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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Earthquakes Fires Mexican Americans Fiction Mexican Americans Juvenile fiction Mexicans United States Fiction Mexicans United States Juvenile fiction Plot-your-own stories United States History 20th century Fiction United States History 20th century Juvenile fictionReid, Taylor Jenkins
Summary: "Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s Malibu Burning follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REIHammer, Joshua
Summary: Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word HammerAhmed, Jamila
Summary: "In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC AHMJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JENEnglish, Charlie
Summary: The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.2 ENGCollins, Ailynn
Summary: "The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2009
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Summary: "Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC 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 EDSTalbot, David
Summary: Traces the story of San Francisco in the latter half of the twentieth century, covering topics ranging from the civil rights movement and pop culture to the 49ers and famous crime cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09794 TALYee, Betty G.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YEEMilton, Giles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633.83 MILBrownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BROMeek, James
Summary: "Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEESpringer, Nancy
Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SPRPickhart, Kalani
Summary: In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICDavenport, Matthew J.
Summary: "Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: As seniors in high school during the late 70s in SoCal's San Fernando Valley, Douglas and his friends explore the city of Los Angeles, get stoned, tour the Manson murders locations, obsess over girls, and go to prom in powder blue tuxes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRYMessner, Kate
Summary: This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents, a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESWiley, Jesse
Summary: It's 1850, and you are setting off on the treacherous Oregon Trail. In this first book of four, your goal is to get you and your family to Chimney Rock on time. But many dangers await you on the journey ahead. Wild animals, natural disasters, sickness, and other obstacles stand between you and your destination. Which path will get you safely across the prairie? With more than twenty possible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: Presents a history of the well-known Los Angeles hotel, along with stories and anecdotes of the famous actors and celebrities who have stayed there from its opening in 1929 up to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SARSherman, Casey
Summary: "Hollywood starlet Lana Turner was one Tinseltown's most recognizable faces in the 1940s and 50s. But, when the Academy Award-winning actress began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato-a thug for west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen-all the lights and glamor of Hollywood did not brighten the darkness of her personal life. Johnny's intense jealousy over Lana ruled their relationship from the get-go and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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Summary: No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here -- the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past. Then Mel comes face-to-face with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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Summary: In 1917, Kate Witherspoon, who has lived a bohemian life with her artist parents, goes to Los Angeles where she meets crippled midwestern farm boy Julian Birch, another runaway, and together they realize they have the ability to triumph over death and time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013