Dilley, Thomas R.

Summary: The Art of Memory contains a history of Grand Rapids citizens and a history of cemetery development."Dilley's skill intelling the history of Grand Rapids' past residents is equal to his remarkable knowledge of them. The voices of those long ago will defintely speak to you in this outstanding book."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State Univ Press 2014

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377456 DIL

Holtz, Thomas R.

Summary: "Provides an annotated timeline of the discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex including details on the scientists, dig sites, fossils, and other findings that have shaped our knowledge of this dinosaur"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: an imprint of Capstone Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 HOL

Holtz, Thomas R.

Summary: "Provides an annotated timeline of the discovery of Brachiosaurus, including details on the scientists, dig sites, fossils, and other findings that have shaped our knowledge of this dinosaur"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: an imprint of Capstone Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 HOL

Flavell, Julie

Summary: "Finally revealing the family's indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British Admiral Richard and General William Howe, in a London drawing room for "half a dozen Games of Chess." As Julie Flavell reveals, the games concealed a matter of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021

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

Homans, Jennifer

Summary: "The New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century. His radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly imaginative ballets made him a legend. Yet, Balanchine's life was as dramatic as his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BALANCHINE, GEORGE HOM

Tombs, Robert

Summary: "The English and Their History presents the momentous story of England "first as an idea, and then as a kingdom, as a country, a people and a culture." Here, in a single volume, is a fresh and comprehensive account of the English and their history. With extraordinary insight, Robert Tombs examines language, literature, law, religion, politics, and more while investigating the sources of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 TOM

Pagel-Hogan, Elizabeth

Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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

Childers, Thomas

Summary: A series of 12 half-hour lectures on a college course level. Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 HIS
Call number: DVD 943.086 HIS

Piketty, Thomas

Summary: As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron's ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles and is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 PIK

Cahill, Thomas.

Summary: A history of the Dark Ages showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline, Ireland became a haven for scholarship.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 1999

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 941.501 CAH

Hager, Thomas

Summary: During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's "Detroit of the South" would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.980 HAG

Oliphant, Thomas

Summary: "A behind-the-scenes, revelatory account of John F. Kennedy's wily campaign to the White House, beginning with his bold, failed attempt to win the vice presidential nomination in 1956. A young and undistinguished junior plots his way to the presidency and changes the way we nominate and elect presidents. John F. Kennedy and his young warriors invented modern presidential politics. They turned...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 OLI

Rid, Thomas

Summary: "This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farms"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.12 RID

Healy, Thomas

Summary: "A history of Floyd McKissick's 1969 plan to build a Black city in North Carolina, examining the story of the idealists who settled there, the obstacles that derailed the project, and what Soul City's saga says about Black opportunity, capitalism, and power then and now"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.6 HEA

Streissguth, Thomas

Summary: "Offers 12 different views on the growth of western territories and the impact on American Indians. Each page explores what happened during westward expansion and how it affected different people, and includes interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 12 Story Library 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 STR

Brunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter)

Summary: "This book presents a comprehensive history of Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan, its founders, and its place in the Arts and Crafts movement"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.09774 BRU

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 738.09774 BRU