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Early step into reading + mathCose, Ellis
Summary: Examines how free speech in the United States has been corrupted by the politically powerful and how the contemporary landscape of social media and social polarization have eroded the safeguards built into the Constitution to protect speech.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 COSMole, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wine and Food Society in association with World Pub. Co. [Cleveland 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 MoleSoyinka, Wole.
Summary: In The Open Sore of a Continent, Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by General Abacha in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882 SOYCOLEN, KIMBERLY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: TC J371.3 COLColl, Steve.
Summary: The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2004
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Creeley, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 CREBrealey, Erica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.79 BRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Fit BrealeyCreeley, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 CREKrosney, Herbert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 226.092 KROSullenberger, Chesley
Summary: Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight on the essential qualities--leadership, responsibility and service--that he believes have been vital to his success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SULLENBERGER, CHESLEY B SULWrisley, Jarrett
Summary: "A visually stunning, culturally rich story of discovering Roman cuisine via the trade routes that lead to the great city. Writer and restaurateur Jarrett Wrisley fell in love with the food of Rome when he went there with his chef and business partner, Paolo Vitaletti, ate Paolo's mother's Roman cooking, and decided they would open the most authentic Roman restaurant they could. However, during...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 WRIFrehley, Ace.
Summary: The founding member and former lead guitarist for KISS shares his experiences with the iconic band, covering the band's rise to superstar fame, his battles with drug addiction, and his complicated relationships with Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Gene Simmons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FREHLEY, ACE FREKnisley, Lucy.
Summary: "Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-- many of them treasured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KNISLEY, LUCY KNICose, Ellis
Summary: "For a century, the American Civil Liberties Union has fought to keep Americans in touch with the founding values of the Constitution. As its centennial approached, the organization invited Ellis Cose to become its first ever writer-in-residence, servingas an "embedded journalist" with complete editorial independence. The result is Cose's groundbreaking Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0973 COSSullenberger, Chesley
Summary: Presents conversations with men and women from such fields as medicine, education, sports, the military, and finance who embody the truest sense of moral courage and leadership by personal example.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 SULCoxe, Molly.
Summary: Depicts various things that can be made with six sticks, from a tall mouse to a trapeze for fleas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green CoxDole, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 DOLCone, Steve
Summary: "Projects include all styles of chairs or couches, stools, different styles of ottomans, a bench, and a headboard. Includes stripping, repairing, and reupholstering old furniture pieces to like-new condition. Step-by-step instructions. Index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 645.4 CONBesley, Adrian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2008
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Misc BesleyBeesley, Terrece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 BeesleyColes, Robert.
Summary: Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on our daily lives. He offers a compelling call to venture outside our own selves and lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity, to the way others get through life, and he encourages us to examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by studying the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9355 COLColl, Steve
Summary: "From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 COLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 956.7044 COLColl, Steve
Summary: "Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11. Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018