Leopold, George
Summary: Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs save for an account of his role in the Gemini program before the tragic launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, which took his life and those of Edward White and Roger Chaffee. The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be understated, and Grissom played a pivotal and enduring role...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Purdue University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRISSOM, GUS LEOSandford, John
Summary: In Israel, a man clutching a backpack searches desperately for a boat. In Minnesota, Virgil Flowers receives a message telling him that he's about to get a visit from an Israeli cop. She's tailing a man who's smuggled out an extraordinary relic. As it turns out, there are very bad men chasing the relic, and they don't care who's in the way or what they have to do to get it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SANFisher, Richard V. (Richard Virgil)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.21 FISThomson, Virgil
Summary: "In this second volume in the Library of America's definitive Virgil Thomson edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page collects for the first time the great composer's four witty, incisive, and compulsively readable full-length works. Written with authority and élan, these classic books offer an engrossing tour of the tumultuous twentieth-century musical scene and Thomson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 THOThomson, Virgil
Summary: "For fourteen memorable years Virgil Thomson surveyed the worlds of opera and classical music as the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune. An accomplished composer who knew music from the inside, Thomson communicated its pleasures and complexities to a wide readership in a hugely entertaining, authoritative style, and his daily reviews and Sunday articles set a high-water mark in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 THOSandford, John
Summary: "Beloved heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengeance in a stunning new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford"-- "We're going to murder people who need to be murdered." So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as "The Five," shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SANHeath, David
Summary: In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 HEALassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASBareuther, Carol
Summary: Whether you want to sail in Tortola, snorkel at Trunk Bay Beach, or explore the Baths in Virgin Gorda, the local Fodor's travel experts in the Virgin Islands are here to help! Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.297 U.S.Bareuther, Carol.
Summary: "Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of the Virgin Islands, including shopping on St. Thomas, hiking on St. John, and bar-hopping on Jost Van Dyke. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2018
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Summary: Provides information on accomodations and resorts, restaurants, and attractions on each of the Virgin Islands and suggests itineraries, side trips, beaches, nature walks, and dive sites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frommer Media LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The plow that broke the plains" depicts the social and economic history of the Great Plains from the settlement of the prairies by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and depression. "The river" traces life in the Mississippi River Valley during the previous 150 years, showing the consequences of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and floods, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLOCraughwell, Thomas J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 242.34 CRASummary: "This star guide for Virgo teens shines a light on your strengths, your weaknesses, what you are capable of, and the opportunities you shouldnt miss. Use it to gain a better understanding of who you are, and who you might become."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 133.5 VIRLowry, Mark.
Summary: The lyrics to the Christmas song "Mary, did you know?" are brought to life through illustrations plus interpretive Bible verses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterbrook Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 230 LOWVirgil.
Summary: Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 873 VIRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend VirgilBourla, Albert
Summary: Pfizer's Chairman and CEO recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when scientists at Pfizer, under his guidance, embarked on the nearly impossible task of creating, testing, and manufacturing a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine that previously wouldhave taken years to develop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 BOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 614.5 BOUStaples, Tim
Summary: The odds of getting a video onto YouTube's front page are 1-in-2,000,0000, but Tim Staples, founder and CEO of Shareability, knows how to make the algorithms of Youtube, Google, Facebook and Instagram work for you--and he has the results to prove it, with a thriving business that has gotten their videos onto YouTube's front page an amazing 25 times. Here he shows savvy marketers, entrepreneurs,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019