Avrich, Paul.
Summary: This dual biography offers an unprecedented glimpse into the intertwined lives of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, the lasting influence of the anarchist movement they shaped, and their unyielding commitment to equality and justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 AVRBrown, Laaren.
Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Mandela 2006Laurin, Carl
Summary: The legend of D. B. Cooper is one that fascinated and frustrated the world for four decades. He is the only skyjacker ever to pull off a $200,000 heist from 10,000 ft. in the air, without harming a soul. Three years ago, a man named Carl revealed to the world that his best friend Walt was D. B. Cooper. This is his story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mys LaurinAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLLaurent, Monique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.92 LAUDamrosch, Leopold
Summary: "In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DAMBin Laden, Najwa.
Summary: Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved feared by his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 BIN LADEN FAMILY BINBarich, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1757 BARDamrosch, Leopold
Summary: "Leo Damrosch draws on discoveries made over the past thirty years to tell the story of Swift's life anew. Probing holes in the existing evidence, he takes seriously some daring speculations about Swift's parentage, love life, and various personal relationships and shows how Swift's public version of his life--the one accepted until recently--was deliberately misleading. Swift concealed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SWIFT, JONATHAN DAMDamrosch, Phoebe
Summary: Damrosch, former waiter at the New York City restaurant Per Se, details her career as a waiter, describing the intimate workings of restaurant table service at its best. Tales of critics and celebrities spice up the memoir with a few tips on how to earn a waiter's respect sprinkled throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95092 DAMMaurer, Kevin
Summary: "The incredible true story of John "Lucky" Luckadoo, who survived 25 missions as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in WWII. When Second Lieutenant John "Lucky" Luckadoo-a wide-eyed 21-year-old assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 100th Bomb Group-arrived in England, "Axis Sally," an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during World War II, welcomed his squadron by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUCKADOO, JOHN MAUJahren, Hope.
Summary: "An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world,"--Amazon.com. Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. She tells about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAHREN, HOPE JAHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B JAHREN JAHLauper, Cyndi
Summary: A personal account by the performer known for such hits as "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "True Colors" recounts highlights from her stellar career, offering insight into her difficult youth in Queens and her successes and setbacks as a music artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAUPER, CYNDI LAUGaren, Micah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 GRELauer, Betty
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 LAUClarren, Rebecca
Summary: "An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government. "A brilliantly conceived family history, one that places questions of responsibility and atonement at the center of the conversation about America's political future."--the Whiting Foundation. Growing up, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 MARBraitman, Laurel
Summary: "Laurel Braitman spent her childhood learning how to outfish grown men, keep bees, and fix carburetors from her larger-than-life dad. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he went to spectacular lengths to teach her the skills she'd need to survive without him. But by her mid-thirties she is a ship about to splinter on the rocks, exhausted by running from her own bad feelings. We follow as Laurel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRAITMAN, LAUREL BRAGraham, Laurel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Engineering & Management Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILBRETH, LILLIAN GRAMcGrady, Darren
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5092 MCGMaurer, Tracy
Summary: "A lively picture book biography of Lady Bird Johnson, with a focus on her environmentalist passion and legacy as First Lady"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHStelson, Caren Barzelay
Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASOrth, Maureen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 ORTUlrich, Laurel Thatcher
Summary: "A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017