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Women of achievementBarbellion, W. N. P.
Summary: "Published shortly before the author's death in 1919, this remarkable memoir addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet Barbellion still manages to write with uplifting eloquence and passion of his love for family, natural history, music, and literature. Told with a thoroughly modern voice, the unjustly overlooked Journal is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARBELLION, W.N.P. BARMaclean, John N.
Summary: "A universal story about the power of place to shape families: In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MACMattis, James N.
Summary: "Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peacemaking, the importance of allies, and the strategic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MATTIS MATArchibald, E. H. H. (Edward H. H.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Antique Collectors' Club 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 758.2 ARCStevens, Thomas N. (Thomas Nichols)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 973.7475 STETodd, Traci N.
Summary: "A biography of Nina Simone, an acclaimed singer whose music gave voice to the struggle for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMCôté, Richard N.
Contents: The Payne family -- The Madison family -- In harm's way -- A child among friends -- The flower of youth -- Love, marriage, and yellow fever -- In second blush -- Mrs. Madison's debut -- Within a squirrel's jump of heaven -- The Washington quadrille -- Our hearts understand each other -- The presidentress -- From hostess to heroine -- Adam and Eve in paradise -- Days of grace and honor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Corinthian Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADEire, Carlos M. N.
Summary: A survivor of the Cuban Revolution recounts his pre-war childhood as the religiously devout son of a judge, and describes the conflict's violent and irrevocable impact on his friends, family, and native home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 EIRHill, Richard N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale Force Press 2008
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime HillSmith, Jeremy N
Summary: "This taut, true thriller takes a deep dive into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker - a woman known only as Alien"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALIEN SMIWilson, A. N.
Summary: Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA WILBayer, Linda N.
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the second woman justice named to the United States Supreme Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GINSBERG BAYBertera, Martin N.
Summary: From the Publisher: This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores of soldiers who served in the 4th Michigan Infantry, gleaned from their diaries, letters, and memoirs; the reports of their officers and commanders; the stories by journalists who covered them; and the recollections...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7474 BERCorneau, Ernest N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christopher Pub. House 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 CORMancoff, Debra N.
Contents: Colonial limners -- John Singleton Copley -- Charles Willson Peale -- George Catlin -- Thomas Cole -- Eastman Johnson -- George Inness -- Frederic Edwin Church -- James McNeill Whistler -- Winslow Homer -- Thomas Eakins -- Mary Cassatt -- John F. Peto -- John Singer Sargent -- Henry Ossawa Tanner -- John Sloan -- Marsden Hartley -- Edward Hopper -- Georgia O'Keeffe -- Thomas Hart Benton --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 MANWilson, A. N.
Summary: A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES WILTimberlake, Justin
Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN TIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TIMBERLAKE TIMDivinsky, N. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 794.103 DIVPeyser, Marc N.
Summary: Examines the relationship between cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "revealing the contentious bond between two political trailblazers who short-circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US PeyserTodd, Traci N.
Summary: "When Jackie Ormes sees an opportunity, she takes it. She's a journalist, cartoonist, fashionista, philanthropist, and activist -- and she wants to use her artistry to bring joy and hope to Black people everywhere. But in post-World War II America, Black people are still being denied their civil rights, and Jackie has a dilemma: How can her art remain true to her signature Jackie joy, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ORMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 ORMWilson, A. N.
Summary: "Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died--an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKENS, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
Summary: In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019