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American Civil War (1861-1865) Burke, Michael 1918- Lansdale, Edward Geary 1908-1987 Sichel, Peter M. F Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Abraham Lincoln Battalion. United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 CampaignsWarrick, Karen Clemens.
Summary: Traces the history of the War of 1812, examining the maritime and boundary issues that caused it and highlighting the roles of famous personalities, including Oliver Hazard Perry, Andrew Jackson, and Dolley Madison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.52 WARRosenberg, Ian
Summary: ""The Fight for Free Speech" explores ten cases that define First Amendment freedoms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 ROSManning, Chandra
Summary: Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war, and they began running to the Union army. By the war's end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised "contraband camps". These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis, yet families and individuals took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MANOstrovsky, Arkady
Summary: "A highly original narrative history by The Economist’s Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in Age of Ambition,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 OSTAyers, Edward L.
Summary: Drawn from personal correspondence of people located in the Great Valley Counties of Augusta, Virginia, and Franklin, Pennsylvania, a ground level perspective of how the war and emancipation affected those living there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 AYEWilliams, Yohuru
Summary: "Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.48 WILMcTier, Moiya
Summary: "After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, the Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 523.1 MCTShowalter, Elaine
Summary: "Julia Howe (1819 -1910) was a beautiful, studious New York heiress and aspiring poet when she married Bostonian Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a hero of the Greek war of independence against the Turks and an internationally acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Their marriage united two exceptional people. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOWE, JULIA WARD SHOLeonhardt, David
Summary: "Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? And what happened to the "American dream"--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 LEOAmbrose, Stephen E.
Summary: An extraordinary chronicle of World War II for young readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 AMBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.53 AMBSargent, Greg
Summary: "The acclaimed and razor-sharp Washington Post writer on the Republican subversion of our democracy, and what must be done to save ourselves before it's too late. American democracy is facing a crisis as fraught as we've seen in decades. Donald Trump's presidency has raised the specter of authoritarian rule. Extreme polarization and the scorched-earth war between the parties drags on with no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 SARArkin, William M.
Summary: A leading military expert looks at America's state of perpetual war, and offers solutions such as civilian control of the military and the use of a "Global Security Index" to determine if intervention is truly necessary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 ARKMartinez, Raoul
Summary: In Creating Freedom, Raoul Martinez brings together a torrent of mind-expanding ideas, facts, and arguments to dismantle sacred myths central to our society--myths about free will, free markets, free media, and free elections. From the lottery of our birth to the consent-manufacturing influence of concentrated power, this far-reaching manifesto lifts the veil on the mechanisms of control that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 123 MARYellin, Emily
Summary: Our Mothers' War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Never before has the vast range of American women's experience during this pivotal era been brought together in one book. Now, Our Mothers' War re-creates what American women from all walks of life were doing and thinking, on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 YELWilliams, David
Summary: "A People's History of the Civil War is "bottom up" history, illustrated with little-known anecdotes and first-person testimony. David Williams brings to life the brutal, mundane experiences of the war - such as the mutilated bodies which, in the words of one soldier, lay "thick as autumn leaves" over the fields after every major battle - and the harsh realities of battlefield medicine and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 WILNorthrup, Chrisanna.
Summary: Draws on an extensive survey to identify norms in positive relationships while providing strategies for improvement, sharing insights into a range of areas from communication and sex to affection and financial cooperation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 NORContents: Reawakening -- An early victory -- Sisterhood -- "We cannot rely on existing ideologies" -- Our bodies -- Working for change -- Themes of the eighties and nineties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 FEMSutherland, Jonathan
Summary: The North and South sections of the United States developed along very different lines. The South s economy remained predominantly agricultural, while the North s evolved as a powerhouse of industry. Over time, different social cultures, attitudes, economics, and politics developed, resulting in simmering tensions. However, the final catalyst for conflict, ultimately leading to war, was over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973.7 SUTVaron, Elizabeth R.
Summary: "Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated history, this rosy image conceals a seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars McPhersonAbbott, Karen
Summary: "The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7 ABBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom AbbottDirda, Michael.
Summary: Presents a critical analysis of the works of the British author, including his mysteries about Sherlock Holmes and his lesser-known short stories and novels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 DIRAnderson, Scott
Summary: "At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing--seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear--to some--that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 ANDHanson, Victor Davis
Summary: "A definitive account of World War II by America's preeminent military historian World War II was the most lethal conflict in human history. Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya. The Second World Wars examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group 2017