White, April
Summary: "From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 WHIMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: Controlled by a domineering mother and an over-opinionated family, Valency Stirling awakens on her twenty-ninth birthday resigned to dull existence. Her only escape is the Blue Castle of her imagination. But when an unexpected letter changes everything, Valency breaks the bonds of fear and finds purpose in a whole new life that turns the Blue Castle of her dreams into a reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MONFlint, Eric
Summary: In 1636 France, King Louis sends his expectant wife, Queen Anne, into seclusion to keep her safe, while France's foreign enemies as well as traitors within the court make their move, forcing factions both inside and outside of the country to choose sides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLIPunter, Russell
Summary: D'Artagnan is looking forward to his new life with the king's guards. He soon finds himself caught up in duels, double-dealing and danger, alongside Porthos, Athos and Aramis-the legendary Three Musketeers. Join d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as they fight for justice in this swashbuckling graphic version of the classic adventure story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PUNPascal, Janet B.
Summary: "Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places WhatPryor, Shawn
Summary: "On February 1, 1960, four young black men sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and staged a nonviolent protest against segregation. At that time, many restaurants in the South did not serve black people. Soon, thousands of students were staging sit-ins across the South, and within six months, the lunch counter at which they'd first protested was integrated....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.6 PRYFairbanks, Eve
Summary: "A decade in the making, The Inheritors tracks three ordinary South Africans over fifty years in a sweeping, exquisitely written look at what really happens after a country resolves to end white supremacy. Dipuo grew up on the south side of the mine dump that separated Johannesburg's Black townships from the white-only city. Some nights she hiked to the top. On the other side were glittering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0968 FAIZuehlke, Mark
Summary: Recounts the day-long assault on heavily-defended Juno Beach by Canadian troops during the Normandy landings on D-Day, an attack which played a key role in the success of the Allied invasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raven Books, an imprint of Orca Book Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ZUEKelly, Jack
Summary: "The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386 KELConyngham, Richard
Summary: "All rise: resistance and rebellion in South Africa revives six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country's colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. In six parts--each of which is illustrated by a different South African artist--All Rise shares the long-forgotten struggles of ordinary, working-class women and men who defended the disempowered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jacana Media 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 968.73 CONBrown, Chester
Summary: Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.05 BROMixter, Ric
Summary: "Messages in a bottle were a last ditch effort calling for rescue, or desperate goodbyes to loved ones. Penned by Christopher Columbus and passengers on Titanic, history has recorded thousands of bottles, but which ones are hoaxes? Historian Ric Mixter investigates and adds new information to famous and unknown messages on the ocean and Great Lakes." -- page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Airworthy Productions 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9777 MIXBrock, Kimberly
Summary: "Based on real history and alternating between the story of war widow Alice searching for identity in the 1940s and excerpts from Eleanor Dare's Commonplace Book and the tale of her harrowing survival, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare explores the meaning of female history and the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROSummary: Sought by explorers for centuries and hailed as the one of the most beautiful waterways in the world, The Northwest Passage tells a dramatic story of courage, discovery and adventure. From the breath-taking landscapes of the Arctic to the unforgettable exporters that risked everything to accomplish the un-thinkable, this 6-Part documentary highlights the missions and mysteries of the world s...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Mill Creek Entertainment 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC NORGrady, Wayne.
Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature GradyMakos, Adam
Summary: "A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances." --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 951.904 MAKGross, Edward (Edward A.)
Summary: "There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films. In They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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Summary: 43 American fly-tying masters, from Marbury to Marinaro, Gordon to GrantColor photos of the flies plus recipes for nearly 300 fliesImportant historical record includes profiles of tiers around the country including Art Flick, Ray Bergman, Lee Wulff, Don Gapen, Len Halladay, Andre Puyans, Cal Bird, Lew Oatman, Dave Whitlock, and 34 more influential tiers
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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1 available in Adams Fly Collection, Call number: OVS 688.7 VALMcKenna, Mark
Summary: "Return to Uluru explores the cold case that strikes at the heart of Australia's white supremacy -- the death of an Aboriginal man in 1934; the iconic life of a white, "outback" police officer; and the continent's most sacred and mysterious landmark. Inside Cardboard Box 39 at the South Australian Museum's storage facility lies the forgotten skull of an Aboriginal man who died eighty-five years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.899 MCKVowell, Sarah
Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLStonehouse, Frederick.
Summary: From Books Back Cover: Great Lakes Crime: murder, mayhem, booze & broads. -- It may not have been the "Spanish Main" but pirates did sail the Great Lakes as did all manner of thieves and murderers. The great Sweetwater Seas had their fair share of criminal activity. Captains sunk their ships to collect the insurance and honest light keepers were "done in" for their meager savings! Throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2004
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