Hohler, Robert T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 HOH

Littell, Robert T.

Summary: One of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s closest friends from his college years to his death at the age of thirty-eight recounts their experiences together, the strong bond that developed between them, and his observations on John's relationships with family members.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 Litte

Sharp, Robert T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 SHA

Roper, Robert

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ROP

Layton, Edwin T.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1985

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 LAY

Dodds Pennock, Caroline

Summary: "A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 PEN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 PEN

Hennick, Calvin

Summary: Five years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man, when his own father figures abandoned him? As a white man, what can he possibly teach his biracial son about how to live as a black man in America? And what does it even mean to be a man today, when society’s expectations of men seem to change from moment to moment? ...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENNICK, CALVIN HEN

Posnock, Ross.

Summary: Renunciation as a creative force in the careers of writers, philosophers, and artists is the animating idea behind Ross Posnock s new book. Taking up acts of abandonment, rejection, and refusal that have long baffled critics, he shows how renunciation has reframed the relationship of artists and intellectuals to society in productive and unpredictable ways.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 POS

Rogers, Robert

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Purple Mountain Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.26 ROG

Groberg, Florent

Summary: Describes the author's childhood relocation from France to the U.S., where as a naturalized citizen he joined the military and served multiple tours in Afghanistan before he was wounded while protecting his patrol from a suicide bomber.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GROBERG, FLORENT GRO

Rembert, Winfred

Summary: "A self-taught artist's odyssey from Jim Crow era Georgia to the Yale Art Gallery-a stunningly vivid, full-color memoir in prose and painted leather, with a foreword by Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson. Winfred Rembert grew up as a field hand on a Georgia plantation. He embraced the Civil Rights Movement, endured political violence, survived a lynching, and spent seven years in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REMBERT, WINFRED REM

O'Connell, Robert L.

Summary: A profile of the iconic Civil War general explores the paradoxes attributed to his character to discuss such topics as his achievements as a military strategist, his contributions to the Transcontinental Railroad, and his tempestuous family relationships.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SHERMAN, WILLIAM O'Co

Roberge, Rob.

Summary: "A darkly funny, intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist. When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions,he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to (somewhat...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERGE, ROB ROB

Ripert, Eric.

Summary: "Before he earned his third Michelin star at his iconic restaurant, Le Bernardin, the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef of the Year, became a regular guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef, even before he knew how to make a proper omelet, Eric Ripert was a young boy in the South of France who felt that his world had come to an end. At the age of five, his parents went through a bitter divorce....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPERT, ERIC RIP

Bufka, Norbert

Summary: Good Harbor Michigan is about a thriving community in central Leelanau County. A lumbering town sprang up in the mid 1880’s only to die as the result of a fire. The community continued and this is their story, based on primary source material, especially the Leelanau Enterprise which began publishing its weekly paper in 1880. citations are included for the serious historian and the people data...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform] 2018

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.4635 BUF
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Edwards, Roberta.

Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEO

Lovato, Roberto

Summary: A journalistic memoir detailing the author's firsthand experiences with immigration, gang life, and guerilla warfare explores the violence that shaped generations of his impoverished Salvadoran family to connect today's immigration crisis to the realities of everyday families.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOVATO, ROBERTO LOV

Colbert, David.

Summary: In just a few generations, Michelle Obama's family has blazed a path from a slave cabin to the White House. She's now writing a new chapter in history as a fresh kind of first lady, old-fashioned in many ways, yet so genuine and natural that she constantly surprises and inspires.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2009

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Obama Col

Edwards, Roberta.

Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who became the forty-fourth president of the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBA

Roker, Al

Summary: The popular television personality discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 ROK

Edwards, Roberta.

Summary: "In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian Warand the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

Roker, Al

Summary: The "Today Show" co-anchor shares his life lessons on success and happiness in a humorous essay collection. These days, the road to success can feel jam-packed with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no one knows that better than Al Roker-beloved cohost of the Today Show, weatherperson extraordinaire, and the man we all secretly wish we could turn to for wisdom...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 ROK

Edwards, Roberta.

Summary: A short biography of Barack Obama, the first African-American president-elect.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Obama Edw