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Publisher / Publication Date: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers 1996
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Summary: "At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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Summary: The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2005
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and its complicated legacy The Nile River is the longest in the world. Its fertile floodplain allowed for rise to the great civilization of ancient Egypt, but for millennia the location of its headwaters was shrouded in mystery....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.2043 MILMillard, Candice.
Summary: A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin'sbullet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres MillardCayne, Candis
Summary: "Trailblazing transgender actress, activist, and style icon Candis Cayne has spent a lifetime learning how to see herself for who she really is, and along the way has taught herself and others how to celebrate inner beauty as the perfect starting point for outer radiance. Drawing from her personal journey to self-acceptance and comprised of a unique combination of cross-barrier, body-positive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CAYJalili, Candice
Summary: "Say goodbye to the crippling stress and anxiety that come with dating in the 2020s with the dating advice all single people need"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 JALMillard, Candice
Summary: For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Expeditions to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp. In the 19th century Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 1977
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Summary: "Political activist and social media star Candace Owens explains all the reasons how the Democratic Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 OWEFleming, Candace
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 594 FLEFleming, Candace.
Summary: Chronicles the lives of women who lived and worked in lighthouses, braving seas and storms, rescuing people from icy waters, and lovingly caring for their lights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 920 FLEMoss, Candida R.
Summary: "For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. But hidden behind these named and sainted individuals are a cluster of unnamed, enslaved coauthors and collaborators. These essential workers were responsible for producing the earliest manuscripts of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Summary: The National Book Award Honor-winning author of "How to Be a Good Creature" documents the story of California's wild condors and how diligent scientists, volunteers and citizens have worked to save the species from extinction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.9 MONMontgomery, Sy
Summary: "The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 578 MONMontgomery, Sy
Summary: "The story of how in April 2016, Inky the octopus escaped from the New Zealand aquarium and became an international sensation."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The Leagues founders,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.92 MONMontgomery, Sy.
Summary: Combines popular science with personal anecdotes as the author describes her encounters with a range of avian personalities from various parts of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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Summary: Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded as a Christian nation, based on a "biblical worldview." But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attention in 2014 after successfully suing the federal government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 MOSMontgomery, Jim.
Contents: Start with a vision, train with a plan -- Set the stage for success -- Develop your water sense -- Freestyle -- Backstroke -- Butterfly -- Breaststroke -- Starts, turns, and finishes -- Workout essentials -- Pool workouts -- Dry-land training -- Open-water training -- Make your plan for success -- Competing in pool events -- Competing in open water.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2009
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Summary: "Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GATEWOOD, EMMA ROWENA CALDWELL MONTaylor, Candacy A
Summary: The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists. Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.980 TAYMontgomery, Sy
Summary: "Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017