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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferguson Communications 1986
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 WERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3774 WermuMarty, Martin E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Penguin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUTHER, MARTIN MARWeir, Gary E.
Contents: 1. Stalins grand plan -- 2. Cruises and troubles -- 3. "Underway on nuclear power" -- 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 5. An uncertain nuclear beginning -- 6. Death in the depths -- 7. A variety of intelligence gathering methods -- 8. Improving the breed -- 9. An insider's view of the mystery of the Kursk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93 WEIDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 GALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GALRollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund)
Summary: Draws on the recently opened archives of Ted Hughes to offer new insights into the iconic poet's psyche and literary achievements, in a portrait that includes previously unpublished papers and dozens of letters exchanged between Plath and Hughes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PLATH, SYLVIA ROLRollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund)
Summary: William Faulkner emerged from the ravaged South--half backwoods, half defeated empire--transforming his corner of Mississippi into the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and bestowing on the world some of the most revolutionary and enduring literature of the twentieth century. The personal story behind the work has fascinated readers nearly as much as the great novels, but Faulkner has remained...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAULKNER, WILLIAM ROLDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WILDERDemuth, Patricia.
Summary: "Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET GATESDavis, Todd
Summary: Discusses the lives, achievements, and times of each president from George Washington to Donald Trump.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.09 DAVHornbacher, Marya
Summary: When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HORNBACHER, MARYA HORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind HornbacherDavis, Todd.
Summary: Explores each president's term in office and the major political issues of each era. Quick-reference sidebars provide brief summaries of the major events and important people who emerged during each presidential term.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DAVDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Temple Grandin wasn't officially diagnosed with autism until she was in her 40s, but she knew at an early age that she was different from her family and classmates. She couldn't show affection, she acted out when noises or other stimuli overwhelmed her,and she only felt comfortable when spending time with the animals on her aunt's ranch. But instead of seeing her differences as limitations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GRAFagan, Cary
Summary: "On May 10, 1940, the Nazi Army invaded Belgium, setting into motion the refugee story of Cary Fagan's father, Maurice. Maurice was only 12 at the time, and he and his family had no idea they would never again return to Brussels, the city of his birth. Instead, they would travel through France, Spain, and Portugal, running from war. Every time they thought they might be safe, Maurice would try...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OwlKids Books Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAGMalarkey, Don
Summary: Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey became one of the one-in-six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 MALContents: When merit was not enough: Albert Sidney Johnston and Confederate defeat in the West, 1862 / Steven E. Woodworth -- "The responsibility is great": Joseph E. Johnston and the war in Virginia / Alan Downs -- Fighting for defeat? George B. McClellan's Peninsula campaign and the change of base to the James River / Ethan S. Rafuse --Generalship on trial: Don Carlos Buell's campaign to Chattanooga /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 CIVWinters, Richard D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Thomson/Gale 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5421 WINAllen, Maury
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1975
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Summary: Through the epic war chronicle Band of Brothers, an entirely new generation of Americans learned of the heroism, sacrifice, and camaraderie of the soldiers who served, fought, and died in Easy Company, 101st Airborne, during World War II. Larry Alexander returns to the very battlefields that made Easy Company a legend. Accompanied by Easy veteran Sergeant Forrest Guth, Alexander crosses an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ALEChacour, Elias
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 CHAGrathwohl, Marya
Summary: "In this memoir, Sister Marya Grathwohl recounts her spiritual journey, how she-a Catholic nun from Ohio-came to be embraced by the Crow and Northern Cheyenne, and how their traditions prompted in her an expanding devotion to the land, its resources, and its connections to faith and God"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HORNBACHER, MARYA HORMarr, Andrew.
Summary: Explores the private character of the queen behind her public persona, covering the circumstances of her early coronation, her relationship with international heads of state, and her struggles with family challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 ELILewis, Meriwether
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003