Wimmer, Chris

Summary: "From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology. The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern readers were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous - or...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 WIM

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 WIM

Friddell, Claudia

Summary: "Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAN

Nguyen, Tina

Summary: "An explosive, first-person account chronicling the rise of the MAGA movement from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen, who began her career--and her education--on the ground levels of the conservative recruiting machine"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NGUYEN, TINA NGU

Foer, Franklin

Summary: "On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with COVID-19, his economists were already warning him of an imminent financial crisis, and his party, the Democrats, had the barest of majorities in the Senate. Yet, faced with an unprecedented set of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.934 FOE

Clarke, Rachel

Summary: "One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 CLA