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Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918 Audubon, John James 1785-1851 Cary, Lorene Graphic novels Large type books Marshall, Garry Soldiers United States Biography United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United StatesKates, Gary
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.034 KATDaly, James A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bobbs-Merrill 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 DALKeates, Jonathan
Summary: In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent choruses. Jonathan Keates recounts the history and afterlife of Messiah, one of the best-loved works in the classical repertoire. He relates the composition's first performances and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 KEAShulman, Alix Kates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 SHUShulman, Alix Kates.
Summary: Alix Kates Shulman discusses the experiences she had after returning home to care for her aging parents during the last years of their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHULMAN, ALIX KATES SHUCarville, James.
Summary: "For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair : Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin take a look at how they--and America--have changed in the last two decades. If nothing else, this new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARVILLE, JAMES & MATALIN, MARY CARJones, James Earl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 JONGeary, Rick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25092 HELFagan, Cary
Summary: "On May 10, 1940, the Nazi Army invaded Belgium, setting into motion the refugee story of Cary Fagan's father, Maurice. Maurice was only 12 at the time, and he and his family had no idea they would never again return to Brussels, the city of his birth. Instead, they would travel through France, Spain, and Portugal, running from war. Every time they thought they might be safe, Maurice would try...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OwlKids Books Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAGThompson, Gare.
Summary: A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KELGenco, James G. (James Gordon)
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Publisher / Publication Date: R. Russell-Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.774 GENNelson, James Carl
Summary: Documents the stories of a legendary World War I soldier and his fellow Medal of Honor-decorated patrol members, heralding their courageous capture of dozens of German adversaries in the Argonne Forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "An artist's uniquely personal journey across Audubon's America In the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River. The resulting work, The Birds of America, stands as a monumental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.092 CLAGeary, Rick
Summary: "An authentic narrative of the final days in Billy the Kid's brief and turbulent life." --Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1552 GEANelson, James Carl
Summary: "The extraordinary true story of America's forgotten invasion of Russia: one-thousand miles north of Moscow, five-thousand brave U.S. troops from Michigan fought the Red Army during the winter of 1918-1919 in brutal arctic conditions."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperColiinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.084 NELNelson, James Carl.
Summary: A compelling tale of battle rooted in one man's search for his grandfather's legacy, this work follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division, from enlistment to combat to the effort to recover their remains, focusing on three major battles during World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.776 CUMCary, Lorene
Summary: Shares the story of the author's relationship with her remarkable grandmother, describing the latter's youth in the Jim Crow South, devotion to black causes, and management of her own business until age one hundred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CARY CARMarshall, Garry.
Summary: In My Happy Days in Holly wood, Marshall takes us on a journey from his stickball-playing days in the Bronx to the joys and challenges of working with the Fonz and the young Julia Roberts, the "street performer" Robin Williams, and the young Anne Hathaway, among many others. This honest, vibrant, and often hilarious memoir reveals a man whose career has been defined by his drive to make people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MARSHALL, GARY MAREaves, Elisabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 EAVO'Connor, Garry
Summary: "The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new audience, McKellen had a thriving career a lifetime before his visit to Middle Earth. He made his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCKELLEN, IAN OCOWills, Garry
Summary: For centuries, Augustine's writings have moved and fascinated readers. With the fresh, keen eye of a writer whose own intellectual analysis has won him a Pulitzer Prize, Gary Wills examines this famed fourth-century bishop and seminal thinker whose grounding in classical philosophy informed his influential interpretation of the Christian doctrines of mind and body, wisdom and God. Saint...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUGUSTINE WILKlengel, Katja
Summary: Cartoonist Katja Klengel tackles the subjects that have shaped her life: from body shaming to the exploration of female sexuality, from the representation of women in the media, and the social pressure on women who have not yet started a family all with a sense of humor, an open heart, and an unsparing candor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 KLEKater, Michael H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000