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African American civil rights workers Authors, American 19th century Biography Board books Indians of North America Civil rights Indians of North America Ethnic identity Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Natural history Massachusetts Walden Woods Solitude Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862 Homes and haunts Massachusetts Walden Woods Wilderness areas Massachusetts Walden WoodsSpectre, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 SPEWaterman, Jonathan
Summary: "This breathtaking book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Summary: The co-author relates how he was held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s and suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HALL, RON HALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem HallSummary: In 1940, the merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive "The long voyage home."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LONWright, John
Summary: This is the 2020 revised, edited & updated edition of our 3-time Best Selling Great Loop author, Capt. John. "The Looper's Companion Guide" is a huge 8.5 x 11 x 300-pages with full-color Maps & photo's. It is now the Best Selling Great Loop Guide Book on the market. Just read the reviews! Even previous Loopers are raving about this guide! This is the ultimate Great Loop planning & cruising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Publishing LLC 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 WRIStuart, Scott
Summary: Inspired by the author's own little boy, 'Shadow's' main character likes princesses, fairies and things 'not for boys'... he soon learns (through the support of his dad) that everyone has a shadow that they sometimes feel they need to hide. This is an important book for a new generation of children (and adults alike) which exemplifies the concepts of unconditional love, respect and positive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUCalloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon)
Summary: " ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.2 CALHall, Ron
Summary: The authors of "Same Kind of Different as Me" offer new reflections and stories of hope and healing, covering such topics as faith, friendship, community outreach, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8325 HALHall, Ron
Summary: This remarkable story shows what can happen when we choose to help. Kids will discover that we can all make a difference—no matter how big or small we are and no matter how big or small the task. Based on the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different As Me, which sold more than a million copies worldwide and inspired the major motion picture, this book tells the true story of Denver...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tommy Nelson 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MOOBoast, Will.
Summary: "Will Boast thought he'd lost his family, until a deeply held secret revealed a second chance he never thought he'd have. Having already lost his mother and only brother, twenty-four-year-old Boast ... finds himself absolutely alone when his father dies of alcoholism. Numbly settling the matters of his father's estate, Boast is deep inside his grief when he stumbles upon documents revealing a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOAST, WILL BOASummary: Get up close to the wildlife, see the many natural wonders of Cape Town, drive along the beautiful coastline, and visit the village of Franschhoek, in the heart of wine country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.804 BESThoreau, Henry David
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Empire Books] 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil ThoreauWoods, Stuart
Summary: "Over the last forty years, Stuart Woods has written more than ninety novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots are masterfully conceived and wonderfully escapist. What many readers don't know is that Woods's very own life was filled with similar stories of adventure. Born in Georgia, Woods worked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, STUART WOOGannon, Michael
Summary: Examines U-boat technology and warfare and describes the adventures of U-123 in American waters during WW2.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 GANThoreau, Henry David
Summary: An unabridged republication of nineteenth-century essayist Henry David Thoreau's reflections on the natural world, written during a two year period when he lived alone in a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 THOPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: "What do you know about the sinking of the Titanic? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 PATSibley, David
Summary: "Covering North American species east of the Rocky Mountains, [offering] a wealth of improvements and updates"--Front flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Historic moments from Mandela's inspiring life are captured in more than one hundred iconic photos from the mid-1940s through August 2009. Six key Mandela speeches are included, as well as an informative text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 968.06 MANDELA, NELSON BATCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATMcCrary, Crystal.
Summary: Shares the personal success stories of thirty black women in entertainment, business, politics, and the sciences, including Iman, Venus Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Michelle Obama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2012
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: OVS 920.72 MCCGray, W. M. (William Melville)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.8 GRAMcDonnell, Greg
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 386.22 MCDLammert, Andrea.
Summary: Skirting the California coastline, the legendary Highway 1 starts at San Diego and ends at the Canadian border. Highway 1 California the book presents the California portion in stunning color, a testament to why it receives the most domestic visitors of all the states, and is consistently one of the top three states visited by international travelers. Highway 1 California divides the road into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2017
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Summary: "Meet Martin Luther King Jr., the celebrated civil rights leader. With this simple book, little learners will discover who Martin was--how he excelled in school, became a minister, and worked to end segregation in America."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids 2021