Bono
Summary: "Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BONO BONMedina, Nico
Summary: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, describing its ancient beginnings, the first human settlers, and historic climbs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: 900 WHEMedina, Nico
Summary: Introduces the period approximately 20,000 years ago when global temperatures were much colder and ice covered much of the planet, and describes how animals living during that time adapted to the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKETMedina, Nico
Summary: "In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef—big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides a home to a wide diversity of creatures. Designated a World Heritage Site, the reef is suffering from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHEMedina, Nico
Summary: Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET KHANWillner, Nina
Summary: "In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family--of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than forty years, and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Forty Autumns makes visceral the pain and longing of one family forced to live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILLNERMorgan, Nina.
Summary: Covers the geography, climate, resources, and history of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.2 MORGachman, Dina
Summary: "A searching, heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author and journalist whose experience with two devastating losses inspired her to bring comfort and understanding to others. Since losing her mother to cancer in 2018 and her sister to alcoholism less than three years later, author and journalist Dina Gachman has dedicated herself to understanding what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.9 GACJankowicz, Nina
Summary: "When Nina Jankowicz's first book on online disinformation was profiled in The New Yorker last year, she expected attention but not an avalanche of abuse and harassment, predominantly from men, online. All women in politics, journalism and academia now face untold levels of harassment and abuse in online spaces. Together with the world's leading extremism researchers, Jankowicz wrote one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 004.67 JANMorgan, Nina.
Summary: An overview of the Mississippi River, its physical features, plants and wildlife, history, explorers, role as a transportation route, and future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 977 MORAnastasio, Dina
Summary: "Readers will learn about the Eiffel Tower, the beloved and iconic symbol of Paris, France, and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Set up for the World's Fair in 1889, the Eiffel Tower greets millions of visitors each year who climb up its wrought-iron stairs, ride its glass elevators, and enjoy the wonderful views of the city spread out below it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETLink, Mardi.
Summary: "On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck's bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.152 LINFink, Sheri
Summary: Fink provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina-- and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1109 FINAnastasio, Dina
Summary: "Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi! The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty Miss also flows through the history of America, giving rise to great stories about the people who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETAnastasio, Dina
Summary: Describes the life and career of Steve Irwin, famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, from his childhood and early love of animals to his rise in popularity as a film and television star and naturalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET IRWINLink, Mardi.
Summary: "The murder mystery that has confounded and fascinated people for over forty years has been given a whole new life. When Evil Came to Good Hart is a well-researched and well-written piece of nonfiction that holds the reader in its spell, just as it has the many writers, reporters, and law officers who have puzzled over it. My highest praise for Mardi Link's book is to say that it reads like a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364.152 LINMartin, Patricia A. Fink
Summary: Describes several species of lower primates, including the lemur, aye-aye, galago, loris, and tarsier, and their endangered status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.8 MARDeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: Explains the events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg and its importance in the Civil War. Sidebars include information on Union generals and the text of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 DEADeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: Explains the events leading up to the formation of the Massachusetts 54th, a regiment of free blacks, and its participation in the Civil War. Sidebars include quotations from leaders of the time and facts about African American soldiers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 DEAMeister, Cari.
Summary: Zeus tells Pandora not to open the golden vase, read and see if she will be able to keep her curiosity under control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 CAPMeister, Cari.
Summary: Presents an illustrated retelling of the birth of the Greek god Zeus and his war against his father, Cronus, and the Titans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 CAPMeister, Cari.
Summary: Odysseus and the Greeks had been fighting the Trojans for 10 when Odysseus comes up with a brilliant idea. Will his plan put an end to the war?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 CAPMartin, Patricia A. Fink
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, life cycles, and behavior of New World monkeys, which live in South and Central America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.8 MARDeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000