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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne) 1936-2013 Civil rights lawyers Endometriosis Environmental justice Indigenous peoples Social conditions Social justice Substance abuse Patients Counseling of Substance abuse Patients Rehabilitation Substance abuse Psychological aspects United StatesGregory, Josh.
Contents: From Dearborn to Detroit : How did Henry Ford become interested in cars? -- On the Road : What were the first vehicles Ford ever built? -- A Car For Everyone : How did Ford manufacture so many Model Ts? -- The Big Truth : Many Models : How did Ford's car designs change over time? -- Later Years : How did the Great Depression affect Ford's business? -- True Statistics -- Important Words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORCarruthers, Charlene A.
Summary: "Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 CARColletta, John Philip
Summary: Genealogical and historical information about George F. Ring, his brother Joe and Joe's wife Barbara Ring. Joseph was born in 1832 in France and married Barbara Miller. Their children were Magdalena, Anna, Joseph, George F., John M., Peter and Michael. Joseph's brother George F. was born in 1834 in France and married Catherine Hill. The "Rolling Fork tragedy" refers to a fire that occurred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Direct Descent 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 COLSilbernagel, Robert
Summary: "The Cadotte family became involved in the fur trade during the French colonial period, and members of the family played key roles after the British takeover of the region and then during the American period. They worked with the North West Company, the American Fur Company, and other firms; they served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and in numerous conflicts involving Native...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2020
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Summary: "The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fame and how their music embodied the cultural landscape of the late '60s and early '70s. From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Clearwater Revival. They managed a two-year barrage of top-10...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 LINSmith, Jean Edward.
Summary: Acclaimed biographer Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to narrate the epic life of the president who, more than any other individual, changed the relationship between the American people and their government. We see how Roosevelt's energy, intellect, and personal magnetism permitted him to master countless challenges. Smith recounts FDR's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLI SMICastner, Brian.
Summary: "When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer? In this nonfiction thriller Castner takes us inside the manhunt for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 358 CASAdler, David A.
Summary: "Follows George Washington's journey from Virginia to New York in anticipation of his inauguration at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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Contents: Why I became an atheist -- "Do something about this pain!" -- Seeing pain through a new lens -- Piercing the hardest heart -- Discovering the love of God -- We need a judge -- The judge fights for us -- The judge brings us comfort -- A beautiful exchange -- The power to forgive -- Turn back to God -- The hour of God's judgment -- A call to friendship with God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charisma House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 286 HUNDowling, Robert M.
Summary: "A major new biography of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright whose brilliantly original plays revolutionized American theater"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'NEILL, EUGENE DOWKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.92 KALRuffin, Frances E.
Summary: Profiles the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, and an advisor to presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUSherman, Gabriel
Summary: An inside account of Fox News offers insight into its operations and influence, covering the original launch of the cable news network by Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch and the ways in which Fox has become a dominant force in American politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.43 SHEWilson, A. N.
Summary: Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA WILBaime, A. J. (Albert J.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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Summary: Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy's most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Profiles important events and humorists from the 1880s to the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NESKrames, Jeffrey A.
Contents: The exceptional seven and the traits that defined them -- Place the customer at the epicenter of the business model : Michael Dell and the art of the customer -- Create an authentic learning organization : how Jack Welch converts learning into results -- Focus on solutions : Lou Gerstner on creating a customer-obsessed IBM -- Prepare the organization for drastic change : Andy Grove on strategic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 KRAThorp, Edward O.
Summary: Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THORP, EDWARD O. THOKinzer, Stephen.
Contents: You can't just pretend nothing happened -- Elegant golden-red beauties -- That's why I survived -- A glass of milk -- Devastation -- Creatures from another world -- We just didn't get it -- This is a coup -- Madam, they're killing my people -- What a farce -- Something really fills up in your mind -- Rwanda doesn't matter -- The tricky part -- When you're not serious, you can't be correct --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.571 KINFrancis, Emily A.
Summary: "The Taste of Joy shows you the value of living simply, mindfully, seasonally, and naturally, while feeding the body and soul more richly. Explore your own path to happiness as Emily recounts her eye-opening experiences getting to know a new region, its inhabitants, and their culture. With Emily's thought-provoking pearls of wisdom and a handful of recipes, you can get a taste of blissful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Worldwide 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.591822 FRAJaffe, Adi
Summary: "Breaking free of outdated explanations and rigid "rules" for recovery, The Abstinence Myth offers a hopeful, research-based framework for transformation by an addiction expert and renowned TEDx speaker who overcame his own addiction and has guided hundreds of clients into lives of joy and purpose"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: IGNTD Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAFHustwaite, Bridget
Summary: After years of dismissive doctors and misinformation, Bridget Hustwaite finally received a diagnosis for her intensely heavy periods, pulsing headaches and the excruciating abdominal pain that makes her ovaries feel like they are on fire. She has endometriosis - hard to pronounce, hard to diagnose and even harder to live with. Two excision surgeries and one thriving endo Instagram community...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 HUSPreston, Diana
Summary: "In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania, killing 1,198 civilians; and on May 31, a German Zeppelin began the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 PRERosen, Richard A.
Summary: Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Chambers worked to advance the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's strategic litigation campaign for civil rights, ultimately winning landmark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2016