Haley, Alex.
Summary: Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 929.2 HALWilliams, William Appleman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.01 WILAnderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Relates how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 394.26 AndFelt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELHaley, Alex.
Summary: The fictionalized saga of Haley's father's family, sequel to Roots.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALHaley, Alex.
Summary: This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1976
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 HALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 HALHarle, Leslie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.15 HARHeale, Jay.
Summary: Describes the history, geography, wildlife, government, and culture of Poland.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943.8 HEASale, Kirkpatrick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 SALHage, Deborah.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting with Pizazz Pub. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 HAGThomas, Haile
Summary: "By a superstar eighteen-year-old activist and motivational speaker, and the youngest Certified Integrative Health Coach in America, an inspiring plant-based cookbook featuring 80 delicious, wholesome recipes to boost confidence, happiness, energy, and positivity along with "7 points of power" to motivate the next generation of leaders"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 THOHage, Salma
Summary: "Whether you start your day with something sweet, finish it with something sweet, or make sure sweets are within reach all day long, you'll find serious inspiration in the pages of Salma Hage's latest cookbook for home cooks. The Middle East's wide rangeof cultures, ingredients, and influences informs the array of dishes she includes -- spiced cookies, cream-filled pancakes, aromatic pastries,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 HAGAppleman, J. Reuben
Summary: Enthralling. Gripping. Cinematic. Raw. A cold case murder investigation paced like a podcast, as visually stunning as a film, and as brave and personal as our darkest memoirs. J. Reuben Appelman cracks open one of America's most notorious murder sprees while simultaneously banging the gavel on his own history with violence. A deftly-crafted true crime story with grit, set amid the decaying...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 APPAppleman-Jurman, Alicia.
Summary: Alicia's tells of her flight from the Nazis through the fields of Poland, rescuing other Jews, leading them to safe hideouts, and offering them courage and hope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 APPHeale, Jay
Summary: Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, languages, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of the third largest country in Africa, a former colony of Belgium.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 967.51 HEAWilliams, Kale
Summary: "The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our own. Six days after giving birth, a polar bear named Aurora got up and walked away from her den at the Columbus Zoo, leaving her tiny squealing cub to fend for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.786 WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal Wild WilliamsAlyan, Hala
Summary: A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection--a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one another, tracing paths between Brooklyn, Beirut, and Jerusalem. Boundaries and borders blur between space and time and poetic form--small banal moments of daily life live within geopolitical brutalities and, vice versa, the desire for stability lives in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ALYAbleman, Michael.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ABLHake, Terrence
Summary: Operation Greylord was the longest and most successful undercover investigation in FBI history, and the largest corruption bust ever in the U.S. It resulted in bribery and tax charges against 103 judges, lawyers, and other court personnel, and, eventually, more than seventy indictments. And it was led by Terrence Hake, a young assistant prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Bar Association 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAKE, TERRENCE HAKHile, Lori.
Summary: Using the scientific method and available information, this book attempts to find out whether or not mermaids exist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Raintree 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 HILSale, Anna
Summary: The host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money provides a profound meditation on why communication can connect us instead of divide us and how we can all do it better.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 SALHare, Rachael
Summary: "A simple story for little ones that will delight them, and encourage their language and fine motor skills. Discover amazing arctic animals like an albatross, snow petrel, orca and seal -- and find where the penguin is hiding too! Eco Baby: Where Are You Penguin? is a wonderful plastic-free, touch-and-feel picture board book that develops your kid's love for storytime and learning, and secures...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing, Inc. 2021
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Summary: "More than any other strange phenomena, the existence of life on other planets has sparked the most discussion. Many have claimed to have seen strange spacecraft and some are absolutely sure they've been abducted by aliens. Is there any truth to these stories? Could life "out there" exist? Using the scientific method and other information, this book aims to find out!"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.942 HILYale, Kathleen
Summary: "Dig up an adventure! You can find all kinds of rocks wherever you look. Head outside with this hands-on field guide and have fun learning about them." -- back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023