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Hirono, Mazie

Summary: "Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to the United States, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HIR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HIRONO, MAZIE HIR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B HIRONO HIR

Lownie, Andrew

Summary: "The intimate story of a unique marriage spanning the heights of British glamor and power that descends into infidelity, manipulation, and disaster through the heart of the twentieth century"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LOW

Lownie, Andrew

Summary: The complex and contradictory lives of the Windsors following Edward's abdication of the British throne in 1936. Shut out by the royal family, the couple was forced into exile--but a glamorous one in which they flitted from sumptuously appointed mansions in the south of France to luxurious residences in Palm Beach. They were spoiled, selfish people, obsessed with their image, reveling in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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Beller, Elizabeth

5 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted. A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren, the magnitude of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024

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Barile, Nancy

Summary: "From disaffected Catholic schoolgirl and 1970s music fanatic to instigator on the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Nancy Barile pursued freedom at a time when punk music was new and dangerous. While booking some of Philadelphia's earliest DIY shows featuring Minor Threat and SSD, and managing raw local acts, Nancy was at the fierce center of the action as insurgents such as the Dead Kennedys and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bazillion Points 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BAR

Joy, Angela

Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TIL

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TIL

Wessels, Marcie

Summary: "A picture book biography of Ralph Baer, nicknamed "The Father of Videogames," which shows how a great inventor found a way to transform the early television set into a vehicle for gaming"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAE

Bella, Timothy

Summary: The definitive biography of Charles Barkley exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy in American pop culture.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B BARKLEY BEL

Lindsay, 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 LIN

Kreutzberger, Mario

Summary: "El octogenario animador repasa lo que ha aprendido en su vasta carrera televisiva y los desafíos que ha enfrentado tanto en su oficio de animador como en su vida."--Amazon.com

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial 2021

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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH KRE

Hopkinson, Deborah

Summary: "Before Marie Curie was the first woman in France to earn the highest degree in physics, before she discovered two new radioactive elements, and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and then the first person to win two!)— she was a little girl named Marie Sklodowska who dreamed of being a scientist—and was determined to make that dream come true."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUR

Dell'Olio, Mario.

Summary: "Letters from Italy is a story of true love that spans an ocean. Against all odds, an orphaned girl and a young dreamer find solace in a romance sparked by a single photo and years of transatlantic letters. From a tiny Italian town in pre-WWII to New York City in her golden age, hopeful immigrants take a chance at living the American dream. Set on the Puglian coast, a world comes alive with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rose Writing 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DEL

Gordon, Meryl

Summary: "A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MELLON, BUNNY GOR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MELLON GOR

Harig, Bob

Summary: "Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOODS HAR

Nys, Peter

Summary: "On November 7, 1867, Maria Skıodowska--a woman who changes the Scientific world forever--is born in Poland. With a natural talent for mathematics, she graduates high school at the age of fifteen! Soon after, she graduates from Paris University and gets married, taking the name Marie Curie. Her work will change the course of science forever, as well as show us to not be afraid of exploring and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUR

Manchester, William

Summary: "In this intensely powerful memoir, biographer-historian William Manchester looks back at his own early life. The memoir offers a firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences"--Container

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5483 MAN

Nadeau, Barbie Latza

Summary: "The untold stories of the women who have risen to prominence and notoriety in the male-led culture of the Italian Mafia. For as long as it has gripped our imaginations, the Mafia has been tied to an ingrained image of masculinity. We read about "made men," "wiseguys," and "goodfellas" leading criminal organizations whose culture prizes machismo, with women as ancillary and often-powerless...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 NAD

Meltzer, Brad

Summary: "A biography of Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am Curie

Sanchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (Mar©Ưa Isabel)

Summary: Explores the childhood of Marie Curie, who overcame adversity to become one of the most respected scientists in the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2017

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Bellows, Amanda Brickell

3 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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Vargas Llosa, Mario

Summary: "Publicado a comienzos de la década de los setenta y desaparecido de las librerías desde hace muchos años, este ensayo, que en su origen fue la tesis que le valió a Vargas Llosa en 1971 el título de doctor por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, muestra la admiración del Nobel peruano por García Márquez y por su novela Cien años de soledad. En él se analiza en profundidad la obra del autor...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH LLO

Rusch, Elizabeth

Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOL

Hinojosa, Maria

Summary: Hinojosa relates the history of US immigration policy that has brought us to where we are today, as she shares her experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago. For thirty years she has reported on stories and communities in America that often go ignored by the mainstream media, documenting the existential wasteland of immigration detention camps for news outlets that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HIN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HIN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HINOJOSA HIN

Hinojosa, Maria

Summary: "María Hinojosa es una periodista galardonada que ha colaborado con las cadenas más respetadas y se ha distinguido por realizar reportajes con un toque humano. En estas memorias escritas con gran belleza, nos relata la historia de la política de inmigración de los EE.UU. que nos ha llevado al punto en que estamos hoy, al mismo tiempo que nos comparte su historia profundamente personal. Durante...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Español 2020

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