Wheeler, Dan
Summary: " Beth and Dan Wheeler had it all. Their growing family consisted of two beautiful daughters, a loving son-in-law, and a handsome grandson. They lived in their dream house on a beautiful, sprawling property. Dan was enjoying a thriving career as a popular television host on QVC. Suddenly in 2012, their world was rocked when Beth was diagnosed with stage IV cancer." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WHEStillman, Deanne
Summary: Documents the unlikely friendship between Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull, tracing the events of their brief but important collaboration during Cody's 1880s Wild West Show, the impact of Little Big Horn, and Sitting Bull's assassination in 1890.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 STILDavis, Lynn
Summary: Discusses the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, an invention that changed the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Shadmi, Koren
Summary: "Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror's most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn by Humanoids 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUGOSI, BELA SHAAbbott, Karen
Summary: "The never-before-told story of four real-life women who risked everything to take on a life of espionage during the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7 ABBhooks, bell
Summary: Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, feminist intellectual bell hooks presents a powerfully intimate account of growing up in the South. A memoir of ideas and perceptions, Bone Black shows the unfolding of female creativity and one strong-spirited child's journey toward becoming a writer. She learns early on the roles women and men play in society, as well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOKS, BELL HOOBeals, Melba
Summary: A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BEALS BEAButtigieg, Chasten
Summary: "The young adult adaptation of the moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2023
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4 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 921 BUTGutman, Dan
Summary: "From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Lucille Ball could pick up radio signals through her teeth? Or that her career was almost destroyed because she was a registered Communist? Bet you didn't know that, as a studio executive, she green-lit both Star Trek and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BALLapierre, Alexandra
Summary: New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J.P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LAPSchwab, Tim
Summary: "A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.7 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 361.7 SCHSmith, Elliott
Summary: "On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he stepped onto the baseball diamond as a Brooklyn Dodger. For the first time in more than 60 years, a Black player took the field in a professional baseball game. How did Robinson break through the racist barriers that had kept so many Black athletes out of professional sports? And what is the enduring legacy of his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROBRoyal, Sarah
Summary: An intimate and deeply original exploration of the life and work of the television pioneer, the First Lady of Comedy, Lucille Bal--A.K.A. Lucy. With stories illuminating the many different facets of the woman, [this book] details how Ball transformed the face of comedy and the entertainment industry. -- adapted from back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BALL, LUCILLE ROYO'Brien, Keith
Summary: "A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2024
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Summary: "A landmark work of women's history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner's best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimke explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women's rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326 LERO'Connor, Ian
Summary: Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL—the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports. As head coach of the New England Patriots, he’s led the team to five Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory and robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick’s full life in football, from watching college games as a kid with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELICHICK, BILL OCORapp Black, Emily
Summary: At first sight of Frida Kahlo's painting The Two Fridas, Emily Rapp Black felt a connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew up with a succession of prosthetic limbs and learned that she had to hide her disability from the world. Kahlo sustained lifelong injuries after a horrific bus crash, and her right leg was eventually amputated. In Kahlo's art, Rapp Black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Notting Hill Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAPP BLACK, EMILY RAPP BLASummary: "An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing the Green New Deal-and a detailed playbook for how we can win it-including contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 PRAWalton, Bill
Summary: In February 2008, Bill Walton, after climbing to the top of every mountain he ever tried, suffered a catastrophic spinal collapse--the culmination of a lifetime of injuries--that left him in excruciating, debilitating, and unrelenting pain. Unable to walk, he underwent pioneering surgery and slowly recovered. The ordeal tested Walton to the fullest, but with extraordinary determination and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALTON, BILL WALDemuth, Patricia.
Summary: "Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET GATESMorris, Dick.
Summary: Now, for the first time, Fox News political analyst and former Clinton advisor Dick Morris turns his sharpe eyed gaze on Hillary, the longtime first lady, current New York senator, and bestselling author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 MORWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 COXHolleran, Leslie
Summary: "After leading the Phoenix Suns to the 2021 NBA Finals, guard Devin Booker signed a contract with the team that will pay him more than 200 million dollars by 2028. Explore his life and career"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024