Gregson, Susan R.
Summary: Follows the rise and fall of Benedict Arnold, America's most famous traitor, tracing his life from his wealthy, upper-class childhood to his betrayal of the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Explains Arnold's legacy in modern society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ARNOLD GRESummary: ... Contains fifty genealogical sketches of heads of households living in what are today Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2012
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3744 WESGouin, Jacques
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Publisher / Publication Date: Methuen 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 PANET GOUSeewald, Peter
Summary: Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI himself, this first volume of an authoritative biography follows the early life of the future Pope, from his days growing up in Germany and his conscription into the Hitler Youth duringWorld War II to his career as an academic theologian and eventual Archbishop of Munich.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENEDICT XVI, POPE SEESeewald, Peter
Summary: "Emeritus Pope Benedict commands both adulation and unremitting criticism. To millions, he remains a beacon of light in a turbulent modern world. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story runs from the Second Vatican Council (1965-8) right up to the present day. We see how Benedict was influenced by the Council and the ensuing political unrest all over Europe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENEDICT XVI, POPE SEEAmidon, Ervan L. (Ervan Lloyd)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anundsen Pub. Co. 2007
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 PABST AmidonKelly, Jack
Summary: "A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold committed treason- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARNOLD, BENEDICT KELHenry, Marian S.
Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 HenryNadler, Steven M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPINOZA, BENEDICTUS NADGriswold, Eliza
Summary: In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.73 GRIBenson, R. (Robert)
Contents: A beginning -- A longing for community -- Heroic humility -- A ready mercy -- A wider welcome -- The act of caring -- Living for others -- A note about Saint Benedict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 BENCarpenter, Teresa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 CARSheinkin, Steve.
Summary: Follows the rise and fall of Benedict Arnold, America's most famous traitor, tracing his life from his wealthy, upper-class childhood to his betrayal of the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARNKelly, Jack
Summary: "The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War when America's scrappy navy took on the full might of Britain's sea power. "Few know of the valor and courage of Benedict Arnold... With such a dramatic main character, the story of the Battle of Valcour is finally seen as one of the most exciting and important of the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 KELPhilbrick, Nathaniel
Summary: "The National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea presents an account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 PHICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 PHIGriffeth, Bill (William C.)
Summary: "In his 2016 best-seller, 'The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir,' Bill Griffeth told of learning that the father who raised him was not, in fact, his biological father. In this sequel, Bill continues his journey to learn about his newly discovered biological family and shares some of the dramatic stories strangers and friends told him about their own shocking DNA discoveries..."--Inside jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRIFFETH, BILL GRIMorpurgo, J. E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason/Charter 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.38 MORNelson, James L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.35 NELSilverman, Robyn J. A.
Summary: "What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Summary: "The threads on Zlata's beautiful birthday blouse were knotted by her mother's hands. "Red is for love, and black is for sadness," her Papa says. Her Mama warns her not to show it off. Ever since the Communists came from Russia to Ukraine, they prohibited the teaching of Ukrainian culture. They've even taken the grain from Zlata's family's fields. But despite the danger, her parents refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR. But instead of sending relief the Soviet state made use of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 APPFinnell, Arthur Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.344HuguenotStewart, Matthew
Contents: The Hague, November 1676 -- Bento -- Gottfried -- A life of the mind -- God's attorney -- The hero of the people -- The many face of Leibniz -- Friends of friends -- Leibniz in love -- A secret philosophy of the whole of things -- Approaching Spinoza -- Point of contact -- Surviving Spinoza -- The antidote of Spinozism -- The haunting -- The return of the repressed -- Leibniz's end -- Aftermath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 STEMackell, Thomas
Contents: The fractured American retirement dream -- The new political reality -- The new realities of work and the workplace -- America's love affair with debt -- Employee benefits at a crossroad -- The retirement crisis -- The time is right for bold leadership -- A time for change -- How did we get where we are? -- A call to action -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008