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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALIRowbottom, Allie
Summary: "A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its facade--told by the inheritor of their stories. In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROWBOTTOM, ALLIE ROWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROWBOTTOM ROBBrosh, Allie.
Summary: Collects autobiographical, illustrated essays and cartoons from the author's popular blog and related new material that humorously and candidly deals with her own idiosyncrasies and battles with depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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Summary: The creator of "Hyperbole and a Half" presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness, and powerlessness in modern life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2020
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Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 ALIManassah, Sallie M. (Sallie Mossman)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Image Adv., Ltd. 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.427 MANBingham, Sallie
Summary: A bold portrait of Doris Duke, the defiant and notorious tobacco heiress who was perhaps the greatest modern woman philanthropist. In The Silver Swan, Sallie Bingham chronicles one of the great underexplored lives of the twentieth century and the very archetype of the modern woman. "Don't touch that girl, she'll burn your fingers," FBI director J. Edgar Hoover once said about Doris Duke, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUKE, DORIS BINRubenhold, Hallie
Summary: The "canonical five" women murdered by Jack the Ripper have always been dismissed as society's waste, their stories passed down to us wrapped in a package of Victorian assumptions and prejudice. But social historian Hallie Rubenhold sets the record straight in The Five. In reality, only two of the victims were prostitutes, and Rubenhold has uncovered entirely new research about them all--in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 RUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 RUBRuksenas, Algis
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. McKay Co. 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.49 RUKKemper, Ellie
Summary: The comedian and star of "The Office" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" presents a collection of essays about her journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker. There comes a time in every sitcom actress's life when she is faced with the prospect of writing a book. When Ellie Kemper's number was up, she was ready. Contagiously cheerful, predictably...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KEMPER KEMEllin, Abby
Summary: Abby Ellin was shocked to learn that her fiancé was leading a secret life. But as she soon discovered, the world is full of people who aren't what they seem. From Abby Ellin's first date with the Commander, she was caught up in a whirlwind. Within six months he'd proposed, and they'd moved in together. But soon, his exotic stories of international espionage began to unravel. Finally, it all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 ELLMurphy, Audie
Summary: America's most decorated soldier of World War II describes his experiences fighting his way across Europe, portraying the brutalities of war from the perspective of the infantry soldier in campaigns in Sicily, Italy, France and Germany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MURPHY, AUDIE MURBennett, Artie
Summary: "Zippy Chippy is descended from the leading legends of horse racing. He is destined for greatness and glory. But . . . when the starting bell rings, it's anybody's guess what Zippy will do. Will Zippy go for a gentle trot around the track or stop and smell the roses? Or, perhaps, never even leave the starting gate?! What's an owner to do? Try and try again! After all, he believes in Zippy- and,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2020
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Summary: This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Taylor Swift. Readers learn about Swift's early life, her award-winning success in both country and pop music, and her philanthropic work. Features include a timeline, glossary, fun facts, online resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2022
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Summary: All her life, Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter, her best friend, her confidant, and it provided a refuge from her fractured family. But when she stepped on the scale on her twentieth birthday and it registered a shocking 268 pounds, she knew she had to change the way she thought about food and herself: her life was at stake. She tells us how she discovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITCHELL, ANDIE MITHoliday, Billie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOLIDAY, BILLIE HOLAlkire, Jessie.
Summary: "Meet Buzz Aldrin, part of the first moon landing! Follow Aldrin's story as he graduates from West Point, served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, develops a rendezvous program for the Gemini and Apollo missions, and flies to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALDAlbee, Sarah
Summary: Complemented by photographic historical back matter, a leveled-reader introduction to the life of Albert Einstein explains how his innovative thinking paved the way for many world-shaping discoveries and inventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALEXIE, SHERMAN ALECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALEXIE ALECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AlexieAlbee, Sarah
Summary: Profiles the civil rights leader, discussing his career as a pastor, his fight for African American rights, and his legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR Blue KINBissonette, Aimée M.
Summary: "Hallie Morse Daggett loved spending time outdoors, hiking among the tall trees of the forests in California's Siskiyou Mountains. She wasn't afraid of the bears, coyotes, and wildcats. But Hallie was afraid of fire and understood the threat it posed to the forests, wildlife, and people. And more than anything, she wanted to devote her life to protecting her beloved outdoors; she decided she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAGTownley, Alvin
Summary: "Naval aviator Jeremiah Denton was captured in North Vietnam in 1965. As a POW, Jerry Denton led a group of fellow American prisoners in withstanding gruesome conditions behind enemy lines. They developed a system of secret codes and covert communicationsto keep up their spirits. Later, he would endure long periods of solitary confinement. Always, Jerry told his fellow POWs that they would one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlo Press 1980
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 287.6 DOTTownley, Alvin.
Summary: "The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014