Deakin, Roger
Summary: "Considered a masterpiece of nature writing, and the book that launched the international wild swimming movement, Roger Deakin's Waterlog is a fascinating and inspiring journey into the aquatic world that surrounds us. In an attempt to discover his islandnation from a new perspective, Roger Deakin embarks from his home in Suffolk to swim Britain-the seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, pools, streams,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.2 DEALaskin, David
Summary: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.48173 LASLaskin, David
Summary: Traces the history of the 20th century through the story of an extraordinary Jewish family, recounting how the author's 19th-century ancestors were separated by period upheavals in western Russia and went on to become the founders of the Maidenform Bra Company, pioneers in the birth of Israel, and victims of the Holocaust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.20973 KAGANOVICH FAMILY LASDalin, David G.
Summary: In 1921, the beneficiary of an appointment the British would live to regret, Haj Amin al-Husseini became the mufti of Jerusalem, the most eminent and influential Islamic leader in the Middle East. For years, al-Husseini fomented violence in the region against the Jews he loathed and wished to destroy. Forced out in 1937, he eventually found his way to the country whose legions he desperately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DALLakin, Pat.
Summary: Simple text describes how Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, worked hard to become a great magician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2002