Moore, Harold G.
Summary: To honor fallen comrades, a journalist and a soldier return to Vietnam battlefields more than 30 years later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 MOO1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 959.704 MOO
Genco, James G. (James Gordon)
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Publisher / Publication Date: R. Russell-Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.774 GENJohnson, Katherine G.
Summary: In 2015, at the age of ninety-seven, Johnson became a global celebrity for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA's first flight into space. In her memoir Johnson provides a record of racial history that reveals the influential role Black educators played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like herself, and brings into focus the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, KATHERINE JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B JOHNSON JOHMoorer, Allison
Summary: Moorer turns her lyrical storytelling powers to recount the events leading up to the moment that forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, with whom she shares an unbreakable bond. Gorgeously written, this work delves into the meaning of inheritance and destiny, shame, and trauma--and how it is possible to carve out a safe place in the world despite it all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORER, ALLISON MOOMoorer, Allison
Summary: "Grammy-nominated musician Allison Moorer's lyrical memoir, a testament to love and resilience through the lens of parenting her young son, John Henry, who has nonverbal autism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORER, ALLISON MOOSpinney, Caroll.
Summary: The puppeteer who brings Sesame Street's Big Bird to life shares words of wisdom from his feathered alter ego--as well as from his counterpart, Oscar the Grouch--explaining how these lessons have transformed his own life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 SPIMoghul, Haroon
Summary: "With autobiography, theology, and a little comedy, Two Billion Caliphs describes what Islam is, where it comes from, and what it could be"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.092 MOGMoorer, C., (Cleamon)
Summary: At a time when individuals need inspiration the most due to adversity, peer-pressure, and loss of direction, From Failure to Promise - 360 Degrees -- author Dr. Cleamon Moorer shares insights, experiences, and a miraculous story of how God can transform the real you into the ideal you. Dr. Moorer tells about his journey from being a college flunk-out to becoming an engineer and ultimately a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dr. C. Moorer & Associates, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 MOOMore, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadview Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MORWestheimer, Ruth K. (Ruth Karola)
Summary: "America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: 921 WESTHEIMER, RUTH WESMoor, Robert
Summary: "In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of the next seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 MOOCoote, Stephen.
Contents: Vienna, 1815 -- Elba, 1814 -- The flight of the eagle, 27 February-20 March 1815 -- Paris, 21 March-12 June 1815 -- Waterloo, 12-21 June 1815 -- St. Helena, 21 June 1815-5 May 1821.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DaCapo Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 COOSchechter, Harold
Summary: "The shocking true story of one of the twentieth century's most prolific female serial killers." -- book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 SCHEvans, Harold.
Summary: An illustrated history of American innovators--some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating--by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 EVAPeterson, Harold
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARHarwood, Laurence
Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 HARRashḳes, Moshe
Summary: "Exquisitely written with a poetically beautiful touch, Days of Lead is the page-turning true story of a young soldier's brave escapades during Israel's War of Independence in 1948. This incredible account is a story of determination and heroism, but also a stinging portrait of life on the battlefield--of looking an enemy soldier, also wide-eyed and only eighteen, in the eyes and knowing that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apollo Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RASHKES, MOSHE RASMooney, Nan
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 MOOMoose, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MOOTorre, Joe
Summary: Written as a third-person narrative with "Sports Illustrated" senior baseball writer Verducci, "The Yankee Years" is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees' organization from the most successful--and most respected--baseball manager of the modern era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 796.45 TORCaroli, Betty Boyd.
Summary: Draws from letters, memoirs, and interviews to chronicle the lives of nine women from the Roosevelt clan, covering a period of 150 years; discussing their activities as wives, mothers, authors, campaigners, and socialites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CARCaroli, Betty Boyd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book & Music Clubs 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 975.3 CARHoare, Philip.
Summary: Navigating between human and natural history and between science and myth, chronicles the author's journey through the oceans to rediscover the sea and its islands, birds, and beasts, and to seek encounters with animals and people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4092 HOAKasher, Moshe
Summary: "After bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking: OK, so what else is out there? Over the ensuing decades, he found his way to the answer: a lot. From his current vantage point as a successful stand-up comic, Kasher looks back on his years careening from subculture to subculture, and he immerses readers in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024