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Air pilots United States Biography Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820-1906 Germany (West) Moral conditions Mexican Americans Biography Psychic trauma Germany Puente, Tito 1923-2000 Juvenile literature Salsa musicians United States Biography Juvenile literature Spiritual healing Germany History 20th century United States United States. Congress. House BiographyDery, Dominika.
Summary: Dominika Dery chronicles her family's struggle to survive in the years following the failed Prague Spring uprising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8635 DERDolnick, Edward
Summary: Presents the true story of a pivotal moment in modern history when a group of strange, tormented geniuses--Isaac Newton chief among them--invented science and remade our understanding of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Science DolnickPisano, Dominick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 PISPisano, Dominick
Summary: Enhanced by more than one hundred historical photographs, chronicles the development of the Bell X-1 aircraft, the craft in which a young test pilot named Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, detailing the development of the technology involved and exploring the impact of the historical achievement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.746 PISBijan, Donia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.5092 BIJDolnick, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.91 DOLDolnick, Edward
Summary: "The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta Stone carried the same message...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 493 DOLSandbrook, Dominic.
Contents: Washington, D.C., August 1974 -- Conspiracy theory -- If he's so dumb, how come he's president? -- Archie's guys -- The porno plague -- Interlude: Born to run -- Let's look ferocious -- Southie won't go -- Redneck chic -- The man of a thousand faces -- Interlude: TV's super women -- The weirdo factor -- Reagan country -- The Jimmy and Jerry show -- Washington, D.C, January 1977 -- Mr. Carter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 SANRoem, Danica
Summary: The first openly trans person elected to a U.S. state legislature discusses her lonely and closeted childhood and how she re-wrote her own future by deciding to run for office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROEM, DANICA ROEParis, Dominic P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n.] 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.433 PARBrown, Monica
Summary: As a boy, Gabito had the ability to imagine many things. He lived in a small house with a large family. He would grow up to become a writer known as Gabriel Garća Márquez.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Moon 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MARQUEZ BROBrown, Monica
Summary: Describes the life and times of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NERBrown, Monica
Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROBrown, Monica
Summary: "The story of political powerhouse twins Juliaan and Joaquain Castro began in the small room that they shared with their grandmother Victoriana in San Antonio, Texas. Victoriana crossed the border from Mexico into Texas as a six-year-old orphan, marking the start of the family's American journey. Her daughter Rosie, Juliaan and Joaquain's mom, was an activist who helped the barrio through local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BROFurlong, Monica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.22 FurloAldama, Monica
Summary: "From a woman known as "the Bill Belichick of cheerleading" (The Cut)-the breakout star of the Netflix series, CHEER-a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of your life. In FULL OUT, the breakout star of Netflix's CHEER, Monica Aldama, shows how she built one of the most successful, beloved-and now also the most famous-cheerleading programs in the country. Coach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALDAMA, MONICA ALDBrown, Monica
Summary: Meet Tito Puente-the King of Mambo. From musical prodigy on the streets of Harlem to five-time Grammy Award winner, Tito's life was full of rhythm. He grew up to lead his own big band and win five Grammys. Includes a brief biography and music for a simple rumba beat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PUEKulling, Monica
Summary: "It's not fair." Susan B. Anthony was very concerned about fairness and equality for women and girls in America. She knew it wasn't fair to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. She knew it wasn't fair not to allow women to vote in elections. In fact, it was illegal for women to vote. But she felt so strongly, she voted in an election--and was arrested--anyway. Young readers will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KULWeis, Monica
Contents: The landscape of his divinely appointed place -- Discovering the earthly paradise -- Finding a home in nature -- Seeing paradise with the heart -- Becoming one with the sky through prayer -- Discovering compassion in the wilderness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.125 WEIBrown, Monica
Summary: "Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth Books, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KAHBrown, Monica
Summary: A bilingual portrait of the "Queen of Salsa" describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Moon 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CRUBrown, Monica
Summary: En este vibrante libro ilustrado bilingüe sobre la biografía del músico Tito Puente, los lectores bailarán al ritmo de la vida de este rey del mambo. A Tito Puente le encantaba golpear ollas y sartenes cuando era niño, pero lo que realmente soñaba era tener su propia banda algún día. Desde Spanish Harlem hasta los premios Grammy, y todos los ritmos intermedios, esta es la historia real de la...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROKulling, Monica
Summary: Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: J Bio HamiltonWood, Monica.
Summary: An account of the 1963 death of the author's father describes how her mother, three sisters, and she were financially dependent on her father's wages and how their loss and Catholic faith resonated the experiences of the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012