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Hersey, John 1914-1993 Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred 1920-1995 Kirk Christiansen, Ole 1891-1958 LEGO koncernen (Denmark) LEGO koncernen (Denmark) History LEGO toys LEGO toys History Strang, James Jesse 1813-1856 United States Foreign relations 2001- United States Politics and government 2001-O'Connor, Jim
Summary: "The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name--which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well"--encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept--small plastic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Business O'ConnorAndersen, Jens
Summary: "The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 ANDGessen, Masha
Summary: Hailed for her "fearless indictment of the most powerful man in Russia" by the Wall Street Journal, award-winning journalist Masha Gessen is unparalleled in her understanding of the events and forces that have wracked her native country in recent times. In The Future Is History, she follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each came of age with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 GESOttaviani, Jim
Summary: Introduces the lives and work of three eminent primatologists, sharing insights into their educations under mentor Louis Leakey while exploring their pivotal contributions to twentieth-century natural science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, First Second 2015
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Contents: Letter from Dr. Norman Borlaug -- Chapter 1. Growing Up on an Iowa Farm -- Chapter 2. A Budding Scientist at the University of Minnesota -- Chapter 3. The Rockefeller Foundation Offers Borlaug a Challenge -- Chapter 4. Borlaug Builds a Revolutionary Wheat Breeding Program -- Chapter 5. Rockefeller's Mexico Program Goes International -- Chapter 6. Famine is Averted in India -- Chapter 7. Father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Durban House Publishing Company, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BORLAUG, NORMAN HESVess, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.64 VESMcWhorter, Lucullus Virgil
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Publisher / Publication Date: Republican Publishing Co. 1915
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Hesse, María
Summary: "Frida Kahlo fue algo más que dolor y angustia. Quiso ser fiel a su arrolladora personalidad y se convirtió en una artista llena de vida. Su pintura es sangre y sufrimiento, pero también fiesta, color. Fue una luchadora que decidió ponerse el mundo por montera, una mujer apasionada que no se conformó con estar a la sombra de su gran amor, el pintor Diego Rivera, y peleó por alcanzar cada uno de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH HESDowner, Lesley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.613 DOWStahl, Lesley
Summary: "From one of the country's most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life. After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl's most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 STAFink, Jesse
Summary: "Pure Narco tells the tale of arguably America's biggest cocaine trafficker and his capture in Venezuela during one of the biggest anti-narcotics takedowns of all time. But it is more than that; Pure Narco is unique in that it is a story of a family caught up in a life on the run and Luis Navia's adjustment to civilian life after prison"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAVIA, LUIS FINBlume, Lesley M. M.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century--the true effects of the atom bomb--potentially saving millions of lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BLUJones, Lesley-Ann.
Summary: This rock biography is a revelaing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. The lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury's unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever really glimpsed the man behind the glittering facade. Now, more than twenty years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MERCURY, FREDDIE JONDean, John W. (John Wesley)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HARDean, John W. (John Wesley)
Summary: "Former White House counsel & bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades; employing a worldview & tactics of deception that he claims will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst. No author or commentator possesses such unique knowledge of Bush's presidential ploys & their striking comparisons to Nixon's, an irresitible hook for an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 DEAStrang, James Jesse
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1961
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