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Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937 Fighter pilots United States Biography Hynes, Samuel Lynn Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination Mudd, Samuel Alexander 1833-1883 Physicians Maryland Biography World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, AmericanSamuels, Robert
Summary: "A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FLOYD SAMBarbassa, Juliana
Summary: Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 BARBarbero, Alessandro
Summary: "Dante brings the legendary author--and the medieval Italy of his era-- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANTE ALIGHIERI BARStreisand, Barbra
Summary: "The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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2 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEBaraga, Frederic
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARAGA, FREDERIC BARBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARLevin, Daniel Barban
Summary: "A stunning firsthand account of the creation of a modern cult under conman Larry Ray and the horrifying costs paid by his young victims: his daughter's college roommates. In September 2010, at the beginning of the academic year at Sarah Lawrence College,a sophomore named Talia Ray asked her roommates if her father could stay with them for a while. No one objected. Her father, Larry Ray, was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVIN, DANIEL BARBAN LEVBarber, Andrea
Summary: She grew up in front of the world on the beloved sitcom Full House, but then actress Andrea Barber abruptly left Hollywood. Why did she leave and what did she do for twenty years out of the spotlight before returning to television? This is her funny and inspiring memoir of fame, heartache, resilience --and the reboot of a lifetime . . .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARBER, ANDREA BARBarber, Charles
Summary: "The incredible true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a once in a generation lifesaving product--and were persecuted for it by the U.S. Army. At the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized by the popular film Black Hawk Down, the majority of soldiers who died bled to death before they could even reach an operating table. This tragedy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 BARHoliday, Samuel
Summary: "Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Under the Eagle ranges from Holiday's childhood years in rural Monument Valley, Utah, into the world of the United States's Pacific campaign against Japan--to Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Central to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 HOLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLGraydon, Samuel
Summary: This inventive new biography of the legendary physicist examines his complex and contradictory nature-from brilliant scientist to charming lothario and life of the party-in 99 vignettes based on intriguingly different particles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Summary: "A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OUTLAW, WILLIAM JUNEBUG, III BARPepys, Samuel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gerald Duckworth 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.4 PepysPepys, Samuel
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PEPHynes, Samuel.
Summary: The author recounts his Depression-era boyhood, during which he accompanied his father to numerous cities and farms in search of work, lost his mother and gained a stepmother, and experienced the temptations of adolescence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.6 HYNHannaford, Julia M. Barnard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drzewiecki 1983
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.401 HAN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4635 Hannaford
Barber, James
Summary: Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grass Roots Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARHART, AMELIA BARBawlf, R. Samuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 BAWYoung, Samuel Hall
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peregrine Smith Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.98 YOUBecker, Barbara (Barbara Anne)
Summary: ""We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love," Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood. When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die? With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 BECWalsh, Barbara (Barbara Ann)
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Publisher / Publication Date: TwoDot 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.807 WALSH, BARBARA WALColeridge, Samuel Taylor
Summary: Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.7 COLHynes, Samuel Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F.C. Beil 1988