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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature Jewish fiction History and criticism Judenvernichtung Mars (Planet) Exploration Memory in literature Moss gardening Mosses Mousses Truth in literatureMaggs, Sam
Summary: A handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, including fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.23 MAGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 MAGAlexander, Kent
Summary: "The masterful true-crime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing that captured the world's attention, and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all. On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 ALELowell, Robert
Summary: "A new, expanded edition of Lowell's prose, with annotations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT LOWFleming, Candace
Summary: "In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, a field in Roswell, New Mexico was disturbed by a strange crash and smattering of debris. Some say the bodies of extraterrestrial beings were strewn across the ground, that a UFO had crashed there, and that the government was covering up the evidence in a massive conspiracy. But what really happened at Roswell? The infamous "crash from outer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.942 FLENaldrett, Alan.
Summary: Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 NALBaggott, J. E.
Summary: Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient Greece once speculated, nearly two and a half thousand years ago, matter comes in 'lumps',...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 BAGJamison, Kay R.
Summary: "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT JAMEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSWatts, Shannon
Summary: The founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America traces the story of how her rallying call to action grew into a powerful women's movement for protecting children from gun violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 WATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Politic WattsMullins, Matt.
Summary: Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to friction, explaining what friction is and what it affects, describing how people have used friction throughout human history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531.1134 MULDollarhide, William
Summary: "The Great Roads of 1840. Motivated by the need for clear, readable maps, this new American Migration Routes: Part II features descriptions of the same travel routes as Henry S. Tanner's 1840 American Traveller; but adds all new maps for each of the forty-five travel hub cities from the 1840 guidebook. Modern Highway Maps. The trace of an 1840 travel route is emphasized on a current road map....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Family Roots Publishing Company 2022
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 304.873 DOLPringle, Laurence P.
Summary: A biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 599.67 PRILawrence, Ellen
Summary: "Young readers will learn all about space."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 LAWDeYoung, Karen
Summary: A biography of the soldier-statesman follow's Colin Powell's life from his Jamaican roots and youth in the Bronx, through his decorated career in the Army and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to his role as Secretary of State and departure from the post.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POWELL, COLIN POWLewis, Kenneth E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.3 LEWBurroughs, Edgar Rice
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURMorton, Oliver.
Summary: Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.43 MORHuxford, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738 HUXFranklin, Ruth.
Summary: What is the difference between writing a novel about the Holocaust and fabricating a memoir? Are Holocaust writings, by their very nature, exempt from criticism and interpretation? Do narratives about the Holocaust have a special obligation to be truthful--that is, faithful to the facts of history? Is a fictional account of the Holocaust, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "an insult to the dead"? In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FRAWaterman, Jonathan
Summary: "This breathtaking book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: State Library of Ohio 1992
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3771 KhouwDamrosch, Leopold
Summary: "In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club." In this captivating book, Leo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DAMKanefield, Teri
Summary: Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014