slave ports on the shores of West Africa, to present-day Caribbean plantations. This...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 382.4409 COTLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: A provocative tale of romance, lust, desire, and intrigue based on the lives of 17th century French composer Sainte Colombe and his protege, Marin Marais.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOUCooper, Andrew Scott
Summary: " An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Andrew Scott Cooper traces the Shah's life from childhood through his ascension to the throne in 1941. He draws...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955 COOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 995.05 COOHam, Paul
Summary: In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HAMArbic, Bernard.
Summary: In 1855, the first State Lock opened to tame the roaring rapids at Sault Ste. Marie. It was a key that would unlock the mineral riches of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In honor of the 150th anniversary of that engineering feat, Bernie Arbic (author of two previous books about the region) has teamed up with Nancy Steinhaus to tell the colorful story of the Soo Canal and its impact on the world....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Priscilla Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 ARBWinters, Christopher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Light Press 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport WintersSwaby, Rachel
Summary: Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots--and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension. Covering important advancements made by women in fields such as biology, medicine, astronomy, and technology, author Rachel Swaby explains that people aren't...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SWADickinson, John N.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Published for Miami University by the Ohio State University Press 1981
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.47 DICJarrar, Randa
Summary: A gay, Muslim, overweight, Arab-American woman describes her road trip from California to Connecticut to reclaim her autonomy and explore everything she has survived in life, schooling a rest-stop racist and destroying Confederate flags in the desert along the way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JARRAR, RANDA JARMacy, Meg
Summary: "Teddy bear shop manager Sasha Silverman must step fast to find a murderer before an upcoming Scottish festival... It's springtime in Silver Hollow, Michigan, and Sasha is looking forward to the village's inaugural Highland Fling weekend. Plans are underway for a Kilted 5K, athletic competitions, dancing, live music, and even a Hurl-the-Haggis contest. Meanwhile, Sasha's staff is busy crafting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACSummary: Tells the life and love story of Argentina's most famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OURHarris, Josh
Summary: Presents a portrait of the late star of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," revealing his high-risk private life of tempestuous affairs, drug-fueled parties, and motorcycle riding, as well as his virtues as a devoted friend, loving father, and steadfast captain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.56 HARCleland, Charles E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 CLEBellfy, Phil
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. BellfryBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuKatz, Catherine Grace
Summary: "The story of the fascinating and fateful "daughter diplomacy" of Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, three glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning days of World WarII"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 KATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld KatzKainen, Dan.
Summary: A magical journey where readers encounter eight animals that come alive. Using an innovative lenticular-based technology, precision sliding lenses, and original four-color video imagery, each image is like a 3-D movie on the page, delivering a rich and fluid visual experience.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.0967 KAIHardin, Lara Love
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024