Ditchfield, Christin
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 361.37 DITDitchfield, Christin.
Summary: Describes what freedom of speech is, how and why it is guaranteed in the United States, how it is expressed, what its limits are, what censorship is, and what some of the surrounding debates are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 DITAptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe
Summary: A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities. Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools-or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUTTER, THOMAS D APTDe Stefano, Cristina
Summary: A landmark biography of the most famous Italian journalist of the twentieth century, an inspiring and often controversial woman who defied the codes of reportage and established the "La Fallaci" style of interview. "A landmark biography of the inspiring and controversial journalist who defied the codes of reportage and established the 'La Fallaci' style of interview. Oriana Fallaci is known for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FALLACI, ORIANA DESRobinson, Joshua
Summary: "For over fifteen years, almost any conversation about international soccer has always come back to two players--Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo--undoubtedly the greatest of their generation but with styles, attitudes, and fanbases that couldn't be more different. For millions of people around the world "Messi or Ronaldo?" isn't simply a barroom argument, or an affirmation of fandom, so much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: "A raw, unflinching, and inspirational memoir by a former United States Marine Captain describing her journey from dutiful daughter of immigrants to wide-eyed recruit to radical activist dedicated to effecting historic policy reform in the military. Aftera lifetime of buckling to the demands of her strict Indian parents, Anuradha Bhagwati abandons her grad school career at Harvard University to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BHAGWATI, ANURADHA KRISTINA BHACrispin, Jessa
Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRISPIN, JESSA CRIBrennan, Kristine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2001
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HILLARY BREHunger, Christina
Summary: A true story and simple guide to teaching a dog to talk from a speech-language pathologist who has taught her dog to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words. When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn't take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.59 HUNSoontornvat, Christina
Summary: Senator Tammy Duckworth has logged a long list of "firsts" during her tenure as the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, including being the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate. But while she dreamed of serving her country from a young age, Tammy's path was not without its challenges. In this dramatic account, award-winning creators Christina Soontornvat and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DUCLane, Christina
Summary: "The untold story of Hollywood's most powerful female writer-producer of the 1940s, Joan Harrison, who grew from being the worst secretary Alfred Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "Master of Suspense.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, JOAN LANHillsberg, Christina
Summary: "Christina was a single, successful CIA analyst with a burgeoning career in espionage when she met fellow spy, Ryan, a hotshot field operative who turned her world upside down. They fell in love, married, and soon they were raising three children from his first marriage, and later, two more of their own"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 HILThompson, Christina
Summary: Relates the author's marriage as an American middle-class student to a Maori tradesman from a background of rural poverty, and explores their relationship within the wider context of the cultural clash between Europeans and Maoris throughout New Zealand's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 993.01 THOBjörk, Christina
Summary: A little girl visits the home and garden of Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns about the artist's paintings and his life. The illustrations include photographs of the painter and his family as well as examples of his work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R. & S. Books 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.44 BJOShelton, Christina.
Summary: Documents the lesser-known story of a high-level State Department official who in the late 1940s was charged with spying for the Soviet Union, arguing that the case was shaped by missed opportunities and poor judgments that also reflected period Soviet infiltration and American counter-intelligence analytic failures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 327.12092 SHEDay, Christine
Summary: "A biography of Maria Tallchief, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TALWebster, Christine.
Summary: Discusses the history and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, which was first published in The Youth's Companion in 1892 as part of a campaign to promote patriotism led by James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.65 WEBWoodside, Christine
Summary: "Drawing on original manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. This fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women is also the deconstruction of an American myth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 WOOO'hare, Christine
Summary: "Ronald Reagan was a movie star before he became president of the United States. He had a great smile and a warm, friendly voice. He loved to tell jokes and make people laugh. But don't be fooled by his charm: Reagan was also one of the toughest presidents that America has ever known. He defeated the Evil Empire of communism and won the Cold War--and he did it without firing a single shot. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heroes of Liberty Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 REAErvin, Kristine S.
Summary: "Kristine S. Ervin was just eight years old when her mother, Kathy Sue Engle, was abducted from an Oklahoma mall parking lot and violently murdered in an oil field. First, there was grief. Then the desire to know: what happened to her, what she felt in her last terrible moments, and all she was before these acts of violence defined her life. In her mother's absence, Ervin tries to reconstruct a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apple Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 821.8 PoulsEl Mahdy, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 932.014 ELMTaylor-Butler, Christine
Summary: As the first African American first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has had a big role to fill. Readers will follow Obamas journey from her childhood in Chicago to her work as a lawyer and her achievements in the White House. They will also learn how she helped with her husbands political career and helped him win presidential elections in 2008 and 2012.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAHass, Kristin Ann
Summary: Monuments, museums, and everyday patriotic practices have made headlines for most of the twenty-first century, yet they are seldom look at together or understood explicitly as tools used by particular people in particular times and places to shape the culture in particular ways. Hass explore the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure: memorials in parks, museums visited by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022