Eberhart, Dikkon.
Summary: He was destined from birth for literary greatness."If only his father hadn't stolen all the words."As the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet laureate Richard Eberhart, Dikkon Eberhart grew up surrounded by literary giants. Frequent dinner guests included, among others, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath.To the world, they were literary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBERHART, DIKKON EBEGruitrooy, Gerhard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.054 DEGEverhart, Ruth
Summary: "The #MeToo movement has revealed sexual abuse in every sphere of society, including the church. But all too often, churches have been complicit in protecting abusers, reinforcing patriarchal power dynamics, and creating cultures of secrecy, shame, and silence. Disclosing candid stories of abuse, pastor and survivor Ruth Everhart offers God's hope to survivors while shining a light on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 EVEAshe, Geoffrey.
Summary: Ashe offers convincing proof that Arthur not only existed, but was more like the Arthur of legend than historians ever suspected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.01 ASHWashington-Williams, Essie Mae
Summary: The illegitimate daughter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond breaks her lifelong silence. Her father, the longtime senator from South Carolina, was once the nation's leading voice for racial segregation; he mounted a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 -- in the name of saving the South from "mongrelization." Her mother was Carrie Butler, a black teenager who worked as a maid on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 WASKeewaydinoquay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2006
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Eicher, Jerry S.
Summary: A best-selling fiction author recounts his young life in an Amish family which moved from Ontario to Honduras and then to America when the community failed, and his reasons for departing from his childhood faith later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EICHER, JERRY S EICTenzin Geyche Tethong
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated chronicle presents an in-depth, firsthand narrative of the Dalai Lama's life story and the Tibetan saga. From remembrances of those close to him, and a treasure trove of over 400 images of Tibet's priceless visual heritage, it preserves a record of what it was like to create a nation from nothing, in exile, and how His Holiness rallied endlessly for his people. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALAI LAMA XIV TETWoolfson, Esther.
Summary: Explores the many similarities between humans and corvids through the relationships that the author's family share with a rook, talking magpie, baby crow, and other feathered friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.864 WOOAscher, Barbara Lazear
Summary: "Ascher writes passionately about her unlikely marriage, her husband's illness and death and her ensuing sorrow. A witness to the insanity that grief visits upon its victims with a seeming determination to destroy, she gazes straight into the eye of grief and does not blink. In time she moves beyond that grief -- her voyage out. Ghosting is, by turns, moving and funny, tender and brutal"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASCHER, BARBARA LAZEAR ASCScher, Amy B.
Summary: "The true story of a fiery young woman's heartwarming and hilarious journey that takes her from near-death in California to a trip around the world in search of her ultimate salvation. Along the way, she discovers a world of cultural mayhem, radical medical treatment, and, most importantly, a piece of her life she never even knew she was missing. When Amy B. Scher was struck with undiagnosed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
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Summary: "Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Nobel WARAscher-Walsh, Rebecca.
Summary: Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me. In this heartwarming gift book, author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh presents a collection of inspiring dog stories and touching photos--dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day: Each one is devoted. These 38 uplifting dog stories showcase the most amazing dog rescues, accomplishments, and abilities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 ASCBernard, Walter
Summary: "For more than fifty years, Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser have revolutionized the look of magazine journalism. In Mag Men, Bernard and Glaser recount their storied careers, offering insiders' perspective on some of the most iconic design work of the twentieth century. The authors look back on and analyze some of their most important and compelling projects, from the creation of New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BERKing, Bernard
Summary: An NBA Hall of Famer presents an account of his personal and professional accomplishments, discussing his matchups with basketball legends, his major knee reconstruction, and how he broke a personal cycle of negativity and self-destructiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KING, BERNARD KINMoitessier, Bernard.
Summary: I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the thought of Bernard Moitessier after he finished writing his last book, Tamata and the Alliance, while in Polynesia. The great master died in 1994 and never completed the book, but here it is, meticulously collected from hus many writings, published and unpublished,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 MOIBangley, Bernard
Contents: January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Patron saints.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 BUTBernard, Jacqueline.
Summary: Biography of Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery, freed in 1827, and became famous for her courage, quick wit, and ready challenge as she campaigned for abolition and women's rights in New York and the Midwestern States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1967
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.94 DIESanders, Bernard
Summary: "When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SANDERSBernard, Jean
Contents: In prison -- Arrival at Dachau -- The first two weeks -- In the main camp -- First mass in the camp -- Recollections from the first few months -- The "good times" come to an end -- Winter approaches -- Christmas 1941 -- Ten days' leave and my return to Dachau -- "Transport commando Praezifix" -- Easter week 1942 -- Hunger -- Visitors in the camp -- At the end of our strength -- The infirmary --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zaccheus Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BERBailyn, Bernard
Summary: "A series of brilliant historical portraits combine to create a self-portrait of one of our greatest historians. With characteristic vitality and brilliance, Bernard Bailyn revisits the major phases of his long, pathbreaking career and offers readers newinsights into history and his distinctive approach to understanding it. From his early work on the New England merchants through his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BAISelling, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hunter House 1989
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Contents: A patchwork self-portrait, 1898-1950.--Preface: Who I am.--Plays for puritans.--Cerebral capers.--The court experiment.--The practical impossibilities of censorship.--Shavian busts.--Tree and a potboiler.--War madness.--Joy riding at the front.--Crash of an epoch.--Burglars.--A member by baptism.--Back to Methuselah.--How to write a play.--Saint Joan.--Fabian politics.--The apple cart.--Touring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weybright and Talley 1970