Parkin, Simon
Summary: "Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 PARSalkin, Allen
Summary: Between 2000 and 2015, when Trump announced his candidacy, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition. Salkin and Short provide a nonpartisan oral history which shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SALPlaskin, Glenn.
Summary: "The heartwarming true story of how one special cocker spaniel turned four strangers into family"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 PLAPopkin, Jim
Summary: "Like spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen before her, Ana Montes blindsided her colleagues with brazen acts of treason. For nearly 17 years, Montes succeeded in two high-stress jobs. By day, she was one of the government's top Cuba experts, a buttoned-down GS-14 with shockingly easy access to classified documents. By night, she was on the clock for Fidel Castro, listening to coded messages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.48173 LASPaquin, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iowa State University Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.4923 PAQDonkin, Andrew.
Summary: Profiles notable Olympic athletes who overcame the odds to win gold medals, including Jesse Owens, Shelley Mann, and Kerri Strug.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE DONLaskin, David
Summary: Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.20973 KAGANOVICH FAMILY LASStobart, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.2 STOMishra, Pankaj.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 MISLaskin, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US LaskinAntin, Evan
Summary: "Star of Animal Planet's Evan Goes Wild and People magazine's "Pet Vet" Dr. Evan Antin takes readers beyond his viral Instagram posts right into the wild world with him. World Wild Vet is an up close and personal look at planet earth, in all its wild glory. But beyond the laugh-out-loud stories and dangerous encounters with some of our planet's most exotic creatures, it is a clarion call to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANTIN, EVAN ANTPalin, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.04 PALLarkin, Emma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4502 PALPalin, Sarah
Summary: Framed by her strong belief in the importance of family, faith, and patriotism, the author reflects on the key values--both national and spiritual--that have been such a profound part of her life and continue to inform her vision of America's future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1990
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.138 MALWoelfle, Gretchen
Summary: "Jeannette Rankin was always a take-charge girl. Whether taking care of horses or her little brothers and sisters, Jeannette knew what to do and got the job done. That's why, when she saw poor children living in bad conditions in San Francisco, she knew she had to take charge and change things. But in the early twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn't vote to change the laws that failed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RANLarkin, Emma.
Summary: A deeply reported account of life inside Burma in the months following the disastrous Cyclone Nargis and an analysis of the brutal totalitarian regime that clings to power in the devastated nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.105 LARStarr, Michael
Contents: Introduction -- Every word he said was funny -- The funniest dishwasher on this earth -- Redd Foxx looked better on a marquee -- I gave it to them funky -- The king of the party records -- It's not easy out there -- Los Angeles is a rotten town for nightlife -- Sanford and son -- The godfather of sitcom -- The way it is, I'm still in slavery -- A cross between Disneyland and a circus -- Like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2011
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Summary: Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2002
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Summary: The parents of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart offer their perspective on the abduction of their daughter, discussing their long ordeal, the faith that kept them going, and their joy over the ultimate rescue of their daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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Summary: "For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SMART SMASmart, Elizabeth
Summary: Elizabeth Smart follows up her bestseller, "My Story" with a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life. This is both an up-close-and-personal glimpse into her healing process and a heartfelt how-to guide for readers to make peace with the past and embrace the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2018