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Artists New York (State) New York History and criticism Clothing trade Economic aspects Cold War Secret service Fashion Economic aspects German mercenaries History 20th century Heroes Heroes Juvenile literature Intelligence service History 20th century Nazis Germany History 20th century War criminals Germany History 20th centuryHamilton, Kimberlie
Summary: Meet the most extraordinary dogs in the world in this illustrated book of mini-profiles, from the first cloned pup to canine war heroes and beyond. Dive into the exciting stories of 30 of the most amazing pooches in history with animal rights activist Kimberlie Hamilton. Alongside colorful illustrations, Daring Dogs tells the incredible stories of Smoky, a four-pound Yorkie who served in World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 HAMWillson, Margaret
Summary: "A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Many people may have heard the old sailing superstition that having women onboard a ship was bad luck. Thus, the sea remains in popular knowledge a male realm. When we think of examples of daring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THURIDUR EINARSDOTTIR WILVaughn, Billy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 VAUSiegel, Jeremy J.
Contents: Uncovering the growth trap -- The growth trap -- Creative destruction or destruction of the creative? -- Triumph of the tried and true : finding corporate Eldorados -- Growth is not return : the trap of investing in high growth sectors -- Overvaluing the very new -- The bubble trap : how to spot and avoid market euphoria -- Investing in the newest of the new : initial public offerings --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6322 SIETougias, Mike
Summary: In the winter of 1932, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years, wreaking havoc on land and creating a wind-whipped peril of the freezing Atlantic. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, broke in two. The Coast Guard raced its cutters to the Fort Mercer to rescue the men huddled in the halves,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 TOUSchechter, Harold
Summary: Chicago's Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history-- but found inspiration in true events. Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 364 SCHBreach, Jen
Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europe-including part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BREBodanis, David.
Summary: In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world's most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universe and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets. For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 537 BODTrueit, Trudi Strain.
Summary: Offers information on snakes, including physical charcteristics, habitat, diet, and reproduction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animals TrueitTougias, Mike
Summary: "In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker--both paralyzed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk who was compelled to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 TOUSchechter, Harold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 SCHHintz, Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 946 HINThomson, Keith
Summary: "As early as 1530, reports of El Dorado, a city of gold in the South American interior, beckoned to European explorers. Whether there was any truth to the stories remained to be seen, but the allure of unimaginable riches was enough to ensnare dozens of would-be heroes and glory hounds in the desperate hunt. Among them was Sir Walter Raleigh: ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 918.804 THODitchfield, Christin.
Summary: Describes what freedom of speech is, how and why it is guaranteed in the United States, how it is expressed, what its limits are, what censorship is, and what some of the surrounding debates are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 DITBold, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreativeMedia 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN GERRaatma, Lucia.
Summary: Defines the qualities of a caring person and discusses different ways of caring for family, friends, neighbors, and the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Pub 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.7 RAACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J177.7 RAAMonson, Marianne
Summary: Monson shares the stories of twelve women who heard the call to settle the west and came from all points of the globe to begin their journey. As a slave, Clara watched helpless as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter six decades later. Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver that ever lived. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom MonsonOlsen, Gregg
Summary: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable story of Sharon Nelson, the minister's wife whose two husbands mysteriously ended up dead. Colorado, 1976. When Reverend Mike Fuller and his beautiful wife Sharon arrive in the sleepy town of Rocky Ford, local residents think something's off about the new couple. The God-fearing minister is gruff...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2024
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 OLSDowswell, Paul.
Summary: A collection of true stories about men, women, and animals whose feats of courage have captured the imaginations of millions of people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The True Cost is a groundbreaking new documentary film that pulls back the curtain on an unseen part of our world and asks us each to consider, who pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums and features interviews with the world's leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth, Vandana Shiva and many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRUBold, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreativeMedia 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN GERDowswell, Paul.
Summary: From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, this is a collection of real stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Christina Clausen's documentary offers an affectionate, deeply personal glimpse into Haring's life, from his early years growing up in a small, conservative Pennsylvania town to his heyday as a world-renowned artist, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Madonna and others. Includes audio excerpts of original interviews with Keith Haring conducted by his biographer, John Gruen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arts Alliance America 2008