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Courage Courage Fiction Courage United States Case studies Heroes United States Biography Presidents United States Biography Anecdotes United States United States Biography United States Foreign relations Decision making Case studies United States Politics and government United States Politics and government Decision making Case studiesSummary: Thirteen essays written by notable authors and honoring modern-day political heroes pay tribute to recipients of the Profile in Courage award in a collection that includes Anna Quindlen on James Florio and Bob Woodward on Gerald Ford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PROKennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Summary: A study of men who, at a risk to themselves, stood fast for their principles. Includes John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, Robert Taft and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENJunger, Sebastian
Summary: "A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.44 JUNQuinones, John.
Summary: Bringing together some of the best profiles from his popular "What Would You Do?" news features, the award-winning ABC journalist introduces ordinary Americans from a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and walks of life whose small acts of courage, kindness, generosity, and decency have made the world a better place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.073 QUIBeschloss, Michael R.
Summary: Presidential historian Beschloss has brought us a saga about crucial times in America's history when a courageous president dramatically changed the future of the United States. Beschloss brings to life these flawed, complex men--and their wives, families, friends and foes, in an intimate, behind-the-scenes view of presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. As he shows, none of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.099 BESBeschloss, Michael R.
Summary: Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.099 BESBeschloss, Michael R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.099 BESQuinones, John.
Summary: Bringing together some of the best profiles from his popular "What Would You Do?" news features, the award-winning ABC journalist introduces ordinary Americans from a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and walks of life whose small acts of courage, kindness, generosity, and decency have made the world a better place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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Summary: Bringing together some of the best profiles from his "What Would You Do?" news features, an ABC journalist introduces ordinary Americans from diverse backgrounds whose small acts of courage, kindness, generosity, and decency have made the world a better place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920.073 QUIEdmonds, Walter Dumaux
Summary: In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC EDMBurns, Eric.
Summary: Profiles of the Founding Fathers of the United States evaluate their lives, careers, and specific contributions to the U.S. Constitution, in a historical assessment that illuminates their motivations while explaining how their shared vision remains relevant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BURBerne, Emma Carlson
Summary: When a Philadelphia girl intercepts a message about an impending British attack against her father's regiment, commanded by General Washington, in White Marsh, she travels alone by horseback to warn the Patriot army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BERGilbert, Julie
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GILLinderman, Gerald F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LindeTabor, Corey R.
Summary: Sir Ladybug--the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice--is on a new quest! He and his herald, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, will have to be extra-clever to outwit the mean Queen Bee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TABCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TABCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC TABBlume, Lesley M. M.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century--the true effects of the atom bomb--potentially saving millions of lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BLUBaron, Martin
Summary: "A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BARON BARSummary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REPKeefe, Jess
Summary: "Thirty-Thousand Steps is a powerful and transformative memoir that interweaves the author's obsessive training to becoming a distance runner, along with her singular, focused research into the science of addiction in the shadow of grief after the death of her brother"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEEFE, JESS KEEThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOSummary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REPGregorio, Katharine
Summary: "Illuminating a thrilling untold chapter of the Cold War, The Double Life of Katharine Clark shares the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who pioneered a career in a male-dominated profession. In 1955, Katharine Clark became the first female American wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, forging a career as a journalist, befriending a leading Communist, and risking her life to smuggle away...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLARK, KATHARINE GRESummary: "For the first time in print, rich, provocative first-hand stories of life in the Bronx in the twentieth century. In Bronx Faces and Voices, sixteen men and women tell their personal, uncensored stories of the New York City borough--before, during, and after the troubled years of arson, crime, abandonment, and flight in the 1970s and 1980s. The voices in this volume are as eclectic as the Bronx...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Tech University Press 2014