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Audiobooks. Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biography Books on CD. historyEisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISWatkins, D. (Dwight)
Summary: "At nine-years-old, D. Watkins has three concerns in life: picking his dad's lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of a crack epidemic just hours from the nation's capital. Watkins, like many boys around him, is thrust out of childhood and into a world where manhood means...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATKINS, D. (DWIGHT) WATMckesson, DeRay
Summary: "We have never been the voiceless, proclaims activist DeRay Mckesson, we have been the unheard. And the message that must now be heard is that inequality is neither hardwired nor inevitable. We have a system that was designed to favor some at the expense of others, and because it was designed, it can be redesigned. Indeed, we can live in a society of equity, justice, and joy. In August 2014,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 MCKAnthony, Carmelo
Summary: "From iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a raw and inspirational memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and Baltimore-a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANTHONY, CARMELO ANTKnight, Michelle
Summary: Describes the details of the abduction and decade-long captivity of one of the three survivors of notorious Cleveland kidnaper Ariel Castro, and how she found the courage to endure unimaginable circumstances and never lose hope for the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KNIGHT, MICHELLE KNICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KNIGHT KNIKnight, Bobby.
Summary: The controversial coach discusses his many achievements, from being named coach of the year four times to taking the Hoosiers to the Final Four five times, and reveals his trials and tribulations as Indiana University's basketball coach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 KNICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.323 KNIKnight, Michelle
Summary: "Michelle Knight-now known as Lily Rose Lee-captured the world's attention in May 2013, when she and two fellow kidnapping victims were found and freed after being held for more than a decade by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. But many people are still asking: What happened after her escape? How do you re-enter society after years of abuse and isolation? How do you get past the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KNIGHT, MICHELLE KNIMcKeon, Kathy
Summary: In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen years old and newly arrived from Ireland when she was hired as the personal assistant to former first lady Jackie Kennedy. The next thirteen years of her life were spent in Jackie's service, during which Kathy not only played a crucial role in raising young Caroline and John Jr., but also had a front-row seat to some of the twentieth century's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCKEON, KATHY MCKKnight, Brenda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 KNITwombly, Robert C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.924 WRIKnighton, Conor
Summary: "The Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent chronicles his year traveling to every one of our National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people that America has to offer. When Conor Knighton decided to spend a year wandering through America's "best idea," he was worried the whole thing might end up being his worst idea. But after a broken engagement and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 KNICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 KNICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KNIGHTON KNIKnight, Tim
Summary: A complete, film by film exploration of Hollywood legend Frank Sinatra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 SINATRA, FRANK KNIWight, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HERRIOT, JAMES WRIKnight, Louise W.
Summary: Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive era. This "pragmatic visionary," as Knight calls her, is best known as the creator of Hull House, a model settlement house offering training, shelter, and culture for Chicago's poor. Addams also involved herself in a long list of Progressive campaigns. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADDAMS, JANE KNIBlight, David W.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7115 BLIKnight, Philip H.
Summary: "In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KNIGHT KNIBlight, David W.
Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 BLIDwight, Eleanor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VREELAND, DIANA DwightGarner, Dwight
Summary: "The New York Times book critic gathers his literary chorus to capture the pure pleasure of reading and eating in this comic, soulful, semi-autobiographic treasure"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 DOUCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK BLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DOUGLASS BLIChapin, Dwight L. (Dwight Lee)
Summary: In time for the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side for a decade as his aide and White House Deputy takes readers inside the life and administration of Richard Nixon. From Richard Nixon's "You-won't-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore" 1962 gubernatorial campaign through his world-changing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPIN, DWIGHT CHALight, Alan.
Summary: Presents a history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that cites its play in a diverse range of movies and television shows as well as its selection as a tribute song, noting its coverage by hundreds of artists while offering insight into its rise from early obscurity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 LIGRader, Robert Dwight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Village Press 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4635 RADWright, Wilbur
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1996