Campbell, James.
Summary: A retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the Pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front. Among the great World War II conflicts, the three-week battle for Saipan is often forgotten--yet historian Donald Miller calls it"as important to victory over Japan as the Normandy invasion was to victory over Germany." On the night of the battle's end, the Port Chicago...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5453 CAMCampbell, James.
Summary: Details the 32nd Division's 1942 campaign in New Guinea, and expecially the actions of the 126th Infantry Regiment. These "Ghost Mountain Boys" were largely Wisconsin and Michigan National Guardsmen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CAMCampbell, James T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960 CAMCampbell, James V. (James Valentine)
Summary: Written in 1876 this work was originally intended as a sketch of the political development of the State of Michigan to be used for the purposes of its Centennial Committee. Chapters span Michigan political history beginning with early explorations by France and England, colonization, French and then British rule, military conquest, the administration of colonial governors, relations with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schober & Co. 1876
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CAMSummary: They thought it would last five weeks. Instead it went for 151 spectacular sold out shows over a triumphant year and a half across America. What made this tour extraordinary was that Glen had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He was told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable. Instead, Glen and his wife went public with his diagnosis and announced that he and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GLEKaplan, Alisha R.
Summary: "A dynamic dialogue of text and image that centers on the concept of sacrifice and the possibility of faith after the Holocaust"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: State University of New York Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.8 KAPCampwell, Chloe
Summary: Are you interested in traveling across the United States in an RV? Do you want to explore the country and see all of its natural wonders? Have you felt like you haven’t connected with your inner self and need to rediscover the world?Would you like to be part of a thriving community that believes in self-sufficiency and personal responsibility? This book will teach you everything you need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chloe Campwell 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 UNITED STATES CAMHair, Jaden.
Summary: Collects authentic, easy-to-prepare recipes focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai cuisine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 HAIJohnson, Javon
Summary: "Johnson takes us on a journey and each poem serves as a guide to understanding black life in America... Ain't never not been black is a healing salve, a sonic ointment that soothes the wounds of white supremacy and daily pricks of antiblack racism, reminding us of the beautiful bounty that blackness always has been and always will be"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 JOHSummary: The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After renowned nutritional scientist and bestselling author Dr. T. Colin Campbell gives a stirring speech on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his son Nelson, and Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PlantPure Productions LCC 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLARose, Jalen
Summary: No topic is off limits as Rose discusses growing up in Detroit in the 70s and 80s.; being the brash, trash-talking leader of the legendary "Fab Five" at the University of Michigan; and his 13-year NBA career. And certainly not as a commentator and analyst on ABC/ESPN and Grantland. His colorful collection of stories and opinions about basketball and life gives people the kind of insight and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROSE, JALEN ROSJoven, John
Summary: "Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum! This wonderfully illustrated collection of stories is bursting with funny and fantastic characters from all around the world, including stomping giants, angry ogres, a very greedy troll, and a snorting, snarling minotaur lurking in a labyrinth." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Books, EDC 2021
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Summary: The Unschooled Life combines personal storytelling with advice and guidance for any parent on a home education journey. In this book, Lizi Gambell tells how her eldest son became deeply unhappy at school, and how things transformed when they left the system and started to build their own learning life. Lizi shares the ups and downs of this decision, including the process of confronting her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shore Line 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.042 GAMKimmel, Haven
Summary: Named "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around her home, Kimmel's witty memoir takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent post-war period, where people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.264 KIMKimmel, Haven
Summary: A continuation of the memoir "A Girl Named Zippy" follows the story of her mother, Delonda, who reinvents her life by returning to college and losing fifty pounds, while Zippy continues to work out the dynamic of their nuclear family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.6 KIMRaven, Eddy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY RAVRaven, Sarah
Summary: "Master the art of growing flowers in pots year round with inspiration from stunning full-color images and expert advice from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Year Full of Flowers. Growing flowers in pots is a charming and accessible way to enhance any space, from large gardens to small city apartments. Get the pots right, and your garden will take on a cheerful energy of its own. They...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.65 RAVJasen, David A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason & Lipscomb 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.9 JASRaven, Margot Theis.
Summary: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 RavRaven, Catherine
Contents: Welcome to the forest planet -- Tree talk: the physiology of how trees grow -- The kings: forest gymnosperms -- Trouble in the forest: angiosperms -- The forest family tree: intra-forest dynamics -- Thinking like a forest: ecology -- Forest animals -- Fire in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2006
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Summary: After receiving her PhD in biology, Raven lived in an isolated cottage in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes in Yellowstone National Park. Her only regular visitor was a fox, with whom she developed a friendship and from whom she learned about growth, loss, and belonging.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2021
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Summary: This girl has a cute, little dog. Everybody tells her how dogs should be, but this girl knows better. Her dog does what he likes, which just so happens to fit perfectly with the owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starfish Bay Children's Books 2016