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A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert / by Piper, Karen Lynnea,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and--when she needed summer jobs--herself. Her dad designed the Sidewinder, which was ultimately used catastrophically in Vietnam. When her mom got tired of being a stay-at-home mom, she went to work on the Tomahawk. Once, when a missile nose needed to be taken offsite for final testing, her mother loaded it into the trunk of the family car, and set off down a Los Angeles freeway. Traffic was heavy, and so she stopped off at the mall, leaving the missile in the parking lot. Piper sketches in the belief systems--from Amway's get-rich schemes to propaganda in The Rocketeer to evangelism, along with fears of a Lemurian takeover and Charles Manson--that governed their lives. Her memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters, a story that reaches back to her father's World War II flights with contraband across Europe. Finally, it recounts the crossroads moment in a young woman's life when she finally found a way out of a culture of secrets and fear, and out of the desert."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965-; Piper, Earl Marwin, 1922-2005.; Piper, Mary Dahlstrom.; Naval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.); United States. Office of Strategic Services; Guided missiles; Electronic technicians; Young women; Cold War.;
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Abyss : the Cuban missile crisis 1962 / by Hastings, Max,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and a host of their advisors"--
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.; Cold War.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; International relations; Nuclear crisis control;
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The folly and the glory : America, Russia, and political warfare, 1945-2020 / by Weiner, Tim,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with the help of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most significant threats to democracy in the United States and around the world, and yet the US has not engaged its own political warfare methods in defense, even as our own justice department has concluded unequivocally that Russia influenced the 2016 election. To get to the heart of what's at stake and find potential solutions, Weiner examines long-running twentieth century CIA operations, political machinations by the Soviet KGB around the world, the erosion of American political warfare after the Cold War, and why twenty-first century Russia has returned to the practice while the US has not. Weiner takes us behind closed doors and into the deliberation rooms of past and present Russian and American intelligence operations that directly led to-and help illuminate-the current administration and the future of American democracy"--
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Cold War.; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Presidents; Elections;
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Tales from the cafe : a novel / by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu,1971-author.; Trousselot, Geoffrey,translator.; translation of:Kawaguchi, Toshikazu,1971-Omoide ga kienai uchini.English.;
In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time. With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and revisit moments with family, friends and lovers. Each one must face up to the past to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi's wistful and heartwarming new novel once again invites the reader to ask themselves, "What would you do if you could travel back in time?."
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Coffeehouses; Interpersonal relations; Time travel;
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A scarf for Squirrel / by Shaffer, Jody Jensen.; Rossiter, Clair.;
Squirrel is cold. Help Bear and friends find a scarf for Squirrel. Then find the letter S hidden in each picture in the story.Ages 4-7.Guided reading level: D.Lexile measure: 120L.LSC
Subjects: Bears; Squirrels; Scarves; Friendship;
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Departure 37 : A Novel. by Carson, Scott.;
Moving between two characters and timelines, 'Departure 37' is a thrilling novel in which forgotten Cold War mysteries make a terrifying reappearance.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Horror fiction.; FICTION / Horror; FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The testimony of the hanged man / by Granger, Ann.;
Ben is summoned to hear a condemned man tell his story of witnessing a murder but his superiors order him to ignore the tale, so Lizzie heads out of town to investigate the cold case while Ben looks into the suspected abduction of a wife and child.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Regency fiction.; Historical fiction.; Martin, Lizzie (Fictitious character); Ross, Ben (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Kidnapping; Witnesses; Police; Spouses; Wives;
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Pokémon. [videorecording] / by Lillis, Rachael,voice actor.; Stuart, Eric,voice actor.; Taylor, Veronica,1965-voice actor.; VIZ Media,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart.Snow is falling, and a chill is in the air, which means only one thing more exciting adventures, battles to win, and Pokémon to meet! When Ash and Pikachu get separated from Misty and Brock during a snowstorm, they work together with Ash's Pokémon to stay warm. Then, our heroes encounter the powerful Legendary Pokémon Articuno, and Ash takes on a series of icy challenges to earn new Gym badges in the Orange Islands and Johto. Finally, when a mischievous Snorunt makes off with something very important to Ash, an unexpected friendship starts to take shape!Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Pikachu (Fictitious character); Heroes; Pokémon (Fictitious characters);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fatal deception / by Force, Marie.;
Subjects: Love stories.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Cappuano, Nick (Fictitious character); Holland, Sam (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Missing persons; Government investigators; Murder; Police; Romantic suspense fiction.;
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Elephant journey : the true story of three zoo elephants and their rescue from captivity / by Laidlaw, Rob.; Deines, Brian.;
The true story of how three elephants went from the cold enclosures at the Toronto Zoo to a warm open space sanctuary in California.LSC
Subjects: Captive elephants; Wildlife rescue; Animal sanctuaries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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