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Painted turtle bookBroom, Sarah M.
Summary: "Sarah M. Broom's [memoir] The Yellow House tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America's most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother's struggle against a house's entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROOM, SARAH M. BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BROOM BROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio BroomNott, David (David M.)
Summary: For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world's most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out life-saving operations and field surgery in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOTT, DAVID NOTSmarsh, Sarah
Summary: During Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the '80s and '90s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. Her personal history affirms the corrosive impact intergenerational poverty can have on individuals, families, and communities. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMARSH, SARAH SMACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SMARSH SMASaran, Suvir.
Summary: The author, born and raised in India and an acclaimed New York City restaurateur and chef, tells the story of moving to the country to raise goats, alpacas, ducks, geese, and chicken on 67 acres. Accompanied by more than 80 recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59747 SARBrown, Adrienne M.
Summary: "How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls "pleasure activism," a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BROGroom, Winston
Summary: "When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different; their relationships with each other were complex and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 GROBroome, Brian
Summary: "A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROOME, BRIAN BROGroom, Winston
Summary: Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II redefined America's ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new generation of American soldier. Against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GROSummary: "Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. We'll be presenting tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fields of science, sports, activism, diplomacy, and more!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920.72 WONSummary: "Celebrate singing and songwriting with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy. Save frontline soldiers with Marie Curie and Irene Joliot-Curie. And swim across the English Channel with Leena and Bhakti Sharma. 'Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs' showcases many of the wonderful ways mothers and daughters work together to make the world a better, healthier, and more vibrant place"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REBSummary: Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond is the first of its kind to capture the full spectrum of Detroit popular music from the early 1900s to the twenty-first century. Readers will find in this unique and stimulating anthology new essays, and a few classics, by widely known and respected music writers, critics, and recording artists who weigh in on their careers and experiences in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 HEAMcEntire, Reba
Summary: In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Celebrate 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCENTIRE, REBA MCEWilliams, Kathleen Broome
Summary: Profiles the remarkable naval career of four American women scientists in World War II--Mary Sears, Florence van Straten, Grace Hopper, and Mina Rees--and discusses their contribution to naval science in the area of computers, the use of weather in combat, oceanography, and applied mathematics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500.82 WILGroom, Winston
Summary: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle were heroes of the aviation age. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, led the Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbor; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 629.13 Groom 2013Groom, Winston
Summary: Groom has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "In this exciting, meticulously researched narrative, best-selling author and historian Winston Groom returns to tell one of the most monumental stories of the twentieth century. It is the tale of three remarkably different men, joined in a mission to end World War II and restore order. Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin redefined a generation and transformed its political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 GROGroom, Winston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5239 GROGroom, Winston
Summary: "In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to the remarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GROBarnett, Mac
Summary: A picture book biography of the children's book author shares insights into her life and enduring literary influence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AHMEDI, FARAH AHMFarah, Douglas.
Summary: What do the Taliban, Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor, and the U.S. government have in common? They have all done business with the man who put the "blood" in blood diamonds--an immensely wealthy and powerful arms dealer who has flooded Africa and Southwest Asia with weapons of war. Here, two respected journalists tell the story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.133 FARBroks, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 broFroome, Chris
Summary: The margin of victory was stunning: four minutes and twenty seconds. The style was breathtaking: three stage wins, including a mesmerizing climb on the iconic Mont Ventoux. But the full story behind Chris Froome and his unforgettable triumph at the 100th Tour de France in 2013, which culminated under the lights of the Champs-Elysees, is even more remarkable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 FROHabib, Samaa.
Summary: "The thrilling and heart-wrenching true story of a former Muslim woman's journey to heaven and back when she was victim of a terrorist bombing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014