Beckner, Chrisanne.
Contents: Crispus Attucks -- Benjamin Banneker -- Elizabeth Freeman -- Phillis Wheatley -- Paul Cuffe -- Richard Allen -- James Forten -- Samuel E. Cornish and John Russwurm -- Dred Scott -- Sojourner Truth -- Nat Turner -- Martin R. Delany -- Henry H. Garnet -- Frederick Douglass -- Harriet Tubman -- Henry McNeal Turner -- P.B.S. Pinchback -- Robert Smalls -- Elijah McCoy -- Lewis Howard Latimer --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluewood Books 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J 973.04Buckler, Ernest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630.117 BUCBuckner, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.09 BRUSher, Eden
Summary: All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she had an emotion for which she had no word, she would make one up. The result of this is The Emotionary, which lives at the intersection of incredibly funny and very useful. Chock full of words you always wanted/never knew you needed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 302.2 SHEShea, Therese
Summary: The Bigfoot Trail in northwestern California got its name because of hikers' accounts of glimpsing large, hairy, humanlike creatures living in this area. This book entices readers to come along on this forbidding trail, if they dare. The Bigfoot Trail is long but, because many parts aren't well traveled, hikers and readers get to experience a truly wild side of the United States. They'll learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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Summary: American landmarks sometimes evoke more than their original intent. For example, the Statue of Liberty was a gift symbolizing the friendship between France and the United States, but it became a welcoming monument to millions of immigrants heading to Ellis Island. This beautifully designed book offers numerous intriguing facts about American landmarks, including the Washington Monument, Statue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 SHEEwing, Rhea
Summary: "Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EWING, RHEA EWISher, Barbara
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.244 SHESher, Barbara
Summary: Lifestyle coach Sher discusses the "Scanner"--someone who frequently has a multiplicity of interests, but finds it hard to create a successful life, because their passions and abilities are taking them in so many different directions. Sher identifies seven types of Scanners--ranging from the Serial Specialist (someone who learns all about one subject, only to get bored and need to move on to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SHEBrickner, Balfour
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.37 BRIBauchner, Elizabeth.
Summary: Describes how investigators use evidence such as handwriting and document analysis to solve crimes such as forgery and kidnapping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.2565 BAUPuchner, Martin
Summary: "Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)-vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 437.009 PUCSher, Barbara
Summary: Explains the problem-solving techniques and commonsense strategies developed in Sher's Women's Success Teams and Group Labs to deal with anxiety, fear, and feelings of inadequacy and to turn fantasies of success into reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: The co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers chronicles his life from his birth in Australia and upbringing on the streets of Los Angeles through his rise to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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Summary: A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: HRPSF 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUEBuechner, Frederick
Contents: Introduction -- Our last drive together -- Johnny -- Presidents I have known -- Wunderjahr -- Fathers and teachers -- Bulletin board -- The laughter barrel -- The five sisters -- Gertrude Conover remembers -- Dickens' Christmas carol -- Family poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BUEBuxner, Sanlyn
Summary: Featuring up-to-date images from space agencies such as NASA and ESA, this incredible introduction to the moon--past, present and future--covers the entire subject in fascinating detail, from the moon's formation and geography to its effects on Earth's tides and nocturnal animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.3 BUXShen, Fuyu
Summary: Weaving together his childhood memories and those of his ancestors with the stories of fifteen artisans as their lives intersect over the course of a century, the author reflects on the changes of small-town life in China during the epic shift from agricultural to industrial civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FUYLao, She
Summary: Stories by a Chinese writer. They range from A Man Who Doesn't Lie, which is a caricature of a habitual liar, to The Grand Opening, on a hospital which gives VD patients injections of tea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Hawaiʻi Press 1999
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Summary: The Pilgrims were entrepreneurs as well as evangelicals, political radicals as well as Christian idealists. "Making Haste from Babylon" tells their story in unrivaled depth, from their roots in religious conflict and village strife at home to their final creation of a permanent foothold in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010