Summary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHEClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLITrillin, Calvin.
Summary: In a tribute to his late wife, Alice, and their relationship, the author celebrates the life of a remarkable woman who played a vital role in his life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 TRILLIN, CALVIN TRITrillin, Calvin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1998
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Summary: The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HARHennick, Calvin
Summary: Five years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man, when his own father figures abandoned him? As a white man, what can he possibly teach his biracial son about how to live as a black man in America? And what does it even mean to be a man today, when society’s expectations of men seem to change from moment to moment? ...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENNICK, CALVIN HENTrillin, Calvin.
Summary: In a compilation of eating adventures around the United States and the world, the author chronicles his search for great meals in different locales, from posole in northern New Mexico and boudin in Louisiana to pan bagnat in Nice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 TRICachin, Olivier
Summary: Shares brief biographies of forty influential black musicians, including James Brown, The Fugees, and Rihanna.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 CACWeintraub, 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: A well-illustrated and highly entertaining sequel to the author's The Happy Camper, this book is a practical, informative and comic look at all aspects of wilderness camping: from planning to companions, wildlife to martinis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation CallanHardin, David
Contents: The daughter of the confederacy : Winnie Davis -- The conqueror's son : Tom Sherman -- The general's last battle : Ulysses S. Grant -- The diarist : Mary Boykin Chesnut -- The crippled knight : John Bell Hood -- That devil Forrest : Nathan Bedford Forrest -- The mad woman : Mary Todd Lincoln -- The good hater : Joseph E. Johnston -- The legend : Robert E. Lee -- The turncoat : George H. Thomas...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US HardinShorris, Earl
Summary: Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.3071 SHOAdler, David A.
Summary: Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is said to have started the Civil War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2003
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB STOWE ADLDorris, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall & Co. 1990
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 362.292 DorriSalkin, Allen
Summary: Between 2000 and 2015, when Trump announced his candidacy, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition. Salkin and Short provide a nonpartisan oral history which shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SALMaltin, Leonard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 MALMarrin, Albert.
Summary: Discusses Drake, Morgan, Blackbeard, and other pirates and privateers, both men and women, who have roamed the sea since 1500.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.164 MARDoten, Alvin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlo Press 1980
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 287.6 DOTTownley, Alvin.
Summary: "The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 TOWLavin, Talia
Summary: The unapologetic journalist and anti-discrimination activist recounts her immersive investigation into white supremacy to reveal how it proliferates online, exposing a rampant Web subculture of religious extremism, misogyny, racism and anti-Semitism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.56 LAVClavin, Tom
Summary: "Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier. In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, throwing cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals into jail or, if that's how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 CLAClavin, Tom
Summary: "The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CLAMarrin, Albert
Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KORFarris, Christine King.
Summary: Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2003