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Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Summary: "Award-winning writer JD Morvan and renowned photographer Abbas' stunning graphic novel masterpiece which uses iconic photos to uniquely illustrate the historical 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. On the 30 th October 1974, the most famous boxing match of the 20th Century took place. Nicknamed the "Rumble in the Jungle", it pitted Muhammad Ali,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 MORBorman, Frank
Summary: An autobiography by the former astronaut who flew Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions, and later served as a diplomat and then president of Eastern Airlines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 BORStorm, Morten
Summary: Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist cleric. But after a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STORM, MORTEN STOMorland, Miles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 MORMorain, Dan
Summary: There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, yet her personal story also represents the best of America. Morain introduces us to the fast-rising prosecutor, who became the first Black female attorney general in California history. He shows us that Harris is a shrewd strategist, a risk-taker who ran for the United States Senate, embraced Barack Obama's candidacy when he was just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, KAMALA MORPage, Jimmy
Summary: The photographic autobiography and visual history of the world's most iconic guitar player.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Publications Limited 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 780 PAGPage, Nathan
Summary: "Discover the true story behind Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission. From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the calculated risks this astronaut took in order to become the first person to walk on the moon"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARMBorman, Tracy.
Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BORDougan, Andy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, ROBIN DOUGladysz, Margean.
Summary: An adventuresome eighteen-year-old college grad with fresh eyes hires on with the Greyhound Bus line in 1946 and becomes a company spy. The match is perfect as Margean Worst leaves the farm for a life on the road, inspecting bus drivers on the routes, first in the Great Lakes region and then all over the country. Margean poses as a passenger and notes drivers' honesty, road conditions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GLADYSZ, MARGEAN GLAMorain, Dan
Summary: "There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of single mother, a cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. The Kamala Harris the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HARRIS, KAMALA MORPage, Elliot
Summary: The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time--Barbara Walters--a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page. Barbara Walters was a force from the time TV was exploding on the American scene in the 1960s to its waning dominance in a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 BORBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BORPage, Susan
Summary: "As with many women of her era, Barbara Bush was routinely underestimated, her contributions often neither recognized nor acknowledged. But she became an astute and trusted political campaign strategist and a beloved First Lady. With her cooperation, this audiobook offers Barbara Bush's last words for history -- on the evolution of her party, on the role of women, on Donald Trump, and on her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 BUSH, BARBARA PAGMorland, Miles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 MORGage, Nicholas.
Summary: "In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist 'camps' inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.5 GAGGage, Beverly
Summary: "A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. We remember him as a bulldog--squat frame, bulging wide-set eyes, fearsome jowls--but in 1924, when he became director of the FBI, he had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: Piecing together common-sense observations with scenes from her own life, the author sheds new light on feminism, discussing the reasons why female rights and empowerment are essential issues for both women and society itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.42 MORMarwan, Zahra
Summary: "An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MARPage, Elliot
Summary: "The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023