Isaacson, Walter
Summary: "When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson's account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life. This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA 921 DOUKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.92 KALNahvi, Farzon A.
Summary: A medical memoir focusing on one emergency room doctor's shift in an urban ER follows the experiences of real patients and focuses on the story of a forty-three-year-old woman who arrives in sudden cardiac arrest and the challenges it presents for physicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAHVI, FARZON A. NAHWilson, A. N.
Summary: A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES WILHascall, Glenn A.
Summary: This collection of 100 adventurous stories of men of faith--from the Bible, history, and today--will empower you to know and understand how men of great character have made an impact in the world and how much smaller our faith (and the biblical record) would be without them. Featuring full-page, colorful illustrations alongside the true stories of these 100 amazing men who will encourage and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shiloh Kidz, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.92 HASHowe, Murray (Murray A.)
Summary: Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the Howe household. Greatness meant being the best person you could be, not the best player on the ice. Unlike his two brothers, Murray Howe failed in his attempt to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional athlete. Yet his failure brought him to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Canada 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOWE, MURRAY HOWMiranda, Luis A.
Summary: "Luis Miranda arrived in New York City from Puerto Rico in 1974 to study psychology at NYU, but he soon found himself drawn to community action, eventually working for the Department of Employment, the Board of Education, and the nonprofit Aspira, among many other organizations. In the 1980s he was a special advisor for Hispanic Affairs to Mayor Ed Koch, and he continued to serve in key roles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024
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Summary: This title introduces readers to Harriet Tubman and how she became a shero to free as many slaves as possible through the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAVerdelle, A. J.
Summary: "The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares invaluable insights on the precarious journey toward creativity that is the writer's life, and tells the compelling story of her relationship with Toni Morrison, painting an illuminating portrait of this towering yet enigmatic cultural icon. With the publication of her debut novel The Good Negress in 1995, A. J. Verdelle became an overnight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2022
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Contents: Yooper Reality Check -- Hunting Shacks -- A Game Warden's Wifee -- Buddies in Uniform -- Yesteryears -- Proper Training, But Maybe Not To Bright -- Dedication Story -- Grandpa's Big Buck -- My Opinion -- Judges, Make For Interesting People -- Lucky Me -- Kids, Please Listen -- Youth -- I really Shouldn't Tell You This, But -- I Hate Trailers -- Christmas of the 90's?
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A.W.'s Pub. 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 WALJacobs, A. J.
Summary: Traces the author's three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how, after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 929.1 JACJacobs, A. J.
Summary: Traces the author's three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how, after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT 929.1 JACWalker, John A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A. Walker 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 WALBranigan, Cynthia A.
Summary: "It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 BRAKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Christopher Columbus on his journeys to the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 970.01 KALPearson, Carrie A.
Summary: "This picture book compiles biographies of 11 different princesses, highlighting who they truly are: diplomats, engineers, activists, athletes, and so much more. It focuses on their achievements and contributions, situating them as active members in the global and local community. From Nigeria to Japan, Saudi Arabia to Sweden, and Thailand to Tonga. This picture book takes readers on a trip...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 PEAPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "This title introduces readers to Cleopatra and how she became a shero and one of the most famous female rulers of all time" --www.abdobooks.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932.02 PLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PLAPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "This title introduces readers to Sacagawea and how she became a shero for one of America's most famous expeditions. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO."--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 PLARosen, Richard A.
Summary: Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Chambers worked to advance the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's strategic litigation campaign for civil rights, ultimately winning landmark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAMBERS, JULIUS ROSWalker, John A.
Summary: The name of this book may be kind of misleading, beause what started out to be a weekly Fish Report in the local paper turned into tales from a U.P. (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) Game Warden. It kind of became a weekly story about working as a Game Warden and growing up in God's Country, Michigan's U.P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A. Walker 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 WALWilson, A. N.
Summary: "Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died--an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKENS, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
Summary: In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AlbertHecimovich, Gregg A.
Summary: "A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAFTS, HANNAH HECRosenstock, Barb
Summary: "Young Fred Urquhart was fascinated by insects, especially his favorite, the monarch butterfly. He wondered where monarchs spent the winter. No one knew. After he became an entomologist (bug scientist),Fred and his wife, Norah,tagged hundreds of butterflies,hoping to solve the mystery of the monarchs. But they soon discovered that they needed help. They started a "butterfly family," a community...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022