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Summary: "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, NOEL HAVILAND MARBaedat, Maxine
Summary: "A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet Take a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says "Made in Bangladesh" or "Made in Sri Lanka." But do you know where they really came from, how many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 BEDMarton, Kati.
Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MARMaryon, Herbert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.2 MARMarohn, Stephanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 MARBishara, Marwan.
Summary: "The Invisible Arab is a brilliant analysis from Marwan Bishara, one of the Arab world's leading public intellectuals, on how the Arabs broke their own psychological barrier of fear to kindle one of the first significant revolutionary transformations of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.097 BISMarron, Aileen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Journey Editions 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.6 MARMarton, Kati.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MARMarrin, Albert.
Summary: Describes the conditions in the textile industry in the early 20th century behind the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that led to the death of many young women, and explains its impact on the labor movement and on society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 MARMarrin, Albert.
Summary: Discusses Drake, Morgan, Blackbeard, and other pirates and privateers, both men and women, who have roamed the sea since 1500.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.164 MARMarrin, Albert
Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KORMarron, Catie
Summary: "Filled with specially commissioned color photography, watercolors, and fine art, Becoming a Gardener is a beautifully designed first-hand account of what it means to become a gardener. Catie Marron details her experience over eighteen months, documentingher studies, her triumphs, her mistakes, and everything in between while infusing it with the rich advice of a variety of writers over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0973 MARMuasher, Marwan
Summary: "This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when--if the dream is realized--a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0974 MUAMcKenna, Maryn.
Summary: McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA's relentless advance-- how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and live-stock, moving inexorably into the food chain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 MCKMarton, Kati.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MARCaparrós, Martín
Summary: "An up-to-the-minute global investigation of famine and the persistent issues the keep most of the world hungry. By one of Latin America's most famous and formidable journalists comes a book for the ages. In HUNGER, award-winning author Martin Caparros goes in search of why, in the 21st century, most of the world's inhabitants still go hungry daily and To do this he travels to places where food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 CAPMcKenna, Maryn.
Summary: "In this eye-opening exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributer Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity -- and human health threat -- uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again." -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.5 MCKLyons, Martyn.
Summary: From the first scribbling on papyrus to the emergence of the e-book, this wide-ranging overview of the history of the book provides a fascinating look at one of the most efficient, versatile, and enduring technologies ever developed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Paul Getty Museum 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 002.09 LYOMarshall, Marvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piper Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 MARFitch, Charles Marden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 FITBree, Marlin
Summary: The author tells of his three month adventure sailing alone on Lake Superior in his twenty-foot wooden sailboat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.N. Potter 1988
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime BreeMarrin, Albert
Summary: In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616 MARMarrin, Albert
Summary: Packed with dramatic stories and compelling photos, this look at the most destructive wildfires in American history teaches us about the past and shows a better way forward to fight forest fires in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634.9 MARMarrin, Albert
Summary: "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023