Weakland, Mark.
Summary: Introduces the concepts of floating and sinking by following a fictional captain on the high seas who wonders why his boat floats and his treasure sinks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 532.25 WEACumming, Kate
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.776 CUMCumings, Bruce
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.93 CUMCummins, Julie.
Summary: The stories of fourteen women during the period from 1880 to 1929 who performed feats of daring from being shot out of a cannon to high-diving on horseback.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CUMCumings, Bruce
Summary: Bruce Cumings's rich narrative focuses on Korea's fractured, shattered, twentieth-century history. In 1910 Korea lost its centuries-old independence, and it remained an exploited colony of Japan until 1945. Then came national division, political turmoil, a devastating war, and the death and dislocation of millions, all of which left Korea still divided and in desperate poverty. Its recovery and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.903 CUMCumings, Bruce
Summary: As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.904 CUMAndrews, Troy
Summary: After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader so he hits the New Orleans streets to find some answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANDDenning, Troy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DENHENDERSON, TROY
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Publisher / Publication Date: ARCADIA 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.35 HENCommins, Pat
Summary: "To leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century. In Ireland, people suffered persecution, poverty and famine. America offered freedom and opportunity. For those who left and came to Michigan, the land's abundant natural resources encouraged them to become loggers, miners, fishermen, traders and farmers. Others became rail workers, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, doctors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 COM1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.4 COM
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 COMCroy, Anita.
Summary: Provides a basic overview of the history, wildlife, geography, climate, culture, government, and economy of Spain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 946 CRODunn, Troy
Summary: Offers an action plan for healing a broken family, including how to determine what's wrong with the relationships, how to embrace the idea of long-lasting change, and how to repair damage and provide tools to stabilize a family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ingram Pub Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 DUNSchmidt, Troy
Summary: What could be more fun than seeing kids laugh and have their curiosities piqued while they learn a thing or two about God's Word along the way? Every page of this book is sure to tease their brains and tickle their funny bones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 220 SCHMcMullin, Troy
Summary: "An introduction to the hidden world of lichens - what they are, how they grow and reproduce, what they can do - followed by a survey of 38 lichen species found around the world. Book is published in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 579.7 MCMTroy, Sandy.
Summary: "Captain Trips depicts the life, work, and philosophy of this nonconformist rock legend, counterculture hero, and symbol of the Sixties. It contains exclusive interviews with Phil Lesh, David Nelson, Rock Scully, Jorma Kaukonen, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia (Jerry's second wife and perhaps closest friend), Jerry himself, and many others. As lead guitarist of the Dead, Garcia has played before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GARCIA, JERRY TROAndrews, Troy
Summary: A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott AndrewsTroy, Tevi
Summary: From Cicero to Snooki, the cultural influences on our American presidents are powerful and plentiful. Thomas Jefferson famously said ""I cannot live without books,"" and his library backed up the claim, later becoming the backbone of the new Library of Congress. Jimmy Carter watched hundreds of movies in his White House, while Ronald Reagan starred in a few in his own time. Lincoln was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery History 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 TROLittle, Troy
Summary: Records the experiences of a free-lance writer who embarked on a zany journey into the drug culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LITSenik, Troy
Summary: "A long-overdue biography of Grover Cleveland, the honest, principled, plain-spoken, and incorruptible twenty-second and twenty-fourth president whose country has largely forgotten him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEVELAND, GROVER SENThorne, Troy.
Summary: A guide to help parents and their children design and build Pinewood Derby cars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Chapel Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.156 THOCummings, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 921 CUMCummings, Dede
Summary: A comprehensive guide to composting discusses what can be composted, how to balance a bin's contents for optimum decomposition, vermicomposting, and how and when to use compost in a garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 CUMCummings, Keith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & C Black 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 748.2 CUMCummings, Whitney
Summary: The creator, writer and executive producer of "2 Broke Girls" presents a personal account of her life and career, detailing her struggles with challenges ranging from anxiety and an eating disorder to relationships and pop therapy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017