Summers, Anthony
Summary: "We thought we knew the story well: On December 7, 1941, 2,403 Americans died when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, devastating the nation and precipitating entry into World War II. In the aftermath, Admiral Husband Kimmel, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, was relieved of command, accused of dereliction of duty, and publicly disgraced. The fact was, however, that--through sheer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 SUMGammelgaard, Lene
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 GAMBarretta, Gene.
Summary: Presents an introduction to the inventions of Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's most beloved figures, credited with introducing bifocals, daylight savings time, lightning rods, and the establishment of post offices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609.2 BARLogsdon, Gene.
Summary: A cancer survivor and farmer writes about the struggles of his childhood and life as a parent, the resilience of nature, and nature's cycles of life and death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOGSDON, GENE LOGSomers, Suzanne
Summary: The popular actress and best-selling author of Sexy Forever draws on the examples of her half-century marriage to Alan Hamel to counsel readers on how to mold and shape a healthy, lasting relationship without sacrificing individual strengths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SOMBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverBarretta, Gene
Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SPIWojciechowski, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 WOJMustain, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MustaSmith, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SMIWeingarten, Gene
Summary: "Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten explores the events of a random day in U.S. history, offering a diorama of American life that illuminates all that has changed--and all that hasn't--in the past three decades. On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WEIBarretta, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Invent BarrettaGorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB NIGHTINGALE GORGorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)
Summary: Details the history of the Underground Railroad from the roots of slavery through the post-Emancipation era by focusing on the lives of the participants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7115 GORHummer, Jill Abraham
Summary: "This book is a history of first ladies beginning with Lou Henry Hoover and ending with Michelle Obama, discussing how they defined their role with a focus on how they related to women's issues and how they participated in politics. Hummer explores the intersection of personality and the first ladies' personal ambition and relationship with their presidential spouse, with the social and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 HUMDenk, Jeremy
Summary: "In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey.But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7103 SEIBenke, Britta.
Summary: The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is resplendent with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's reputation rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realism and abstraction. This book traces O’Keeffe's idiosyncratic career, while the numerous full-color illustrations document the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 BENDuncan, Arne
Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNFenn, Lisa
Summary: "An Emmy-winning ESPN producer describes how she developed a surprising, profound and lasting bond with two disabled African-American, inner-city high school wrestlers after filming a segment about them for television,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 FENGann, Kyle.
Summary: A discussion of John Cage's "4'33"," a mid-twentieth-century musical work composed entirely of silence, providing a cultural context for the piece, and examining the musical, philosophical, and environmental factors that influenced Cage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.18 GANBell, Cece
Summary: Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BELMontesanti, Gabe
Summary: "Gabe Montesanti grew up queer in a working-class, conservative Catholic family in the Midwest, where she was taught to prioritize strength and impenetrability over vulnerability and honesty. In this emotionally, physically, and spiritually abusive environment, she developed a severe eating disorder, never learned to trust herself, and lived in constant fear. As she enters graduate school, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTESANTI, GABE MONTvedten, Benet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999