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Summary: "Mackinac Island is located in Lake Huron. It is one of three crown jewels that are within the borders of Michigan. Upon arrival, you will notice a lot of bicycles, horse-drawn carriages-some for hauling freight, others for shuttling people to and from their hotel-the maroon Grand Hotel bus, taxis, and public tour carriages. People are walking on the streets and sidewalks as well. If you arrive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Straits KitterJans, Nick
Summary: "The unlikely true story of a six-year friendship between a wild, oddly gentle black wolf and the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636 JANJans, Nick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.784 JANJans, Nick
Summary: "No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Summary: "A bioethicist's eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal -- a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic. Travis Rieder's terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of opioid dependence began with a motorcycle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIEDER, TRAVIS RIERinder, Mike
Summary: Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RINDER, MIKE RINMinter, Adam
Summary: "In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more. Along the way, Minter meets the fascinating people who handle-and profit from-our rising tide of discarded stuff,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 MINRieder, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Rieder delves deeper than anyone before into the King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" --illuminating both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 RIECotter, John
Summary: "A devastating account of the author's experience with the debilitating condition known as Ménière's Disease that sheds urgent, bracingly honest light on both the taboos surrounding disability and the limits of medical science"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COTTER, JOHN COTHass, Kristin Ann
Summary: Monuments, museums, and everyday patriotic practices have made headlines for most of the twenty-first century, yet they are seldom look at together or understood explicitly as tools used by particular people in particular times and places to shape the culture in particular ways. Hass explore the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure: memorials in parks, museums visited by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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Summary: "A collection of first-person narratives from LGBTQ+ Christians about navigating their family relationships after coming out."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: McKay 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOTrefousse, Hans Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHStuever, Hank.
Summary: In "Tinsel," Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas, a suburb at once all-American and completely itself, to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4556 STUWinter, Jonah
Summary: Shares information on labor leader Mother Jones and her 1903 Children's Crusade protesting the dangerous conditions endured by child factory workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JONWollstein, Hans J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland & Co. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 WOLUllrich, Volker
Summary: "From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939--a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Bodley Head 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITLER, ADOLF ULLWinter, Jeanette
Summary: Presents the work of Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager and environmental activist who started the student movement to combat climate change and led a worldwide children's march to challenge world leaders to act on the issue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THUStiefel, Chana
Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Summary: Uniting 28 paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe from collections all over the United States with 32 stunning images by the pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz, this book focuses on the two artists' work, their stormy and passionate marriage, and the influence they had on one another's pictures. The photographic historian Peter-Cornell Richter perfectly captures this aspect in his sensitive and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 RICWong, Chun Han
Summary: Party of One shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics. Having masked his beliefs while climbing the party hierarchy, Xi has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.06 WONDe Roy, Tui.
Summary: One of the world's great wildlife photographer and a writer set out in a sailboat to document the lives of albatrosses. This book features the best writing and research available on these endangered birds as well as an incredible portfolio of images.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.42 DERWinter, Jeanette
Summary: "Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis players--and sisters--Venus and Serena Williams"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WINWinter, Jeanette
Summary: A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017