Crawford, Robert
Summary: "A biography of T. S. Eliot from his birth in St. Louis in 1888 to his publication of The Waste Land in 1922"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIOT, T.S. CRAEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: A biography that introduces youngsters to Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the Moon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ARMSTRONGRoberts, David
Summary: A celebrated mountaineer and authorsearches for meaning in great adventuresand explorations, past and present. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERTS, DAVID ROBJackson, Robert H.
Summary: "Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still-revered Supreme Court Justice, and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson's untimely death, has remained unpublished for fifty years. Here is that newly discovered memoir." "Written with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. JACAngell, Roger
Summary: "From the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, a compendium of writings that celebrate the view from the tenth decade of his richly lived life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818 ANGBurleigh, Robert.
Summary: An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2011
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Summary: This praised and best-selling daily reader presents short, comprehensive biographies of 365 saints and spiritual masters from Christianity and other faith traditions, including Mary Magdalene, Therese of Lisieux, Thomas Aquinas, Mother Teresa, Moses, Martin Luther, and Gandhi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Pub. Co. 1997
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Summary: "On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer, and peace-broker. She has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HARKanigel, Robert
Summary: Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACOBS, JANE KANGottlieb, Robert
Summary: "The editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster writes with wit and candor about becoming the editor of The New Yorker, and the challenges and satisfactions of running America's preeminent magazine,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOTTLIEB, ROBERT GOTRoberts, Rebecca Boggs
Summary: "This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, EDITH ROBO'Connell, Robert L.
Summary: An acclaimed military historian presents this powerful history of four military leaders--Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall and Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower--who exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the U.S. victoriously through two World Wars
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0092 O'COKennedy, Robert Francis
Summary: The son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy shares memories from his turbulent childhood, the lessons he learned from family mentors, and finding his calling as a passionate environmental activist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT F., JR. KENKolker, Robert Phillip
Summary: This immersive biography of the legendary director of films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange is based on new research and interviews with family members and those who worked with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUBRICK, STANLEY KOLEdwards, Gavin
Summary: Looking back at the history of the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show and the creative visionary behind it, Edwards reminds us of the indelible lessons and insights that they conveyed and why they matter. With dozens of interviews of people whose lives were touched by Fred Rogers, this book is a love letter to this unforgettable cultural hero and role model and to the beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 ROGERS, FREDKing, Maxwell
Summary: Maxwell King delivers the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, telling the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, he traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ROGERS, FRED KINAnderson, Robert Charles
Contents: Structure of the great migration -- Narrative of the Winthrop migration -- Structure of the Winthrop migration -- Overview -- Genealogical sketches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project 2012
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.341 AndersonJamison, Kay R.
Summary: "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT JAMLogsdon, Guy William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 1994