Marquis, Samuel S.
Contents: Introduction to new edition / David L. Lewis -- Introduction to Henry Ford: an interpretation -- The Ford halo -- The art of self-advertising -- A dream that came true -- The Ford fortune -- Some elements of success -- Mental traits and characteristics -- "Just kids" -- Behind a Chinese wall -- Henry Ford and the church -- Henry Ford, Dives, Lazarus and others -- The Ford charities -- The Ford...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD,HENRY MARMarshak, S. (Samuil)
Summary: A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which a young girl outwits her greedy stepmother and stepsister with the help of the Month Brothers who use their magic to enable her to fulfill seemingly impossible tasks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wm. Morrow 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MARThomas, Samuel S.
Summary: "It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frightening than their last. In order to appease God's wrath--and end the heat-wave--the city's overlords have launched a brutal campaign to whip the city's sinners into godliness. But for someone in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOThomas, Samuel S.
Summary: It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the king and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebel's hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THORabl, S. S. (Samuel Supplee)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell Maritime Press 1958
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8 RABGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
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Summary: "The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty's Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.12 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: A historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2010
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Summary: "S.C. Gwynne's Hymns of the Republic addresses the period from Ulysses S. Grant's appointment as general of all Union armies in March 1864 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox a year later."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: "New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, even Robert E. Lee, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures. His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, STONEWALL GWYBendis, Brian Michael
Summary: "When Peter Parker falls, the world needs a Spider-Man, and young Miles Morales takes up the mantle! Before Peter died, Miles was poised to start the next chapter in his life in a new school. Then, a spider's bite granted the teenager incredible arachnid-like powers. Now, Miles has been thrust into a world he doesn't understand, with only gut instinct, his well-intentioned best friend Ganke and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BENSummary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: A collection of interviews with fourteen artists and writers of picture books who, regardless of their country of origin, have had a major impact in the United States
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6 MarcusMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: Sharing candid interviews with 13 top children's and young adult authors who discuss why their books have faced censorship, an historian and critic puts First Amendment challenges into historical context and examines the support network that protects anddefends young people's rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.44 MARMarshall, S. L. A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 MARSummary: Same Genius. New World. Florence is thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo da Vinci must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. When the dust settles, friends are buried and rivalries are enflamed. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DABendis, Brian Michael.
Summary: The new Spider-Man Miles Morales's uncle the Prowler is back in town and is being pursued by the Scorpion seeking revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPIBrandon, S. G. F. (Samuel George Frederick)
Summary: This book is a comprehensive guide to the people, customs, and faiths of ancient Egypt, Babylonia, Mesopotamia, and other ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 299 BRAMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings," Marcia Brown's "Cinderella," Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji," and David Wiesner's "Tuesday."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.6 MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: a Presents a history of Golden Books, discussing how it was founded in the mist of World War II providing quality books at inexpensive prices and used innovative writers and marketing techniques to establish itself as a highly successful publishing firm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 070.5 MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America's most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln's life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A former police detective turned funeral home director investigative instincts always seem to get the better of him. These days his job is to comfort and console the bereaved, but as soon as Luc starts to suspect foul play his inner sleuth takes over, and so do the headaches for his on-again/off-again girlfriend, police inspector Anna-Maria Giovanoli.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNDBrandon, S. G. F. (Samuel George Frederick)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014