Person, Charles
Summary: "A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers. At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil RightsMovement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERSON, CHARLES PERPettersson, Jan-Erik.
Summary: "Stieg Larsson's former publisher reveals the real man behind the mega-bestselling Millennium Trilogy--a man who fought heroically for human rights, and who brought that same political and moral passion to his writing. Until the trilogy's posthumous publication, Larsson was best known for his devotion to left-wing causes and as a tireless anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LARSSON, STIEG PETPetersen, Andrea.
Summary: A wry, sympathetic, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety, coupled with deep reportage on the science of anxiety disorders. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PETERSEN, ANDREA PETEmerson, Ken
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 EMEEmerson, Ken.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 EMEPeterson, Jillian
Summary: Using research data, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, a special investigator and psychologist and a sociologist, who built The Violence Project, a comprehensive database of mass shooters, share their solutions for putting an end to these tragedies that have defined the modern era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 PETPeterson, Jon
Summary: "A detailed history about the early years and drama of TSR, Inc., the company that founded Dungeons and Dragons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 PETPetersen, Max P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dunmore House Pub. 1991
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 974.3 PETPeterson, Tracie.
Summary: "These three authors speak from first hand experience. Through their own testimonies they show readers what they've learned--and help others escape the lies they bought into"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2006
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Summary: Documents the 36th president's term in office and the legacy of his achievements, revealing the insights he gained while serving in the Senate and throughout the Kennedy-Johnson administration and discussing how factors including the Vietnam War drove him from office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, LYNDON B PETPearson, Yvonne
Summary: "Presidents' Day is a day to remember the men who have held the highest office in our land. Readers will learn about the history or Presidents' Day, our most influential presidents, and how we can honor these men and our national history today."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 PEAFranklin, Benjamin
Contents: Letters from London, 1757-1775 -- Paris, 1776-1785: including political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790: including bagatelles, speeches in the Constitutional Convention, writings on slavery, letters -- Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758 -- The autobiography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 FRAGraham, Franklin
Summary: Franklin Graham is preparing to share a lifetime of personal memories, anecdotes, and lessons that he has learned from his father in Through My Father's Eyes -- a book that has taken almost twelve years to complete. "My father's image will remain etched in my mind and his voice will ring in my ears," says Franklin Graham. "The lessons I have learned through my father's eyes have anchored me and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 FRAFoer, Franklin
Summary: "On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with COVID-19, his economists were already warning him of an imminent financial crisis, and his party, the Democrats, had the barest of majorities in the Senate. Yet, faced with an unprecedented set of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.934 FOEPeters, Charles
Summary: There were four strong contenders when the Republican Party met in June of 1940 to nominate its candidate: the crusading young attorney and rising Republican star Tom Dewey, two solid members of the Republican establishment, and dark horse Wendell Willkie, utilities executive, favorite of the literati and only very recently even a Republican. The leading candidates campaigned as isolationists....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 PETPeterson, Megan Cooley
Summary: "With powerful infographics and leveled text, explores the statistics of some of the best men's soccer players"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 PETBruno, Franklin
Summary: Armed forces was an intercontinental pop-rock bomb, built from American spare parts, repurposed in England with a German timing mechanism and a sleek Swedish design, intended to produce global shockwaves but lobbed most directly at the land where it was conceived.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 BRUFranklin, Ruth
Summary: "This long-awaited biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remainscuriously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, SHIRLEY FRAPeterson, Megan Cooley
Summary: "With powerful infographics and leveled text, explores the statistics of some of the best women's soccer players"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 PETShulman, Mark
Summary: "Benjamin Franklin has been called one of the most accomplished and influential Americans in history, and his role in shaping the United States has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. Franklin's research into topics as varied as electricity, meteorology, demography, and oceanography were as wide-ranging and important as his travels, which took him across the globe as a diplomat."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: "In 1845, Sir John Franklin commanded two ships on an expedition to find a Northwest Passage from England through the Arctic and over to Asia. If successful, the route would be a faster way to get goods from Asia to Europe and back. But success was not in the cards for Franklin's expedition. Only recently, the sunken ships were discovered in the icy Arctic waters. What happened to Franklin and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SIMLash, Joseph P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Book Club 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROOSEVLET FAMILY LASPearson, Carrie A.
Summary: "This picture book compiles biographies of 11 different princesses, highlighting who they truly are: diplomats, engineers, activists, athletes, and so much more. It focuses on their achievements and contributions, situating them as active members in the global and local community. From Nigeria to Japan, Saudi Arabia to Sweden, and Thailand to Tonga. This picture book takes readers on a trip...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023