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Summary: "Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians-mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters-whose survival, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ARMFuchs, Arved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 FUCHarpaz, Beth J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 HARGoudsouzian, Aram.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSSELL, BILL GOURead, Anthony.
Summary: The Nazi Regime was essentially a religious cult relying on the hypnotic personality of Adolf Hitler, and it was fated to die with him. But while it lasted, his closest lieutenants competed ferociously for power and position as his chosen successor. This peculiar leadership dynamic resulted in millions of deaths and some of the worst excesses of World War II. The Devil's Disciples is the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 REAMecosta Area History Book Committee
Summary: Presents a look at the centennial celebration of the Mecosta area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morton Township Library 1979
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 929.377452 MECSmith, Matthew Clark
Summary: Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BLAGouin, Jacques
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Publisher / Publication Date: Methuen 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 PANET GOUWalker, Sally M
Summary: "When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WINSummary: Mandela: The Authorized Portrait was created by a team of award-winning writers, photographers, and researchers in collaboration with Mandela's closest living comrades from Robben Island, Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada. Among the narrative contributors are biographer Mike Nichol and three interviewers personally selected by Nelson Mandela: Ros Coward, Professor Tim Couzens, and Amina Frense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 MANDELA, NELSON ManGooch, Brad
Summary: Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as well as around the world. He has been compared to Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and to Saint Francis of Assisi for his spiritual wisdom. Yet his life has long remained the stuff of legend rather than intimate knowledge. In this breakthrough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: In 1776, an elite group of soldiers was handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York William Tryon and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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Summary: "A biography of Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist leader who played a key role in helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Presents an illustrated biography of the man who spent his life pursuing his dream of equality and peace and was at the forefront of the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books For Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am KingRicca, Brad
Summary: "True Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca. This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called "most beautiful woman in the world," headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. This amazing tale not only inspired the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 933 RICSnyder, Brad
Summary: The inspiring story of Brad Snyder's journey from the Naval Academy to Afghanistan where he was blinded to winning Paralympic gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SNYDER, BRAD SNYMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Highlights the life and career of the Indian statesman and nationalist, from his youth to his civil disobedience to his assassination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am GandhiMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "This picture book biography follows I. M. Pei's start as an architect and his lasting impact on buildings all around the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PEICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am PeiMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "When Walt Disney was a young boy, he lived in the happiest place on earth - a small town in Missouri. As someone who loved to draw, he dreamed of entertaining others, which wasn't always easy. He refused to give up, though, eventually becoming the founder of The Walt Disney Company. Together, he and a team of animators created cartoons like Mickey Mouse, changed the world of entertainment, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am DisneyMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "The bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on President Lincoln Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7092 MELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 MELMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: "Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music and why a compass always points north. Those ideas made him want to keep figuring out the secrets of the universe. Other people thought he was just a dreamer, but because of his curiosity, Einstein...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am EinsteinDimock, Brad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fretwater Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1 DIMMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Tells the story of Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican painter and activist. After surviving a bus crash, she made her mark in art history for her unique way of looking at the world and integrating her own image and life into her paintings. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am KahloMeltzer, Brad
Summary: This volume of ordinary people change the world features Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. She is proof that with opportunity comes justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018