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Summary: A one hundreth anniversary tribute to the Girl Scouts founder describes how she rejected the conventions of Victorian culture and introduced her pioneer family's passion for service, adventure, and independence to the girls of her time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 369.4 CORTapper, Alice Paul
Summary: When the author notices the girls in her class were not participating as much as the boys, she discusses it with her Girl Scout Troop and comes up with a creative way to encourage classroom participation in girls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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Summary: "From former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a gripping account of the January 6 committee, examining the forces that led to the attacks on the Capitol. On January 6, 2021, America watched in horror as a violent mob led by right-wing extremist groups stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of then-President Donald Trump. It was one of the darkest days in recent history, yet to former Illinois...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KINZINGER, ADAM KINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KINZINGER KINKrull, Kathleen
Summary: "Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PERKINS KRUAlexander, Heather
Summary: Introduces the former first lady, senator, and secretary of state while describing how she became a role model for women as a lawyer, a staunch supporter of important political and social causes, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate forpresident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CLIStahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaSociety of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy 1976
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.374Miller, Christopher C.
Summary: "President Trump's last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an insider look at the tumultuous final days of the Trump administration, and issues a stark warning about the readiness of the military under President Biden. If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLER, CHRISTOPHER C. MILClapper, James R. (James Robert)
Summary: In "Facts and Fears" Clapper considers such controversial questions as, Is intelligence ethical? Is it moral to intercept communications or to photograph closed societies from orbit? What are the limits of what we should be allowed to do? What protections should we give to the private citizens of the world, not to mention our fellow Americans? Are there times when intelligence officers can lose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLAPPER, JAMES R CLACocca-Leffler, Maryann
Summary: In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community--laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HEUSears, Stephen W.
Summary: The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the fires of war under seven commanding generals in three years, until Grant came east in 1864. The men in charge all too frequently appeared to be fighting against the administration in Washington instead of for it, increasingly cast as political pawns facing down a vindictive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.75 SEACatton, Bruce
Summary: An analysis of the Civil War focuses on Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and discusses the final defeat of General Robert E. Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STIUnger, Debi
Summary: Presents a complete picture of the life of George C. Marshall, from his childhood and military training through his role as chief of staff of the U.S. Army during World War II and his leadership efforts as Secretary of State in rebuilding post-war Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARSHALL, GEORGE UNGHammer, Peter J.
Summary: The Honorable Damon J. Keith was appointed to the federal bench in 1967 and has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 1977, where he has been an eloquent defender of civil and constitutional rights and a vigorous enforcer of civil rights law. In Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith, authors Peter J. Hammer and Trevor W. Coleman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 347.732 KEIGermano, Kate
Summary: The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GERMANO, KATE GERBalis, Andrea
Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.9 BALBoykin, Jerry.
Summary: Boykin reveals how his military duty worked in tandem with his faith to bring him through the bloody storms of foreign battle-- and through the political firestorm that ambushed him in his own country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOYKIN, WILLIAM G BOYLindsay, Jim
Summary: "Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18-written with his full cooperation and participation. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAWHINNEY, CHUCK LINElnoury, Tamer
Summary: It's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active, Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America. A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELNOURY, TAMER ELNWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Colorfully illustrated story of an eagle that inspired a Wisconsin infantry unit in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARFreeh, Louis J.
Summary: A former head of the FBI describes his appointment to the Bureau, efforts to overcome under-funding and outdated technical resources, and determination to reform the FBI while protecting its freedom from political interference.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 FREMonroe, Jana
Summary: An agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit who consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, crossing paths with some of the world's most infamous serial killers, and the real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice Starling, shares her incredible story for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONROE, JANA MONHackworth, David H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003