Gregorio, Katharine
Summary: "Illuminating a thrilling untold chapter of the Cold War, The Double Life of Katharine Clark shares the forgotten story of a remarkable woman who pioneered a career in a male-dominated profession. In 1955, Katharine Clark became the first female American wire reporter behind the Iron Curtain, forging a career as a journalist, befriending a leading Communist, and risking her life to smuggle away...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLARK, KATHARINE GREMatulli, Allison
Summary: "The First Amendment grants kids and every other citizen five monster privileges: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the right to petition the government. If the First Amendment is everywhere in their lives, shouldn’t kids know more about it? Yes! In Your Freedom, Your Power, middle grade readers get a focused look at their freedoms and rights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7308 MATNeering, Rosemary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.774 NEEMakos, Adam
Summary: "A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances." --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 951.904 MAKSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Ditum, Sarah
Summary: A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down. Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was still the Wild West, and when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2024
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Summary: Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's Midwest & the Great Lakes' Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features a collection of amazing drives, from day escapes to multi-week adventures. Follow the Tribal Trails, see Highway 61's vistas, and conquer Chicago. Get to the Midwest & Great Lakes, rent a car, and hit the road! Itineraries for classic road trips plus other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2022
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Summary: Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity. Oakland, 2018. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield is barely holding her family together after the shooting that nearly took the life of her nephew Orvil. Now adrift, Opal searches for a way to heal her wounded family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC ORARaines, Howell
Summary: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. We all know how the Civil War was won: by courageous Yankees who triumphed over the South. But as veteran journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from Northern states who helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 RAIDennis, David J.
Summary: "A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied in Black Lives Matter. David Dennis Sr, a core architect of the movement, speaks out for the first time, swapping recollections both harrowing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DENFunk, McKenzie
Summary: "The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASHER, HANK FUNRodriguez, Janel
Summary: "Series continuation, biographies of women in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 RODRobbins, Trina
Summary: The world of comic strips always reflected the fashion of the time-- from R.F. Outcault's nightie-clad 'Yellow Kid' to Grace Drayton's 'Campbell Kids'. By the 1920s all the little roly-poly girls depicted in those early strips had grown up, bobbed their curls, and become flappers. Women got the vote in 1920, and suddenly they were equal to the boys-- at least in the voting booth. They smoked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphic Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVEckert, Allan W.
Summary: Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jesse Stuart Foundation 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 ECKCollins, Ailynn
Summary: "It is January 12, 1888, and you are caught by surprise by a powerful blizzard that sweeps across the Midwest. Dangerously cold temperatures, high winds, and deep snow make travel nearly impossible. Will you be able to find your way home through the storm after leaving school? Can you find your father after he becomes lost in the blinding snow? Will you be able to help your students find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: National Geographic follows Pete Souza, the President's photographer inside the Obama White House, aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history. Features intimate interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PREParkman, Francis
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Publisher / Publication Date: the New American Library 1963
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 973.2 PARCatton, Bruce
Summary: This is the story of Lincoln's famous army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, when it was under the command of General George B. McClellan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1951
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 CATHorner, Doug
Summary: When the police and FBI exhaust their abilities and options, and when grieving families run out of resources, their last best hope has been an Idaho couple who have spent their retirement years pursuing lost causes — and have located 130 victims from lakes and rivers across the United States and Canada. Gene and Sandy Ralston, a married Idaho couple in their mid 70s, are self-taught underwater...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2024
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Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTHerold, Benjamin
Summary: "Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023