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Abolitionists United States Biography African American abolitionists Biography Buechner, Frederick 1926- Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Forsyth, Frederick 1938- Novelists, American 20th century Biography Race awareness Racism Slaves United States Biography United States Race relationsMayröcker, Friederike
Summary: Friederike Mayröcker met Ernst Jandl in 1954, through the experimental Vienna Group of German writers and artists. It was an encounter that would alter the course of their lives. Jandl's death in 2000 ended a partnership of nearly half a century. As writers have for millennia, Mayröcker turned to her art to come to terms with the loss. Taking its cue from the André Breton's work of the same...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Public Space Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYROCKER, FRIEDERIKE MAYTiemann, Ernest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1972
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 MEYER MeyerHalbert, Frederic
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.2 HALBaraga, Frederic
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARAGA, FREDERIC BAROhringer, Frederic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merritt Pub. Co. 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.2 OHRKerbel, Deborah
Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.4 KERBackman, Fredrik
Summary: "Things My Son Needs to Know About the World collects the personal dispatches from the front lines of one of the most daunting experiences any man can experience: fatherhood. As he conveys his profound awe at experiencing all the "firsts" that fill him with wonder and catch him completely unprepared, Fredrik Backman doesn't shy away from revealing his own false steps and fatherly flaws,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay BackmanLogevall, Fredrik
Summary: "By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War era. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had ascended the ranks of Boston's labyrinthine political machine, Kennedy was bred for government,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. LOGSjöberg, Fredrik
Summary: A mesmerizing memoir of extraordinary brilliance by an entomologist, The Fly Trap chronicles Fredrik Sjöberg’s life collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden. Warm and humorous, self-deprecating and contemplative, and a major best seller in its native country, The Fly Trap is a meditation on the unexpected beauty of small things and an exploration of the history of entomology itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.7 SJOHill, Frederic B.
Summary: "The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in nineteenth-century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world include surviving a harrowing shipwreckin the Marshall Islands, being washed overboard rounding Cape Horn, and running down Alaskan glaciers. His faithful letters to his family in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, WILL HILBuechner, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 285.13 BUEBusch, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 BUSDouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 DouFrederick, Shane.
Summary: "Introduces readers to the most dynamic pro hockey stars of today and yesterday, including notable statistics and records"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.96 FREVoss, Frederick.
Summary: "An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 18-October 3, 1999"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, in association with Yale University Press 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 813.52 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST VOSBuechner, Frederick
Contents: Introduction -- Our last drive together -- Johnny -- Presidents I have known -- Wunderjahr -- Fathers and teachers -- Bulletin board -- The laughter barrel -- The five sisters -- Gertrude Conover remembers -- Dickens' Christmas carol -- Family poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BUEForsyth, Frederick
Summary: "From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever--his own"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORSYTH, FREDERICK FORBuechner, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 285.1 BuechDouglass, Frederick
Summary: The story of Frederick Douglass is passionate, harrowing, and inspiring. As a former slave, impassioned abolitionist, gifted writer, newspaper editor, and powerful orator, Douglass was an immense, motivational figure. His early life, filled with physical abuse, deprivation, and tragedy, adds up to a heart-wrenching history. However, he was able to overcome everything that bound a slave to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK DOUDouglass, Frederick
Summary: Presents the autobiography of the famous abolitionist and statesman who escaped to the north after twenty-one years of enslavement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK DOUJoseph, Frederick
Summary: Frederick Joseph call up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Each chapter features the voice of at least one artist or activist, including Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Jemele Hill, sports journalist and podcast host; and eleven others. Touching on everything from cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 JOS1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 JOS
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 JOSStonehouse, Frederick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 920.72 STODouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8092 DOUDouglass, Frederick
Summary: Douglass's autobiography traces his birth into slavery, his escape to the North and the beginnings of the career that was to make him the preeminent spokesman for his people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009