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Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano History Food habits Economic aspects Food industry and trade Food preferences Economic aspects Gravitation Hurricanes Northeastern States History 20th century Large type editions Roulston, Marjorie Hillis Vatican City Buildings, structures, etc Vatican City HistoryMcEwen, Scott.
Contents: The froggy origins of the Navy SEALs -- The tragedy that birthed SEAL Team 6 -- From pirates to professionals -- Drago's war -- Operation Red Wings -- Fallujah: the perfect op that led to prosecution -- Benghazi Libya: SEALs alone -- When SEALs answer the call -- The rescue that wasn't -- The teams: why the unique culture of the SEALs matters -- Appendix A: Benghazi timeline -- Appendix B:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.984 MINMcGowen, Tom.
Summary: Details the pivotal role that George Washington played during the American Revolution and the consequences of his involvement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 MACZinke, Ryan
Summary: "In recent years, the world has learned just what is required to bravely serve America through the navy's most elite SEAL Team. Now, for the first time, we hear from their commander. For more than half a decade, Ryan Zinke was a commander at the most elite SEAL unit. A 23-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs, Zinke is a decorated officer and earned two Bronze Stars as the acting commander of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ZINKE ZINMcGowen, Tom.
Summary: Discusses historical events surrounding the Battle of the Alamo, including the roles played by Mexican General Santa Anna and Americans Stephen Austin, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.403 MCGMcGowen, Tom.
Summary: Alexander the Great maintains his role as one of history's greatest leaders. Explores the life of the Macedonian warrior king, from his first battle at age 16 to his innovations in the ways of war to his incredible victories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALEBowden, Scotty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7349 BOWMcKeen, William
Summary: Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty of the era in three and a half minutes. But there was a dark flip side to the fun fun fun of the music, a nexus between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 MCKSchotz, Susanne
Summary: A leading authority on cat communication provides a crash course in speaking cat, describing what feline vocalizations mean in different situations, and provides practical advice to help better understand pets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 SCHEscott, Paul D.
Summary: "Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the New York Times in 1862, "What shall we do with the negro?" The future status of African Americans was a pressing issue for both those in the North and in the South. Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Virginia Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 ESCStott, Rebecca.
Summary: Tells the story of the collective discovery of evolution, arguing that the idea emerged over many centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 STOStott, John R. W.
Contents: Nonconformity -- Christlikeness -- Maturity -- Creation care -- Simplicity -- Balance -- Dependence -- Death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ StottSpoto, Donald
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Compass 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.32 SPOSpoto, Donald
Summary: In Reluctant saint, Donald Spoto shows us a Saint Francis who transcends the image of Francis familiar to even the least religious among us. Spoto's unprecedented access to unexplored archives and the saint's own unpublished letters help reveal how Francis pioneered an entirely new historical movement, one that eventually slipped from his grasp. Spoto highlights Francis's position within the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Compass 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.3 SPOSchutt, Bill
Summary: "Zoologist Bill Schutt delivers a look at hearts from across the animal kingdom, from insects to whales to humans. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.1 SCHSpoto, Donald
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.901 SPOScutts, Joanna
Summary: Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom ScuttsSpoto, Donald
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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Summary: "At a time when print media reigned supreme and newspapers were legion, Dorothy Thompson, John Gunther, Vincent Sheean, and Rayna Raphaelson Prohme impulsively left their homes to reinvent themselves as international journalists and adopt the power of thepress as their own. In Fighting Words, acclaimed historian Nancy Cott follows these four largely unknown young Americans to reveal how foreign...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.922 COTScutts, Joanna
Summary: "On a Saturday afternoon in New York in late 1912, around the plain wooden tables of Polly's Restaurant in Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all of them convinced that they were going to change the world. It was the first meeting of "Heterodoxy," a secret supper club. The goals of the group were simple: They would meet to talk about their lives, their politics, and the still-not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 SCUStott, Nicole
Summary: "When NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott first saw the Earth from space, she was filled with awe. Our shared home was a brilliant blue marble, with a razor thin atmosphere protecting billions of people, including everyone she loved. She realized that we are allbound together on this fragile planet. When she came back to earth, she knew she had to share this vision to help protect it. Stott knows the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOTT, NICOLE STOStott, Rebecca.
Summary: When the death of a Cambridge historian leaves her opus on Sir Isaac Newton unfinished, Lydia Brooke is called in to finish the book, only to find herself embroiled in a mystery in which the present becomes entangled with a past based on Newton's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2007
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Summary: An account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory. Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when he became immortal....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 COWCowen, Tyler.
Summary: An influential economist challenges popular opinions about the superiority of locally grown and expensive foods, demonstrating how to eat responsibly without submitting to fashion-driven trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 COWScotti, R. A.
Summary: It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave--to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006