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Adventure and adventurers Foreman, Michael 1938- Childhood and youth Pictorial works Juvenile literature Newbery Medal Winner Presidents Juvenile literature Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature Scientists United States Biography Travelers' writings Voyages and travels Women scientists World War, 1939-1945 Children England Suffolk Pictorial works Juvenile literatureCassady, Carolyn
Summary: "This book illustrious Carolyn is a charming narative filled with heartfelt advice for adventurers and weary travelers alike! Evoking a bygone era of elegance and international travel that bursts with beauty and wonderment, you are invited to take a leisurely journey with a savvy mother and daughter team as they soak in the sites, culture and deliciousness of each stop on an extended European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Book Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CASCassady, Neal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blast Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 CASHutchinson, Cassidy
Summary: "Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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Summary: "Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations. Who invented the wheel? Who told the first joke? Who drank the first beer? Who was the murderer in the first murder mystery, who was the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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Summary: Celebrating self, identity, queerness, and his Filipino heritage, the original superstar influencer and Internet darling presents a funny and fabulous collection of essays, drawings, recipes, how-tos, and never-before-seen photos that go beyond what is known of him from social media.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROCK, BRETMAN ROCCassidy, David C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 CASGreenman, Ben.
Summary: An exploration of the life and legacy of Prince discusses his vibrant and prolific output, the paradigm-shifting ideas in his music, and his wide-ranging impact on modern culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRINCE GREKandinsky, Wassily
Summary: This volume presents abstract Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). It reproduces scores of recently rediscovered paintings that had languished for decades in Soviet museums and in private collections. The author provides new details on Kandinsky's life and art, discussing his little-known experimental stage plays which strove for a synthesis of all the arts, and his friendships with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guggenheim Museum 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.7 KanFremon, Celeste.
Summary: This paperback edition of the book originally published in 1995 updates us on the lives of the East Los Angeles homeboys with whom Father Greg Boyle continues to work, allowing for an analysis as to how some former gang members are able to make it out, while others are not.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 259.5092 FREFreeman, Hadley
Summary: "Hadley Freeman knew her grandmother Sara had lived in France, just as Hitler started to gain power in Europe, but rarely did anyone in her family talk about it. Until long after her grandmother's death, she found a shoebox tucked in a closet. In it was:a photograph of her grandmother with a mysterious stranger; a cryptic telegram from the Red Cross; and a drawing signed by Picasso. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 DYSFreeman, Philip
Summary: Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend: he drove the snakes out of Ireland; he triumphed over Druids and their supernatural powers; he used a shamrock to explain the Christian mystery of the Trinity. But his true story is more fascinating than the myths. We have no surviving image of Patrick, but we do have two letters that he wrote about himself and his beliefs--letters that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PATRICK FREFreedman, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Altwerger and Mandel 1992
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Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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Summary: Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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Summary: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1987
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Summary: A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1996
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Summary: In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her diary: "I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????" From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. Her doctors informed her that her body was cannibalizing her muscles and heart for nutrition, but they could tell her little why she had it,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FREEMAN, HADLEY FREFreeman, Martha
Summary: "A collection of biographies of twenty groundbreaking women scientists who were curious kids and grew up to make incredible discoveries."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 FREFreeman, Philip
Summary: "Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a daring African general from the city of Carthage, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart ofRome's growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANNIBAL FREFreeman, John
Summary: National book critic John Freeman pulls together his very best profiles (many of them new or completely rewritten for this volume) of the very best novelists of our time, including such international stars as Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, and Mo Yan, to established American lions such as Don DeLillo, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, John Updike,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 FREFreedman, Bryn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 FREFreedman, Russell.
Summary: Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1987