McGough, Will
Summary: "Just as George Plimpton had his proverbial cup of coffee in the NFL as the un-recruited and certainly unwanted fourth-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions, so, too, did Will McGough immerse himself in a sport he had no business trying. Like Plimpton, whose football folly turned into the bestselling Paper Lion, travel and outdoor writer McGough writes of his participation in, around, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCGOUGH, WILL MCGSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Summary: Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LETTERMAN, JONATHAN MCGMcGaugh, Scott
Summary: "This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable wrapped with a telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, photos and letters home, The Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin reveals every terrifying minute of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey Publishing 2023
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 MCGMcGaugh, Scott
Summary: The story of the 442nd, a segregated unit of Japanese American citizens, commanded by white officers, that finally rescued the "lost battalion." Their unmatched courage and sacrifice under fire became legend - all the more remarkable because many of the soldiers had volunteered from prison-like "interment" camps where sentries watched their mothers and fathers from the barbed-wire perimeter. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 MCGMcGeough, Paul
Contents: The tourists -- Village of the sheiks -- The tap dancer from Amman -- The education of a terrorist -- "Have you guys lost your minds?" -- Arafat's circus -- The Palestinian project -- The bearded engineer in a New York cell -- Violence is the only weapon -- A little obscurity is good -- "They used a bizarre instrument" -- Mishal must not die -- "Who the hell is Khalid Mishal?" -- Pulling a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.95 MCGJoy, Angela
Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILMeinck, Willi.
Summary: Salvatori, a young boy who can swim like a dolphin, has some adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Der Kinderbuchverlag. 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 FIC MEIDill, Khodi
Summary: An inspiring, life-affirming debut activist book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DILDill, Khodi
Summary: "An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.896 DILGalloway, Willi.
Summary: Presents a guide to growing and harvesting a variety of vegetables and herbs, with advice on storage and preparation techiques and recipes for vegetable dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 GALLindwer, Willy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 FRANK, ANNE LINDuraffourg, Willy
Summary: "This graphic novel explores the youth of the author of The Lord of the Rings, and his traumatic experience of the battlefields of the First World War, which will forge the imagination of his literary work" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ablaze Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. DURHein, Till
Summary: "In this entertaining and informative book, science writer Till Hein shares the most tantalizing findings from the world of seahorses, opening up some of the secrets of these magical creatures of the sea. He reveals their intriguing biological features, such as their unique prehensile tails, their fins, and their lack of a stomach (seahorses only have intestines!). He speaks to experts about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 HEIHickok, Wild Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Treasure Box Collection 0000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIC HickoVlautin, Willy.
Summary: Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy Kervin has lived in a group home for eight years. Frustrated by the simplest daily routines, he finds his existence has become unbearable. An act of desperation helps him disappear deep into his mind, into a world of romance and science fiction, danger and adventure where he is whole once again. Freddie McCall, the night man at Leroy's group home, works...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VLAShircliffe, Arnold
Summary: Contains more than 800 salad and dressing recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by The Hotel Monthly Press 1946
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 641.83 SHISummary: World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: An examination of Christianity's place in American life through history, from the Puritans to the administration of George W. Bush. The struggle within American Christianity, historian Wills argues, has been between the head and the heart: reason and emotion, Enlightenment and Evangelism. 18th century America saw a religious revolution--an Enlightenment culture emerged whose hallmarks were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 WILTill-Mobley, Mamie
Summary: The mother of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose 1955 murder ignited the civil rights movement, discusses the crime, her despair over the acquittal of the accused killers, and her struggle to overcome her grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.134 TILBerry, Joy Wilt.
Summary: Explains the reasons for whining, encourages the use of more positive ways to get attention, and suggests ways to break the whining habit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Berry Books 2010
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Summary: Discusses whining, crying, and throwing tantrums to get attention, suggests other, more positive ways to get attention, and explains the difference between good attention and bad attention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Berry Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 BERWills, Garry
Summary: In this examination of the life of a founding father, renowned historian Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADWills, Garry
Summary: Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur'an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur'an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur'an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war? There was a time when ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017