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Fathers United States Biography Grandfathers United States Biography Great Britain Legislators United States Biography McCain, John 1936- Family McCain, John S. (John Sidney) 1911-1981 McCain, John Sidney 1884-1945 Taylor, Elizabeth 1932-2011 United States. Congress. Senate Biography United States. Navy BiographyMcCain, John
Summary: Congressman John McCain explains how he learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 McCAIN, JOHN MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.9 MCCMcCain, John
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Pub. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCCMcCain, John
Summary: The Navy veteran and U.S. senator describes the military careers of his grandfather and father, his own experiences as a POW in Vietnam, and his political career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9092 MCCThermes, Jennifer
Summary: "The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and several others to go for help"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CRESummary: The story of New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg's friendship with a Cambodian interpreter, Dith Pran, during the time of the 1975 Khmer Rouge revolution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KILMarsh, Katherine
Summary: In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, thirteen-year-old Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: The story of Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, marooned on a South Pacific island, and his one-man war against Japanese forces.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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Summary: "The threads on Zlata's beautiful birthday blouse were knotted by her mother's hands. "Red is for love, and black is for sadness," her Papa says. Her Mama warns her not to show it off. Ever since the Communists came from Russia to Ukraine, they prohibited the teaching of Ukrainian culture. They've even taken the grain from Zlata's family's fields. But despite the danger, her parents refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler--and each other. At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.084 LARApplebaum, Anne
Summary: "In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR. But instead of sending relief the Soviet state made use of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 APPCherkas, Michael
Summary: Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin waged a brutal war against the Soviet peasantry leading to the Holodomor, the terror-famine that killed at least 4 million Ukrainians during the fall and winter of 1932-33. Red Harvest is based on the tragic events that took place in Soviet Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1933. Stalin and the ruling Communist Party began their program of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine 2023
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Summary: An award-winning author presents the history and impact of both the theatrical and cinematic versions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and how it forced audiences to confront deeply-held concepts about relationships, sex and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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Summary: With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HAMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REEAmidon, Ervan L. (Ervan Lloyd)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anundsen Pub. Co. 2007
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 PABST AmidonSummary: The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Men 2001Summary: Based on the true story of American Rangers who rescue the survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during WWII. When the Philippines fell to the Japanese, the remnants of Gen. MacArthur's Army were forced down the Bataan Peninsula where they were surrounded and cutoff with no hope of rescue. They were starving and dying of disease. Gen. Wainwright eventually...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: A 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his monsignor brother about a pious pimp's tie to grisly murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: ""A bravura historical debut . . . a gloriously immersive escape." -Guardian Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true scandal of two women determined to create their own fates in the Jacobean court. With Frankie, I could have the life I had always wanted . . . and with me she could forge something more satisfying from her own ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAGKimura, Yukie
Summary: "When Yukie Kimura was eight years old, her family lived on a tiny island near the coast of northern Japan, where her father was a lighthouse keeper. Her days were filled with adventure and nature: collecting seagull eggs to bake cookies, finding fresh seafood on the shore, and digging for fossils in a cave. But it was also 1945, the final year of World War II. Then, during one sunny weekend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIMSummary: Designed to give users comprehensive conversational language and grammar skills. The basic course (10 lessons) focuses on polite greetings and small talk and is perfect for patrons who are planning a short trip to a foreign country, or for those who want to get a taste of a foreign language and culture. The complete course (100 lessons) is designed for patrons who already know the basics of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Languages 2009
Bogle, Donald
Summary: "An eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--and their unlikely yet enduring friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 BOGBrower, Kate Andersen
Summary: "No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TAYLOR, ELIZABETH BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TAYLOR BROAlbus, Kate
Summary: "When 12-year-old Dory Byrne's pop left New York City's Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they'd be safe. Like he always said, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House 2023