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Ferguson, Alex

Summary: From hiring practices to firing decisions, from dealing with transition to teamwork, from mastering the boardroom to responding to failure and adversity, Leading is as inspiring as it is practical, and a go-to reference for any leader in business, sports, and life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FERGUSON, ALEX FER

Illugi Jökulsson.

Summary: "World Soccer Legends everything you need to know about most exciting clubs and the best players on the planet. Manchester United The history of the biggest and the best team from Manchester! The stories of past and current stars-including Beckham, Giggs, and Rooney Learn about the next generation of soccer legends Spotlight on Manchester United's famous coaches-including Alex Ferguson and Matt...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 ILL

Morton, Andrew

Summary: "Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II MOR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH MOR

Harris, Robin

Summary: "Margaret Thatcher is one of the most significant political figures of the twentieth century--a Prime Minister whose impact on modern British history is comparable only to Winston Churchill's. Like them or not, her radical policies made Britain the country it is today. And like her or not, Margaret Thatcher's legacy remains a massive political force, responsible for laying the groundwork for...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THATCHER, MARGARET HAR

Smith, Sally Bedell

Summary: "When the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne in 1936, his shy, uncertain, unprepared younger brother became King. Sally Bedell Smith was granted by Queen Elizabeth II special access to the letters and diaries of George VI and Elizabeth, to tell the story of how their love, devotion, and strong marriage led George VI to overcome insecurities and difficulty speaking and to become an exceptional...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SMI

Ashley, Maurice

Summary: A biography of the Puritan country gentleman who led the rebellion against Charles I in the English Civil War and ruled England as Lord Protector for ten years.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1972

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

Gigliotti, Jim

Summary: Describes the life of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901, and the social and political conditions in Great Britain during her lifetime.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.009 OXF

Thermes, Jennifer

Summary: "The Indestructible Tom Crean reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. When the Endurance becomes trapped in the frozen sea and sinks, it is up to Crean and several others to go for help"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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

Gaunt, Peter.

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2004

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

Schanzer, Rosalyn.

Summary: Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 Sch

Muir, Robin

Summary: Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages.... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry the Queen's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.082 MUI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.082 MUI

Straker, Vicky

Summary: The Edwardian age was the golden age of etiquette and gentility, in which the taking of tea was rather like a ceremonial masquerade. At this time, it was not uncommon for ladies to change up to five times a day, and one of these outfits would have been a tea dress. Tea was the only time the mistress of the house would serve her guests; the china used, the manservant who answered the door and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Straker

Carby, Hazel V.

Summary: "A haunting and evocative history of British empire, told through one woman's family story 'Where are you from?' Hazel Carby was continually asked as a girl, at a time when being Black and being British was understood to be an impossibility. To answer that question properly, eminent scholar Hazel Carby finds she needs to trace not just the family history of her Jamaican father and her Welsh...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2019

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Bayarri, Jordi

Summary: "Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She became one of the biggest believers in engineer Charles Babbage's ideas for calculation machines. This graphic biography shows how Lovelace helped spread awareness of what an early computer could do and how she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC BAY

Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney

Summary: This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Coronet 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHILIP, PRINCE BRA

Moore, Peter

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Summary: "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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Summary: Portrays the acclaimed British actress and courtesan Lillie Langtry from the blush of youth to the blight of old age. At a time when society expected women to be docile and demure, Lillie posed for celebrity endorsements, conducted her own business affairs, and paid her first husband to keep his distance. Even more scandalously, she openly entertained a string of lovers among Europe's elite,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD LIL NOT RATED

Summary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEA

Chaffee, Kim

Summary: "As a kid, Abby Wambach was loud and clear about what she wanted and what she didn't--and she didn't want to be left out of any competition, especially soccer. Darting down fields and booting balls ... into goals, Abby worked her way up from competitive youth player to U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2023

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

Labrecque, Ellen

Summary: Provides an introduction to the life of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015

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

Hardman, Robert

Summary: "On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer, and peace-broker. She has...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HAR

Gunderson, Jessica

Summary: In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries. In France, groups of anti-Nazi citizens, known as the French Resistance, fought to stop Germany's reign of terror. A brave woman named Nancy Wake became one of the movement's greatest assets as a spy. In her role, Wake often transported Jews to safe locations and rode her bicycle through...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023

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

Coutts, Marion

Summary: The author recounts the painful time in her life when her husband was dying of a brain tumor while her young son was just developing language.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COUTTS, MARION COU

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