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Cartoonists United States Biography Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Gauguin, Paul 1848-1903 Homes and haunts France Arles Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890 Homes and haunts France Arles Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius) 1841-1882 Masson, Charles 1800-1853 Oneida Community. Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe) 1922-2000 Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner) 1813-1846 Underground RailroadFinch, Charles (Charles B.)
Summary: "A writer and literary critic's diary of the year 2020, beginning with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and spanning the protests for racial justice and the chaos of the U.S. presidential election"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 FINDew, Charles B.
Summary: "This unique blend of memoir and history interweaves autobiography with the history of the slave trade and the American South"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DEW, CHARLES B. DEWFrías, Carlos.
Summary: Carlos Frías, award-winning journalist and the US-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing stories about the homeland of his parents. Sent to Cuba by his newspaper when the country began to close to the foreign press in August 2006, Frías embarked on the journey of his life -- a secret twelve day trip to the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, dramatic and unforgettable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.A. Press, Penguin Group 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH FRIFrench, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.8 FREKikuchi, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 KIKHouts, Michelle
Summary: "When you look at a bird, do you see feathers and a beak? Or do you see circles and triangles? Artist Charley Harper spent his life reducing subjects to their simplest forms, their basic lines and shapes. This resulted in what he called minimal realism and the style that would become easily recognized as Charley Harper's. Art fans and nature lovers around the world fell in love with Harper's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARPER, CHARLEY HOUTomalin, Claire.
Summary: When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England. His books had made them laugh, shown them the squalor and greed of English life, and also the power of personal virtue and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011
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Summary: "A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LIN1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 LIN
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B LINDBERG FLEKerbel, Deborah
Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.4 KERBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5403 BUKRobinson, Andrew
Summary: The extraordinarily inventive Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Nobel Prize, was asked how he came to have so many good ideas. Pauling replied: "Well, I have a lot of ideas and throw away the bad ones." Where do ideas come from? And why do the best ideas sometimes strike in a flash of "sudden genius"? Andrew Robinson here offers a fascinating look at the genesis of creativity in science and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.35 ROBSchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: Collects essays, speeches, and articles by the creator of "Peanuts," discussing his education, artwork, philosophy, and feelings about life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES SchulzShane, Scott
Summary: "A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and popularized the term "underground railroad," from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history. Born into slavery, Thomas Smallwood was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMALLWOOD, THOMAS SHAWels, Susan
Summary: "It was heaven on earth--and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place -- especially the women, with their queer cropped hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.77 WEIKnoedelseder, William
Summary: Chronicles the rise of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an innovator who introduced the art of automobile styling into the auto-making industry, revolutionizing the way cars were made and marketed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARL, HARLEY KNOKuipers, Alice
Summary: "Carley Allison was an up-and-coming young figure skater and singer who died tragically at the age of 18 of a cancer so rare there were only seven cases in the world. In this book, you will come to know Carley in her own words and in the words of the people who knew and loved her. Award-winning author Alice Kuipers weaves the memories of Carley's friends, family, and boyfriend with the blog...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KCP Loft 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ALLMichaelis, David.
Summary: A portrait of the late creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip evaluates how his career was shaped by his midwestern working-class origins, family losses, and wartime experiences, offering insight into how familiar storylines closely reflected Schulz's private life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES MichaelisHess, Charlie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 HESGayford, Martin
Summary: From October to December 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a home in Arles with Vincent van Gogh. This was, without doubt, the most celebrated cohabitation in art history: never, before or since have two such towering artistic talents been penned up in so small a space. They were the Odd Couple of art history. Predictably, the results were explosive. The dénouement of their life together has entered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 GAYFreye, Bertha M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Muskegon County Historical Society 1989
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 FreyePaul, Joel R.
Summary: Documents the machinations of three individuals in their efforts to win the American Revolution, tracing their applications of espionage to smuggle weapons and supplies while spinning a web of international political intrigue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.385 PAURichardson, Edmund
Summary: "Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson -- think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones -- and his search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the 'Wild East' during the age of empires, kings, and spies. For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022