Summary: In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Summary: From Moby, one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, comes a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success. It's about making it, losing it, loving it, and hating it. It's about finding your people, your place, thinking you've lost them both, and then, somehow, when you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOBY MOBHayes, Susan
Summary: Profiles of Arctic and Antarctic animals cover subjects ranging from polar bears and emperor penguins to blue whales and Arctic terns
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animal HayesSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 TIM VOL 14Råstam, Hannes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 RASMaynes, Tamara
Summary: The act of creating the treasures you use to adorn your home takes the space to a deeper level; it goes beyond collecting, beyond decorating. The Maker is a gorgeously illustrated love letter to creating an intimate, well-designed, and handmade home. With sections on wall art, textiles, ceramics, lighting, and furniture, designer Tamara Maynes presents beautiful homes that showcase the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 MAYHayne, Coe
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1936
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 286.177 HAYHarnden, Toby
Summary: America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan--where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA officers are dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1047 HARHynes, Samuel.
Summary: The author recounts his Depression-era boyhood, during which he accompanied his father to numerous cities and farms in search of work, lost his mother and gained a stepmother, and experienced the temptations of adolescence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.6 HYNHanes, Stephanie.
Summary: "The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 HANLester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESMusgrave, Toby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 635 MusgrHynes, Margaret
Summary: Presents an illustrated guide to such extreme weather phenomena as storms, tornadoes, lightning, blizzards, drought, and giant hail, as well as information about the ways that people deal with them and handle their aftermath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 HYNHynes, Erin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1998
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Summary: Includes detailed explanations and numerous screen shots to help both beginners and more advanced learners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [MobileReference]
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.165 KINWarrick, Joby
Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 WARHAYNES, BETSY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Summary: By the time the U.S. presidential election rolls around every four years, everyone knows who's in the running for office. But how are presidential candidates in the United States chosen? How do candidates get nominated, and what does a nomination mean? Can you become president without a nomination, and why or why not? Readers will learn about political parties, national conventions, special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.273 HAYHaynes, Natalie
Summary: "Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin, including: Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father's brow (giving Zeus a killer headache in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 292.2 HAYHaynes, Richard
Summary: Illustrations and text show how animals around the world use tools, from elephants that apply sunscreen and orangutans that make pillows to long-tailed macaques that floss their teeth and crows that go sledding for fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 HAYJohnson, Haynes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 JOHHynes, Margaret
Summary: Provides fun facts, quirky stories, and information about Asia and experiences to be had there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950 HYNTobey, Danny.
Summary: Enjoying a prestigious first year in law school marked by a covete job with a top professor and a relationship with a beautiful Rhodes scholar, Jeremy Davis is admitted into a mysterious club that promises him phenomenal successes and hides a deadly ancient secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2011