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Summary: "The inspiration behind this book...This story was inspired by Eleanor "Ellie" Foraker. Eleanor was born in Kenton, Delaware and worked at ILC Dover for 43 years. A talented seamstress and manager, Ellie was truly dedicated to the making of spacesuits. She also helped make gas masks, underground inflatable oil tanks, and landing bags for Mars missions."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Arts Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONSummary: A team of archaeologists excavating the site of an early American colony discovers something surprising: the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609, buried in the trash layer of a cellar. Now, 400 years later, a cellar excavation has uncovered numerous bone fragments, all belonging to this adolescent female. With the help of forensic anthropologists, the extraordinary and frightening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JAMCunningham, Sarah Raymond
Summary: "Here is the church, here is the steeple . . . This update to the classic children's rhyme is an introduction to church for a new era, a whirlwind tour through all the wonderful things church can be and do and mean. From megachurches to little chapels tounderground meetings, from welcoming to helping to feeding the hungry, church can be and do a lot of things. But ultimately that old rhyme said...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2020
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Contents: The Revolutionary War -- The War of 1812 -- The Mexican War -- The Civil War -- The Spanish-American War -- World War I -- World War II -- The cold war and the Korean War -- The Vietnam War -- The Gulf War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4333 LANLundy, Derek
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 910.45 LUNLanday, Lori.
Contents: Introduction : some splainin' about Lucy TV. Television in the home and the home on television : Fifties TV and Lucy TV -- Origins of I love Lucy : authorship and production contexts -- Narrative and comedic conventions and innovations of the situation comedy : the basics of Lucy TV -- Trickster Lucy : popularity, comedy, gender, and culture -- A spotlight on 1953 : Lucy TV in its cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 LANSpelling, Candy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPELLING, CANDY SPELundy, Derek
Summary: Chronicles the events of the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe, a grueling four-month circumnavigation of the globe through the Southern Ocean. Around the world by way of Antarctica, one boat, one sailor, no help, no stopping: these are the cruelly simple rules binding those who undertake the world's most dangerous and demanding sailing race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1246 LUNLundy, Derek
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 LUNWest, Lindy
Summary: Presents a cultural critique of the backlash against the #MeToo movement and discusses how the deceptions at the heart of the white male mythos have led to today's open practices of misogyny and prejudice.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.42 WESWalker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn)
Summary: Finn has to find a home for an adorable, yet mischievous creature before Captain Phasma kicks them both into space, and K-2SO has to begrudingly skip an attack to babysit three Wookie children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STALaney, Lewis
Summary: A fun and fascinating compendium of LGBTQ+ icons, one for every day of the year, and a celebration of queer history - or as RuPaul would say; Herstory! Discover your queer hero and learn something new every day with 365 Gays of the Year, an accessible and fun introduction to LGBTQ+ history through the people that made it. Carefully curated and thoughtfully researched, author Lewis Laney assigns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: White Lion Publishing 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 LANCarson, Candy
Summary: "Like most Americans, you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and, in the last few years, as an outspoken commentator on national issues. But his wife of more than forty years knows him as so much more: a loving husband, a devoted father, a devout Christian, a committed philanthropist, and a fierce patriot. Now Candy Carson introduces us to the private side of a very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CARMoulton, Candy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 MOUWest, Lindy
Summary: "This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you. From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.31 WESWest, Lindy.
Summary: West has rocked readers in work published everywhere from The Guardian to GQ to This American Life. She is a catalyst for a national conversation in a world where not all stories are created equal and not every body is treated with equal respect. SHRILL is comprised of a series of essays that bravely shares her life, including her transition from quiet to feminist-out-loud, coming of age in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEST, LINDY WESWalker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn)
Summary: Leia and Luke's undercover diplomatic mission to Tibrin turns into a royal mess when Luke is captured, and Mattis Banz gets the chance to act like one of his heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STALundy, Derek
Summary: Seen through the eyes of sixteen sailors, the story of the 1996-97 Vendee Globe competition is portrayed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beeler Large Print 1998
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 797.1246 LUNLundy, Ronni.
Summary: "Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia. Written by Ronni Lundy, regarded as the most engaging authority on the region, the book guides us through the surprisingly diverse history--and vibrant present--of food in theMountain South. Victualsexplores the diverse and complex food scene of the Mountain South through recipes, stories, traditions, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 LUNHandy, Bruce
Summary: "An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful--and totally original--ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was published in Boston. Offering children gems of advice such as "Strive to learn" and "Be not a dunce," it was no fun at all. So...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANDY, BRUCE HANWalker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn)
Summary: Leia has to rescue Luke in hopes of salvaging their messy diplomatic mission, and Crater tries to convince Emil that porgs make much better pets than Kowakian monkey-lizards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STABancroft, Lundy
Summary: In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 BANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 BanLundy, Iain.
Summary: "This is the culmination of years of research into the lives of Scots who were guilty of dastardly deeds after leaving Scotland for America -- in some cases they literally got away with murder. These emigrants were rogues, con artists, charlatans and reprobates of the worst order and their crimes are laid out in detail. For each character the author relates their early lives in Scotland, family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whittles Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LUNDavis, Lanny J
Summary: Argues that FBI Director James Comey's fateful letter to Congress, sent in the crucial days leading up to the presidential election, was the ultimate factor in shifting the election to a Trump victory, revealing how the letter violated long-standing Justice Department policies. "During the week of October 24, 2016, Hillary Clinton was decisively ahead of Donald Trump in most polls. Then FBI...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018