Paelissier, Staephan
Summary: "The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Staephan Paelissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison bythe Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PAELISSIER, STAEPHAN, PAETalty, Stephan
Summary: "The untold story of a Latvian Nazi's gruesome crimes and an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring him to justice-a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 TALTalty, Stephan.
Summary: Describes the life of Juan Pujol, a poultry farmer who opposed the Nazis and concocted a series of staggering lies that lead to his becoming one of Germany's most valued spies, while actually acting as a double-agent for the Allies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5 PUJOL, JUAN TALKverneland, Steffen
Summary: "An extraordinary and inventive graphic biography, Steffen Kverneland's Munch explores the relationships and obsessions that drove the artist behind 'The Scream.' Using text drawn from the writings of Edvard Munch and his contemporaries, this extensively researched and beautifully drawn graphic novel debunks the familiar myth of the half-mad expressionist painter -- anguished, starving and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SelfMadeHero 2016
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Summary: "In Raw Material, Stephany Wilkes tells not only her own story, but also that of American wool. What begins as a knitter's search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely, and irresistible side job. Wilkes become a certified sheep shearer and wool classer, working at the very first step in the textile supply chain, ultimately leaving her high-tech job for a new way of life considered long dead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oregon State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILKES, STEPHANY WILTalty, Stephan
Summary: The first comprehensive account of David Koresh's life, his road to Waco, and the rise of government mistrust in America, from a master of narrative nonfiction. No other event in the last fifty years is shrouded in myth like the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Today, we remember this moment for the 76 people, including 20 children, who died in the fire; for its inspiration of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KORESH, DAVID TALTalty, Stephan.
Summary: Chronicles the real-life adventures of Welsh pirate Henry Morgan and his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the English, from his attacks on Spanish merchant ships to his final assault on Panama that ended Spanish domination of the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.904 TALJagger, Steph
Summary: "In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, embark on a road trip through national parks, revisiting the memories, and the mountains, that made them who they are. Steph Jagger lost her mother before she lost her. Her mother, stricken with an incurable disease that slowly erases all sense of self, struggles to remember her favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAGGER, STEPH JAGVan Stappen, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prairie Oak Press 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mystic Seaport Museum 1999
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Summary: When their daughter Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for. Born intersex--a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do not fit neatly into traditional conceptions about male and female bodies--Rosie's parents were pressured to consent to normalizing surgery on Rosie, without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LOHSteen, Michael.
Summary: Studies the social, cultural, and political spheres that affected the lives and works of approximately 50 composers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STECatudal, Steph
Summary: "When Steph Catudal met her husband Rivs, she thought that the love, stability, and warmth she shared with her husband had finally dispelled her pent-up anger and grief over the loss of her father and her faith. But when Rivs became ill and was put into coma at the height of the pandemic, the painful memories of her childhood--watching her father die of cancer--came flooding back. Written with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CATUDAL, STEPHANIE CATJagger, Steph
Summary: "A young woman follows winter across five continents on a physical and spiritual journey that tests her body and soul, in this transformative memoir, full of heart and courage, that speaks to the adventurousness in all of us. Steph Jagger had always been a force of nature. Dissatisfied with the passive, limited roles she saw for women growing up, she emulated the men in her life--chasing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAGGER, STEPH JAGGregory, Brad S. (Brad Stephan)
Summary: On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther and the epochal movement that continues to shape the world today. For five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle Ages and heralded the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 274 GREBates, Stephen
Summary: "In 1856, a baying crowd of over 30,000 people gathered outside Stafford prison to watch the hanging of Dr. William Palmer, "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey" as Charles Dickens once called him. Palmer was convicted of poisoning andsuspected in the murders of dozens of others, including his best friend, his wife, and his mother-in-law--and cashing in on their insurance to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALMER, WILLIAM BATCoote, Stephen.
Contents: Vienna, 1815 -- Elba, 1814 -- The flight of the eagle, 27 February-20 March 1815 -- Paris, 21 March-12 June 1815 -- Waterloo, 12-21 June 1815 -- St. Helena, 21 June 1815-5 May 1821.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DaCapo Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 COODavis, Stephen
Summary: An in-depth portrait of the classic rock artist includes coverage of such topics as her role in the stardom of Fleetwood Mac, the affairs that inspired her greatest songs, her struggles with addiction and her successful solo career. By the author of Hammer of the Gods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICKS, STEVIE DAVDavis, Stephen
Summary: Featuring exclusive interviews with the band and never-before-published photos from personal archives, this definitive account, written by a best-selling rock biographer, tells the story of the quintessential band of the 1980s, which has cemented its legacy in the pop pantheon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DAVFrater, Stephen.
Summary: In a sensational tale of combat, and an unlikely friendship in the flak-filled skies above Germany, Frater chronicles the life of U.S. Captain Werner Goering, an exceptional American pilot who was also the nephew of Herman Goering, leading member of the Nazi party and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2012
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Summary: "In 1934, a friend brought fledgling actress Vivien Leigh to see Theatre Royal, where she would first lay eyes on Laurence Olivier in his brilliant performance as Anthony Cavendish. That night, she confided, he was the man she was going to marry. There was just one problem: she was already married-and so was he. TRULY, MADLY is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B OLIVIER GALKing, Stephen
Summary: The author shares his insights into the craft of writing and offers a humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2000
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Summary: A beginning biography of young Ben Franklin who loves doing experiments and cannot wait to test out his latest idea involving a kite!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2002
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KREKrensky, Stephen.
Summary: Describes the nature of books in the world before the development of the printing press and the subsequent effect of that invention on civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 1996