Peres, Shimon
Summary: A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nextbook/Schocken 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9405 BEN-GURION, DAVID PERSalamon, Lester M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Foundation Center 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.763 SALSummary: With over 12,500 locations listed across the United States and Canada, the new Good Sam RV Travel & Savings Guide is the only print edition of RV parks and campgrounds in North America. Includes 2,100+ Good Sam Parks, RV travel articles and lifestyle tips. Good Sam's exclusive RV park ratings help travelers decide where to stay, and the state and provincial maps -- indicating Good Sam discount...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Sam Enterprises, LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.94 GOOKalman, Tibor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6 KALSummary: A personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, it is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCQLund, Kristin
Summary: The ultimate reference book for the planets, cities, and battles of the Star wars galaxy! The cross-section artworks offer incredible levels of detail that take you far beyond what is seen on-screen-- even beyond freeze-frame!
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 791.43 LUNWard, Geoffrey C.
Summary: Meet important historical personalities, scientists, aviators, and athletes in this series that illustrate the impact dynamic leaders have on society. These books are sure to inspire young readers as they learn about the lives of famous people. Each book includes a timeline of important dates, a glossary, and an index. Included in the back of each book are additional resources such as At the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 WARWalton, Stewart
Summary: Presents techniques for paper cutting stationery, borders, hats, masks, cake decorations, and other projects. Includes templates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.98 WALSummary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINSummary: "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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Summary: Meet important historical personalities, scientists, aviators, and athletes in this series that illustrate the impact dynamic leaders have on society. These books are sure to inspire young readers as they learn about the lives of famous people. Each book includes a timeline of important dates, a glossary, and an index. Included in the back of each book are additional resources such as At the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WARSummary: Documents the rise of Dalton Trumbo's career in Hollywood and his subsequent public humiliation for being among the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s for communist associations. Exiled and penniless, he wrote under various pseudonyms, and even won an Academy Award. Dalton stood for the American value and right of free expression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRUKater, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE KATSalmon, Catherine.
Summary: Discusses how the strategies developed by middle children can translate into healthier relationships and more successful careers, with tips on how to maximize the potential and avoid the pitfalls of middle-child dynamics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.924 SALSalmon, Marylynn
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 346.7304 SALDexter, Pete
Summary: In the 1970s and 1980s, before he earned national acclaim for his novels, Pete Dexter was a newspaper columnist. Every week, in a few hundred words, he cut directly to the heart of the American character at a time of national turmoil and crucial change. His columns laid bare the violence, hypocrisy, and desperation he saw on the streets of Philadelphia and in the places he visited across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 DEXHammer, Peter J.
Summary: The Honorable Damon J. Keith was appointed to the federal bench in 1967 and has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 1977, where he has been an eloquent defender of civil and constitutional rights and a vigorous enforcer of civil rights law. In Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith, authors Peter J. Hammer and Trevor W. Coleman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 347.732 KEIPester, Sophie
Summary: Get creative with upcycling craft projects from this book and discover materials and techniques you have never used before. Includes 52 projects with DIY ideas for every weekend, ranging from jewellery and accessories to home decoration and furniture. Embroider a notebook, print fabric with starfuit, or make a hanging garden for your bathroom. The projects are easy to accomplish, and you can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 PESSalmón, Enrique
Summary: The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath-- known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara-- has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about the natural world, passed down for millennia by native cultures. Salmón, an ethnobotanist, builds on this concept of connection and highlights plants revered by North America's indigenous peoples. He teaches us the ways plants are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.63 SALSammon, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SAMSalamon, Gayle
Summary: "The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney in their junior high school classroom in Oxnard, California in 2008. The press coverage of the shooting, as well as the criminal trial that followed, referred to Latisha, assigned male at birth, as Larry. Unpacking the consequences of representing the victim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 SALSalomon, David
Summary: This book's "up close and personal" photographs of pandas and its array of panda facts will captivate young nonfiction lovers. Readers will learn how one mother and her cub are being protected and raised in a Chinese panda reserve, which seeks to help this vulnerable species survive. In fact, ChiDa, the panda cub, is being prepared to be released into the wild--once she is old enough and has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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Summary: An anthology of works by the influential poet and author encompasses all of his major narrative poems, his shorter verses, his essays, and such influential treatises as "Areopagitica," a criticism of censorship, enhanced by on-page explanatory notes and scholarly commentary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2007