Brescia, Ray
Summary: "At this time of tumultuous change and threats to the rule of law in the United States, Lawyer Nation explores the critical role that American lawyers have played since the nation's founding, and the role they must play today and in the future, in defending and advancing justice and inclusion in our multi-racial democracy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.1 ROSBrejcha, Lacy
Summary: "Organized into an easy-to-follow, month-by-month plan for implementation, this book provides field-tested and research-based knowledge that will serve educators as they create and maintain a meaningful Makerspace. Although science, technology, engineering, arts, and math have made huge gains in the past decade, STEAM jobs are not being filled at the rate they are being created or needed....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 371.39 BREVescia, Monique
Summary: Practitioners of the art of movement known as parkour display strength, skill, and grace as they climb and leap over every urban obstacle in their path. Parkour is a physically demanding discipline that almost anyone of any means can practice with proper instruction and when safety measures are taken. This riveting book examines the origins of parkour and its global appeal. An engrossing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.42 VESRotella, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.01 ROTCassella, Carol Wiley.
Summary: A tangled malpractice suit in the wake of an operating room disaster shatters the career and carefully constructed identity of anesthesiologist Marie Heaton, who also struggles with her recently blind father's increasing dependence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASBreslin, Jimmy
Summary: The 72 columns selected here by editor Dan Barry, more than half of which have not been reprinted since initial publication, reveal Breslin at his best, addressing stories of national and global importance but more often uncovering tales of ordinary New Yorkers, by turns tragic or absurd but always gripping to read. Gathered here are the highlights of his consummate deadline artistry: his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 818 BREStokes, Jonathan W.
Summary: If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation to Ancient Rome, this is the only guidebook you would need! It provides information about ancient Rome like culture, economics, fashion, history, law, and politics of the time while offering practical advice on how to avoid being poisoned, beheaded, or torn apart by an angry mob. There is handy advice on finding the best picnicking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 STOKrull, Kathleen.
Summary: A look at the experiences of Louisa May Alcott during the Civil War that led to the writing of Little Women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALCRauf, Don.
Summary: Introduces the life of commercial airplane and jet pilots, including duties, training, and skills needed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferguson 2008
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Job RaufFreedman, Russell
Summary: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.1196 FREFreedman, Russell.
Summary: An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN FREFreedman, Russell.
Summary: Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 FRERussell, Gareth
Summary: This collection of one hundred and one anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, features amusing and fascinating vignettes from her long life, including her coming of age during World War I and the 1936 abdication of her brother-in-law.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH RUSRussell, Stephen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.6 THOBidlack, Russell E. (Russell Eugene)
Summary: Details the life of Ann I. Allen, Ann Arbor's first lady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALLEN, ANN I. BIDFreedman, Russell
Summary: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J979.4 FREFreedman, Russell
Summary: Describes the building of the mighty Swedish warship the Vasa, how it sank not even a mile out of the harbor, the subsequent investigation, and how it was brought to the surface and restored more than three hundred years later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GodwinBooks, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J948.5 FREFreedman, Russell.
Summary: Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1987
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Summary: A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1996
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CRAZYHORS FREMiller, Russell.
Summary: Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affection--and sometimes obsession--the world over, but his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Conan Doyle grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh. He struggled both as a young doctor and in his early attempts to sell short stories, having only limited success until Sherlock Holmes propelled him to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN MILMoore, Russell
Summary: "Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repentance and renewal in American evangelicalism. American evangelical Christianity has lost its way. While the witness of the church before a watching world is diminished beyond recognition, congregations are torn apart over Donald Trump, Christian nationalism, racial injustice, sexual predation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 277.308 MOORobb, Russell
Summary: "Russell Robb, along with his millennial granddaughter, Katharine Robb Meehan, offers real-world financial and career advice, which encourages millennials to utilize their personality traits while seeking a job, set realistic financial goals, and budget wisely as they partner, start families, and prepare for retirement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022