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Who was?Bader, Bonnie
Summary: "Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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Summary: "A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GRAHAME, KENNETH DENTaraborrelli, J. Randy.
Summary: Presents a look into the private lives and passions of three women in the Kennedy family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.922 TARWelky, David
Summary: In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm “Crocker Land.” Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean. Several...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 WELStorey, Kate
Summary: Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STOCiuraru, Carmela
Summary: A witty look at the complex and fascinating but tumultuous marriages of five well-known figures in the literary world, including British theater critic Kenneth Tynan, and authors Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history. You could fill a library with books about the scandals of the Clinton administration, which eventually led to President Clinton's impeachment by the House of Representatives. Bill and Hillary Clinton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 STAKennedy, Robert Francis
Summary: The son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy shares memories from his turbulent childhood, the lessons he learned from family mentors, and finding his calling as a passionate environmental activist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT F., JR. KENSteel, Ronald.
Summary: "More than three decades have passed since Robert Kennedy was assassinated seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency. During that time a powerful legend has grown around him. It decrees that he would have quickly ended the Vietnam War, violence in the cities, and racial and social injustice across the land. Millions of Americans continue to believe that legend... But would he have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT STEMcNamara, Eileen
Summary: Examines the life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens, and her role as founder of the Special Olympics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHRIVER, EUNICE KENNEDY MCNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHRIVER MCNOmalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu)
Summary: Offers an account of the author's life, describing his childhood in war-torn Nigeria and the forensic pathology studies that led to his much-criticized findings about the role of concussion in brain disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OMALU, BENNET OMABae, Kenneth
Summary: Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China to lead guided tours into the secretive nation. Six years later, after eighteen successful excursions in and out of the country, Ken is suddenly stopped at the border: he inadvertently brought his hard drive, that reveals the true nature of his visits, to customs. He is arrested, brought to Pyongyang for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAE, KENNETH BAEEichenwald, Kurt
Summary: In late 2001, the Enron Corporation--a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful--imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking a criminal investigation that would last for years. Journalist Eichenwald transforms the Enron scandal into a rip-roaring narrative of epic proportions, suitable for readers of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.79 EICWright, Robert A. (Robert Anthony)
Summary: Puts newly unclassified documents to use in recounting how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor hid six Americans who had slipped out a side door and gathered intelligence for the U.S. government during the Iran Hostage Crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955.05 WRIBaldrige, Letitia.
Summary: Letitia Baldrige, social secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, presents photographs and recollections of six memorable occasions at the White House, including a luncheon for Princess Grace, and an alfresco dinner at Mount Vernon; and includes menus and recipes from the entertainments by White House chef René Verdon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642 BALBeller, Elizabeth
Summary: "The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted. A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren, the magnitude of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Summary: Throughout her childhood, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff frequently visited Rosemary Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s sister. Why? Koehler-Pentacoff’s aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, a Franciscan nun, was Rosemary’s devoted caregiver at St. Coletta in Jefferson, Wisconsin for fifteen years and her driver and travel companion for over thirty. The resulting book, which will be will be the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bancroft Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROSEMARY KOECorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENSteel, Ronald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT STESwift, Will
Summary: Fresh interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and Roosevelt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY SwiftDennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
Summary: Daniel C. Dennett, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering the thorniest, most fundamental mysteries of the mind. Do we have free will? What is consciousness and how did it come about? What distinguishes human minds from the minds of animals? Dennett's answers have profoundly shaped our age of philosophical thought. In I've Been Thinking, he reflects on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 HenryLarson, Kate Clifford
Summary: The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015