Mezrich, Ben

Summary: In 2002, NASA fellow Thad Roberts hatched the most daring heist ever conceived: steal NASA's precious moon rocks. With the help of his girlfriend and another female cohort, both NASA interns, Roberts successfully stole the rocks. However, selling the invaluable stones proved to be Roberts' downfall.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERTS, THAD MEZ

Koppel, Lily

Summary: Reveals for the first time the stories and secrets of America's unsung heroes-the wives of our original astronauts.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.45 KOP

Fields, Micah

Summary: "Developed as the commercial hub of the Texas cotton and sugarcane industries, Houston was designed for profit, not stability. Its first residents razed swamplands into submission to construct a maze of highways and suburbs, giving the city a sprawling, centerless energy where feral cats, alligators, and poisonous snakes flourished in the bayous as storms and floods rattled coastal Texas. When...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4 FIE

Samuels, Robert

Summary: "A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FLO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FLOYD, GEORGE SAM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FLOYD SAM

Dow, David R.

Summary: "A riveting, artfully written memoir of a lawyer's life as he races to prevent death row inmates from being executed"--Provided by the publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOW, DAVID DOW

Kilmeade, Brian

Summary: "In his now trademark fashion, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Kilmeade