Jackson, Denise J.
Summary: This inspirational book gives the reader an intimate look into one of country music's most famous couples: their love story, struggles, dreams, success, the near-failure of their marriage, and the rediscovery of their faith and how that has reshaped their lives.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, DENISE JACAldrin, Buzz
Summary: I Walked on the Moon. This is my journey. It didn't begin when I stepped on board Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. It began the day I was born -- Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., whom everyone called Buzz. Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal is possible -- from riding a bike alone across the George...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BUZZ ALDRIN ALDPopkin, Jim
Summary: "Like spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen before her, Ana Montes blindsided her colleagues with brazen acts of treason. For nearly 17 years, Montes succeeded in two high-stress jobs. By day, she was one of the government's top Cuba experts, a buttoned-down GS-14 with shockingly easy access to classified documents. By night, she was on the clock for Fidel Castro, listening to coded messages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "Experience how different habitats, from the city to the ocean, come alive when the sun sets. Meet animals that make their own elaborate beds and others that sleep while swimming or flying. Explore the history of human sleep across the globe and dive into a world of dreams"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Little Tiger Group 2019
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Summary: "In 2007, Saket Soni received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker inside a Mississippi labor camp. He and 500 other men were living in squalor in Gulf Coast "man camps," surrounded by barbed wire, watched by armed guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid portable toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Worse, lured by the promise of good work and green cards,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.11 SONSummary: A breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 709.01 CAVArce, Julissa
Summary: "For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCE, JULISSA ARCLorentzen, Anne Mette Kaerulf
Summary: "Forty-something Louise is married to Peter, with whom she has four children. They live in a big house, and on paper everything looks fantastic. But Louise has a secret that she barely dares to admit to herself: a burning desire for women. When I Came Out is the story of a woman who has met society's expectations throughout her life but finally realizes that she has not been true to herself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: SelfMadeHero 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LORDyja, Tom.
Summary: Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture, its artists pushed back in their own distinct...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 DYJSummary: "In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more! Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms! There are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Books 2020
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Summary: "A revealing book about how government, law enforcement, and bureaucratic interests are seizing our property, our children, our savings, and our fundamental American rights-and how to fight back. Liberty and justice for all is the bedrock of American democracy, but has America betrayed our founders' vision for the nation? In When They Come For You, New York Times bestselling author David Kirby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 KIRKirkfield, Vivian
Summary: Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. On the outside, you couldn't find two girls who looked more different. But on the inside, they were alike--full of hopes and dreams and plans of what might be. Ella Fitzgerald's velvety tones and shube-doobie-doos captivated audiences. Jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington couldn't wait to share the stage with her, but still, Ella could not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: little bee books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 KIRDoak, Robin S. (Robin Santos)
Summary: At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog in support of education for girls in Pakistan. As the blog gained popularity and Yousafzai became famous, she faced opposition from religious extremists who were against womens right to education. Readers will discover how Yousafzai stood her ground against terrorist activists, even after being shot for her beliefs. They will also learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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Summary: "The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 364 BUHClickard, 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLIDeutsch, Donny.
Summary: Donny Deutsch's hit CNBC show The Big Idea has put the spotlight on those ordinary moments when people have the courage and stamina to make their dreams come true. In his book, Deutsch draws not only on his own tremendous focus and expertise, but on that of dozens of the successful entrepreneurs whom he has interviewed, to help you create your own enterprise. From the "Gut Check Moment" to "Mom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 DEULink, Mardi.
Summary: "The murder mystery that has confounded and fascinated people for over forty years has been given a whole new life. When Evil Came to Good Hart is a well-researched and well-written piece of nonfiction that holds the reader in its spell, just as it has the many writers, reporters, and law officers who have puzzled over it. My highest praise for Mardi Link's book is to say that it reads like a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364.152 LINFARADAY, ANN
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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Summary: "Learn how video games are designed and find out how you can create games of your own."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 HACGreen, Carl R.
Summary: Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, and natural environment of the camel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestwood House 1988
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.73 GREBroach, Elise.
Summary: Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROSummary: Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. A extraordinary documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the island's 'Adam and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GALSummary: "Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 UNSTrueit, 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