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Helen Keller / by Garrett, Leslie,1964-; Myers, Matt(Children's author);
Introduces the life of American author and activist Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a college degree.
Subjects: Biographies.; Readers (Publications); Keller, Helen, 1880-1968; Deafblind people; Human rights workers; Women authors, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Dear Martin / by Stone, Nic.;
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.LSC
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Race relations; Racism; Racial profiling in law enforcement; Police brutality; African Americans; Letters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bobby Kennedy [sound recording] : a raging spirit / by Matthews, Christopher,1945-author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators; Cabinet officers;
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Did ye hear mammy died? : a memoir / by O'Reilly, Séamus,author.;
"After the untimely death of his mother, five-year old Seamas and his ten (TEN!) siblings were left to the care of their loving but understandably beleaguered father. In this thoroughly delightful memoir, we follow Seamas and the rest of his rowdy clan as they learn to cook, clean, do the laundry, and struggle (often hilariously) to keep the household running smoothly and turn into adults in the absence of the woman who had held them together. Along the way, we see Seamas through various adventures: There's the time the family's windows were blown out by an IRA bomb; the time a priest blessed their thirteen-seater caravan before they took off for a holiday on which they narrowly escaped death; the time Seamas worked as a guide in a leprechaun museum during the recession; and of course, the time he inadvertently found himself on ketamine while serving drinks to the President of Ireland"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; O'Reilly, Séamus; Families; Journalists;
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The duel : Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada / by Ibbitson, John,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North. He established Canada as a leader in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took the first steps in making Canada a leader in the fight against nuclear proliferation. And Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights laid the groundwork for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He set in motion many of the achievements credited to his successor, Lester B. Pearson. Pearson, in turn, gave coherence to Diefenbaker's piecemeal reforms. He also pushed Parliament to adopt a new, and now much-loved, Canadian flag against Diefenbaker's fierce opposition. Pearson understood that if Canada were to be taken seriously as a nation, it must develop a stronger sense of self. Pearson was superbly prepared for the role of prime minister: decades of experience at External Affairs, respected by leaders from Washington to Delhi to Beijing, the only Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Diefenbaker was the better politician, though. If Pearson walked with ease in the halls of power, Diefenbaker connected with the farmers and small-town merchants and others left outside the inner circles. Diefenbaker was one of the great orators of Canadian political life; Pearson spoke with a slight lisp. Diefenbaker was the first to get his name in the papers, as a crusading attorney: Diefenbaker for the Defence, champion of the little man. But he struggled as a politician, losing five elections before making it into the House of Commons, and becoming as estranged from the party elites as he was from the Liberals, until his ascension to the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1956 through a freakish political accident. As a young university professor, Pearson caught the attention of the powerful men who were shaping Canada's first true department of foreign affairs, rising to prominence as the helpful fixer, the man both sides trusted, the embodiment of a new country that had earned its place through war in the counsels of the great powers: ambassador, undersecretary, minister, peacemaker. Everyone knew he was destined to be prime minister. But in 1957, destiny took a detour. Then they faced each other, Diefenbaker v Pearson, across the House of Commons, leaders of their parties, each determined to wrest and hold power, in a decade-long contest that would shake and shape the country. Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979.; Pearson, Lester B.; Prime ministers;
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When the moon turns to blood : Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a story of murder, wild faith, and end times / by Sottile, Leah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious deaths surrounding former beauty queen Lori Vallow and her husband, grave digger turned doomsday novelist, Chad Daybell. When police in Rexburg, Idaho perform a wellness check on seven J.J. Vallow and his sister, sixteen-year-old Tylee Ryan, both children are nowhere to be found. Their mother, Lori Vallow, gives a phony explanation, and when officers return the following day with a search warrant, she, too, is gone. As the police begin to close in, a larger web of mystery, murder, fanaticism and deceit begins to unravel. Vallow's case is sinuously complex. As investigators prod further, they find the accused Black Widow has an unusual number of bodies piling up around her. WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD tells a gripping story of extreme beliefs, snake oil prophets, and explores the question: if it feels like the world is ending, how are people supposed to act?
Subjects: Biographies.; True crime stories.; Personal narratives.; Daybell, Chad, 1968-; Ryan, Tylee; Vallow, J. J.; Vallow, Lori, 1973-; Filicide; Murder; Murder;
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Into the wild / by Krakauer, Jon.;
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Subjects: McCandless, Christopher Johnson, 1968-1992.; Adventure and adventurers; Wayfaring life; Wayfaring life; Hitchhiking; Hitchhiking;
© c1996., Villard,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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USS Indianapolis [videorecording] : the final chapter / by Bernanke, Jaime,screenwriter.; Chandler, Kyle,narrator.; MacGillis, Alec,host.; Rauscher, Jed,film producer.; Wolfinger, Kirk,television director.; Wolfinger, Lisa,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Alec MacGillis, host ; Kyle Chandler, narrator.Originally broadcast on television in 2018.In July 1945, a Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis. Indianapolis' final resting place remains a mystery for more than seven decades, until an expedition launched by philanthropist Paul G. Allen discovers the ship in August 2017. Now the story of USS Indianapolis is told as PBS reconstructs the ship's heroic legacy, its dramatic final moments, and the discovery of the wreck site.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; War television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968.; United States. Navy; Indianapolis (Cruiser); Shipwrecks; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Martin Luther King Jr. / by Bull, Angela,1936-; Myers, Matt(Children's author);
"Offers a sensitive account of the life and legacy of the celebrated Black lawyer and civil rights campaigner"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Readers (Publications); King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans; Civil rights workers; Civil rights movements;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Martin Luther King Jr : the life of a civil rights leader / by Jeffrey, Gary.; Forsey, Christopher,ill.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Civil rights workers; African Americans; African Americans;
© 2006., Rosen Central,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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