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Boats and boating United States Dories (Boats) United States Folklore England Good and evil Drama Heat Moon, William Least Travel United States Inland navigation United States National parks and reserves United States Robin Hood (Legendary character) Legends Thanksgiving Day United States Description and travelTwain, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.92 TWASummary: In this landmark living history series, a Victorian tenement in the heart of London's East End has been painstakingly brought back to life. Host Michael Mosley joins a group of 21st century families as they move in and experience the tough living and working conditions of the Victorian poor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VICDickens, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lightning Source Inc 0000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DICOrwell, George
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1961
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Orwell 1961Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farming Press in association with Heavy Horse World Magazine 1997
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Summary: "At the time of its completion in 1936, Hoover Dam was the biggest dam in the world and the largest feat of architecture and engineering in the country--a statement of national ambition and technical achievement. It turned the wild Colorado River into a tame and securely managed water source, transforming millions of acres of desert into farmland while also providing water and power to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Summary: "Nonfiction memoir and social history by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Dale Maharidge sharing the lives, images, and experiences of the American poor around the United States from Great Depression era America to COVID and economic downturn in 2020 - examines themes of class, race, and privilege, and connects these stories to activists currently working to create economic justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Unnamed Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MAHWorth, Jennifer
Summary: When 22-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives; she also became the neighborhood's most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Co. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WORTH, JENNIFER WORMays, Andrea E.
Summary: "Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOLGER, HENRY MAYObama, George Hussein.
Summary: This is a memoir of George Obama, President Obama's Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal--to better the lives of his own people--in his elder brother's example.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, GEORGE OBASummary: "The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCLukidis, Lydia
Summary: "It's a battle of the hunter versus the warrior! Roman goddess Diana reigns over nature, fertility, childbirth, and the boundary between Earth and the underworld. The Greek goddess Athena is known for her wisdom and courage in battle. If these two goddesses were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Diana's and Athena's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2 LUKMoore, Harold G.
Summary: To honor fallen comrades, a journalist and a soldier return to Vietnam battlefields more than 30 years later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 MOO1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 959.704 MOO
Summary: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, 95 min.): After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TEEOtfinoski, Steven
Summary: "On May 31, 1889, heavy rains and a dam failure sent flood waters sweeping into Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 50-foot-high wall of water quickly demolished much of the town. Will you and your new husband be able to escape certain doom as you wait for your train to leave the station? Can you climb onto your house's roof for safety before the building completely fills with water? Will you join in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: A graphic-style nonfiction adventure into fundamental concepts in computer science. -- adapted from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 005.74 GONGrace, Catherine O'Neill
Summary: A recreation of the first Thanksgiving reveals the actual events during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 394.2649 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist GraceLassieur, 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: Recounts the legends of Robin Hood, his men, and Maid Marion and how they have appeared in literature and popular culture, and examines the sources from which each aspect comes and to what extent they are based on actual people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 820.9 GAGEubanks, Virginia
Summary: "The State of Indiana denies one million applications for healthcare, foodstamps and cash benefits in three years--because a new computer system interprets any mistake as "failure to cooperate." In Los Angeles, an algorithm calculates the comparative vulnerability of tens of thousands of homeless people in order to prioritize them for an inadequate pool of housing resources. In Pittsburgh, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 EUBHeat Moon, William Least.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 917.3 HEAHeat Moon, William Least.
Summary: The author sets out from New York City to sail his boat across the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999