Shlaes, Amity.
Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SHLSummary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ARGTweedy, Damon
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive causes and unsettling behaviors, simply did not exist, millions of people suffer from them, sometimes to an extreme extent. Many others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "One wrong word can ruin your life. No one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward, especially since she's been forced to handle a crisis of her own. Unfairly accused of having an affair with a powerful client, Arden's life and dreams are about to crash and burn. Then, Arden is given an ultimatum: she has just two weeks to save her career and her reputation. Is Cordelia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC RYASummary: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANFein, Louise
Summary: "A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bookshop involved in an espionage network, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC FEIPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PrestBremmer, Ian
Summary: "Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.4909 BREBazterrica, Agustina María
Summary: "Nadie le dice que no a la Hermana Superior. Nadie que quiera seguir viva. El mundo como lo conocemos ha desaparecido después del gran apagón y de varias crisis climáticas. Apenas hay animales ni naturaleza y pocas personas han sobrevivido. Varias mujeres llegaron a una suerte de convento buscando refugio y han sido captadas por una secta religiosa. Una de ellas cuenta esta historia, escrita a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2023