Summary: Includes current market valuations, universally accepted KM identification numbers, detailed descriptions and updated mintages, thousands of new listings, numeric grades for all types, and the addition of PF63 and PF65 grades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 745.1 STASummary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSHuxford, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738 HUXBrown, Don
Summary: A graphic novel account of the giant dust storms in the Midwest in the 1930s discusses the ecological and agricultural damage caused by the storms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.032 BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC BRORoberts, Adam.
Summary: Equatorial Guinea is a tiny African country. Humid, jungle-covered, and rife with disease, even some of its own people call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, mass murder, billion-dollar corruption, and general rule by terror. Why, in March 2004, was Equatorial Guinea the target of a group of British, South African and Zimbabwean mercenaries,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.1803 ROBSummary: It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids, and U.S. government targeted killings occur in corners across the globe, killing untold numbers of civilians. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DIRHarris, Duchess
Summary: What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter examines the police shootings that fueled the movement, the events that led up to racial tensions in the United States, and the goals the movement has set for the future. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8960 HARBowers, Q. David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitman Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 737.4973 BOWYeoman, R. S. (Richard S.)
Summary: "Since 1946 the Guide Book of United States Coins has served collectors as the preeminent annual reference for coin specifications, mintages, values, and photographs. With more than 22 million copies in print, the Guide Book is well established as the hobby's most popular reference. The Professional Edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins builds on this foundation. This expanded and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitman Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 737.4 YEOO'Dea, Madeleine
Summary: "The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in the past four decades is illuminated by another, equally fascinating, narrative beneath its surface--the story of the country's emerging artistic avant-garde and the Chinese people's ongoing struggle for freedom of expression. By following the stories of nine contemporary Chinese artists, The Phoenix Years shows how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 ODEManko, Tristan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 MancoWithers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITMcManus, John C.
Summary: Describes the history of the American soldier during four decades of warfare, from the Battle of the Bulge to counterinsurgency combat in Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 356.114 MCMRaab, Scott
Summary: "The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 RAAVan Fleet, Xi
Summary: "A liberty-defending survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution spreads across America. Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with other young Chinese for re-education after high school, she later escaped communism and found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 VANMills, Lauren A.
Summary: In the poverty of the Appalachian coal country in 1908, eight-year-old Minna's life gets even more difficult after her father dies of black lung, and that winter she cannot go to school because she does not have a coat--until the quilting mothers make her a coat using pieces of cloth from their own lives, each with a special story behind it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MILSummary: Massive in scope and encyclopedic in detail, The Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, provides the most comprehensive reference to 20th century coins on the market. The 45th edition of this tradition-rich catalog is vetted by experts worldwide, providing a global view of the most passionately collected and popular segment of numismatics. Based on the early work of numismatic giants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 737 STAShum, Desmond
Summary: "After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.092 SHUThomas, M. J.
Summary: Nine-year-old Peter, ten-year-old Mary, and their dog Hank journey to first century Jerusalem, where they race to evade capture by temple guards, follow Jesus, witness miracles, and uncover a secret plot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THORhodes, Benjamin
Summary: "In 2017, as Ben Rhodes was helping former president Barack Obama begin his next chapter, the legacy they worked to build for eight years was being taken apart. To understand what was happening in his own country, Rhodes decided to look outward, at the wider world. Over the next three years, he traveled to dozens of countries, meeting with politicians, dissidents, and activists confronting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.83 RHOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 909.83 RHODowns, Maggie
Summary: "Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2020