Hake, Terrence
Summary: Operation Greylord was the longest and most successful undercover investigation in FBI history, and the largest corruption bust ever in the U.S. It resulted in bribery and tax charges against 103 judges, lawyers, and other court personnel, and, eventually, more than seventy indictments. And it was led by Terrence Hake, a young assistant prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Bar Association 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAKE, TERRENCE HAKSummary: With six groundbreaking decades in the theatre, four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally is a living legend, on stage and off. He launched the careers of some of Broadway's biggest stars, has been a pioneer in the fight for LGBTQ rights, triumphed over addiction, found love and inspiration at every age, and continually shows the power of art to transform society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EVEGunderson, Jessica
Summary: In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries. In France, groups of anti-Nazi citizens, known as the French Resistance, fought to stop Germany's reign of terror. A brave woman named Nancy Wake became one of the movement's greatest assets as a spy. In her role, Wake often transported Jews to safe locations and rode her bicycle through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAKKantar, Andrew.
Contents: The great November terror -- The sweetwater sea -- Death on Huron -- The Morrell's world -- Outward bound -- The witch of November -- Madness at sea -- Chaos! -- A nightmare without end -- Where is the Morrell? -- "Waiting to die" -- And the bodies keep coming -- Human wreckage -- Seeking answers -- Epilogue -- Morrell crew list.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KANLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: "Describes the traditional ways of life of an Inuit family living in the Canadian Northwest Territories and some of the changes they have had to face"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN WLD ReynoldsLangston, Nancy
Summary: "Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation. But in the past fifty years it has experienced a remarkable recovery and rebirth. In this important book, leading environmental historian Nancy Langston offers a rich portrait of the lake's environmental and social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 LANDean, Andrea Oppenheimer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.71 DEASummary: Helen Macdonald's bestseller H Is for Hawk told the story of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. The goshawk is one of Mother Nature's own fighter jets, capable of finding and killing its prey with the speed of a lightning bolt. Now Macdonald digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild while raising and training a new goshawk of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 H1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV H
Kiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIESivertson, Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 977.49 SIVGeron, Eric
Summary: "NEW series. Nonfiction, full-color photos and short blocks of text to entertain and explain and how some animals with the same name can survive in very different environments"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.32 GERGrann, David
Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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Summary: "The founder of the world-renowned Tate's Bake Shop shares how her obsession with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie as a child led to her starting a cookie company that grew into a multimillion-dollar empire"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINRadhanath
Contents: [Pt.] 1. Journey to the East -- [pt.] 2. Mother India -- [pt.] 3. Himalayan pilgrimage -- [pt.] 4. Forest of grace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mandala Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RADHANATH, SWAMI RADShedden, Flora
Summary: Aran (Scottish Gaelic) From the Old Irish aran Noun bread, loaf (masculine noun, nominative case) Aran is a beautiful cookbook from an artisan bakery in the heart of Scotland with the same name. In it, Great British Bake Off star Flora Shedden shares her simple, modern recipes and a window onto a picturesque life below the highlands, with stunning location photography and stories about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.1 DEAMcNeur, Catherine
Summary: "The nineteenth century was a transformative period in the history of American science, as scientific study, once the domain of armchair enthusiasts and amateurs, became the purview of professional experts and institutions. In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur shows that women were central to the development of the natural sciences during this critical time. She does so by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCNSummary: Revisits the much-publicized case of Matthew Shepard, the young man tortured and killed in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming for being gay. Family and friends recount Shepard's life and the circumstances surrounding his murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MATMiller, Mirella S.
Summary: "Explores the freshwater lake biome, plants and animals in the biome, the biome food chain, and highlights the lake trout"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.63 MILOtis, Cindy L.
Summary: "A YA Nonfiction book about the history of Fake News and tips for how to spot it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 070.4 OTISarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024