Taubman, William
Summary: A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR. "When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR. was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B GORBACHEV TAUReyes Taubman, Julia
Summary: Over the past six years, documentary photographer and architectural historian Julia Reyes Taubman has taken more than 30,000 photographs across the sprawled terrain of Detroit, ambitiously mapping out a comprehensive survey of a major American city. Photographing on the ground, in the buildings and by air and water, Reyes Taubman believes that when buildings and landscape are manipulated by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Contemporary Art 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 715 REYTashman, Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation TashmanTayman, John.
Summary: Reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy colony on Molokai and of the extraordinary people who struggled to survive under the most horrific circumstances. Tracked by bounty hunters and torn screaming from their families, the luckless were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and most of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.546 TAYMcDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Summary: A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 TUBFarbman, Melinda.
Summary: Describes the life of the chimpanzee that was sent into space as part of the American space program, describing his capture, training, the actual flight, and his life afterwards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 FARNorwich, Grace.
Summary: An introduction to the life of the civil rights heroine and suffrage activist describes how she repeatedly risked her life to save dozens of slaves and became an equal rights icon in post-Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBThurman, Judith
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DINESEN, ISAK THUPember, Phoebe Yates
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.782 PEMKaufman, Amy
Summary: For sixteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in the lives of American television viewers. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's popularity and relevance have only grown. Bestselling writers and famous actors live-tweet about it. Die-hard fans -- dubbed 'Bachelor Nation' -- participate in fantasy leagues and viewing parties. And more than eight million...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 KAUCapote, Truman
Summary: Spanning his entire life, this collection of private letters by the acclaimed author includes Capote's correspondence with such notables as David O. Selznick, Edith Sitwell, Cecil Beaton, Christopher Isherwood, and Bennett Cerf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 CAPPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidance--and its lighthelped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom too"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBKaufman, Amy
Summary: For sixteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in the lives of American television viewers. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's popularity and relevance have only grown. Bestselling writers and famous actors live-tweet about it. Die-hard fans -- dubbed 'Bachelor Nation' -- participate in fantasy leagues and viewing parties. And more than eight million...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 KAUKaufman, Bob
Summary: "Collected for the first time, the complete surviving works of a major African-American Beat Surrealist poet."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 KAUKaufman, Josh
Summary: "Provides a comprehensive overview of every major business topic: entrepreneurship, product development, marketing, sales, negotiation, accounting, finance, productivity, communication, psychology, leadership, management, systems design, analysis, and operations ... in clear, straightforward, and simple terms."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 650 KAUBausman, Joseph H. (Joseph Henderson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knickerbocker Press 1904
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2 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 974.892 BAUKaufman, Marc
Summary: "National Geographic and science journalist Marc Kaufman combine inside stories, fascinating facts, and eye-popping pictures, some never before seen, of the red planet and NASA's groundbreaking Curiosity mission. Renowned author Kaufman spent two years embedded with the engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cheering on the rover's spine-tingling landing, learning the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 523 KAUKaufman, Andrew
Summary: An argument in favor of the modern relevance of Tolstoy's classic examines its characters' pursuit of a meaningful life in a warn-torn country as well as its reflection of topics ranging from courage and romance to parenting and death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 890 KAUKaufman, Frederick
Summary: "Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower, enchant, and control us. Frederick Kaufman tackles the complex history of money, beginning with the earliest myths and wrapping up with Wall Street's byzantine present-day doings. Along the way, he exposes a set of allegorical plots, stock characters, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.4 KAUGrimes, Nikki
Summary: In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRITruman, Harry S.
Summary: A compilation of quotations from the speeches and writings of our thirty-third President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Newmarket Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.918 TRUKaufman, Burton Ira
Summary: "This biography of President Barack Obama argues that while the forty-fourth president has often been regarded by journalists and other political observers as a progressive and pragmatist, he was also an economic and social conservative. He believed in free enterprise, self-help, and a vibrant middle class. He sought to open up avenues of opportunity to enter the middle class for those who, for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK KAUKaufman, Natalie Hevener.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KAUKaufman, Teresa Bruffey
Summary: "In Idaho, the Sawtooths dwarf everything around them, Hells Canyon cuts deep into the earth, and the Snake River whips up white water. This is an outdoor enthusiast's dreamland. Go hiking in a state park, national forest, or right outside the city. Bike on long-distance trails, paddle through wild rapids, and ski at world-class resorts. Relax with a soak in a hot spring or take in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moon Travel 2023