Moore, Peter
Summary: "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A revealing and intimate biography of Ted Kennedy. "No figure in American public life has had such great expectations thrust upon him, or has responded so poorly. But Ted Kennedy -- the youngest of the Kennedy children and the son who felt the least pressure to satisfy his father's enormous ambitions -- would go on to live a life that no one could have predicted: dismissed as a spent force in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.92092 LASCanellos, Peter S.
Summary: "The definitive, sweeping biography of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARLAN, JOHN MARSHALL CANMoss, Marissa
Summary: Eager to fight for the North during the Civil War, Sarah Emma Edmonds joins a Michigan infantry regiment. She excels as a soldier, and she even takes on the grueling task of nursing the wounded. Because of her heroism, she is asked to become a spy, cross enemy lines, and infiltrate a Confederate camp. For her first mission, Sarah must once again disguise herself and rely on the kindness of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 EDMMoorer, 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 MOOCheney, Lynne V.
Summary: Story of the determination and courage of Washington to lead his men to victory against all odds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 CheJeter, Derek
Summary: A "collection of never-before-published images taken over the course of Derek's final season. Fans will have unprecedented access to The Captain, as the famously private baseball legend takes us behind the scenes inside his home, the stadium, the gym, at his Turn 2 Foundation events, fortieth birthday party, and more as he looks back with candor and gratitude on his baseball career"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 JETMoorer, 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 MOOGeter, Hafizah
Summary: "Hafizah Augustus Geter disrupts the myths of America's origins and contemporary America through her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EISMoor, 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 MOOMoorer, 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 MORBab Bonde, Jessica
Summary: "The testimonies of six survivors of the Holocaust are presented in comics form, aimed at teenage readers. Some of them were children then, and are still alive to tell what happened to them and their families. How they survived. What they lost--and how you keep on living, despite it all. Jessica Bab Bonde has, based on survivor's stories, written an important book. Peter Bergting's art makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BABGordon-Reed, Annette.
Summary: Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom, even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described by current-day observers as a hypocrite, an atheist, and a simple-minded proponent of limited government. The authors team up to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 JEFFERSON, THOMAS GOREtler, Cyndy
Summary: When the author is sent to Straight, Inc., a "tough love" program for troubled teens, she is psychologically beaten for months and forced to return to high school with a battered psyche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ETLEtler, Cyndy
Summary: The author describes her youth as a runaway at age fourteen and how she was sent to a corrupt recovery facility where she faced intimidation and unconventional treatment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ETLGefter, Philip.
Summary: Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography in which Wagstaff's largely overlooked influence on the world of contemporary art and photography, and on the evolution of gay identity in the latter part of the twentieth century, is portrayed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAGSTAFF, SAMUEL J GEFPeres, Daniel
Summary: In the vein of Mary Karr's Lit, Augusten Burroughs' Dry and Sarah Hepola's Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting--and often wryly funny--addiction memoir from one of New York media's most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career--Jacket.
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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: 921 PERES, DANIEL PERCoote, 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 COOPeres, Shimon
Summary: A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nextbook/Schocken 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9405 BEN-GURION, DAVID PERLefer, David.
Summary: Provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 LEFDetzer, Karl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Funk & Wagnalls 1968
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