Walder, Tracy
Summary: "A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs. When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she'd fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WALDER WALHalter, Roman.
Summary: A Holocaust survivor's account of his six-year journey through the enclaves of Nazi Europe describes how Hitler's armies forced him to become the local SS chief's slave, the deaths of his family and schoolmates, and his escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1980
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Summary: A tribute to the late Senator by one of his most trusted confidantes draws on elements from McCain's early biography as well as his later-in-life political philosophies to discuss his peripatetic youth, naval service and private life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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Summary: "Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literally) captive audiences. The titans of the genre--Stalin, Mussolini, and Khomeini among them--produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry, memoirs, and even the occasional romance novel and established a literary tradition of boundless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: 329.1 KALWallner, Alexandra.
Summary: A brief biography of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony that discusses her early years and her battle to earn women fair treatment and the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANTWilner, Barry.
Summary: "A collective biography of the top 10 running backs, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2011
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Summary: A groundbreaking guide to getting unstuck making breakthroughs in every sphere of life, from creative pursuits and sports to entrepreneurship and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan Historical Commission 1917
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 921 CHASarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARWolters, Cleary.
Summary: "The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time--a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond. Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2015
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Summary: A true story of a Jewish Austrian hat designer who rescued herself and the businessman she loved during the 1938 Nazi invasion, seeking safety amid the horrors of World War II Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012
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Summary: "With his singular voice, Ira reveals his experience in BROKEN ROADS. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Ira explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not. Readers may recognize themselves along these paths with Ira, as he grapples with choices, faith, family, the past, and the future. Ira unapologetically, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAGLER, IRA WAGWagler, Ira.
Summary: In this memoir, Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life, from his childhood on the family farm and his Rumspringa rite of passage at age sixteen to his ultimate decision to leave the Amish church for good at age twenty-six.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2011
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Summary: "Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and she became the center of a still-raging firestorm about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: "The host of the Fox News shows Watters World and The Five lays out the only path forward for our nation--listening to him--in this funny, offbeat book which echoes his irreverent voice"-- At one of the most chaotic periods in American history, in a time of national distrust and despair, one tanned TV host holds the key to the future. In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 359.933 WalleWalther, Ingo F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benedikt Taschen 1986
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Summary: Featuring interviews by performers and other notables of the industry, presents the history of American burleque theater from its golden age through its decline and its current renaissance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 ZEMWaller, Douglas C.
Summary: "The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA. They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had-- Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey. Disciples is the story of these dynamic agents and their daring espionage and sabotage in wartime Europe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WALCalder-Marshall, Arthur
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace & World 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 921 FLARowe, Maggie Wallem
Summary: As a young girl, Maggie Rowe took the idea of salvation very seriously. Growing up in a moderately religious household, her fear of eternal damnation turned into a childhood terror that drove her to become an outrageously dedicated Born-again Christian regularly slinging Bible verses in cutthroat scripture memorization competitions and assaulting strangers at shopping malls with the good news...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2017