Mifflin, Margot

Summary: "Looking for Miss America is a fast-paced narrative history of the Miss America pageant from its start as a shocking east coast bathing-beauty revue in 1921 to its recent rebirth as a swimsuit-free "scholarship competition." It introduces the dreamers anddissidents, hustlers and heroines who won; the celebrities, including Norman Rockwell, Joan Crawford, and Rod McKuen, who judged; and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.6 MIF

Rosenberg, Margot.

Summary: Offers instructions for maintaining and repairing old books, discussing general cleaning principles, hazards against which books should be protected, and how to house and handle books.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 025.84 ROS

Blanning, Beverley.

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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.22 BLA

Han, Chenxing

Summary: "Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse, inclusive, and intersectional communities that lie at the heart of American Buddhism. Be the Refuge is both critique and celebration, calling out the erasure of Asian American Buddhists while uplifting...

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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3089 HAN

Channing, Steven A.

Summary: Describes the internal conflicts, hardships, and violence that afflicted the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1984

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 TIM VOL 7

Haining, Peter.

Summary: Argues that the legendary character Sweeney Todd was an actual historical figure who committed his crimes in eighteenth-century London and was victimized by the poverty and crime that was prevalent in the underworld of that time period.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Robson 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 TODD, SWEENEY HAI

Canning, Amanda

Summary: Explore the world's most thrilling snow adventures with the latest instalment in Lonely Planet's Epic series. From skiing British Columbia's Coast Mountains to ice-caving in Iceland and splitboarding the mountains of Hokkaido in Japan, this book contains 50 first-person stories plus a further 150 route ideas.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 CAN

Kim, Carol

Summary: "In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANN

Mifflin, Margot

Summary: Tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohave, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own. She was fully assimilated and perfectly happy when, at nineteen, she was ransomed back to white society.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.004 OATMAN, OLIVE ANN MIF

Charing, Douglas.

Summary: Discusses the historical origins, teachings, practices, persecution, spread, and challenges of Judaism. Explore the history, faith, and traditions of the Jews in this stunning guide to Judaism, past and present. Fascinating works of art, historical objects, and contemporary photographs, together with a clear account of the history of the Jewish people, combine to present a dramatic "eyewitness"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2003

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Haining, Peter.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Allen 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4572 HAI

Brown, Austin Channing

Summary: The author's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when her parents told her they named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. She grew up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, and has spent her life navigating America's racial divide as a writer, a speaker, and an expert helping organizations practice genuine...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, AUSTIN CHANNING BRO

Wanning, Esther.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1998

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.2 WAN

Sarlot, Raymond R.

Summary: Presents a history of the well-known Los Angeles hotel, along with stories and anecdotes of the famous actors and celebrities who have stayed there from its opening in 1929 up to the present day.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SAR

Morrell, Margot.

Summary: Lessons in being an effective leader in any field or activity, based on the leadership principles used by Sir Ernest Shackleton from 1914-1916 to preserve himself and the lives of his crew as they were stranded on an Arctic ice flow.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4012 MOR

Chanin, Natalie.

Summary: Guide to sewing and embellishing basic wardrobe pieces including mid-length skirts, fitted dresses, and fitted tops.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2012

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 643 CHA

Gould, Margee.

Summary: Introduces some common poisonous plants, including poison ivy, water hemlock, and deadly nightshade, and describes how they look, how dangerous they are, and how to avoid them in the wild.

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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.659 GOU

Margotin, Philippe

Summary: Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums, and more than a hundred singles.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 ROL

Marton, Kati.

Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MAR