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Summary: "For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 MOJWeiss, Mitch.
Summary: Based on government documents and eyewitness testimony, describes the U.S. Special Forces mission that led to the capture and execution of violent revolutionary leader Che Guevera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 980.035 WEISummary: They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GREBerne, Emma Carlson
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Jane Kendeigh, a nurse who helped wounded soldiers in combat zones during World War II. During World War II, the United States' fight against the Japanese on islands in the Pacific was intense and deadly. To help respond to casualties in battle, the U.S. Navy trained 122 nurses to aid wounded soldiers in combat zones. The first nurse to do so was Jane Kendeigh,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENAndersen, Christopher P.
Summary: Explores the past twenty years in the lives of the royal brothers, discussing how marriage and fatherhood have changed them and how they have faced controversy and scandal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ANDBuckley, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE BUCCarroll, Leslie
Summary: Leslie Carroll provides context to Harry and Meghan's romance by leading listeners through centuries of Britain's rule-breaking royal marriages, as well as the love matches that were never permitted to make it to the altar, followed by a never-before-seen glimpse into the little-known life of the woman bringing the royal family into the 21st century and her dazzling, thoroughly modern romance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3 920 CARLacey, Robert
Summary: The historical consultant to the hit series "The Crown" draws on official sources in a royal portrait that examines the experiences and conflicts that have shaped the bond between the future king of England and his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LACPatterson, James
Summary: At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PATHarry
Summary: It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mothers coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom. But even when she landed her breakthrough role on Suits, her dream of worldwide celebrity remained elusive until she met the man who would change her life--Prince Harry. Their whirlwind romance culminated with Meghan's ultimate fairy tale ending: their 2018 wedding at Windsor Castle. Finally, the world was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BOWHarry
Summary: "It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B PRINCE HARRY HARScobie, Omid
Summary: "On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access, and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 941.086 SCOHolub, Joan
Summary: Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Cat Stevens' Majikat, Earth Tour was recorded during his last legendary North American tour in 1976. It was an ambitious production involving live magicians, synchronised film projection and large innovative stage set. This was the ultimate tour of Cat Stevens before he quit the music business and became Yusuf Islam; he didn't perform on stage again for nearly thirty years."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Vision 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MAJPatterson, James
Summary: At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 PATSeward, Ingrid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEWMorton, Andrew
Summary: "When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were set up by a mutual friend on a blind date in July 2016, little did they know that the resulting whirlwind romance would lead to their engagement in November 2017 and marriage in May 2018. Since then, our fascination with the woman who has smashed the royal mold has rocketed. So different from those coy brides of recent history, Meghan is confident,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKLE, MEGHAN MORSummary: Royal Lancashire Fusiliers in Kenya round up men for questioning about Mau Mau
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1953
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series from the National Archives and Records Administration was produced for American forces and their families in Europe. The purpose of this film was to entertain, to inform, and to keep the soldiers and their families aware of all facets of their mission abroad. Newsreel in style, the footage was originally released in motion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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De Capua, Sarah
Summary: In a time when the U.S. military was segregated, the Tuskegee Airmen proved that blacks could fight as well and with as much courage as anyone. Learn about this group of exceptional pilots, whose outstanding flying and performances paved the way for the integration of the military.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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Summary: "Women can be heroes, too." When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HANLeamer, Laurence
Summary: Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed-and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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Summary: Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which he’s made headlines all over the world, Harry has won the nation’s admiration and respect through his commitment to helping injured servicemen and women with the Invictus Games and his spearheading of mental health issues. With updated chapters on Harry’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2018