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Summary: Rudyard Kipling spent many years abroad and his relationship with India is explored in several of his works, both fiction and non-fiction. After leaving school, Kipling was sent to Lahore to work at a local newspaper. He would go on, a few years later, to take up a post at the Pioneer in Allahabad. Kipling said that only a few hours after arriving in India "my English years fell away, nor ever,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 KIPHume, Rob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 HUMGodward, Mary
Summary: "The second-largest country in South America, Argentina has been through great changes in recent years. Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a joie de vivre that are all their own. Embracing much more than gaucho, tango, and soccer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.2 ARGCourtier, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ward Lock 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 COUTolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 TOLJenkyns, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.4213 JENSimmons, Andrew.
Summary: Hana's move from Japan to San Francisco becomes more difficult when she must use the martial arts training her grandfather taught her to battle animal-like warriors from another dimension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Funnypages Productions 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SimmoClarke, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.07 CLASummary: Thrill to motorcycle race footage in the second running of one of the most famous off road races in the world, the historic Baja 1000.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distr. by Monterey Media 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.75 BAJMatthews, Mimi
Summary: "Lady Anne Deveril doesn't spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she's the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother's devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful notions of love and marriage. And yet, when fate puts Anne back into the entirely too enticing path...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Examines Lyndon Johnson's volatile relationships with John and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint, and recounts his accomplishments as president before they were overshadowed by the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, LYNDON B CARCaro, Robert A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHGillingham, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.03 GILStille, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5459 STIRoberts, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROBCaro, Robert A.
Summary: Describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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Summary: Carries Johnson from his 19th senate defeat through WWII and on to the securing of his political and economic fortunes. 2nd in trilogy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHWeir, Alison
Summary: "Packed with dramatic true stories from one of European history's most romantic and turbulent eras, this epic narrative chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England between 1299 and 1399. The Age of Chivalry describes a period of medieval history dominated by the social, religious, and moral code of knighthood that prized noble deeds, military greatness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEIWeir, Alison
Summary: "Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as 'the common mother of all England'; Adeliza of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballentine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEIHunter Blair, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.01 HUNKeating, Jess
Summary: "Best friends Bunbun and Bonbon go hunting for some luck in this adorable young graphic novel. A bad-luck day turns into an epic quest in the second book in this graphic novel series starring a chipper young bunny and a fancy talking candy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KEAKrueger, Jim.
Summary: After Tomo explains the secrets of Hana's past, she begins to realize her purpose, but while she deals with the angry, animal-like warriors of Argon Falls, Brittnay is left to cover for her at school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC KRUCorso, Phil
Summary: "The martial art of jujitsu was developed in Japan hundreds of years ago. It was meant to help practitioners combat samurai--heavily armored, heavily armed warriors--without the use of weapons. Jujitsu emphasizes joint locks, throws, sweeps, and pins, all techniques that can help a smaller competitor use leverage and momentum to take down a bigger opponent. In this book, young readers will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020