Montgomery, Ben
Summary: A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.9 MONMontgomery, Ben.
Summary: "Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GATEWOOD, EMMA ROWENA CALDWELL MONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem GatewoodOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977 OLEOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 910.45 OLEOleszewski, Wes
Summary: True shipwreck stories supported by the meticulous research of author Wes Oleszewski. In many cases the reader will feel that they are actually participating in the story being told. Antoher great read by Oleszewski.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 OLEOleszewski, Wes
Summary: "Those who had yet to be born when World War II raged cannot imagine the fear, anger, suffering and sacrifice experienced by those who witnessed and fought in that conflict. Not only was freedom threatened, but the very fabric of human civilization was in danger. In order to preserve their very existence, free people had to mobilize and fight the evil that threatened to envelope the world. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 OLEDavis, Wes.
Summary: In the bleakest years of World War II, when it appeared that nothing could slow the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for German domination of the Middle East. But German command had not counted on the eccentric band of British intelligence officers who would stand in their way, conducting audacious sabotage operations in the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 DAVOleszewski, Wes
Summary: "Exploring the history of the ships of the Great Lakes and the people who worked with them, "All Hands On Deck" will take you from the 1830s to 2010. In between you will meet people who have been long forgotten and travel along on their adventures. You will also meet some who are alive and well and you will see their stories unfold. From the old wooden shipwreck left nearly forgotten on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 OLEDavis, Wes
Summary: "The epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3048 DAVOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 OLEOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 387.155 OLEOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 OLEOleszewski, Wes
Summary: "A book of the true adventures aboard Great Lakes vessels. Every story details an actual event. Every name is that of a real person who was caught up in the wrecks, rescues and sometimes just everyday adventures on the fresh water seas. Nothing contained in this book is fictional. These thrilling adventures are all a part of Great Lakes maritime history and are told as they actually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 OLEOleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 OLECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 910.52 OLEBurgess, Wes.
Contents: Depression basics -- Symptoms of depression -- Diagnosis and causes -- Similar and coexisting disorders -- Newer antidepressant medications -- Classic antidepressants -- What if your antidepressant doesn't work? -- Finding a doctor -- Seeking therapy -- Choosing between psychotherapists -- Treating depression at home -- Good health habits -- Stress-reduction techniques -- Women and depression...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8527 BUROleszewski, Wes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Longstreet Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.26 SMIWels, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 910.49 WELWex, Michael
Summary: A humorous history of the Yiddish language from the middle ages to today traces the origins of numerous everyday terms, citing events throughout the past one thousand years that contributed to Jewish European communication practices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 439.1 WEXWels, Susan.
Summary: Profiles the life of Amelia Earhart, including her historic career as a pilot and the latest information on her disappearance while flying over the Pacific in 1937.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARHART, AMELIA WELWels, Susan
Summary: "It was heaven on earth--and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place -- especially the women, with their queer cropped hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.77 WEISummary: Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. "Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth about the world. And this is what makes excellent science and nature writing essential," observes New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery. "Science and nature...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 BESBaker, Jes
Summary: "Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a manifesto and call to arms for women of all sizes and ages. With smart and sassy eloquence, veteran blogger Jes Baker calls on women to be proud of their bodies, fight against fat-shaming, and embrace a body-positive worldview to change public perceptions and help women maintain mental health. With the same straightforward tone that catapulted her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2015
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Summary: The science is clear: catastrophic climate change, by any humane definition, is upon us. At the same time, the fossil-fuel industry has doubled down, economically and politically, on business as usual. We face an unprecedented situation--a radical situation. As an individual of conscience, how will you respond? In 2010, journalist Wen Stephenson woke up to the true scale and urgency of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015