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Summary: The next 20 years will be completely different from the past. Current global trends are bleak: weak economic growth, too much debt, declining incomes for the lower 99%, a dangerous addiction to fossil fuels, and ecological destruction - just to name a few. Many of us understandably feel resigned to an eroding standard of living in the years to come. At best. But what if we told you that there...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RDA Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 MARSmith, J. T. (John T.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOWEnglish, T. J.
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime--and law enforcement--that made him the defining Irish American gangster.For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger--the brother of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ENGJones, T. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NTC Publishing 1992
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Summary: This title introduces readers to Suni Lee, providing exciting details about her life and her thrilling success at the Tokyo Olympics. It features informative fast facts, a timeline, and a glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LEE MAREllison, J. T.
Summary: "Olivia Bender desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son. Olivia is relieved, knowing the Benders don't have any children. Then comes the confession. Many years ago, Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ELLStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIWilliams, J. T.
Summary: Presents the extraordinary life stories of fourteen Black British people and their contributions to the worlds of literature, theater, journalism, politics, medicine, sport, and music.Carefully researched and eloquently written by children’s author J.T. Williams, Bright Stars of Black British History brings to life historical figures from Tudor England to the present day. Written in both an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILWray, T. J.
Contents: Introduction: Why a book about adult sibling grief? -- Shock : dealing with the news -- Denial : this can't be happening! -- The reactions of others : why can't you understand? -- Searching for solitude : to go within -- Anger : how dare this happen! -- Guilt, regret, and conflicts : shoulda, coulda, woulda -- Depression : how low can you go? -- Dreams : one last visit -- Faith, religion, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Grief WrayMartinson, Lars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pliant Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MAREnglish, T. J.
Summary: "From T.J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 ENGHAYDN, J. T.
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 903 HAYEnglish, T. J.
Summary: Here is the true saga of the Irish American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. The heritage of the Irish American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely portrayed Italian American mafioso, and has held strong through the modern age. In fact, the highest-ranking organized crime figure on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List is not a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 364.1 ENGSummary: Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KINMartensson, Alf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.1 MARMortenson, Greg.
Summary: This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and illustrations, as well as a special interview by Greg's twelve-year-old daughter, Amira, who has traveled with her father as an advocate for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin USA, Inc. 2009
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Summary: Brief text and numerous illustrations trace the causes, events, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War with emphasis on the way in which the bickering colonies put aside their differences to unite against the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.31 PARMattison, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blandford 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.395 MATStepanek, Mattie J. T. (Mattie Joseph Thaddeus)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 STEParkinson, Kathy.
Summary: One of Grandfather's turnips grows to such an enormous size that the whole family including the dog, cat, and mouse try in vain to pull it up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1986
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Summary: The subject of this narrative is the generic snake. Intended for amateur herpetologists and general naturalists the work treats the origin, evolution and classification of snakes and then discusses morphology and function, how and where snakes live (habitat, adaptations and world patterns), feeding, defense, and reproduction. A chapter deals with the relationships of snakes and humans, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 MATMortenson, Greg.
Summary: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.82 MORMortenson, Greg.
Summary: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 371.823 MORMattison, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co. 1992