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Burke, Michael 1918- DePrince, Michaela Haute-Loire (France) History 20th century Lansdale, Edward Geary 1908-1987 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) History 20th century Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592 Perry, Michael 1964- Sichel, Peter M. F United States World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue France Le Chambon-sur-LignonChabon, Michael.
Summary: The author questions what it means to be a man today in a series of interlinked autobiographical reflections, regrets, and reexaminations, each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHABON, MICHAEL CHACaron, Claude
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familles Caron d'Amérique 1989
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 CARSummary: During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WONRosen, Michael
Summary: "'They were there at the beginning of the war, but they were gone by the end. I suppose they died in the camps.' Thats all young Michael Rosen, born in England just after the end of the Second World War, was told about the six great-aunts and great-uncles who had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. This wasnt enough for him. So, as an adult, he started to search. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROSHalperin, Ian.
Summary: Delivers new revelations about Michael Jackson's controversial life and legacy: his multiple plastic surgeries, his skin bleaching, his sexual identity, and his potentially fatal genetic condition ... and dispels the popular myths" about the King of Pop. The conclusion was written after "Michael Jackson's died just as this book was going to press."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2009
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Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEIMalone, Sharon
Summary: "A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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Summary: "Japan is arguably the preeminent food nation on earth, a Mecca for the world's greatest chefs, with more Michelin stars than any other country. The Japanese go to extraordinary lengths and expense to eat food that is marked both by its exquisite preparation and exotic content. Their creativity, dedication, and courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm and octopus ice cream is only now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2016
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Summary: Films of Endearment is a heartwarming memoir, chronicling a young man's dynamic relationship with his mother, as told through the 80s movies they shared together, exploring themes of loss and resilience, the bonds between family, gender equality, and the birth of a critic's sensibility.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KORESKY, MICHAEL KORPerry, Michael
Summary: In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERPerry, Michael
Summary: "A collection of previously published magazine pieces and essays by Michael Perry. Sources include Backpacker, Outside, Runner's World, Men's Health, No Depression, Oxford American, Best American Science Writing, Wisconsin Trails, Encyclopedia of the Midwest, Minnesota Monthly, liner notes from Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find A Way, Wisconsin Humanities Council newsletter."--Provided by...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERSakwa, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 SAKPatterson, James
Summary: At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks to Bennett, the ruthless crime lord whose vengeful mission forced the Bennett family into hiding has been brought down for good. Back in the city that never sleeps, Bennett takes over a chaotic Outreach Squad in Harlem, where he receives an unusual call: a man claims to have seen a group of well-dressed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD Fiction Patterson 2014Grose, Peter
Summary: This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3,500 Jews under the noses of the Germans and the soldiers of Vichy France. It is the story of a pacifist Protestant pastor who broke laws and defied orders to protect the lives of total strangers. It is the story of an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy from Nice who forged 5,000...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 GROAnderson, Scott
Summary: "At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing--seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear--to some--that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 ANDMoorehead, Caroline
Summary: Relates the story of Le Cambon-sur-Lignon, a small, remote mountain village whose inhabitants banded together to save thousands from the Gestapo during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 MOODePrince, Michaela
Summary: "At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED DEPThiel, J. Homer
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Homer Thiel 0000
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 THIFrank, Michael
Summary: "An unforgettable memoir--with elements of Auntie Mame and Grey Gardens--that chronicles the world of one California family dominated by a powerhouse screenwriter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FRAPerry, Michael
Summary: Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERPhelps, Debbie
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PHELPS, DEBBIE PHEHallie, Philip Paul.
Summary: "Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from certain death."
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.813 HALLeviton, Michael
Summary: The author describes his upbringing in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, the consequences of this unrelenting honesty in his relationships, and his decision to learn how to be as casually dishonest as everyone else.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVITON, MICHAEL LEVReagan, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zebra Books 1988