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Summary: On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner SS St. Louis sailed away from Hamburg, Germany, bound for Havana, Cuba. On board were more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany. After being denied landing rights in Havana, the refugees were turned away by the United States and Canada and forced to sail back to Europe, where the gathering storm of the Holocaust awaited them. Two of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: The child of an abusive parent learns that his "father" is a wanted child murderer and that everything he has been told about his past is false, thus sending him on a quest for justice and identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2007
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 921 ST. CLAIR, CHIP ST. CGoldstein, Margaret J.
Summary: A biography of St. Louis Blues hockey star Brett Hull.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HULL GOLLowry, Lois
Summary: "From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner KenardPak"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 LOWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word LowryTougias, Mike
Summary: "A riveting WWII account of survival at sea-Book 4 in the True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 TOUTaliaferro, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.802 TALWinters, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Light Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport WintersMELKILD, MARTIN.
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 MEL2 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 940.545 MEL
Bair, Diane
Summary: Whether you want to visit Cape Cod's beaches, eat lobster in Maine, or ski in Vermont, the local Fodor's travel experts in New England are here to help! Fodor's New England guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Complemented by a bonus eBook, a guide to the most popular routes and destinations throughout America's Southwest provides locally recommended, essential information for festivals, accommodations and activities in destinations ranging from the Grand Canyon to Zion National Park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 ROUCalloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon)
Summary: "In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States Army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Miami River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousandIndians. The U.S. force was decimated, suffering nearly one thousand casualties in killed and wounded, while Indian casualties numbered only a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 CALFoy, George Michelsen
Summary: In the best-selling tradition of A Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, a harrowing account of the incredible true story of the recent shocking disappearance of El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin and sank suddenly in the Bermuda Triangle in 2015--taking with it 33 lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 FOYFerut, Michael.
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.1 FERRouse, Wade
Summary: Before his success in public relations, his loving marriage and his storied writing career, Wade Rouse was simply Ted Rouse's son. A queer kid in a conservative Ozarks community, Wade struggled at a young age to garner his father's approval and find his voice. For his part, Ted was a hard-lined engineer, offering little emotional support or encouragement. But Wade and Ted had one thing in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RouseHeidenry, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HEILindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
Summary: Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 LINBissinger, H. G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BISHillenbrand, Laura
Summary: In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian s courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history s most thrilling survival epics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2017
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2 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ZAMHalberstam, David.
Summary: An account of the 1964 World Series baseball championship between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HALPisano, Dominick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 PISCollins, Andrew
Summary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Utah, including Salt Lake City, Zion National Park, Park City, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.92 UTAH COLHurston, Zora Neale
Summary: In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 HURKershaw, Alex
Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008