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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Cooking, French Diet France Food habits France France Man-woman relationships Fiction Manners and customs Meitner, Lise 1878-1968 Juvenile literature Nuclear fission Juvenile literature Ranch life FictionConkling, Winifred
Summary: "The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom ConklingCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CONEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSSummary: In the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men, exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a time when ranchers and cattle companies waged war with each other, Jack Schaefer's iconic Shane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WESCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: W WESO'Connor, Sandra Day
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DAY FAMILY OCOMoss, Marissa
Summary: The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 MEIJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "The baddest men in the West battle for their lives against a relentless band of bloodthirsty prairie rats in Fort Misery - first in an electrifying new Western series. Captain Peter Joseph Kellerman was once a promising career soldier who'd proven his mettle in battle time and again. Now he's fighting a battle with a whiskey bottle. He's also in charge of Fort Benjamin Grierson, located west...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHHarris, Patricia
Summary: In this imaginative narrative, which is based on the HABA game Eeny, Meeny, Moo, readers are invited along on a class trip to a farm. A group of students explores the farmyard with their teacher and learn about the animals that live there. But what happens when the students don't do as they're told? This fun story is a great introduction to farm animals but also teaches important lessons about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARSutton, Sally
Summary: Down on the farm, we're busy, busy, busy! We're chopping, churning, planting, and harvesting. And what's working at every step of the way? Our tractor!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SUTBreach, Jen
Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europe-including part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BREMoss, Marissa
Summary: "As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIMoody, Ralph
Summary: The story of a pioneer family in the half-tamed wilds of Colorado.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOODY, RALPH MOOLubet, Steven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARP, WYATT LUBKalman, Bobbie.
Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the people from the Old West describing their homes, jobs, tools, clothes, and travel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 KALWest, Bruce.
Summary: "Firebirds tells the story of the first, biggest, and best wilderness fire-fighting organization in the air.: William Davis Premier of Ontario
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ministry of Natural Resources 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 WESL'Amour, Louis
Summary: "Two men in the isolated town of Tucker want the XY ranch--Jim Walker and the ruthless Wing Cary--and one of them wants it badly enough to kill for it. The Black Rock coffin makers is a tale of suspense and danger, with chases, shootouts, double-crosses and posses, all for possession of the XY ranch."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 0000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD W LAMLiesch, Matthew.
Summary: Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior, the Gogebic Iron Range of Michigan and Wisconsin exudes a strong sense of place. During the 1880s, a mining boom lured settlers, investment, and controversy. Investors from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cleveland hoped to become rich, but many were pulled into scams or poorly managed mines and ended up losing their money. After iron stocks crashed, mining...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4983 LIEMorgan, Kathleen
Summary: "Moved by the desire for adventure and a yearning to help the Ute Indians, twenty-year-old Shiloh Wainright impulsively accepts a teaching position at the White River Indian Agency in northwestern Colorado. The new job, however, isn't what she imagined it would be, and Shiloh soon finds herself caught in the cross fire between the Utes, their unyielding Indian Agent, and the unrealistic demands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORAbrams, Dan
Summary: Theodore Roosevelt, the boisterous and mostly beloved legendary American hero, had accused his former friend and ally, now turned rival William Barnes of political corruption. Furious, Barnes responded by suing Roosevelt for an enormous sum that could have financially devastated him. In May, 1915, more than fifty newspapers sent reporters to cover the trial. Accounts from inside and outside the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 ABRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 345.73 ABRThomas, Jodi
Summary: "If there's any place that can convince Angela Harold to stop running, it's Ransom Canyon. And if there's any man who can reveal desires more deeply hidden than her every fear, it's Wilkes Wagner. Beneath the rancher's honorable exterior is something that just might keep her safe or unwittingly put her in danger's path. With his dreams of leaving this small Texas town swallowed up by hard,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Thomas 2016Lowe, Lindsey
Summary: "The French are known for their cuisine, and readers are introduced to the basics of French cooking in this accessible collection of recipes paired with fun facts. Readers explore the culture of France through its food, learning about important French holidays, daily life in France, and the connection between geography and cuisine along the way. Maps and vibrant photographs of incredible dishes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5944 LOWSummary: These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students. Among the diverse and entertaining stories in the collection are the wistful masterpiece ‘Green Tobacco’ by Clair Sainte-Soline; the exuberant tale of ‘The Ants’...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC FREDailey, Janet
Summary: "Frank Culhane may be the wealthy patriarch of one of Texas' most prestigious families, but his party girl daughter, Jasmine, is only interested in the money the ranch brings in--and the cowboys. Until the day she heads to the stables in search of their hot horse trainer and instead discovers her daddy's body in their prize stallion's box stall.Roper's rodeo career was cut short by an injury....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC DAILacy, Thomas F.
Contents: Kaniksu -- Old Man Williamson -- The gentleman -- Jim Low --Colonel Tucker's son -- Dinty Murphy -- The strawberry man -- As ever your friend, Charlie Schwartz -- The widowmaker -- Trail crew -- West Fork Butte -- Sundance -- Gunn's Bend -- Epilogue -- About the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keokee Co. Pub. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.68 LACSteinbeck, John
Summary: The classic story of a boy's journey to manhood under the joys and hardships of ranch life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1989