Peñas, Roberto
Summary: "The story of businessman Pedro Flores, inventor of the yo-yo."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024
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Summary: "Critical Race Theory (CRT) is often poorly understood and unfavorably characterized. This accessibly written book offers a critical yet sympathetic introduction to CRT, bringing it into conversation with Christian theology and ministry practice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230.089 ROMGrant, Kesha
Summary: "Introduces the reader to women's rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 GRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 GRAEdwards, 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 ARMSTRONGRobertson, Willie
Summary: ""Redneck Tycoon" Willie Robertson--CEO of Duck Commander, star of Duck Dynasty, and mega New York Times bestselling author--explores how the entrepreneurial spirit has shaped 400 years of American history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ROBRoberts, Cokie
Summary: Brief portraits of women from the period of the Revolution and early United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J920 ROBRoberts, Randy
Summary: "Freshly adapted for young readers, this in-depth portrait showcases the complex bond between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, revealing how Malcolm aided in molding Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali and helped him become an international symbol of Black pride and Black independence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROBRoberts, 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 ROBCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Written by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome, here is her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIRoberts, 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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Summary: "An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.7 ROBBird, Kai
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIRSorell, Traci
Summary: Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: forced assimilation (such as boarding schools), land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.04 SORGrayson, Robert
Summary: "Describes SWAT teams operating in the United States, including their history, gear, weapons, training, and missions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.23 GRAAndros, Camille
Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDGrayson, Robert
Summary: "This book explores the causes of and events leading to the American Revolutionary War. Easy-to-read, engaging text discusses major battles and key figures of the war and the technology and weapons used during the war. Through primary source quotes, readers will discover the experiences of soldiers and people on the home front. Readers will learn what impact the Revolutionary War had on US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Co. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 GRAMann, Robert
Summary: America's Descent into Vietnam, Given by Dr. JamesE. Archer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 MANStone, Robert
Summary: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Stone and Andres reveal for the first time the unknown stories of the individuals whose imaginative work across several decades culminated in America's momentous achievement. They show that the moon landing-- now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary-- grew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.45 STOJones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)
Summary: "The story of three locations in the United States--in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma--where the indigenous people were driven out by European colonists, where vicious racial killings took place in the last century, and how these places are coming to terms with the past, creating new organizations dedicated to racial repair and reconciliation as they aspire to a more inclusive, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 JONBurleigh, 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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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.1309 BURElder, Robert
Summary: Describes the life of the American statesman and political theorist who served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and argued in favor of slavery and laid the groundwork for the South to secede the Union.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALHOUN, JOHN C. ELDHofler, Robert
Summary: "Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of "The Way We Were," this intriguing and impeccably researched book is the first ever account of the making of the classic film starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford, revealing the full story behind its genesis and continued controversies, its many deleted scenes, its much-anticipated but never-filmed sequel, and the real-life romance that inspired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 HOFKagan, Robert
Summary: "A comprehensive, sweeping history of America's rise to global superpower--a follow up to the author's acclaimed first volume, from our nation's earliest days to the dawn of the twentieth century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023