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Trailblazing female athletesEpstein, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Jeffrey)
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 EPSCutler, Laurence S.
Summary: "J. C. Leyendecker captured lifestyles with superior technical skills, with an imaginative use of subject, and with an originality that many have sought to imitate. Dubbed the "Master of the Magazine Cover" by Norman Rockwell - who modeled both his technique and his career on his mentor - Leyendecker created illustrations that graced the covers of all the leading magazines, including Collier's,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.6 LEYENDECKER, J.C., CUTBergreen, Laurence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, LOUIS BERBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 BERBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLUMBUS CHRISTOPHER BERLeamer, Laurence
Summary: Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed-and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LEABergreen, Laurence
Summary: "The central coast of China, 1405. At nearly seven feet tall, Admiral Zheng He looked out at the sea before him. For the next three decades, the oceans would be his home, as he would command over 1,500 ships and thousands of sailors in seven journeys that would predate the heart of the European Age of Exploration. Over his seven epic journeys, Zheng He explored the Northern Pacific and Indian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 BERLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Focuses on Joseph P. Kennedy's sons and grandsons in the years following the assassination of JFK and features an account of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s life as remembered by ten of his closest friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY LEAMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANHarwood, Laurence
Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 HARBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: A portrait of the thirteenth-century explorer, adventurer, and global traveler follows Marco Polo from his youth in Venice to his journey to Asia and role in the court of Kublai Khan, to his return to Europe, and discusses his influence on the history of his era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld PoloBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: Publisher's description: Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, interweaving a variety of candid, first-person accounts, some previously unavailable in English, brings to life this groundbreaking and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 BERLeamer, Laurence
Summary: Describes the brutal killing of a young black man and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 Alabama and the civil suit that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 LEARees, Laurence
Summary: Auschwitz-Birkenau is the site of the largest mass murder in human history. Yet its story is not fully known. In Auschwitz, Laurence Rees reveals new insights from more than 100 original interviews with Auschwitz survivors and Nazi perpetrators who speak on the record for the first time. Their testimonies provide a portrait of the inner workings of the camp in unrivalled detail-from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 REEIngrassia, Lawrence
Summary: "Weaving his own moving family story with this sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia delivers an intimate, gripping tale that sits at the intersection of memoir and medical thriller"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: "Over the years, many women have made contributions to gymnastics. Nadia Comăneci stunned the world at the 1976 Olympics and many talented athletes soon followed, including Svetlana Khorkina, Gabrielle Douglas, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee. Learn more about each woman's struggles and successes, and find out what makes them trailblazers"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.44 LAWJackson, Lawrence
Summary: "Intimate photos and insights from the only White House photographer of color during the Obama years--including never-before-seen images of the President and First Lady Michelle Obama, and a diverse array of guests, staffers, and candid moments"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 JACDurrell, Lawrence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.9 DURElliott, Lawrence.
Summary: A biography of the Afro-American scientist whose agricultural research revolutionized the economy of the South.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARGraham, Lawrence.
Summary: Follows the lives and fortunes of the Bruce family, from Blanche Kelso Bruce, who was born a slave in 1841 and became the first black person to serve a full term in the Senate, to the scandal that sent his grandson to prison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 GRAGushee, Lawrence.
Contents: Dramatis personae -- Before the beginning -- The first season -- The second season -- The third season -- The final season -- Life and music after the band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GUSPringle, Laurence P.
Summary: A biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 599.67 PRIRogers, D. Laurence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Historical Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.98 ROG1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 634.93 ROG
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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 634.98 Rogers 1993Rouch, Lawrence L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2004