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Governors Indiana Biography Klarsfeld, Beate 1939- Klarsfeld, Serge 1935- Legislators United States Biography Pence, Mike 1959- Presidents United States Biography Comic books, strips, etc Presidents United States Biography Comic books, strips, etc Juvenile literature Roget, Peter Mark 1779-1869 Roget, Peter Mark 1779-1869 Juvenile literature United StatesPeete, Holly Robinson
Summary: Teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Summary: "We all know that Abraham Lincoln gave the historic Gettysburg Address and ended the Civil War. But did you also know that he pardoned the first White House turkey, once snuck into Washington in disguise, and grew his famous beard because an eleven-year-old girl said it made him look less ugly?! Rad all about the radical rail-spliter, supreme speaker, and paramount president Abraham Lincoln in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LINVan Lente, Fred
Summary: A graphic biography of America's first president blends true facts with humorous illustrations to bring American history to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WASVan Lente, Fred
Summary: We all know that John F. Kennedy was a World War II hero and a pro at giving speeches. But did you also know he survived shark-infested waters, tried to steal a dictator's beard, and once used a coconut to send a secret message? Read all about the king of Camelot, beloved Bostonian, and awesome orator John F. Kennedy in the fourth Action Presidents book, where the history is real and the jokes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: We all know that Theodore Roosevelt protected the environment and was the cousin of President Franklin Roosevelt. But did you also know that he was the inspiration for the Teddy bear, wrote adventure books, and once gave a speech with a gunshot wound in his chest? Read all about the committed conservationist, resolute Rough Rider, and willful warrior Theodore Roosevelt in the third Action...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FYNBryant, Jennifer.
Summary: Examines the life of Peter Mark Roget and his invention of the thesaurus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROGCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BRYTeege, Jennifer
Summary: "The memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted [by Ralph Fiennes] in Schindler's List, Amon Goeth"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TEEGE, JENNIFER TEEMeese, Edwin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Gateway 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.927 MEEPelta, Kathy.
Summary: A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 1991
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PELPesta, Abigail
Summary: Chronicles the story of how serial sexual predator Larry Nassar got away with decades of abuse before a team of brave women banded together to stop him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 PESPence, Charlotte
Summary: When Mike Pence set out on the vice presidential campaign trail, his daughter Charlotte knew the next 100 days would be exciting and challenging. But she also knew that her father-a dedicated public servant-would succeed because he'd cling to his faith, his love for America, and his family every step of the way. New York Times bestselling author Charlotte Pence pays tribute to her father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation PenceYan, Lianke
Summary: "In this heartfelt, intimate memoir, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his childhood home in Song County in Henan Province, painting a vivid portrait of rural China in the 1960s and '70s and chronicling the extraordinary lives of his father and uncles, aswell as his own. Yan's parents are so poor that they can only afford to use wheat flour on New Year and festival days, and as a child he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANKlarsfeld, Beate
Summary: "The memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, political activists best known for hunting Nazis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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Summary: "Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the affable evangelical Christian from a gas-station-owning family in Indiana wouldn't seem to have much in common with a brash real estate mogul from New York. But the unlikely duo formed a tight bond. Pence was at Donald Trump's side when he enacted historic tax relief, when he decided to take more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PENCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PENCE PENPeace, Breton
Summary: Actual Malice is a true crime thriller that will take you through the back rooms of political gamesmanship, deception, and cover-up. In May of 2001, the moderate Blue Dog Democrats - of which Gary Condit was a founding member - held significant power in Congress. The sky was the limit. When Chandra Levy, an Bureau of Prisons intern, disappeared in 2001, the wheels came off Gary's ambitions....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ghost Mountain Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 PEAKeefe, Jess
Summary: "Thirty-Thousand Steps is a powerful and transformative memoir that interweaves the author's obsessive training to becoming a distance runner, along with her singular, focused research into the science of addiction in the shadow of grief after the death of her brother"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEEFE, JESS KEEReece, Gabrielle.
Summary: Autobiography of model and professional athlete Gabby Reece discussing her difficult childhood, use of sports and modeling as a path to self-discovery, and ideas about stereotypes of women athletes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.325 REEEyman, Scott
Summary: "A revelatory biography of the enduringly popular John Wayne that draws on more than 100 interviews as well as exclusive access to the files of Wayne's film production company to answer the question why he became and remains an iconic American figure"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain WayneReese, Willy Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 REESE, Willy REEPeet, Bill.
Summary: The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN Caldecott PeetRavin, Idan.
Summary: "Basketball's most unlikely-and most sought-after-training guru offers an inside look at his career, his methods, and the all-star players whose games he's helped transform. Where do the best basketball players in the world turn when they want to improve their game? Whom does a future NBA Hall of Famer thank at his press conference when he's named Rookie of the Year? Who is it that Sports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAVIN, IDAN RAVVirji, Ayaz
Summary: In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIRJI, AYAZ VIRAmidon, Ervan L. (Ervan Lloyd)
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.L. Amidon 1986