Summary: Thirteen essays written by notable authors and honoring modern-day political heroes pay tribute to recipients of the Profile in Courage award in a collection that includes Anna Quindlen on James Florio and Bob Woodward on Gerald Ford.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002

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Summary: Profiles the recipients of the Profiles in Courage Award, established by the Kennedys in 1989 to honor courageous public service.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 PRO

Junger, Sebastian

Summary: "A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.44 JUN

Quinones, John.

Summary: Bringing together some of the best profiles from his popular "What Would You Do?" news features, the award-winning ABC journalist introduces ordinary Americans from a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and walks of life whose small acts of courage, kindness, generosity, and decency have made the world a better place.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.073 QUI

Beschloss, Michael R.

Summary: Presidential historian Beschloss has brought us a saga about crucial times in America's history when a courageous president dramatically changed the future of the United States. Beschloss brings to life these flawed, complex men--and their wives, families, friends and foes, in an intimate, behind-the-scenes view of presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. As he shows, none of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.099 BES

Beschloss, Michael R.

Summary: Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007

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Beschloss, Michael R.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2007

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Quinones, John.

Summary: Bringing together some of the best profiles from his "What Would You Do?" news features, an ABC journalist introduces ordinary Americans from diverse backgrounds whose small acts of courage, kindness, generosity, and decency have made the world a better place.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2008

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920.073 QUI

Burns, Eric.

Summary: Profiles of the Founding Fathers of the United States evaluate their lives, careers, and specific contributions to the U.S. Constitution, in a historical assessment that illuminates their motivations while explaining how their shared vision remains relevant.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007

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Linderman, Gerald F.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1987

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Summary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REP

Keefe, Jess

Summary: "Thirty-Thousand Steps is a powerful and transformative memoir that interweaves the author's obsessive training to becoming a distance runner, along with her singular, focused research into the science of addiction in the shadow of grief after the death of her brother"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEEFE, JESS KEE

Baron, Martin

Summary: "A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023

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Thomas, William G.

Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THO

Summary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REP

Summary: "For the first time in print, rich, provocative first-hand stories of life in the Bronx in the twentieth century. In Bronx Faces and Voices, sixteen men and women tell their personal, uncensored stories of the New York City borough--before, during, and after the troubled years of arson, crime, abandonment, and flight in the 1970s and 1980s. The voices in this volume are as eclectic as the Bronx...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Tech University Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 BRO

Gregorio, Katharine

Summary: "Illuminating a thrilling untold chapter of the Cold War, The Double Life of Katharine Clark shares the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who pioneered a career in a male-dominated profession. In 1955, Katharine Clark became the first female American wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, forging a career as a journalist, befriending a leading Communist, and risking her life to smuggle away...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022

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