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Summary: "Rob Halford has long been known for his legendary voice. As the front man of Judas Priest, his vocals have been tremendous, and tremendously influential. In 2020, he brought his voice to the page with a glorious autobiography. Fans and readers loved Halford's frank and open narrative, as well as his terrific insight and sense of humor. In an ideal follow-up, Halford runs his lively eye over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HALFORD, ROB HALGammelgaard, Lene
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 GAMAlford, Mimi.
Summary: Mimi Alfrod, famous for her affair with President John F. Kennedy, presents her tell-all autobiography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.922 ALFORD, MIMI AlfAlford, Terry
Summary: "The story of Abraham Lincoln as it has never been told before: through the strange, even otherworldly, points of contact between his family and that of the man who killed him, John Wilkes Booth. In the 1820s, two families, unknown to each other, worked on farms in the American wilderness. It seemed unlikely that the families would ever meet-and yet, they did. The son of one family, the famed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 ALFUlanov, Ann Belford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.922 ULABarretta, Gene.
Summary: Presents an introduction to the inventions of Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's most beloved figures, credited with introducing bifocals, daylight savings time, lightning rods, and the establishment of post offices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609.2 BARLogsdon, Gene.
Summary: A cancer survivor and farmer writes about the struggles of his childhood and life as a parent, the resilience of nature, and nature's cycles of life and death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOGSDON, GENE LOGBarretta, Gene
Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SPIWojciechowski, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 WOJBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverBelford, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR BELMustain, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MustaSmith, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SMIWeingarten, Gene
Summary: "Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten explores the events of a random day in U.S. history, offering a diorama of American life that illuminates all that has changed--and all that hasn't--in the past three decades. On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WEIMillard, Candice
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War. At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for parliament. He believed that to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 968 MILMillard, Bart
Summary: "The captivating story behind the bestselling single in the history of Christian music--and the man who wrote the song. MercyMe's crossover hit, "I Can Only Imagine," has touched millions of people around the world. But few know about the pain, redemption, and healing that inspired it. Now Bart Millard, award-winning recording artist and lead singer of MercyMe, shares how his dad's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio MillardMillard, Candice.
Summary: The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival MillardMillard, Candice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 918.113 MillardGorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB NIGHTINGALE GORGorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)
Summary: Details the history of the Underground Railroad from the roots of slavery through the post-Emancipation era by focusing on the lives of the participants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7115 GORMillard, Candice
Summary: "At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968 MILCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 968.04 MILBarretta, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2006
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Summary: The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is resplendent with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's reputation rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realism and abstraction. This book traces O’Keeffe's idiosyncratic career, while the numerous full-color illustrations document the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 BENBinford, Warren (Wendi Warren H.)
Summary: "A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021