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DePrince, Michaela McGowan, Michael (Michael R.) Michaels, Al Psychologists Biography Reich, Steve 1936- Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe) 1922-2000 Sportscasters United States Biography Undercover operations United States History United States United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Officials and employees BiographyDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED DEPWeissman, Michaele
Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEIKiner, Mikaela
Summary: Female Firebrands is an honest, modern, and solutions-oriented guide for dealing with situations working women know all too well: sexual harassment, not being taken seriously, and being talked over, passed over, underpaid, and underappreciated. Mid-career professional women will read this book and know they're not alone. Women earlier in their careers can save years of heartache and frustration...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenleaf Book Group Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 KINMichaelis, David
Summary: Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR MICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROOSEVELT MICMichaelis, Arno
Summary: Documents the story of the unlikely and powerful friendship between a Sikh and a former white supremacist in the aftermath of Wade Michael Page's murderous 2012 attack on a Wisconsin Sikh Temple, describing how they launched the Serve 2 Unite organization to promote community inclusion and fight hate crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MICMichaelis, David.
Summary: A portrait of the late creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip evaluates how his career was shaped by his midwestern working-class origins, family losses, and wartime experiences, offering insight into how familiar storylines closely reflected Schulz's private life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5092 MICCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES MichaelisMichalak, Jamie
Summary: "A biography of a powerhouse female Japanese chef and her rise to fame"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MICMichell, Tom.
Summary: "Whether as rugby team mascot or assistant swimming coach, the penguin known as Juan Salvador touches and transforms everyone he encounters, including Tom Michell, the young teacher who finds him and rescues him from an oil spill disaster. After a time, Juan Salvador (meaning "the saved one") receives a new name: Juan Salvado, or "the savior." Set against the turbulent world of political unrest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MICHELL MICReich, Steve
Summary: "Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.92 REIRaffin, Michele
Summary: Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world’s most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. In The Birds of Pandemonium, she lets us into her world--and theirs. Birds fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 RAFZackheim, Michele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ZACParadis, Michel
Summary: A narrative account of the Doolittle Raids of World War II traces the daring Raiders attack on mainland Japan, the fate of the crews who survived the mission, and the international war crimes trials that defined Japanese-American relations and changed legal history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 PARHarper, Michele
Summary: "A series of connected personal stories drawn from the author's life and work as an ER doctor that explores how we are all broken--physically, emotionally, and psychically--and what we can do to heal ourselves as we try to heal others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARPER, MICHELE HARMichaels, Al
Summary: No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. During the course of his forty-plus-year career, he has logged more hours on live primetime network television than anyone in history, having covered all four major sports championships -- the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA finals, and the Stanley Cup final -- as well as the Olympic Games, the Triple Crown, and many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 MICHAELS, AL MicMichaels, Al.
Summary: In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MICHAELS, AL MICSlung, Michele B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.82 SLUHumphreys, Jessica Dee
Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUMBillioud, Jean-Michel
Summary: "Records smashed ... incredible athletic feats ... Medals won ... The top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn how these athletic stars became the best in the world."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.092 BILCarey, Mariah
Summary: The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller, and artist tells the unfiltered story of her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andy Cohen Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CAREY CARKiros, Tessa.
Summary: The author includes autobiographical memories, a family tree and portraits, and personal commentary with the recipes, explaining that she was, "born in London to a Finnish mother and a Greek-Cypriot father, when I was four we moved to South Africa. I now live in Italy."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McNeel 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 KIRGill, Michael (Michael Gates)
Summary: A former advertising executive relates how, after losing his job and developing a brain tumor, he took a job at Starbucks and learned the value of respect through his boss, a young African-American manager of positive character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.9509 GILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GILL GILLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.6 LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 LEWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Money LewisLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: "When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 LEWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 LEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BANKMAN-FRIED LEWLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017