Drabelle, Dennis
Summary: "The Power of Scenery tells the story of how America's national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted's insights and energy serving to link three jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.6 DRAPeavy, Linda S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 PEAWhite, April
Summary: "From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 WHIFales-Hill, Susan.
Summary: The daughter of a Broadway actress who performed with Lena Horne and Alvin Ailey recounts the inspiration she received from her mother and the challenges she endured as a half-white, half-African American television writer in Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 FALHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULAzad, Yasmin
Summary: This sharply insightful memoir depicts a young Muslim girl's struggle to balance the traditions of a loving yet conservative father, who wants to keep her safe, against the more liberal Westernized Sri Lankan world outside. This memoir provides a glimpse into the microcosmic Galle Fort Muslim community of the 1960s post independent Sri Lanka. -- from cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perera-Hussein Publishing House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AZAD, YASMIN AZAWatts, Reggie.
Summary: Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiny Reparations Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATTS, REGGIE WATSteves, Rick
Summary: "Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Vienna, Salzburg and Tirol Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from Mozart's house...to the eerie Bone Chapel and the oldest salt mine in the world...Useful resources including a packing list, a German phrase book, a historical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB LA SALLE HARFallows, James M.
Summary: "A unique, revelatory portrait of small-town America: the activities, changes, and events that shape this mostly unseen part of our national landscape, and the issues and concerns that matter to the ordinary Americans who make these towns their home. For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-prop airplane, visiting small cities and meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.0973 FALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 FALNicolson, Adam
Summary: June 1797 to September 1798 is the most famous year in English poetry. Out of it came Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and “Kubla Khan,” as well as his unmatched hymns to friendship and fatherhood, and William Wordsworth’s revolutionary songs in Lyrical Ballads along with “Tintern Abbey,” Wordsworth's paean to the unity of soul and cosmos, love and understanding. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 NICHa, Robin
Summary: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The annual Kresge Eminent Artist Award salutes an exceptional artist in the visual, performing or visual arts for lifelong professional achievements and contributions to metropolitan Detroit's cultural community. Olayami Dabls is the 2022 Kresge Eminent Artist. This monograph honors his life and work."--Page [1].
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Kresge Foundation 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DABLS, OLAYAMI CULCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DABLS CHRIngraham, Christopher
Summary: The hilarious, charming, and candid story of Ingraham's decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400--the community he made famous as "the worst place to live in America" in a story he wrote for the Washington Post.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 INGRAHAM, CHRISTOPHER INGStine, Megan.
Summary: Looks at the life and career of the physicist and NASA astronaut who became the first American woman in space in 1983.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET RIDEHannan, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 HANAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Summary: The author presents a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADICHIE, CHIMAMDA NGOZI ADIBond, Rebecca
Summary: "Inspired by the author's grandfather's experiences living in a lodge in the woods, a story of how people and animals survive a forest fire in a small Canadian town"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: John F. Blair, Publisher 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 JOHShadmi, 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 SHAMaas, Peter
Summary: Offers a detailed account of U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen's attempts to save thirty-three men who were trapped in a sunken submarine during the first days of World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 MAACampbell, William A.
Summary: Contains the history of villages, camps, and islands in the northeastern Georgian Bay area of Parry Sound District as well as brief family histories of the cottagers in the area. Covers such places as the French River mouth, Bustard Islands, Key Harbour, Key Junction, Pakesley, Ludgate, Britt and Byng Inlet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [W.A. Campbell] 1982
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.371 CampbellRoach, Margaret.
Summary: "Follows the journey of a woman who leaves her big city corporate life to find solitude and authenticity in nature"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROACH, MARGARET ROACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio RoachPauls, Cole
Summary: "Cole Pauls returns with Kwändǖr, a short story collection of Southern Tutchone and Yukon tales. Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are Pauls's most personal work yet. You'll learn stories about the author's family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2022