Johnson, Lois

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Publisher / Publication Date: Painted Turtle Book 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59774 JOH

Ste. Anne de Detroit Roman Catholic Church (Detroit, Mich.)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Custombook 1976

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377434 Detroit

Keenan, Marney Rich

Summary: ""Over 13 months in 1976-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the snow near public roadsides. The Oakland County Child Murders spawned panic across southeast Michigan, triggering the most extensive manhunt in U.S. history. Yet after less than two years, the task force created to find the killer was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Exposit 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.152 KEE

Fitch, Charles Marden.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1981

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 FIT

Summary: For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights movement and the cold war. For 30 years, Hubert Humphrey stood at the center of both. And while he never reached his dream of being president, and in fact is most remembered for his 1968 loss to Richard Nixon, Humphrey left behind a legacy few presidents can match. In November of 1977, for the first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUB

Epstein, Mark

Summary: "A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year's worth of therapy sessions during which he brought together his years of experience with Western psychotherapy and his equally long investigation into Buddhism to understand how the practices, in tandem, can lead to even greater awareness - for his patients, and for himself For years, Dr. Mark...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 EPS

Epstein, Mark

Summary: "Lessons from meditation and psychotherapy."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 EPS

Weintraub, Aileen

Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEI

Summary: Presents a documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long range affects of nuclear war on civilization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Severin Films 2018

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THR

Epstein, Bette Marie

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Jersey Dept. of State, Division of Archives and Records Management 1987

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 016.929 GUI

Summary: Five friends travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes and canoes to explore the potential impacts of a border wall on the natural environment.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIV

Tran, Thi Minh Phuoc

Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRA

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Publisher / Publication Date: High Museum of Art 2003

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 AFT

Nguyen, Bich Minh

Summary: "From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left--behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NGUYEN, BICH MINH NGU

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Summary: An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HE

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Epstein, Daniel Mark

Summary: Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the darker episodes in Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 EPS

Nguyen, Bich Minh.

Summary: A memoir of Bich Nguyen and her journey to become a "real" American.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 NGUYEN, BICH MINH NGU

Epstein, Daniel Mark.

Summary: Describes the life and work of an American woman whose love poetry transformed a generation of writers, drawing on letters, diaries, and journals to depict the world of a woman whose life was dedicated to art and love.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT EPS

Summary: At the end of the Gulf War, the filmmakers take a trip to the American South in order to try and get a perspective about gay life in the South. For the most part, the individuals questioned revealed such insular, even ignorant perspectives that give a chilling view. One of the odder individuals they found along the way was a man who had created his own personal Graceland to please his wife. No...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Yorker Video 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHE

Summary: Covering such destinations as Delhi, Rajasthan, the Taj Mahal, and Mumbai, this Gold Guide to India contains full-color photos, detailed maps, and illustrated features to provide visitors with much-needed information.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL INDIA

Nguyen, Bich Minh.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NGUYEN, BICH NGU

Lester, Larry.

Summary: Chronicles the history of the various teams and players that spent time in the "Motor city." From the aftermath of the First World War, through the Jazz Age and Prohibition, the Great Depression, and through the 1950s, the history of the Negro Leagues parallels the history of Black America, from segregation to full inclusion.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 LES

Summary: These individual stories focus on some of the Turtles' closest friends and fiercest enemies, including Casey Jones, April O'Neil, General Hrang, and Bebop and Rocksteady.

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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing, a division of Idea & Design Works, LLC 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TEE