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Summary: Explains how to become a soldier in the United States Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 NARClinton, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIQuezon, Lynn Ng
Summary: "A fictionalized account of Margaret E. Knight's struggle to win legal rights to the invention of the paper-bag machine. Fifteen-year-old Mattie holds a rare position at Columbia Paper: Unlike the other girls and women, she doesn't run machines or hand-fold paper bags. She's a mechanic. In her first job at a cotton mill, she invented a device to keep women from being injured by flying shuttles....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press Teen 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC QUEGiffels, David.
Summary: "Award-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of wry, irreverent essays reflecting on the many aspects of Midwestern culture and life from an insider's perspective.The Industrial Midwest built modern America, thrived for almost a century, then profoundly collapsed. But for cities like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0977 GIFBroughton, Chad.
Summary: "In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 BRODaniels, Jaret C.
Summary: "Butterflies are fascinating, beautiful, and a joy to behold. Now observing them is even better with the Butterflies of the Midwest Field Guide. This handy book by acclaimed author and professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels makes field identification simple and informative. It features 198 species of butterflies (and common moths) organized by color for ease of use. Detailed photographs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Publications 2023
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Summary: "From their inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering team that played as second-class citizens to the New York Giants. With four winning seasons to date, the team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and his partner, Cap "Til" Huston.Three years later, when Ruppert hired Miller Huggins as manager, the unlikely partnership of two figures began, one that set into motion the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 STEBinelli, Mark.
Summary: "The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 307.1 BINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1216 BINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1216 BINMaraniss, David.
Summary: In 1963 Detroit was on top of the world. The city's leaders were among the most visionary in America; it was the American auto makers' best year; the revolution in music and politics was underway. Reuther's UAW had helped lift the middle class. The time was full of promise. Once in a Great City shows that the shadows of collapse were evident even then. Detroit at its peak was threatened by its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 977.4 MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI South MaranissMeckler, Laura
Summary: "In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MECSallis, James
Summary: Sarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots through her runaway adolescence, court-ordered Army stint, ill-advised marriage and years slinging scrambled eggs over greasy spoon griddles, Sarah Jane unfolds her life story, a parable about memory, atonement, and finding shape in chaos. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is named the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SALGeorge, Jessica Day
Summary: After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Contains 4 episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAGBrooke, Samantha
Summary: When Dorothy Ann accidentally loses Jyoti's high-tech locket in the ocean, Ms. Frizzle's class travels down through the layers of the sea to retrieve it. Includes glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BROLibert, Steve
Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 LIBSummary: Ms. Frizzle's kid sister Fiona takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary, leading the class on wild adventures packed with science-fueled fun.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD JUV MAGCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: J Teach DVD MagicSummary: A biopic of the flamboyant Princess Margaret from the days after her father's death in 1952 through the 1970s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV QUENoakes, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 Atwood, Margaret ReynoldsJordan-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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.892 JOYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POKDeLano, Patti
Summary: "Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Missouri Off the Beaten Path shares with you the Show Me State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed -- from the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds and unusual locales. So if you've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MISGriffin, Shaquem
Summary: The twin brothers and NFL players share their inspiring story, and attribute their success to faith and family support.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRISummary: A secluded school for magicians faces danger from a fantastical flying creature outside and sinister forces inside. While visiting Velma's sister Madelyn, who's enrolled at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, the gang gets lots more than rabbit emerging from a hat. A greedy ice-cream mogul wants to close the place, a screaming banshee gives everyone the creeps and a mythological half-dragon,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SGeorge, Jessica Day
Summary: After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013