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Aldrin, Buzz Aldrin, Buzz Philosophy Astronauts United States Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology Conduct of life Philosophy Mayors Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia (Pa.) Politics and government 1865- REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides Rendell, Edward G 1944- SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / GeneralSummary: Finn is an English teacher going through a mid-life crisis. Having just had a recent tragedy in his life, he takes up selling encyclopedias to the town as he looks for meaning in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SENMuzz
Contents: Bad feeling -- Evergreen -- Red western sky -- Patchouli -- Everything like it used to be -- Broken tambourine -- Knuckleduster -- Chubby checker -- How many days -- Summer love -- All is dead to me -- Trinidad.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MUZBuck, Leslie
Summary: At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. Cutting Back recounts Buck's bold journey and the revelations she has along the way. During her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BUCK, LESLIE BucMacLaughlin, Nina.
Summary: "Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist--Carpenter's Assistant: Women strongly encouraged to apply--despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and in Hammer Head she tells the rich...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACLAUGHLIN, NINA MACMcLoughlin, Rosemary.
Summary: Tyringham Park is the Blackshaws' magnificent country house in the south of Ireland. It is a haven of wealth and privilege until its peace is shattered by a devastating event which reveals the chaos of jealousy and deceit beneath its surface. Charlotte Blackshaw is only eight years old when her little sister Victoria goes missing from the estate. Charlotte is left to struggle with her loss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poolbeg 2012
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Aldrin, Buzz
Summary: I Walked on the Moon. This is my journey. It didn't begin when I stepped on board Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. It began the day I was born -- Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., whom everyone called Buzz. Becoming an astronaut took more than education, discipline, and physical strength. It took years of determination and believing that any goal is possible -- from riding a bike alone across the George...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BUZZ ALDRIN ALDAldrin, Buzz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALDAldrin, Buzz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 ALD(MCLAUGHLON, JOHN)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ PASMcLoughlin, Rosemary
Summary: It is a beautiful day in 1917, and Tyringham Park is in an uproar after Victoria Blackshaw, an innocent toddler, disappears without a trace. The feverish search for Victoria soon uncovers jealousies and deceits that both the upstairs and downstairs inhabitants of the grand estate have fought for years to keep hidden. As time passes, Victoria's disappearance casts a long shadow over all of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCLAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace engineer who designed an orbital rendezvous technique critical to future planetary landings -- Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.4553 ALDAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: The story of how Buzz Aldrin's dream to walk on the moon's surface came true with years of determination and believing that any goal is possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space AldrinBissinger, Buzz.
Summary: A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers the epic and fascinating story Philadelphia's Mayor Rendell, who will do anything to save a city on the brink of collapse. 21 photos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.8 BISAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace engineer who designed an orbital rendezvous technique critical to future planetary landings -- Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4553 ALDAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: "Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life--both in outer space and on Earth--in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation. Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz Aldrin. He is a world-class hero, a larger-than-life figurehead, best known of a generation of astronauts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALDRIN, BUZZ ALDCason, Buzz
Contents: Troubadour heart -- Midnight sun -- When I get to California -- Flagship down -- The waiting -- Goin' back to Alabama (featuring Dan Penn) -- That's what I love about the South -- Something I can dance to -- The call -- Pretend -- Private insanity -- Cowboys and Indians -- Pacific blue.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One U.S.Lp 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CASAldrin, Buzz
Summary: Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz Aldrin. He's a world-class hero, a larger-than-life figurehead, and the best known of a generation of astronauts whose achievements surged in just a few years from first man in space to first men on the moon. Now he pauses to reflect and share what he has learned, from the vantage point not only of outer space but also of time: still a nonstop...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ALDRIN, BUZZ ALDAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: Although Apollo 11 made Aldrin a famous person as he described the "alien world" of moon and space as "magnificent desolation," his celebrity status led to both personal trials and triumphs back on earth. "The twin demons of depression and alcoholism emerged -- the first of which Aldrin confronted early and publicly, and the second of which he met with denial until it nearly killed him." He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 ALDAldrin, Buzz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.454 ALDBissinger, Buzz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 BISAldrin, Buzz.
Summary: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the history of space exploration, offering the perfect introduction to everything space related, including the development of the first rockets, America's space race with Russia, details of all the Apollo missions, and the space station.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 629.409 AldBissinger, Buzz
Summary: "When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishing 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.3320 BISCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BISCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War BissingerButz, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 599.7524 BUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.7524 BUTMcLaughlin, Chris
Summary: "What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023