Shlaes, Amity.
Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SHLRude, Emelyn
Summary: "Emelyn Rude details the ascendancy of chicken from its domestication nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.66 RUDEmery, Mac.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. 1920
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMStrong, Cecily
Summary: "Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing weeks in the virus epicenter of New York City, Strong relocated to an isolated house in the woods...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP B STRONG STRKrogh, Egil
Summary: "The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise. In a secluded office in President Nixon's White House in 1971, Egil "Bud" Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor-and a key confidant of the president-John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 KROStrong, Cecily
Summary: "A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin-and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her-amid the coronavirus pandemic"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRONG, CECILY STRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B STRONG STRSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Baily, Martin Neil
Summary: "We need a new retirement paradigm as private pensions disappear. Families must take more responsibility for their retirement by saving consistently, working long enough to accumulate enough savings, and spending their savings at an appropriate rate in retirement. Families cannot build a secure retirement by themselves, however; they need help from government and employers. This book discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BAIContents: O Death (Pace Jubilee Singers) -- Hello stranger (Carter Family) -- Sitting on top of the world (Mississippi Sheiks) -- I'm so glad (Skip James) -- Gathering flowers for The Master's bouquet (Stanley Brothers) -- I'm a man of constant sorrow (Emry Arthur) -- Sail away ladies (Uncle Dave Macon) -- You've got to move (Fairfield Four) -- Heaven's radio (Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Country Stars 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OSmiley, Jane.
Summary: On their farm in Denby, Iowa, Rosanna and Walter Langdon abide by time-honored values that they pass on to their five wildly different yet equally remarkable children: Frank, the brilliant, stubborn first-born; Joe, whose love of animals makes him the natural heir to his family's land; Lillian, an angelic child who enters a fairy-tale marriage with a man only she will fully know; Henry, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SMIDoskow, Emily
Summary: When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to draw up a custody plan and agree on child support. Doskow shows you how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down; where to find your state's child support guidelines; how to enforce and change custody and support orders; what military families need to know,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2021
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Summary: Offers guidance to couples with children who are separating, describing the different types of custody options, what factors are considered in custody decisions, how child support is calculated, and how to hire and work with a lawyer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2017
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Summary: "Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster play games until it's time for lights out. Of course, Monster would never try to scare Tiger--that's not what best friends do. But Monster needs to scare someone...it's a monster, after all. So while Tiger sleeps, Monster scares all of her nightmares away. Thanks to her friend, Tiger has nothing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TETKleist, Reinhard
Summary: The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual black athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SelfMadeHero 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 KLEBass, Emily
Summary: "As of 2003, there were nearly 27 million men, women, and children suffering from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today that number has been reduced by more than half. The number of people with access to antiretroviral drugs--a treatment which renders AIDS survivable rather than fatal--has gone from around 50,000 to more than 11 million. All of this is thanks to a Bush administration program known...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.19697 BASSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, Indigenous People are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them to embark upon the process of decolonization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OYACarter Family (Musical group)
Contents: Disc A. (75 min.): Bury me under the weeping willow -- Little log cabin by the sea -- The orphan child -- The storms are on the ocean -- Single girl, married girl -- The wandering boy -- Meet me by the moonlight, alone -- Little darling, pal of mine -- Keep on the sunny side -- Anchored in love -- John Hardy was a desparate little man -- I ain't goin' to work tomorrow -- Will you miss me when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CARSummary: "The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor"--Www.imdb.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GIRWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: "Adrienne and Bedelia are only a few sisters away from finishing their quest of rescuing Adrienne's sisters from their towers. Now comes one of their greatest challenges! Adrienne's older twin sisters Andrea and Antonia are locked deep within the treacherous mountains of The Rim. Adrienne will have to push deep into the bitter cold to get to them, but first she must face The Dragon Slayers. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Action Lab Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WHIMahoney, Emily Jankowski
Summary: "A state governor is the leader of all the people of a state, just like a leader of an organization speaks for its people. Being a leader in a school or community organization is a great experience, but it takes a lot of work. The road to becoming a politician can seem complicated, especially when you think about being elected. With content that explores the role of the state governor, who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 352 MAHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Gov Who MahoneyDolbear, Emily J.
Summary: "Learn the basics about Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, and how the holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.263 DOLRapp 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 BLAFox, Emily Jane
Summary: To truly understand Donald Trump, argues Fox, you must know his children, whose own stories provide the key to unlocking what makes him tick. She explores the lives of Trump's five children (and son-in-law Jared Kushner), exploring their lives, their roles in the campaign and administration, and their dramatic and often fraught relationships with their father and with one another. Each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018