Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri
Summary: "The Nazi Spy Ring in America explores the operations and downfall of spy networks of the German Abwehr that operated in New York between 1935 and 1938 to steal military technology and map American defenses. The arrest and prosecution of four members of the ring was a high-profile case that caused a national sensation because it had all the trappings of fiction such as fast cars, louche...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Georgetown University Press 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 JEFRhodes, Elisha Hunt
Summary: The Civil war diaries and letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. All For the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a 23-year-old lieutenant colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7445 RHOHomans, Jennifer.
Summary: Unique among the arts, ballet has no written texts or standardized notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student. A ballerina dancing today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps are also marked by the dramatic changes in dance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.8 HOMBraithwaite, Rodric
Summary: An expert historian and former ambassador to Moscow unlocks fact from fiction to reveal what lies at the root of the Russian story. Churchill remarked that Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. That has become an excuse for intellectual laziness. Russia is not all that different from anywhere else. But you have to disentangle the facts from the myths created both by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 BRAHomans, John.
Summary: Journalist John Homans explores the dog's complex place in our world and how it came to be. Evolving from wild animals to working animals to nearly human members of our social fabric, dogs are now the subject of scientific studies concerning pet ownership, evolutionary theory, and even cognitive science. They are also subject to many of the same questions of rights and ethics as people, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HOMHomans, Jennifer
Summary: "The New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century. His radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly imaginative ballets made him a legend. Yet, Balanchine's life was as dramatic as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BALANCHINE, GEORGE HOMRodrik, Dani
Summary: An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economy. Not so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382 RODTombs, Robert
Summary: "The English and Their History presents the momentous story of England "first as an idea, and then as a kingdom, as a country, a people and a culture." Here, in a single volume, is a fresh and comprehensive account of the English and their history. With extraordinary insight, Robert Tombs examines language, literature, law, religion, politics, and more while investigating the sources of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 TOMThomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230.2 THONottridge, Rhoda.
Summary: Recounts some of history's most tragic accidents at sea, including sinkings, fires, and oil spills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1993
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 910.4 NOTDill, Khodi
Summary: "An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice. Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.896 DILRodi, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 306.76 RODThomke, Stefan H
Summary: "When it comes to innovation, relying on intuition won't cut it anymore. Whether it's improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. This is especially true in the online world, where predicting customer behavior is virtually impossible. Managers can, however, discover whether a new product,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 THOChamorro-Premuzic, Tomas.
Summary: "World-renowned personality expert reveals the truth about something we all want more of-confidence Millions of people are plagued by low self-confidence. But in Confidence, personality expert Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic shows us that high confidence makes us less likeable, less employable, and less successful in the long run. He reveals the benefits of low confidence (including being more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 CHALomas, Tim
Summary: "A short, reader-friendly treatment of happiness from a leading figure in positive psychology"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 LOMRhodes, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.3 RHORhodes, Ron.
Contents: Dialoguing with Muslims -- Muhammad and the emergence of Islam -- A Christian critique of Muhammad -- The Quran: the scriptures of Islam -- A Christian critique of the Quran -- Allah: the God of Islam -- The biblical view of God -- Jesus: a prophet of Islam -- The biblical view of Jesus -- The Muslim view of the Bible -- A defense of the Bible -- Sin and salvation in Islam -- The Muslim view of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 266.0088 RHORhodes, Daniel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Co. 1973
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 RHOHoman, Lynn M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 HOMBlumberg, Rhoda.
Summary: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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Summary: "An antiracist society starts with you. That's the message in this powerful-yet practical-handbook. Using evidence-based interventions and exercises, two psychologists and experts in race, identity, equity, and inclusion empower readers to make their own personal contribution to creating an antiracist society. By shifting thought patterns and behaviors to cultivate an antiracist mindset,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BRYRhodes, Richard
Summary: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents this fully authorized--and timely-biography of the Harvard biologist and naturalist who has become a leading voice on the crucial importance to all life of biodiversity and has worked tirelessly to synthesize the fields of science and the humanities in a fruitful way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021