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Summary: "Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BANLance, Rachel
Summary: "This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024
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Summary: "A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on terror. In 1984, Michael Vickers took charge of the CIA's secret campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Inheriting a strategy aimed at imposing costs on Russia, Vickers transformed the campaign into an all-out effort to help the Afghans win their war. More than any other American, he was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VICKERS, MICHAEL G. VICRogers, Kim
Summary: "A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TINKadar, Wayne Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 KADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime KadarGolembesky, Michael
Summary: The author follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations in an effort to break the Taliban's grip on the Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 GOLJohnson, Mindy
Summary: Traces Tinker Bell's evolution from a circle of lamplight more than one hundred years ago, to the center of a major Disney franchise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 743.87 JOHSodaro, Craig.
Summary: "Describes the U.S. Marines Special Operations Regiment, including the group's history, weapons, gear, and missions"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J359.96 SODDillard, Annie.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Annie Dillard presents a series of connected essays that chronicle a year at Tinker Creek in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Observant, deeply contemplative, and beautifully written, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek challenges listeners to study their surroundings beyond their familiar surfaces and uncover new and refreshing milieus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 508.7559 DILNorth, Oliver.
Summary: "The soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines of the U.S. Special Operations Command are the cutting edge of America's war against radical Islamic terror. They--and their 'civilian' counterparts in the CIA and DEA-- are uniquely equipped to bring extraordinary force to bear against our nation's enemies in the most difficult and dangerous places on earth."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fidelis Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 355.3 NORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 NOROsweiller, Regina
Summary: "Experience mathematics like never before! The characters in this series will whisk you away on a colorful journey through basic mathematical concepts. Does math just make you cringe? Never fear! Learning can be oodles of fun with the... building blocks of math"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2023
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Contents: Part I. The people -- Carranza -- Garibotti -- Don Horacio -- Giunta -- Díaz: two snapshots -- Lizaso -- Warnings and premonitions -- Gavino -- Explanations in an embassy -- Mario -- "The executed man who lives" -- "I'm going to work..." -- The unknowns-- Part II. The events -- Where is Tanco? -- Valle's rebellion -- "Watch out, they could execute you..." -- "Cheer up" -- Calm and confident --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2013
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Summary: "Level Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors. The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the 22 men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, callsign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 GOLOrsi, Tea
Summary: When Fawn befriends a huge and mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast, she, Tinker Bell, and their friends must rally the fairies and save the NeverBeast from capture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ORSDarby, Giles
Summary: This is the memoir of Giles Darby, a British banker jailed in 2008 for his involvement in a $7m fraud against his employer, NatWest. Giles and his co-defendants, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew, became the subject of extensive media coverage when the US government demanded their extradition in relation to the collapse of the energy giant Enron. The NatWest Three, as they came to be known,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quiller Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.6092 DARCox, Greg
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boulevard Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC COX,Dillard, Annie.
Summary: This work, a collection of essays on the natural world during a year spent in the Blue Ridge valley of Virginia, reflects the author's interactions with her wilderness surroundings. The author takes us through a year of on-foot explorations through her own landscape, bringing anecdotes, curiosities, and insights about all she observes and experiences. In the summer, she stalks muskrats in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Technical Society 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670.423 LASMcRaven, William H. (William Harry)
Summary: Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having orchestrated some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Sea Stories begins in 1963 at a French Officer's Club in Paris, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCRAVEN, WILLIAM H MCRHoliday, Samuel
Summary: "Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Under the Eagle ranges from Holiday's childhood years in rural Monument Valley, Utah, into the world of the United States's Pacific campaign against Japan--to Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Central to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 HOLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLHastings, Max
Summary: Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta--an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HASFugazi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993