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Summary: Recounts the life of the general who led Allied troops to victory in World War II and became thirty-fourth president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1987
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB EISENHOWE HARHargrove, Brantley
Summary: Documents the life and achievements of late engineer and storm chaser Tim Samaras, describing his development of innovative new tools and his life-risking efforts in pursuit of scientific information that has transformed the field of meteorology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAMARAS, TIM HARHargrave, Courtney
Summary: "A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South. In 1996, the town of Laurens, South Carolina, was thrust into the international spotlight when a white supremacist named Michael Burden opened a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan on the community's main square. Journalists and protestors flooded the town, and hate groups rallied to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 HARHim, Chanrithy
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.604 HIMLee, Jid
Summary: Presents a personal account of the author's life inspired by Korean mythology and set against a backdrop of the nation's turbulent history, tracing five generations of her family while sharing her views on such topics as Japanese colonialism, the Korean War, and Cold War-era pogroms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2010
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Summary: A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 TOLSjöblom, Lisa Wool-Rim
Summary: "Thousands of South Korean children were adopted around the world in the 1970s and 1980s. More than nine thousand found their new home in Sweden, including the cartoonist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, who was adopted when she was two years old. Throughout her childhood she struggled to fit into the homogenous Swedish culture and was continually told to suppress the innate desire to know her origins....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.829 SJOHof, Wim
Summary: "The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful method for realizing our physical and spiritual potential"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2020
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Summary: Weaves together the rock artist's own words from interviews, lyrics, and scraps of miscellaneous writings to form a continuous narrative of Hendrix's life from birth to his final four years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENDRIX, JIMI HENYang, Kelly
Summary: "A lyrical nonfiction picture book featuring eighteen Asian American changemakers and two pivotal moments in Asian American history, illustrated by fifteen renowned Asian and Asian American artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 YANMullen, Jim (Jim R.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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Summary: Published to commemorate the influential band's twentieth anniversary, an illustrated portrait covers their achievements while sharing reproductions of rare archival memorabilia, personal photos, and tour notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 PEARL JAM PEAAbbott, Jim
Summary: A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved in high school, college, and adulthood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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Summary: "The story of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's career told in verse"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HENBishop, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Funk & Wagnalls 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 BISDucibella, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 DUCGigliotti, Jim
Summary: Presents the life of an Albanian girl, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who became known as Mother Teresa and spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TERESACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who MotherHarrison, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 Har1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 813.54 HAR
Lindsay, Jim
Summary: "Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18-written with his full cooperation and participation. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAWHINNEY, CHUCK LINMann, Jim
Summary: An analysis of the events, ideas, and conflicts that have defined the Obama administration's foreign policy explores the struggles to enact coherent and effective policies at a time of global turmoil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 MANNorton, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.702 NORTerry, Jim
Summary: "A brutally honest but charming look at the pain of childhood and the alienation and anxiety of early adulthood. In his memoir, we are invited to walk through the life of the author, Jim Terry, as he struggles to find security and comfort in an often hostile environment. Between the Ho-Chunk community of his Native American family in Wisconsin and his schoolmates in the Chicago suburbs, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 TERWhiting, Jim
Summary: "Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education | Creative Paperbacks 2021
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Summary: "Rhythmic verse tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's life, from his childhood in the wilderness of Illinois to his famous achievements as president"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009