George, Jean Craighead
Summary: This guide to the outdoors provides advice and instructions on camping, building shelters, finding water, and cooking outdoors. Some activities may require adult supervision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2009
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Summary: "An academic and activist takes an entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state--and shows us how we, too, can have a far more equal and just economic system In America, many Democrats invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most Republicans fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right can usually agree on one thing: that the Nordic system is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 LAKFunke, Thomas
Summary: "In the same class as the Appalachian Trail, the North Country National Scenic Trail is over twice as long as its older cousin, stretching from Upstate New York to North Dakota. But some of the most beautiful and scenic spots lie in Michigan and Wisconsin. 50 Hikes on Michigan & Wisconsin's North Country Trail is a guidebook for both the day hiker and the long-distance back-packer. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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Summary: Each of the 50 hikes features a detailed topographic map, directions to the trailhead, hike difficulty and elevation along with notes of the natural and human history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Countryman Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.749 FUNLuce, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: S. French 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 LUCSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUDeLoach, Nuke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pick-Up Publications 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 698 DELLuce, Edward
Summary: In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracy--of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a terrifying symptom. Luce argues that we are on a menacing trajectory brought about by ignorance of what it took to build the West, arrogance towards society's economic losers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 LUCLucke, Deb
Summary: When her familiars try to make a meanness potion to get rid of Grunhilda's nice feelings, they accidentally make a positivitiy potion that affects everyone in town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LUCDempsey, Luke.
Summary: An unlikely birder traces his indoctrination into the hobby by a pair of obsessive fellow enthusiasts and their zealous nation-wide search for rare and noteworthy species, in an account that describes their haphazard encounters with human and natural challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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Summary: "The riveting story of four men-Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige-whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even threemonths after Jackie Robinson debuted on the Brooklyn Dodgers, snapping the color line that had segregated Major League Baseball, Larry Doby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team EpplinHarding, Luke
Summary: "December 2016. [the author] and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's Russia connections. A month later, Steele's now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known--Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 HARHarding, Luke
Summary: "In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe--and the world--Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.7086 HARHarding, Luke
Summary: Discusses the infamous intelligence breach brought about by Edward Snowden, including the dangers of global monitoring, how Snowden managed to leave the country with a hard drive full of secrets, and his battle for asylum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2014
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Summary: More than 25 projects geared to both beginners and experienced home-sewers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MERDC 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.97 LUKSummary: An eclectic group of artists performed selections from the Bob Dylan songbook on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's debut album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBSummary: Samuele is twelve years old and lives on an island in the middle of the sea. He goes to school, and loves shooting his slingshot and going hunting. He likes land games, even though everything around him speaks of the sea and the men, women, and children who try to cross it to get to his island. But his is not an island like the others, its name is Lampedusa and it is the most symbolic border of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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Summary: Describes the life and career of the Academy Award-winning actor best known for his dark glasses, wicked grin, and rascal persona, from his early days in B movies through his rise to success, critical acclaim, and mega-stardom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Home Entertainment I 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICHOLSON, JACK JACBarr, Luke.
Summary: Presents a dramatic account of the 1970 gathering in Provence where such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child debated and inadvertently launched the modern food movement in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 BARHarding, Luke
Summary: On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London. He died twenty-two days later. The cause of death was Polonium--a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance. This is the inside story of the life and death of Litvinenko. And it is the story of the aftermath: a decade of geopolitical disruptions still felt today. In A Very Expensive Poison,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 HARLuke, Andrew
Summary: Explores the sport of soccer, including its history, greatest moments, notable players, and what the future of the sport holds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 796.334 LUKCaldwell, Luke
Summary: The HGTV star and founder of the Timber and Love design and build firm shares his secrets for creating timeless and organic spaces that are warm, inviting, livable, and beautiful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2022
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Summary: Rev up your reading engines! Gearhead garage is ready to take you for a ride. From screaming fast F1 cars to custom choppers, get to know what's "under the hood" of your favorite vehicles. You're in the driver's seat now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE COLLuke, Andrew
Summary: Explores the sport of track and field, including its history, greatest moments, notable athletes, and what the future of the sport holds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2017