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Summary: Be inspired by the life stories of women pioneers in the fields of science and technology from around the world, including computer programmer Ada Lovelace, physicist and chemist Marie Curie, mathematician Katherine Johnson and many more. Follow the fantastic ideas and activities featured inside and start your own brilliant scientific adventure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayland 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMSEaton, Andi
Summary: Follows nine of the author's road trip routes that combine the very best of attractions, restaurants, and activites with a look at the carefree, bohemian fashion trends in each locale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2017
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Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women artists from around the world. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 AMSMcCullers, Carson.
Summary: Celebrated worldwide for her masterly novels, Carson McCullerswas equally accomplished, and equally moving, when writingin shorter forms. This Library of America volume brings together for the first time her twenty extraordinary stories, along with plays, essays, memoirs, and poems. Here are the indelible tales Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland and A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as well as her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 MCCCarson, Ben
Summary: Throughout his life, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson has needed to overcome many obstacles: his father leaving the family, being considered stupid by his classmates in grade school, growing up in inner-city Detroit, and having a violent temper. But Dr. Carson didn't let his circumstances control him and instead discovered eight principles that helped shape his future... Dr. Carson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 179 CAREaton, Gale
Summary: What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 001.9 EATCarson, Candy
Summary: "Like most Americans, you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and, in the last few years, as an outspoken commentator on national issues. But his wife of more than forty years knows him as so much more: a loving husband, a devoted father, a devout Christian, a committed philanthropist, and a fierce patriot. Now Candy Carson introduces us to the private side of a very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CARCarson, Mary Kay.
Summary: Profiles the life of the inventor of video games, discussing how he came up with the idea and early games he invented.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAESummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 COMDiamond, Jason
Summary: "In Searching for John Hughes, Jason tells how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb--sometimes homeless, always restless--found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes’ oeuvre. He moved to New York to become a writer. He started to write a book he had no business writing. In the meantime, he brewed coffee and guarded cupcake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIAMOND, JASON DIAEpstein, Jason.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.509 EPSKatzenstein, Jason
Summary: Visually engaging illustrations and comic text by the New Yorker cartoonist describe his life struggle with OCD and daily efforts to feel comfortable in the world and carve out a less-limited life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.852 KATMorgan, Jason
Summary: A Dog Called Hope is the incredible story of a remarkable service dog who brought a devastated warrior back from the brink. It is the story of one funny, lovable dog’s power to heal a family and teach a wounded man how to be a true father. It is the story of an amazing dog with boundless loyalty who built bridges between his wheelchair-bound battle buddy and the rest of able-bodied humankind....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORGAN, JASON MORMoss, Jason.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1999
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Summary: In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. Rezaian's reporting was a mix of human interest stories and political analysis. He had even served as a guide for Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Initially, Rezaian thought the whole thing was a terrible misunderstanding, but soon realized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B REZAIAN REZSánchez, Aarón
Summary: Chef and television personality Aarón Sánchez recounts his formative years and how he fell in love with the culinary world. From a summer spent in New Orleans with Paul Prudhomme during his adolescent years, to a short-lived stint in culinary school, to ups and downs in New York City's ever-changing restaurant scene, and ultimately to the dizzying world of food television, Sánchez draws...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SANCHEZ, AARON SANWasson, Sam
Summary: Granted total and unprecedented access to the Academy Award-winning director's archives, the author, drawing on hundreds of interviews with the artist and those who have worked closely with him, chronicles his attempt to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking though his production company American Zoetrope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD WASBaron, Martin
Summary: "A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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Summary: "On May 26, 2006, one month and one day after her father's death, Teresa Irish raised the lid on the Army trunk that had resided in the family home her entire life. There, nestled in row after row, were her dad's nearly 1,000 handwritten letters from World War II. Carefully tucked away and visited only by him over the course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from November, 1942 to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [ATLH Publications] 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 IRISH, AAROL W IRICaron, Leslie.
Summary: From her childhood with her American mother and French father in occupied France to her early success as a young ballerina; to her meeting with Gene Kelly and her years in Hollywood; to her love affairs (including a very funny and very public one with Warren Beatty) and motherhood; to her alcoholosm and depression; and finally her recovery and continuing success in fim and television, Caron...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARON, LESLIE CARSasson, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1995
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 305.42 SASMatsen, Bradford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 917.9504 MATCatton, Bruce
Summary: An analysis of the Civil War focuses on Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and discusses the final defeat of General Robert E. Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 CATAppelfeld, Aron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2004