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Parenti, Michael

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.703 PAR

Gieseke, Tyler

Summary: This title examines the North Atlantic Treaty Organization including its creation in the aftermath of World War II with the North Atlantic Treaty, its initial purpose as defense against the Soviet Union, its development during the Cold War, its repurpose after the fall of the Soviet Union, and its evolving role today. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 341.24 GIE

Mills, Kyle

Summary: When the terminally ill Russian president launches a massive campaign that threatens millions of lives, Mitch Rapp is dispatched by the CIA to prevent an all-consuming war.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MIL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction Fly

Summary: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAN

Summary: In 1940, the merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive "The long voyage home."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LON

Johnson, Denis

Summary: "A literary spy thriller set in Africa, where an intelligence agent is caught up in a get rich quick scheme"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

Summary: Since its founding in April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has well proved its power for peace. Never before in history have Europe's rival nations formed such a working alliance. This classic episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series presents a pictorial report of the NATO maneuvers of 1954, including Exercise Medflex Able, Exercise Keystone, and Exercise...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Ambinder, Marc

Summary: The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 AMB

Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series, narrated by news analyst Edward R. Murrow, focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, of which the United States is a founding member. This alliance was created in response to the two World Wars and the Korean War, which showed that when one free nation anywhere is threatened by aggression, the safety of all...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: "Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Actar 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 THI

Adams, Simon

Summary: Detailed descriptions of the "Titanic," including its accommodations and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.9163 ADA

Spectre, Peter H.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 SPE

Russell, Gareth

Summary: "A product of Anglo-American capitalism, built by a generation that had never known trauma and was bored by its own prosperity and success, the Titanic set sail into a world that was about to change forever. Modernity was shaking the class system, the Industrial Revolution was creating new kinds of wealth, and revolutionary fervor would lead to The Great War. Exploring the infamous disaster...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 RUS

Summary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THA

Burgan, Michael

Summary: "Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022

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Patrick, Denise Lewis

Summary: "What do you know about the sinking of the Titanic? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 PAT

McClure Anastasia, Laura

Summary: "Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 MCC

Summary: From the Publisher: Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travelers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response to historical accounts...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 WOM

Stonehouse, Frederick.

Summary: "From deep sea diver to ship's captain, lighthouse keeper and rescuer, women fill virtually every job of the Great Lakes maritime trade--both past and present. This book relates many untold stories of these remarkable women and their impact on the Great Lakes and sailors lives"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920.72 STO
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 920.72 STO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 920.72 STO

Pipe, Jim

Summary: In the form of a diary of a passenger, describes the Titanic, including accomodations for first- through third-class passengers, the crew, the inner workings of the ship, her maiden voyage, and the events of the night the doomed ship sank.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.9 PIP

Sabol, Stephanie

Summary: "For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What Sabol

Tougias, Mike

Summary: "An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty--the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty--which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Tuesday, October 24, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 TOU

Simon, Nelson

Summary: "Nelson Simon didn't want to sign up as a last-minute crew member to transport a Norwegian schooner from Brooklyn to Bermuda. But one thing led to another, and there he was. He told himself that it would be a sort of pleasure cruise: a week in the Gulf Stream with a gourmet chef on board, some down time on a tropical island, then a quick flight home. What did it matter that he had practically...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SIMON, NELSON SIM

Slaughter, Karin

Summary: On a serene summer Sunday, a routine admission for a run-of-the-mill surgery at Atlanta's Emory Hospital goes tragically wrong, setting off a catastrophic wave of destruction that sends the facility and the surrounding area into lockdown. One of the city's largest and most prestigious institutions, Emory is situated near the Centers for Disease Control, the FBI counter-terrorism headquarters,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Company 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SLA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLA

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M SLA

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