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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 1975
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Summary: An unemployed architect when Hitler came to power in 1933, Albert Speer was soon designing the Third Reich's most important buildings. In 1942 Hitler appointed him Armaments Minister and he quadrupled production, an astonishing achievement that kept the German Army in the field and prolonged the war. Yet Speer's life was full of contradictions. The only member of the Nazi elite with whom Hitler...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 SPEER, ALBERT FESFelt, Hali.
Summary: "Until Marie Tharp's ground-breaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery--then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a time when women in the scientific community were routinely dismissed, Marie's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolution. While her partner, Bruce Heezen, went on expeditions to collect soundings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THARP, MARIE FELLITTLE FEAT.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LITLITTLE FEAT.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1973
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LITFela
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM KutiCorchado, Alfredo
Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORLITTLE FEAT.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1974
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LITLITTLE FEAT.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1972
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LITMerchant-Dest, Simona.
Summary: "Take your knowledge of top-down and seamless knitting to a higher level by learning how to convert and adapt lace, cable, and color patterns to circular knitting and shaping techniques"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave Pr. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 MERNest, Michael Wallace
Summary: "A small team uncovers new evidence and exposes police failure in one of the North's most enduring missing persons cases. Missing persons. Double murder? Métis leader James Brady was one of the most famous Indigenous activists in Canada. A communist, strategist, and bibliophile, he led Métis and First Nations to rebel against government and church oppression. Brady's success made politicians...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Regina Press, University of Regina 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 NESBest, Nicholas
Summary: "In the momentous days from April 28 to May 2, 1945, the world witnessed the death of two Fascist dictators and the fall of Berlin. Mussolini's capture and execution by Italian partisans, the suicide of Adolf Hitler, and the fall of the German capital signaled the end of the four-year war in the European Theater. In Five Days That Shocked the World, Nicholas Best thrills readers with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.534 BESFast, Julie A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind FastQuiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.
Contents: Starry Nights -- Faraway -- The Kaliman Maneuver -- Lessons from the fields -- Where the road doesn't lead -- Green eyes -- From harvest to Harvard -- In the land of giants -- Question the rules, when possible make your own -- Brainstorm -- Hopkins -- Gray matter -- Seeing the light -- Finding the steel in your soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 QUIANONES-HINOJOSA, ALFREDO QUIBest, Elizabeth
Summary: Presents a travelogue about the authors' pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain, the emotional trials each one experienced along the way, and the lessons they learned about themselves and each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arena 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.92 BESFelt, W. Mark
Summary: This account of Mark Felt's FBI career, from the end of the great American crime wave through World War II, the culture wars of the 1960s, and his conviction for his role in penetrating the Weather Underground, provides a historical and personal context to the "Deep Throat" chapter of his life. It also provides Felt's personal recollections of the Watergate scandal, which he wrote in 1982 and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 FELT, W. MARK FELEstrada, Alfredo José.
Summary: Takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecon, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Soviet tank in triumph. Estrada reveals the essence of his native city through the events that shaped its fascinating history and the people who left their stamp on its cobblestoned streets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 ESTKerbel, Deborah
Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021
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Summary: This collection brings eight fairy tales to life through hilarious rhyme. Readers will love the dark humor of these illustrated stories. Familiar fairy tales include The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Billy Goats Gruff, and Rapunzel. Each story has its own modern twist. These entertaining tales are sure to excite young readers and introduce them to classic stories in a fresh way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BESBest, Laura.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.593 BESBest, Joel.
Summary: "Student loan debt in the U.S. now exceeds $1 trillion, more than the nation's credit-card debt. This timely book explains how and why student loans evolved, the concerns they've raised along the way, and how each policy designed to fix student loans winds up making things worse. The authors, a father and son team, provide an intergenerational, interdisciplinary approach to understanding how,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of California Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.362 BESBest, Laura.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.1 BESBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESAmerica's Test Kitchen (COR)
Summary: "Cooking is not only fun, it's a powerful learning tool. It's an amazing way to learn about the world. But even more important, cooking is one of the best ways to spend time together. In the kitchen, your family can leave screens (and worries) behind andenjoy making something delicious to share. What the young chef or the grown-up takes on will differ depending on age, ability, and interest....
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2020