Duany, Ger
Summary: The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier to an international peace activist, a struggling refugee to a Hollywood actor. Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life--make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he's old enough. But then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DUAVan der Vat, Dan.
Contents: Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mère-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5421 VANDupuy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 1994
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DUPHansen, Neil Graham
Summary: In 1964, I embarked on a journey that was to be my life's adventure. I hired on as a pilot for Air America and its clandestine operations in Southeast Asia. Flying for the CIA's secret airline was a dream come true. Air America's operations were unknown. Its schedules were irregular. Its pilots were shadow people. It was the world of spooks, covert air ops and adventure. I had already been a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Publishing Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANSEN, NEIL GRAHAM HANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War HansenGee, Alastair
Summary: Bay Area-based reporters for The Guardian Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano relate the story of the worst American wildfire in a century, weaving together a portrait of the remarkable California community of 27,000 souls, destroyed wholesale in a fire that left 86 dead, while offering a bigger-picture exploration of the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change. Alastair Gee is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 904 GEESummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUM(BERT, DIANA, ET. AL.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. This anthology pulls back the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 WEIKuan, Diana.
Summary: Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Bar-el, Dan.
Summary: Three strange tales filled with shivery fun occur on a dark, spooky night and include the stories of a broom that goes in search of a witch, mermaids who swim in a bathtub and a house party that turns unexpectedly batty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press Ltd
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Graphic BARGehr, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GEHLundestad, Geir
Summary: The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the founding of the prize, as well as its highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, over the last one-hundred-and-twenty years. But more than that,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.4 LUNAubert, Dany
Summary: Martin and his mother talk about Martin's worries about starting school, while his little sister wishes that she was old enough to go, too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: minedition 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AUBSigwalt, Dany
Summary: This Book Will Save the Planet is a vital and timely illustrated study of the climate crisis that tells us exactly what we can do to help save the world we live in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.738 SIGDuane, Daniel
Summary: The author recounts how he assumed his family's culinary duties upon becoming a father, describing how he learned to prepare classic dishes by working his way through the cookbooks of Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, and Fergus Henderson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 DUAGeer, Donne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 704 GEEGigerenzer, Gerd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.2 GIGGaer, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1956
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 290 GAETanabe, Gen
Summary: "Guide for parents and high school and college students on how to win scholarships. Contains advice on finding the right scholarships, crafting applications, writing essays and asking the college for a financial aid reassessment. Also has a scholarship directory of 175 awards; examples of winning scholarship applications, essays, and interview questions and answers are included"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: The author of the acclaimed The Book of New Israeli Food returns with a cookbook devoted to the culinary masterpieces of Jewish grandmothers from Minsk to Marrakesh: recipes that have traveled across continents and cultural borders and are now brought to life for a new generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.567 GURLarkin, Geri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3444 LARGere, Richard
Summary: Actor Richard Gere is well known for his outspoken defense of the Tibetan people, his Buddhist beliefs, and his friendship with the Dalai Lama. What is less well known is that Gere has long been a serious and accomplished photographer. The 65 striking photos collected here document Gere's extensive travels in India, Nepal, Zanskar, and Tibet. All of Gere's profits from this book will be donated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Co. 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 GERGerr, Dave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 1999