Bittle, Jake

Summary: "The untold story of climate migration-the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ Bittle

Settle, Jimmy

Summary: "The young adult adaptation of the epic memoir of an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero. "That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 358 SET

Little, Troy

Summary: Records the experiences of a free-lance writer who embarked on a zany journey into the drug culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2015

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LIT

Little, Jean

Summary: One of Canada's most popular children's book authors recalls the challenges of her youth -- wrenching moves from home, the fight for acceptance in a new school, and her battles against failing eyesight.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1987

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LIT

Lisle, John

Summary: "John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LIS

Lisle, Laurie.

Summary: Georgia O'Keeffe's personal mystique is an intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases. Here is the first full account of her life--from her girlhood to her seclusion in New Mexico & death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA MOS

Vitale, Tom

Summary: "In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine interest in the cultures he visited made the world feel smaller and more knowable. Despite his affable, sometimesarch TV persona, the real Tony was intensely private, deeply conflicted about his fame, and an enigma even to those close to him-except for the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 VIT

Settle, Mary Lee.

Contents: A traveler between -- Madrid -- Castile -- Avila -- Tordesillas -- In the meseta -- Zamora -- Salamanca -- Extremadura -- Guadalupe -- Shadows -- Mérida -- Islam -- Caliphate -- The end of the Reconquista -- Granada -- Duende -- Holiday -- Tartessos -- Palos de la frontera.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 946 SET

Lisle, Laurie.

Summary: "The rituals of gardening give a rhythm ... to everyday life that is apart from the routines of writing and the flows of relationships. Tending my garden became the same as taking care of myself." In this modern pastoral, Lisle tells us how she heaved compost, dug post holes, planted, and replanted--and how she also found herself digging into her feelings about love and loss, work and play,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 LIS

Litt, David

Summary: "A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump. Like many twentysomethings, David Litt frequently embarrassed himself in front of his boss's boss. Unlike many twentysomethings, Litt's boss's boss was President Obama. At age twenty-four, Litt became...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LITT, DAVID LIT

Bauerschmidt, Tim

Summary: "When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she was advised to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Norma--newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage--rose to her full height of five feet and told her doctor, 'I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road.' Packing what she needed, Norma...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harperone, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BAU

Littell, John S.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.91 LIT

Littell, Robert T.

Summary: One of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s closest friends from his college years to his death at the age of thirty-eight recounts their experiences together, the strong bond that developed between them, and his observations on John's relationships with family members.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 Litte

Jordan-Fenton, Christy

Summary: "The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir's 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book's impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.892 JOY

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POK

Russell, Margaret (Margaret Angéle)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 RUS

Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Letter Press 1974

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 TUT

Frith, Margaret.

Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISON

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Edison

Hodges, Margaret.

Summary: A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1991

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.092 HOD

Lowman, Margaret

Summary: Foreword / by Sylvia A. Earle -- Ten tips of field biology for every aspiring astronaut -- Prologue: How to see the world tree (and what that means for the forest) -- From wildflower to wallflower : a girl naturalist in rural America -- Becoming a forest detective : first encounter with temperate trees from New England to Scotland -- One hundred feet in the air : finding a way to study leaves...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWMAN, MARGARET LOW

LaNier, Carlotta Walls

Summary: A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LAN

Cardillo, Margaret.

Summary: Short biography of actress Audrey Hepburn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 791.43 CAR

Crosland, Margaret

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Taplinger Pub. Co. 1976

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 840.9 CRO

Renkl, Margaret

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REN