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Adventure and adventurers United States Biography Aeronautics United States History 20th century Aeronautics, Military United States History 20th century Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Juvenile literature Great Britain Politics and government 20th century Juvenile literature Prime ministers Prime ministers Great Britain Biography Juvenile literature United States History, Military 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain Juvenile literatureSummary: An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HE RATED PG-13Coghlan, Ronan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1989
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.4 COGSummary: Popular historian David Starkey tells the story of the two greatest war leaders in British history, both of whom were called Churchill. Everyone knows Winston Churchill led Britain and her Allies in their struggle against Hitler; less well known is John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, who led Britain and her Allies against an earlier would-be dictator of Europe, the Sun King, Louis XIV of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CHUWinton, Tim
Summary: "A beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped Tim Winton and his writing. From boyhood, Winton's relationship with the world around him-rock pools, sea caves, scrub, andswamp-has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WINTON, TIM WINWinton, Tim.
Summary: A story of adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's limit against nature and the power of the sea, and being with like-minded souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINKingston, Maxine Hong
Summary: "The largest and most comprehensive edition of our foremost Asian American writer: three classic books and additional writings, many rare, that together offer a vivid and searching portrait of immigrant experience and American dreams"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 KINSummary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.897 SWIWilsdon, Christina
Summary: This fun, smart guide answers kids' questions as it takes them on a journey through the human body and all its systems. The book is sprinkled throughout with plenty of health tips, top-10 lists, simple experiments, and weird-but-true wacky details. Full color.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J612 WILWilsdon, Christina.
Summary: Easy-to-read text and full-color photographs depict the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of seals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.79 WILChurshill, Winston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1956
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 CHUGroom, Winston
Summary: "When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different; their relationships with each other were complex and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 GROWinston, Hilary.
Summary: An Emmy award-winning writer shares her misadventures in dating, describing how when she finally got her life in order, her ex-boyfriend wrote a novel based on their relationship in which he depicted her as overweight and inferior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.73 WINWinston, Stephanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.43 WINChurchill, Winston
Summary: Covers the beginning of the summer of 1943 to the evening of June 5, 1943 with the great armada waiting for the historic landing on June 6.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1951
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 CHUGroom, Winston
Summary: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle were heroes of the aviation age. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, led the Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 629.13 Groom 2013Groom, Winston
Summary: Groom has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.13 GROGroom, Winston
Summary: An analysis of a pivotal battle of World War I revisits the four-year-long Battle of Ypres, an engagement that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and forever changed the way war would be waged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4144 GROWinston, Ali
Summary: "Over the last 60 years, more has been done in Oakland to reform policing than any other American city-and yet, Oakland has failed to reign in the tendencies of its police to prey upon, rather than protect, its communities. Why is this, and what does it mean both for Oakland, and for America? THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT will be the first authoritative account of the Oakland Police Department's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 WINFunston, Sylvia
Summary: Presents the secret life of animals and reveals if they have feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.59 FUNWilsdon, Christina.
Summary: Introduces hippopotamuses, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, feeding habits, and the threats to their survival that they face from human beings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.635 WILLabrecque, Ellen
Summary: Provides an introduction to the life of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHURenaud, Karin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale & Company 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.46 RENRodale, Maria
Summary: Maria Rodale was raised on real food. She doesn't think of eating homemade, from scratch meals as part of a trend or movement; it has always been her life. Raised in a family of farmers, bakers, chefs, gardeners, and publishers, Maria is used to growing, cooking, reading and writing about, and eating organic, delicious food. And now, for the first time ever, she's sharing her tried-and-true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2016