Moss, Marissa
Summary: From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children's book about Allan Pinkerton, one of America's greatest detectives. Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton's life changed when he helped the Chicago Police Department track down a group of counterfeiters. From there, he became the first police detective in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PINWingerson, Lois.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.935 WINMiller, Daphne
Summary: In Farmacology, Daphne Miller, M.D., ventures out of her medical office and travels to seven innovative family farms around the country on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we care for our bodies and how we grow our food. Miller also seeks out the perspectives of noted biomedical scientists and artfully weaves in their insights and research, along with stories from her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 MILWinterson, Jeanette
Summary: "Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny, and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love from New York Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson. "Talky, smart, anarchic and quite sexy," wrote Dwight Garner in the New York Times about Jeanette Winterson's last novel, Frankissstein, her first foray into the subject of AI. In 12...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 WINJosephson, Judith Pinkerton.
Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB OWENS JOSJosephson, Judith Pinkerton.
Summary: Describes what life was like for young people moving to and living on the western frontier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 JOSGeanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer
Summary: Captain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever prowl the seas. Few know that he had an accomplice who enabled his plundering and helped him outpace his enemies: his wife, Sarah Kidd. Geanacopoulos reconstructs Sarah Kidd's life: Love, treasure, motherhood and survival. Sarah not only survived her husband, but went on to live a successful and productive life as one of New York's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIDD, SARAH GEAPatterson, Jean Nickerson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [no publisher given] 1984
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen 929.2 NICKERSON PattersonWilkerson, Isabel
Summary: ""As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--whichgroups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult WilkersonDickerson, Matthew T.
Contents: Epic battles -- The wise of Middle-Earth -- Military victory or moral victory? -- Human freedom and creativity -- The gift of Ilúvatar and the power of the ring -- Moral responsibility and stewardship -- Hope and despair -- Themes of salvation -- The hand of Ilúvatar -- Ilúvatar's theme and the real war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 DICDickerson, John
Summary: "Imagine you have just been elected president. You are now commander-in-chief, chief executive, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief of party, chief voice of the people, first responder, chief priest, and world leader. You're expected to fulfill your campaign promises, but you're also expected to solve the urgent crises of the day. What's on your to-do list? Where would you even start? The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.23 DICCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.23 DICNickerson, Sheila B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 NICWilkerson, Isabel.
Summary: In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 304.80973 WILSlater-Putt, Dawne
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2012
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3772 SLACollins, Max Allan
Summary: "A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA'S GREAT CRIME EPIC. A Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master"--author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner--teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 COLSummary: This first-ever history of the legendary bohemian bookstore in Paris interweaves essays and poetry from dozens of writers associated with the shop--Allen Ginsberg, Anaïs Nin, Ethan Hawke, Robert Stone and Jeanette Winterson, among others--with hundreds of never-before-seen archival pieces, including photographs of James Baldwin, William Burroughs and Langston Hughes, plus a foreword by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shakespeare and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 SHAHuckelbridge, Dane
Summary: A history of bourbon traces its origins in the backwoods of Appalachia to the multi-billion dollar international bourbon whiskey industry today and introduces the cast of characters central to its creation and development.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.252 HUCBarlow, Raymond E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Pub. 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 748.2 BARHuckelbridge, Dane
Summary: "American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 HUCSolomon, Dane.
Summary: Explains the basics of freshwater and salt water fishing, including equipment, types of fish to catch, and safety precautions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 799.1 SOLBrimner, Larry Dane
Summary: "In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2019
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Summary: Describes the orbit, rotation, temperature, and surface formations of the planet Mercury and the probe Mariner X that took pictures of it in 1974 and 1975.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.41 BRIBrimner, Larry Dane.
Summary: Describes the history, equipment, safety tips, and competitive riding of mountain bikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 1997