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By A. J Funstuff, A. J. Funstuff. 2017
This inspiring true story is a funny and informative guide to help you deal with your next mammogram squish. Knowledge…
is power and Boob in a Box can help women with all the "what if" thoughts. Handle stress with humor and you can get through just about anything. 2017. AdultBy Beth Kissileff, Eric S. Lidji. 2020
On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s…
Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The story made national headlines for weeks following the shooting, but Pittsburgh and the local Jewish community could not simply move on when the news cycle did.The essays in this anthology, written by local journalists, academics, rabbis, and other community members, reveal a city’s attempts to cope, make sense of, and come to terms with an unfathomable horror. The essays in this anthology also tell a collective story of a city shaken to its very core, but determined that love will ultimately win. Some strong language. 2020. Adult. Some strong languageBy Kayla Harren, Sophia Gholz, Sophia M Gholz. 2019
The true story of "the forest man of India." Learn how young Jadav started with some bamboo plants and just…
kept growing. Includes tips for growing your own forest. For grades K-3By Eileen R. Meyer, Eileen R Meyer, Dave Szalay. 2019
This playful collection of poems describes the ‘mosts’ of Abraham Lincoln’s life, ranging from Greatest Speech to Best Use of…
an Accessory. Additional information provides context following each poem. Readers are encouraged to consider what their superlatives might be. For grades 3-6By George S LeMieux, George LeMieux, Laura Mize. 2018
By Jonathan Raban. 1999
Raban chronicles his 1990s trip up the Inside Passage from Seattle, Washington, to Juneau, Alaska, in a ketch (the boat's…
main attraction was its built-in bookcases). He had set out to retrace George Vancouver's 1792 route and to meditate on the lure of the sea, but instead his journey became one of personal introspectionBy Mary Matsuda Gruenewald. 2005
By Robert Marshall Utley, Robert M Utley, Utley M Robert, Utley M. Robert. 1997
This vivid and heroic chronicle about the exploration of the American West tells the story of a small but distinctive…
group of mountain men whose knowledge and experience of the Transmississippi West extended the national consciousness to continental dimensions. AdultBy Ira Spring. 1998
Ira Spring, a Pacific Northwest native, spent nearly seven decades spending as much time as possible outdoors, taking pictures, researching…
and illustrating more than 35 hiking guides, and earning a reputation as one of the leading scenic photographers in the world. He describes his worldwide adventures in a casual style that will appeal to teens as well as adultsBy Gregory Gibson. 1999
This sad tale of murder on a college campus in Massachusetts recounts a father's search for meaning in the death…
of his son and every aspect surrounding the event. Contains descriptions of violence. Contains strong languageBy Barbara H Roberts, Barbara H. Roberts. 2019
For decades, starting in the 1950s, Raymond Patriarca ran the New England Mafia out of a storefront in Providence, Rhode…
Island. By 1980 he was seventy-two years old, and suffering from diabetes and heart disease. One night in December of that year his life intersected with that of Dr. Barbara Roberts, a thirty-six-year old single mother of three, who was the first female cardiologist to practice in Rhode Island. Adult. UnratedBy Coleman Hatfield, Coleman C. Hatfield, Robert Y. Spence. 2003
A biography of Devil Anse Hatfield, based on primary source research and the original writings of his grandson Coleman A.…
Hatfield. Discusses the life of Devil Anse Hatfield and the famed 1880's feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families in West Virginia and Kentucky. Strong language and some violence. 2003By Emily Jones, Susan Arrington Madsen, Susan Madsen, Becca Thornton. 2020
The fathers of the prophets are diverse and influential. This book highlights the irreplaceable role of fathers in the lives…
of the chosen servants of the Lord, and in the lives of children the world over. LDS nonfiction. Adult. UnratedBy Leonhard Seppala, Elizabeth M. Ricker. 2010
By Richard E. Turley, Richard E Turley. 2021
This engaging biography takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the life of an extraordinary leader. It is filled…
with stories and photographs detailing his boyhood, his family life, his education and military experiences, and his distinguished academic and law career. LDS nonfiction. Adult. UnratedBy Susan Easton Black. 2020
By Theodora Kroeber. 1961
In 1911, Ishi, the lone survivor of the Yahi people, was found outside of a slaughterhouse in Oroville, California. Starving,…
exhausted, and speaking no English, Ishi had abandoned his tribal home in the foothills in the Sierra Nevada to survive. This is an account of his life – before he was found, and afterward, where he lived out the rest of his life in a museum, under the guardianship of an anthropologistBy Sebastian Haffner, Oliver Pretzel. 2002
When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died in 1999, his family discovered a manuscript. It was a memoir of…
his life between 1907 and 1933 focusing on the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He chronicled day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices. Adult. UnratedBy Eric Dregni. 2008
In Cod We Trust is one Minnesota family's spirited excursion into Scandinavian life. The land of the midnight sun is…
far stranger than they previously thought, and their encounters show that there is much we can learn from its unique and surprising culture. UnratedBy Daniel Lancaster. 2009
John Beargrease (1862-1910), the son of an Anishinabe chief, hauled the mail by dogsled between pioneer communities along Minnesota's tempestuous…
Lake Superior shore line. The annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is named in his honor. Daniel Lancaster follows the legendary Beargrease through the settlement and development of the North Shore on his difficult traverse from traditional Anishinabe life to the modern world. Rich in history, mythology, and local legend, this is an engrossing read for anyone who has ever fallen in love with Lake Superior's wave-washed shores and snowy winters. Unrated