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Lewis, J. Patrick

Summary: The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LEW

Macdonald, Fiona

Summary: Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 MAC

Macdonald, Fiona

Summary: Traces the history of the samurai castles of medieval Japan with information on the role of samurai, shogun, and women in feudal Japanese society, on religious beliefs, and on arms and armor of the period.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 952 MAC

Hutchison, Patricia

Summary: "Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Somali immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HUT

Demuth, Patricia

Summary: Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC. 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKET

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What Demuth

Demuth, Patricia.

Summary: "Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET GATES

Hutchison, Patricia

Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Central American immigrants.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HUT

Sheehan, Patricia

Summary: "A book for middle and high school students about the history and culture of Moldova."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 947.6 SHE

Hutchison, Patricia

Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the invention of the airplane. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 HUT

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOM

Bird, Kai

2 holds on 5 copies

Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIR

Allitt, Patrick.

Summary: Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers lectures on the history of the British Empire.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 RIS
Call number: DVD 942 RIS PART 1
Call number: DVD 942 RIS PART 2
Call number: DVD 942 RIS PART 3

Catel, Patrick

Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the New York Colony"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 CAT

Ruffini, Patrick

Summary: "An eye-opening, revelatory account of the future of the Republican party as they unite working-class voters in a multi-racial, cross-generational populist coalition. Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election shocked the world. Yet his defeat in 2020 may have been even more surprising: he received 12 million more votes in 2020 than 2016 and his unexpectedly diverse coalition...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.56 RUF

Allitt, Patrick.

Contents: Pt 1. Lecture 1: What is conservatism? -- Lecture 2: Glorious revolution and its heritage -- Lecture 3: Burke, tradition, and the French Revolution -- Lecture 4: Pitt and the wars of the French Revolution -- Lecture 5: American Revolution -- Lecture 6: Federalists -- Lecture 7: Conservatives in the American south -- Lecture 8: Northern Antebellum conservatism -- Lecture 9: Opposing the Great...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 CON

Dean, Patrick

Summary: "In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size--occupying 120 square miles of the earth's surface --and position as the Earth's northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world's deadliest mountains. Although its...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 DEA

Grim, Patrick.

Summary: Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 1 of 2
Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 2 of 2

Allitt, Patrick

Summary: Experience the grit and the glory of the early American West with an acclaimed Great Courses professor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 AME

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