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Summary: Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler share a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the White House. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these are not the presidents we see in history books. Instead, when they courted the women they wanted to marry, or seduced women outside of their marriage, they often showed a side the public...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD 920 ARENelson, Kadir
Summary: In this lush, acclaimed book, award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of global icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela in poignant free verse and glorious illustrations. It is the story of a young boy's determination to change South Africa, and of the struggles of a man who eventually became the president of his country. Mandela believed in equality for all...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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Summary: Anderson Cooper's intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS' 60 Minutes affords him little time to spend with his ninety-one year old mother. After she briefly fell ill, he and Gloria began a conversation through e-mail unlike any they had ever had before, a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discussed their lives, the things that matter to them, and what...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 920 COOBarton, Chris.
Summary: Chronicles the life and achievements of the NASA engineer and inventor, from his childhood to his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORAGNE WHOBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013