Joosse, Barbara M.

Summary: Two boys discover that their mother loves them equally but in different ways.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JOO

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOO

Hoose, Phillip M.

Summary: "By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten black teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 796.323 HOO

Hoose, Phillip M.

Summary: Chronicles a year in the life of rufa red knot B95, also called Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and discussing the environmental problems that caused the rufa population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.072 HOO

Hoose, Phillip M.

Summary: "Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Melanie Kroupa Books 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB COLVIN HOO

Hoose, Phillip M.

Summary: "The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2015

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 940.53 HOO

Linde, Barbara M.

Summary: "A Supreme Court justice's first job is upholding the US Constitution. The path to becoming an esteemed justice is long and the process for appointment can be very controversial. In addition to an introduction to this important branch of the US government, the main content and complementary sidebars relate becoming a justice to positions of student leadership readers themselves may hold."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 347 LIN

Linde, Barbara M.

Summary: The hardworking, gentle, and very speedy quarter horse is an American-made breed, the results of English colonists breeding their horses with those of the Chickasaw Indians.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.133 LIN

Walker, Barbara M.

Summary: Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1979

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5 WAL

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Food Walker

Linde, Barbara M.

Summary: Area 51 is a military base located in Nevada, though it has some questionable lore attached to its reputation. It's said to be the site of alien dissections, clandestine aircraft testing, and numerous covert government programs. The US government denied for many years that it even existed, which didn't stifle any of the rumors. This engrossing book presents what is known about the facility, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.9 LIN

Thiers, Barbara M.

Summary: A heavily illustrated history of herbaria from one of the world's foremost experts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580.74 THI

Linde, Barbara M.

Summary: Offers brief portraits of famous horses, including racehorse Man o' War, fictional Black Beauty, television star Mister Ed, and Cholla the painting horse.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.1 LIN

Brownell, M. Barbara.

Summary: Photographs and text introduce the physical characteristics and habits of the beaver.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1988

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: JE 599.3232 BRO

Linde, Barbara M.

Summary: If you have ever looked at a piece of pottery, a toy, or a coin from the past, then you have seen an artifact. Artifacts are things that people made and used. Over time, broken or unwanted objects were thrown on trash piles. Others were buried by natural disasters, or covered over by new buildings. This high-interest text shows several artifacts related to American history, including toys,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 LIN

Eaton, Gale

Summary: Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at the edge of the sea, above seismic faults. We pack ourselves into cities, Petri dishes for germs....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 300 STO

Barber, Lilian.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Italian Greyhound Productions 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.753 BAR

Barrera, Jazmina

Summary: "Divided into six chapters that each cover a specific lighthouse, this meditative account includes general explanations about lighthouses, literary references, shipwrecks, and legends, but also sublime personal digressions about her visits, about collecting, about birds, or about the very light that shines from the lighthouse lanterns."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lines Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.1 BAR

Barbassa, Juliana

Summary: Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 BAR

Penne, Barbra

Summary: "The fabled oasis in the desert mirage is just one example of the strange things that can happen when light hits the air in certain atmospheric conditions. This captivating volume takes a closer look at mirages and similar phenomena, explaining to elementary readers that there is much more to these natural optical illusions than meets -- or doesn't meet -- the eye. Topics covered include...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.56 PEN

Barbas, Samantha

Summary: In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America’s first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars’ secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including sexual affairs, drug use, and sexual orientation, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities’ carefully constructed images...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 050 BAR

Barbero, Alessandro

Summary: "Dante brings the legendary author--and the medieval Italy of his era-- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANTE ALIGHIERI BAR

Barbero, Alessandro.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 BAR

Baraga, Frederic

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 497.3 BAR
1 available in Reference, Call number: R 497.3 BAR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 497.3 BAR