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JIST top careers series JIST's top careers series Phoenix fiction Pure gold classicCoy, John
Summary: Discover the true story of how James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at a school in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.323 COYNaisbitt, John.
Summary: In his Megatrends books, Naisbitt proved himself a far-sighted observer of our fast-changing world. This book discloses his secret of forecasting, opening the door to the insights that let him understand today's world and see the opportunities of tomorrow. He selects his most effective tools and applies them by guiding the reader through the five forces that will dominate the next decades of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 NAILaurance, Ewa Mataya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.72 LAULawrence
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridge-Logos Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.482 LawBergreen, Laurence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, LOUIS BERBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 BERLaurence, Margaret.
Summary: "Stacey MacAindra is smart, witty, brave, and a bit desperate. Her marriage, her four children, and her happiness seem to be threatened by everything from well-meaning neighbors to her own sudden impulses for adventure. Her apparently staid suburban life involves an appalling abduction, strange romance, sudden death, and unexpected appearances by characters from other novels in the Manawaka...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAULeamer, Laurence.
Summary: The renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women returns with this first volume in a multigenerational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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Leamer, Laurence.
Summary: Through interviews with stars, managers, songwriters, and executives at the 1996 annual week-long Fan Fair country music event at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Leamer explores how country music stars became successful and why country music has become so popular throughout the U.S. Includes interviews with Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Mindy McCready, Shania Twain, Wynonna Judd,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 LEAMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASBrown, Laurene Krasny.
Summary: As a family wanders through an art museum, they see examples of various art styles from primitive through twentieth-century pop art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708.13 BRONesmith, Michael.
Summary: An idiosyncratic memoir by the Monkees icon, songwriter, and music video innovator traces his experiences as a wild youth and celebrity before finding peace and creative wholeness through the teachings of Christian Science and his collaborations with like-minded fellow artists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NESMITH, MICHAEL NESGoo, Maurene.
Summary: Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. Maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dads business....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOOBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLUMBUS CHRISTOPHER BERLaurence, Janet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aquamarine 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 LAULeamer, Laurence
Summary: "'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.' Barbara 'Babe' Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister) -- they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. These women captivated and enchanted Capote -- and at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPOTE, TRUMAN LEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CAPOTE LEALeamer, Laurence
Summary: Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed-and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LEAPringle, Laurence
Summary: Introduces scorpions, discussing their life cycle, habits, behaviors, and characteristics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2013
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Summary: Drawing on the intersection of philosophy, politics, and memoir, an existential meditation on personal loss and the role of digital tech in how we find meaning in today's world illuminates the transition into self-defined but vulnerable intangible realities. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 SCOShatkin, Laurence.
Summary: Identifies one hundred top careers for people without a four-year college degree, each with information on the nature of the work, training and/or qualifications and advancement, employment, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources for additional information. Includes tips on conducting a job search, and a self-assessment for matching skills to jobs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jist Works 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.702 SHABrown, Laurene Krasny
Summary: Uses accessible dinosaur characters and clear language to explore the civic values that drive voter participation, explaining how today's young readers can practice good citizenship and find guidance in the democratic principles of equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 BROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America BrownBrown, Laurene Krasny.
Summary: Dinosaur characters illustrate the value of friends, how to make friends, and how to be and not to be a good friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 158.25 BROBergreen, Laurence
Summary: "The central coast of China, 1405. At nearly seven feet tall, Admiral Zheng He looked out at the sea before him. For the next three decades, the oceans would be his home, as he would command over 1,500 ships and thousands of sailors in seven journeys that would predate the heart of the European Age of Exploration. Over his seven epic journeys, Zheng He explored the Northern Pacific and Indian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 BERBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: Overview: Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2004