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(Biblical figure) Daniel Juvenile literature Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) History Juvenile literature Emigration and immigration Fall of man in literature Milton, John 1608-1674 Population transfers Chagossians Stars Names United States United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. Voyages around the worldSummary: Report on the proceedings from the August 18-22, 1996 workshop in Roscommon, Michigan on the Great Lakes islands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Islands Project, Dept. of Resource Development, Michigan State University 1999
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977 STA(NATURE RECORDINGS)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE VOYLong Island Historical Society
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1969
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 CatFreedman, Russell
Summary: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 FRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J979.4 FREDemuth, Patricia
Summary: Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What Demuth(Mackinac Island Medical Center Assoc.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 641.5 HISAyture-Scheele, Zulal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.982 AYT20th Century Family Feature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLI RATED PGMilton, John
Summary: "This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.4 MILSummary: Follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PELRose, Caroline Starr
Summary: In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly, inspired by Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days, began an around-the-world journey that she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, the newspaper The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, the publisher of The Cosmopolitan magazine put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROSSands, Philippe
Summary: "A ... personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler's Third Reich"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SANMcCarthy, Michael
Summary: A retelling in verse of the story of Daniel, who is unharmed while imprisoned in a den of hungry lions because of his unswerving faith in God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 224 McCarSummary: In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALCSummary: In "The story of Flibber-o-loo," the parable of the Good Samaritan is brought to life. Through rhyme and song, kids learn that loving your neighbor means helping those in need-- even if they don't live next door! In" Rack, Shack & Benny," Nebby K. Nezzer builds a 90-foot chocolate bunny and three guys named Rack, Shack and Benny learn just how risky it can be to stand up for your beliefs. "Josh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Wonder 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV VEGSANDS, HARRY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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Summary: "An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 969.7 SANSOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SOUSands, Emily.
Summary: Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 SANSands, Emily.
Summary: Presents facts on ancient Egyptian culture and history on everything from archaeological finds to theories on how the pyramids were built. Among the book's delightful novelty elements are: an envelope containing Miss Emily Sands's top ten wonders of Egypt; flaps to lift, revealing hidden treasure in the desert sands; and a foldout section of stickers featuring treasures from King Tut's tomb and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2005
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Ancient Hist SandsSands, Philippe
Summary: "The life and mysterious death of Otto Wachter, former Governor of Nazi-occupied Poland, who died in the Vatican after World War II"-- Baron Otto von Wächter: Austrian lawyer, husband, father, high Nazi official, senior SS officer, former governor of Galicia during the war, creator and overseer of the Krakow ghetto, indicted after as a war criminal for the mass murder of more than 100,000...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WACCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WACHTER, OTTO SANNature Study Guild (Berkeley, Calif.)
Summary: "An illustrated guide to identifying plants, animals, and constellations in North America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 508.7 HOWSummary: In their own words, coupled with hand-painted collage illustrations, immigrants recall their arrival in the United States. Includes brief biographies and facts about the Ellis Island Oral History Project.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1995