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Summary: Boxing's true Cinderella story: James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929. With one good hand, he was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager still believed in him. The diminutive, loquacious Jew and the burly, quiet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 SCHSchaap, Jeremy.
Summary: In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports--but it is also the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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Summary: "The definitive insider story of the cheating scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2019, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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Summary: We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming, we need to make smart, informed choices about the food we eat and where it comes from. In 50 short chapters, Martins cuts through organized zealotry and the misleading jargon of food labeling to outline realistic steps everyone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.176 MARAgassi, Martine
Summary: Shows the many good things that toddlers can do with their hands including waving, hugging, and playing--but not hitting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Pub. 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 SCHGallo, Carmine
Summary: "The communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them, from the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life every day. As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 GALDrury, Bob.
Summary: November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 951.904 DRUWhittekin, Martie
Summary: The Probiotic Cure, a guide to overcoming many of our most common health issues. The Probiotic Cure is divided into two parts. Part One is designed to explain what our internal flora is and how it works in our gut. It examines what comprises this living community, specifically focusing on the natural balance of bad and good bacteria. It details how this community can become unbalanced from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square One Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 WHIHarline, Craig.
Summary: Traces the significance of Sunday from ancient times to present-day America, looking at the religious and secular rituals that have defined the day over the centuries, from early Christian celebrations of the liturgy, to the end of "blue laws" during the1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.3 HARHarris, Maurine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry Publishing 1989
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 929.103 ANCJocelyn, Marthe
Summary: "A smart and charming middle-grade mystery series starring young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, inspired by the imagined life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Lemony Snicket and The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but deeply shy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2020
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z comes an illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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Summary: The Discovery of the Past explores the ways in which humankind, from antiquity to the nineteenth century, became conscious of its past. Contrary to popular belief, archaeology was not an invention of the Renaissance. It was a discipline known to the scribes of ancient Assyria, Egypt, and China, and a subject of debate for the Sophists of Ionia before it was put into practice by Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1997
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Summary: "Ten years ago, Martinus Evans got some stern advice from his doctor: "Lose weight or die." First defensive, but then defiant, Evans vowed that day to run a marathon, though his doctor thought he was crazy. Since then, Evans has run eight marathons and hundreds of other distances in his 300-something body, created his own devoted running community, and has been featured on the cover of Runner's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2023
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Summary: Public speaking coach and bestselling author Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED (technology, entertainment, design) presenters as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to get their cutting-edge insights and to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MARSchaya, Leo
Contents: Some universal aspects of Judaism -- The meaning of the Temple -- The mission of Elias -- The Sinaitic theophany according to the Jewish tradition -- Torah and Kabbalah -- Creation, the image of God -- The great name of God -- The worldview of the Kabbalah -- Contemplation and action in Judaism and Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Natl Book Network 2014
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Summary: The full story of Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. The unit, 4500 men strong, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat, yet their battle had just begun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MARSchomp, Virginia.
Summary: Discover the civilization of ancient China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 SCHJardine, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 1996