Messick, Hank.

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Publisher / Publication Date: McKay 1972

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Crispin, Jessa

Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015

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DuLong, Jessica.

Summary: DuLong brings her two worlds vibrantly to life in this memoir that evokes the vitality of New York City's bygone working waterfront and the Hudson River, a birthplace of American industry. Blending four centuries of Hudson River history with unforgettable present-day characters and events, DuLong offers a porthole-view narrative of the river and its social tapestry as a microcosm of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009

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Garrison, Jessica

Summary: "In the tradition of authors Jill Leovy and Beth Macy, award-winning Buzzfeed investigative journalist Jessica Garrison unravels the real-life story of Jose Martinez, a serial killer and drug cartel debt collector responsible for the murders of Latinos inthe impoverished towns of California's Central Valley, and sheds light on the lack of protection for the poor THE DEVIL'S HARVEST tells the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020

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Morrison, Jessica.

Summary: Surveys the life and career of the baseball star most noted for hitting 755 home runs--a record that lasted over thirty years--describing his time in the Negro Leagues and his work off the field to advance equal opportunity in baseball.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2011

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Gunderson, Jessica

Summary: In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries. In France, groups of anti-Nazi citizens, known as the French Resistance, fought to stop Germany's reign of terror. A brave woman named Nancy Wake became one of the movement's greatest assets as a spy. In her role, Wake often transported Jews to safe locations and rode her bicycle through...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023

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Warner, Jessica.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2004

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Goudeau, Jessica

Summary: "The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America's identity for centuries--yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

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Buchanan, Jessica.

Summary: An account of the aid worker co-author's dramatic January 2012 rescue from kidnappers in Somalia by members of a Navy SEAL Team Six unit offers insight into the effective use of targeted U.S. military missions.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2013

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Herthel, Jessica.

Summary: Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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Lamb-Shapiro, Jessica.

Summary: "Raised by a child psychologist who was himself the author of numerous self-help books, as an adult Jessica Lamb-Shapiro found herself both repelled and fascinated by the industry: did all of these books, tapes, weekend seminars, groups, posters, t-shirts and trinkets really help anybody? Why do some people swear by the power of positive thinking, while others dismiss it as so many empty...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014

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Contents: Editor's preface / Jessica Bryan -- Introduction / Victor Molinari, Ph.D. -- The black hole / Bobbi Lurie -- Technical difficulty / Ronnie R. Brown -- Walks with my father / Elisavietta Ritchie -- Still here / Nancy Watts -- I know Dr. Alzheimer / Andrew N. Wilner, M.D., FACP -- Coming into this world / Richard T. Waller -- My Alzheimer's percussion band - unplugged version / Stephen J. Lyons...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Richards, Keith

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2009

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