Harris, Eddy L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.5 HARJohnston, Johanna.
Summary: Presents portraits of fourteen American women who played important roles in American history, including Emma Willard, Abigail Adams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2004
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Summary: "In the spring and summer of 1863, as the outcome of the Civil War, and with it the fate of the nation, hung in the balance, Union forces struggled to capture the offensive. One promising place was along the coastal waters of South Carolina. A year and a half earlier, the Union Navy had taken the port cities of Port Royal and Beaufort, where the Union then made plans to attack the expansive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 FIEClickard, Carrie (Carrie L.)
Summary: "The story of how Joyce Chen, a girl born in Communist China, immigrated to the United States and popularized Chinese cooking."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: Describes the life, work, and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., proponent of change through non-violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1983
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Summary: This title introduces readers to Harriet Tubman and how she became a shero to free as many slaves as possible through the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAHarris, Robert L.
Summary: In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: A memoir by Morris Day of The Time centering around his lifelong relationship and association with Prince. Composer, soul singer, drummer, and band leader, Day has been a force in American music for the past four decades. Here he chronicles his creative process with an explosive prose that mirrors his intoxicating music. A major theme is his lifelong friendship and years of musical partnership...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAY, MORRIS DAYRodriguez, Cindy L.
Summary: "Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC RODHasday, Judy L.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Chicago Bulls superstar, describing his forays into baseball and film as well as his life after basketball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JORHarrison, David L. (David Lee)
Summary: Recounts the life and adventures of the legendary Johnny Appleseed as he made his way across the country planting apple seeds and selling and trading sprouts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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Summary: "This comics biography of one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived is done with the collaboration of the Rodin Museum and includes a preface by its director. It views his life through the eyes of the three women who shared his life for good or for bad. One was his lifelong on and off companion, the other two his muses, one of which was Camille Claudel, a well-recognized sculptor herself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2020
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Summary: Presents a graphic biography of the legendary soccer player, from the economic challenges that marked his early life, his rapid rise to the professional leagues, and the victories that made him a worldwide star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017
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Summary: "All Kait Leddy had ever wanted was a little sister. When Kyleigh was born, they were inseparable; Kait would protect her, include her, cuddle and comfort her, and, to Kyleigh, her big sister was her whole world. As they grew, however, and as Kait entered adolescence, her personality began to change. She was lashing out emotionally and physically, and losing touch with reality in certain ways....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LEDBarris, Chuck.
Summary: The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HARContents: Elizabeth T. Stone -- Catherine Beecher -- Phebe B. Davis -- Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard -- Sophie Olsen -- Tirzah F. Shedd -- Adriana P. Brinckle -- Adeline T.P. Lunt -- Ada Metcalf -- Lydia A. Smith -- Anna Agnew -- Lemira Clarissa Pennell -- Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Mrs. H.C. McMullen -- Alice Bingham Russell -- Kate Lee -- Margaret Starr -- Sally Willard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1994
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Summary: "The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall & Co. 1990
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Contents: The daughter of the confederacy : Winnie Davis -- The conqueror's son : Tom Sherman -- The general's last battle : Ulysses S. Grant -- The diarist : Mary Boykin Chesnut -- The crippled knight : John Bell Hood -- That devil Forrest : Nathan Bedford Forrest -- The mad woman : Mary Todd Lincoln -- The good hater : Joseph E. Johnston -- The legend : Robert E. Lee -- The turncoat : George H. Thomas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US HardinShorris, Earl
Summary: Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.3071 SHOMagris, Claudio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.6 MAGMarrin, Albert
Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KORBorth, Teddy
Summary: Charlotte Flair is the daughter of the WWE's only two-time hall of famer, Ric Flair. Read about how Charlotte got into wrestling and how her matches started a women's revolution in WWE. The easy to read text is joined with beautiful and colorful photographs showing some of Charlotte's best moments in the ring. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards, Bolt is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO 2018