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Summary: How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child ... and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century." In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.152 FLECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.152 FLEBecker, Elizabeth
Summary: "One spent 23 days in captivity. Another jumped off planes to get the perfect aerial shot. The other reported from war-torn slums and villages. Catherine Leroy, Frankie Fitzgerald and Kate Webb were the first female frontline journalists in the history of US war reporting. Over the course of the Vietnam War they challenged the rules and expectations imposed on them, all in an effort to get the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 BECLauber, Patricia.
Summary: Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.0112 CHASummary: Published for development officers, nonprofit board members, fundraising consultants, and others in pursuit of grants from U.S. foundations, this guide provides real-world proposals that resulted in funding for a variety of needs, including general operating support, program development, staff salaries, and program evaluation. The featured proposals request anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000 in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Foundation Center 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.15224 MARMiner, Jeremy T.
Contents: Introduction to persuasive proposal writing -- Analyzing request for proposals -- The complete grant application -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation : stage one, letter of intent; stage two, full proposal; stage three, site visit -- US Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education : stage one, preliminary proposal; stage two, final proposal -- The Emory T. Clark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1522 MINWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIKane, Robert L.
Contents: Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.61 KANIfans, Rachel
Summary: "Swathes of Purple Lavender and dramatic, craggy outcrops go hand in hand with the twinkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea and its popular beaches. Delight in Roman amphitheatres, grandiose churches, delicate parfumeries and gourmet cuisine. Explore dazzling towns such as Nice, Cannes and Marseille or head inland to the prettiest hilltop villages. This is Provence and the Côte d'Azur, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 PROSullivan, Tom
Summary: CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK. June 12, 1962. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 365.641 SULJager, Eric
Summary: In a true story of crime and detection in fifteenth century Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, the Provost of Paris and one of history's first detectives, uncovers a conspiracy while investigating the murder of Louis of Orleans, brother to King Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.026 JAGOney, Steve
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 ONEHeslin, Nancy
Summary: Describes the towns and villages of Provence and the Riviera and lists points of interest, beaches, hotels and restaurants, recreation, and entertainment for each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 PROMusso, Guillaume
Summary: "Côte d'Azur - Hiver 1992 Une nuit glaciale, alors que le campus de son lycée est paralysé par une tempête de beige, Vinca Rockwell, 19 ans, l'une des plus brillantes élèves de classes prépas, s'enfuit avec son professeur de philo avec qui elle entretenait une relation secrète. Pour la jeune fille, " l'amour est tout ou il n'est rien ". Personne ne la reverra jamais. Côte d'Azur - Printemps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calmann-Lévy 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC MUSErlande-Brandenburg, Alain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 726.5094 BRARingstad, Arnold
Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOMCasey, Michael
Summary: Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey demystify the Internet's next big thing - the Blockchain - and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping. This book reveals the empowerment possible when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 CASBoutland, Craig
Summary: "Describes attack vehicles being used in war on terrorism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.74 BOUChrastil, Rachel
Summary: "A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I. Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.08 CHRZuchora-Walske, Christine.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Uranus provides facts about the planet's size, year, appearance, atmosphere, temperature, rings, and moons, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523 ZUCClay, Kathryn
Summary: "Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present cranes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.8 CLAWarner, Joel
Summary: "The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written-Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom-landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history. Described as both "one of the most important novels ever written" and "the gospel of evil," 120 Days of Sodom was penned by the Marquis de Sade, a notorious eighteenth-century aristocrat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 WARStach, Reiner.
Summary: This volume of Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924--a period during which the world Kafka had known came to an end. Stach's riveting narrative, which reflects the latest findings about Kafka's life and works, draws readers in with a nearly cinematic power, zooming in for extreme close-ups of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2013