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33 1/3 American lives First book North American Indians of achievement Our presidentsSouter, Gerry.
Summary: Documents the life and career of the sixth president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ADAMS SOUMoser, Barry
Summary: "Illustrator Barry Moser renders the memories of his youth--in luminous drawings and candid prose--on his quest to understand how he and his identically raised brother could have become such very different men"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MOSER, BARRY MOSNielsen, Jerri.
Summary: A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes or boats and the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIELSEN, JERRI NIELasky, Kathryn.
Summary: An illustrated biography of young Samuel Clemens, who grew up to be the writer known as Mark Twain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB TWAIN LASHauser, CJ
Summary: "CJ Hauser expands on her viral essay sensation, "The Crane Wife," in a brilliant collection of essays that echo the work of Cheryl Strayed in their revelatory observations of romantic love. CJ Hauser uses her now-beloved title essay as an anchor around which to explore the narratives of romantic love we are taught and which we tell ourselves, and the need to often rewrite those narratives to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAUSER, C.J. HAUCarnarvon, Fiona
Summary: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, a transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American who married Lady Almina's son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 941.082 CARHommer, Ed.
Summary: Ed Hommer discusses his life as an air pilot and mountaineer, how he and a fellow mountain climber survived for four nights with no supplies after their plane crashed on Mount McKinley, his recovery from the episode, life as an amputee, and recent climb of Mount McKinley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 HOMSouder, William
Summary: "A biography of one of America's most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck. This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEINBECK, JOHN SOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B STEINBECK SOURosser, Kareem
Summary: "An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. "Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable" (New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore). Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROSSER, KAREEM ROSSouder, William
Summary: Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARSON, RACHEL SOUKerrey, Robert
Summary: The author traces his experiences as a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, which led to his being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and describes his sheltered childhood and his search for the truth about his uncle's death in World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 959.70 KERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 KERLeRoy, Dan.
Summary: Not only did "Paul's Boutique" transform the Beastie Boys from frat-boy novelty to critically lauded hip-hop giants, its groundbreaking collage of rhythm and recycled soundbites made it one of those rare releases that forever alters the course of popular music. Through interviews with Mike D, the Dust Brothers, and legendarily reclusive producer Matt Dike, among others, Dan LeRoy uncovers the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 LERLooser, Devoney
Summary: "Before the Brontë sisters picked up their pens, or Jane Austen's heroines Elizabeth and Jane Bennet became household names, the literary world was celebrating a different pair of sisters: Jane and Anna Maria Porter. The Porters--exact contemporaries of Jane Austen--were brilliant, attractive, self-made single women of polite reputation who between them published twenty-six books and achieved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LOOHoller, Anne.
Summary: Discusses the life of Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1993
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 975 HOLRousey, Ronda
Summary: Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and new Hollywood action hero, charts her difficult path to glory. Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life -- in and outside the Octagon -- reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROUSEY ROUKooser, Ted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.2 KOOMerry, Robert W.
Summary: Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent. b&w photographs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POLK, JAMES K MERBerra, Yogi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 796.357 BerraKerby, Mona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1994
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DOUGLASS KERBYBerra, Yogi
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BERGeary, Rick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25092 HELMckesson, DeRay
Summary: "We have never been the voiceless, proclaims activist DeRay Mckesson, we have been the unheard. And the message that must now be heard is that inequality is neither hardwired nor inevitable. We have a system that was designed to favor some at the expense of others, and because it was designed, it can be redesigned. Indeed, we can live in a society of equity, justice, and joy. In August 2014,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 MCKHosler, Jay
Summary: "A graphic novel biography of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of neuroscience"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC HOS (Graphic Novel)Berra, Yogi
Summary: A first-person account of Yogi Berra's life and tumultuous times in major league baseball. Includes interviews and anecdotes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1989