MacCarald, Clara
Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the invention of the atomic bomb. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOMMacCarald, Clara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Japanese immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, and additional resources for further study.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MACAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLMacCarald, Clara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Irish immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MACClarke, Stephen
Summary: The English Channel may be only 20 miles wide, but it s 1,000 years deep. In Merde! 1000 Years of Annoying the French, Stephen Clarke takes a penetrating look into those murky depths, guiding us through all the times when Britain and France have been at war - or at least glowering at each other across what we Brits provocatively call The English Channel. Along the way he also explodes a few...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Swan 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 327.410 CLAStelson, Caren Barzelay
Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASChase, Ronald
Summary: "On November 12, 1971, Bernard Patterson, a much decorated Vietnam War hero, robbed the Northern National Bank in Mars Hill, Maine, escaping with $110,000. He evaded capture across the United States, Europe, and North Africa before finally surrendering to authorities in Scotland Yard after he had spent or given away most of the money"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364 CHASt. Clair, Kassia
Summary: "The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 STCall number: 155.9 ST
St. Clair, Kassia
Summary: From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefine human civilization—from the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.09 ST CBlake, Kevin
Summary: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Salton Sea resort area was a vacationers paradise. People looking to go boating, swimming, and fishing flocked to Californias largest lake. Homes, hotels, and shops sprang up as more and more people moved to the region. However, something was lurking in the lakes calm waters. Soon, swimmers began to pass by globs of green algae and breathe in a rotten-egg stench....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 BLAClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: "Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLABlake, Kevin
Summary: In 1587, a group of 116 men, women, and children sailed from England to North America. They landed in Roanoke, an island off the coast of present-day North Carolina. Life was hard for the settlers, who struggled to build a new life. Within a few months, the governor of the colony, John White, sailed back to England to get more supplies. Three years passed before he could return to the colony....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.6 BLACline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 788.7 CLICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 788.7 CLIClark, Gary W.
Summary: This book was born out of the need to easily find information that would help establish a date for old pictures during genealogical research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLACarle, Chris.
Summary: Street Fighter took the video gaming world by storm in the mid-1980s; more than 127 million copies and hundreds of imitators later, the series continues to be one of the most beloved and successful video game franchises of all time. In this official history, legendary game developer Capcom opens its vault to tell the complete story of Street Fighter. Original text and interviews with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2010
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Summary: In 1880, citizens of Bodie, California, crowded onto Main Street to celebrate the Fourth of July. Among them were prospectors, miners, gamblers, and even gunfighters. They had all come to this dusty, remote spot in the mountains for one reasonto find gold. Within fifty years, however, the towns Main Street would be abandoned and filled with a ghostly silence. Where did everyone go? What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 BLABlake, Kevin
Summary: "Young readers will learn about the devastating Hurricane Harvey."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.4 BLASummary: The attack on Pearl Harbor on the seventh of December 1941 changed the world forever. The United States entered WW Two. More than 110,000 citizens of Japanese origin were rounded up and dispatched to camps until the end of the war. With the arrival of the Cold War, the enemy image had to change quickly, and Hollywood obliged. Clara and Julia Kuperberg found the right interview partners in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV YELClark, Gary W.
Summary: The Cased Images and Tintypes KwikGuide is a detailed and clear source of identification tips and photo dating information for daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. This is an indispensable reference tool for genealogists, family historians, and photo collectors who are conducting research on vintage 19th century photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLAClark, Christopher M.
Summary: "As history, the uprisings of 1848 have long been overshadowed by the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian revolutions of the early twentieth century. And yet in 1848 nearly all of Europe was aflame with conflict. Parallel political tumults spread like brush fire across the entire continent, leading to significant changes that continue to shape our world today. These battles for the future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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Summary: This book was born out of the need to easily find information that would help establish a date for old pictures during genealogical research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLAGifford, Clive
Summary: "Why is a $5 bill worth $5? Where do coins come from? What do banks actually do? Discover the answers to these and more in this crash course from ancient cashless societies to ... very modern cashless societies. The history of buying, selling, saving, and stealing is full of crazy stories and unbelievable facts, proving that while it might sound all grown-up and series, money sure is funny." --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 332.49 GIFSummary: Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor, as well as a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Trace Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age four with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DECGifford, Clive
Summary: "Coming about! From dinghies to freight liners, pirate ships to submarines, across oceans and up rivers, set sail on a fascinating journey through the world of ships in this new book from illustrator James Gulliver Hancock. In this companion to How Airports Work and How Trains Work, young readers travel through history and around the world to find out everything they ever wanted to know about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2020