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Flavell, Julie. When London was capital of America New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010. Call Number: 305.8130421 Owned by: MAIN Summary: Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Americans England London History 18th century.London (England) Intellectual life 18th century. Date added: Aug 30
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969- Nomad : from Islam to America : a personal journey through the clash of civilizations 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2010. Call Number: 305.89354 H617N 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. She calls on key institutions of the West--including universities, the feminist movement, and the Christian churches--to enact specific, innovative remedies that would help other Muslim immigrants to overcome the challenges she has experienced and to resist the fatal allure of fundamentalism and terrorism. Somalis United States Biography. Date added: Aug 25
Kilmer-Purcell, Josh, 1969- The bucolic plague : how two Manhattanites became gentlemen farmers : an unconventional memoir 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Call Number: 306.778092 K558B 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: "Michael Perry meets David Sedaris in this follow-up to Josh Kilmer-Purcell's beloved and bestselling debut memoir, I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS--another riotous, moving, and entirely unique story of his attempt to tackle the next phase of life with his partner on a goat farm in upstate New York"--Provided by publisher. Female impersonators New York (State) Biography. Date added: Aug 03
Cohen-Solal, Annie, 1948- Leo and his circle : the life of Leo Castelli 1st American ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Call Number: 709.2 C2769C 2010 Owned by: MAIN Art dealers United States Biography. Date added: Aug 11
Adler, Steven, 1965- My appetite for destruction : sex & drugs & Guns n' Roses 1st ed. New York : It Books, c2010. Call Number: 784.092 AD599M 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL WHEELOCK Summary: After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a stroke, the most self-destructive rock star ever is ready to share the untold truth. Along with four uniquely talented--but very complicated and demanding--musicians, Steven Adler helped form Guns N' Roses, primal rockers who obliterated glam rock to resurrect rock's truer blues roots. They were relentless, onstage and off, taking "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" to obscene levels of reckless abandon. By the late 1980s, GNR was the biggest rock band in the world, but at a price. For Adler, it was his health and his sanity. After Axl Rose kicked him out of GNR in front of an MTV audience, Adler spent most of the next twenty years in a drug-fueled hell, but he finally beat it. With his newfound clarity comes a fierce determination to tell all.--From publisher description. Rock musicians Biography. Date added: Aug 09
Mustaine, Dave. Mustaine : a heavy metal memoir 1st ed. New York : It Books, c2010. Call Number: 784.092 M978M 2010 Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH Rock musicians United States Biography. Date added: Aug 14
Oreck, Sharon. Video slut : how I shoved Madonna off an Olympic high dive, got Prince into a pair of tiny purple woolen underpants, ran away from Michael Jackson's dad, and got a waterfall to flow backward so I could bring rock videos to the masses 1st ed. New York : Faber and Faber, 2010. Call Number: 791.430232 OR312V 2010 Owned by: MAIN KING MOORE MOTTET SWASEY Summary: "Takes an irreverent look behind the scenes of the music video industry during its eighties heyday. Oreck, one of the top producers of all time, bluffed her way into the business with no experience whatsoever and went on to produce more than six hundred video shoots . . . . Also shares the at-turns hilarious, biting, and poignant story of her origins as a single teen mother disowned by her middle-class parents, and of her journey from welfare to kung fu movie sets to film school." -- cover, p. [4]. Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography. Date added: Aug 24
Morton, Andrew, 1953- Angelina : an unauthorized biography 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010. Call Number: 791.43028 J681MO 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: At first glance, Angelina Jolie might seem to be someone without any secrets, talking openly about her love life, drug use, etc. Yet mysteries remain: What went on in her brief, impulsive marriages to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, and what is going on with Brad Pitt? What's behind the feud with her father, actor Jon Voight? What drove her to become a mother of six children in six years? And how did this talented but troubled young actress, barely 35 years old, become the "most powerful celebrity in the world" (unseating Oprah Winfrey) on Forbes' 2009 Celebrity 100 list, working with victims of poverty and disaster? Andrew Morton draws upon original interviews and research to show us what shaped her as a child, as an actress, and as a woman struggling to overcome personal demons never before revealed.--From publisher description. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Date added: Aug 17
Raymer, Beth. Lay the favorite : a memoir of gambling 1st ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2010. Call Number: 795.092 R2139L 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL MOORE Summary: "An eye-popping and hilarious joyride through the underworld of sports betting. Beth Raymer arrived in Las Vegas in 2001, hoping to land a job as a cocktail waitress at one of the big casinos. In the meantime, she lived in a $17-a-night motel with her dog, Otis, and waited tables at a low-rent Thai restaurant. One day, one of her regular customers told her about a job she thought Beth would be perfect for and sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc. Dink was a professional sports gambler--one of the biggest in Vegas. He was looking for a right-hand man--someone who would show up on time, who had a head for numbers, and who didn't steal. She got the job. Lay the Favorite is the story of Beth Raymer's years in the high-stakes, high-anxiety world of sports betting--a period that saw the fall of the local bookie and the rise of the freewheeling, unregulated offshore sports book, and with it the elevation of sports betting in popular culture. As the business explodes, Beth rises--from assistant to expert, trust Gamblers Nevada Biography. Date added: Aug 23
Bowden, Bobby. Called to coach Nashville, Tenn. : Howard Books, 2010. Call Number: 796.332092 Owned by: MAIN Football coaches United States Biography. Date added: Aug 30
Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- Richard Wright : from Black boy to world citizen Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2010. Call Number: 813.52 W9355W 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: Born into poverty, Richard Wright managed to complete only an eighth-grade education. Yet by the age of 33, he was the best-selling author of what would become an American classic, Native Son. Before dying prematurely at the age of fifty-two, he published nearly a dozen books and left behind hundreds of unpublished manuscript pages. This biography traces Wright's life, while he attempted to answer the question, "How can I live freely?" Authors, American 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 25
Grimes, Tom, 1954- Mentor : a memoir 1st U.S. ed. Portland, Ore. : Tin House Books, 2010. Call Number: 813.54 G8824M 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: A chance encounter between two writers, one young, one older, develops into a wonderful friendship neither expected. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 10
Patterson, William H., 1951- Robert A. Heinlein : in dialogue with his century 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2010- Call Number: 813.54 H3647P Owned by: MAIN Summary: Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) is widely considered the greatest American science fiction writer of the 20th century. A famous and bestselling author in later life, he started as a navy man and graduate of Annapolis who was forced to retire because of tuberculosis. A left-wing politician in the 1930s, he became one of the sources of Libertarian politics in the USA in his later years. His most famous works include the Future History series (stories and novels collected in The Past Through Tomorrow and continued in later novels), Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Given his desire for privacy in the later decades of his life, he was both stranger and more interesting than one could ever have known. This first of two volumes covers Heinlein's life up to the midlife crisis that changed him forever.--From publisher description. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 27
Monroe, Debra. On the outskirts of normal : forging a family against the grain 1st ed. Dallas, Tex. : Southern Methodist University Press, 2010. Call Number: 813.54 M7575O 2010 Owned by: MAIN Authors, American 20th century Family relationships. Date added: Aug 25
Yang, Belle. Forget sorrow : an ancestral tale 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c2010. Call Number: 813.54 Y161F 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: "When Belle Yang was forced to take refuge in her parents' home after an abusive boyfriend began stalking her, her father entertained her with stories of old China. The history she'd ignored while growing up became a source of comfort and inspiration, and narrowed the gap separating her--an independent, Chinese-American woman--from her Old World Chinese parents. In Forget Sorrow, Yang makes her debut into the graphic form with the story of her father's family, reunited under the House of Yang in Manchuria during the Second World War and struggling--both together and individually--to weather poverty, famine, and, later, Communist oppression. The parallels between Belle Yang's journey of self-discovery and the lives and choices of her grandfather, his brothers, and their father (the Patriarch) speak powerfully of the conflicts between generations--and of possibilities for reconciliation" -- from publisher's web site. Chinese American authors Biography. Date added: Aug 04
Moffat, Wendy, 1955- A great unrecorded history : a new life of E.M. Forster 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Call Number: 823.912 F774M 2010 Owned by: MAIN Authors, English 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 04
Hastings, Selina. The secret lives of Somerset Maugham : a biography 1st U.S. ed. New York : Random House, c2010. Call Number: 823.912 M442H 2010 Owned by: MAIN Authors, English 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 04
Carey, John, 1934- William Golding : the man who wrote Lord of the flies: a life 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2010, c2009. Call Number: 823.914 G5692C 2009 Owned by: MAIN Summary: In 1953, William Golding was a provincial schoolteacher, rejected by every major publisher--until an editor pulled Lord of the Flies off the rejection pile. He went on to become one of the most popular and influential British authors since World War II--disheveled and darkly humorous, sometimes more disturbing than he is palatable, and above all fascinating. Yet despite the fame and acclaim, the renowned author saw himself as a monster--a reclusive depressive ruled by his fears, who battled alcoholism throughout his life. In addition to being a schoolteacher, Golding was a scientist, a sailor and a poet before becoming a bestselling author, and his embitterment and alienation, his family, the women in his past, along with his war experiences, inform his work. This is the first book to unpack the life and character of a man whose entire oeuvre dealt with the conflict between light and dark in the human soul.--From publisher description. Novelists, English 20th century Biography. Date added: Aug 25
Shukert, Rachel. Everything is going to be great : an underfunded and overexposed European grand tour New York : Harper Perennial , c2010. Call Number: 914.0455 SH922E 2010 Owned by: MAIN WHEELOCK Authors, American 21st century Biography.Europe Description and travel. Date added: Aug 25
Stephenson, Paul. Constantine : Roman emperor, Christian victor 1st ed. New York : Overlook Press, 2010, c2009. Call Number: 937.08092 C7661S 2009 Owned by: MAIN Summary: Surveys the life and legacy of the first Christian Roman emperor, describing the vision that inspired his religious conversion and subsequent conquest of the imperial capital, his founding of Constantinople, and his role in promoting a unified Christian Europe. Emperors Rome Biography.Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337. Date added: Aug 10
Sears, David, 1947- Such men as these : the story of the Navy pilots who flew the deadly skies over Korea Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, c2010. Call Number: 951.904245 SE175S 2010 Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE SWASEY Korean War, 1950-1953 Aerial operations, American. Date added: Aug 04
When Janey comes marching home : portraits of women combat veterans Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010. Call Number: 956.704434 Owned by: MAIN Summary: Forty-eight women who have served in combat zones in the Iraq and the Afghanistan wars discuss their experiences with loss, injuries, difficult choices, and sacrifice, in a text that includes photographic portraits of each woman. Women veterans United States Biography.United States Armed Forces Women Biography. Date added: Aug 30
Connelly, Karen, 1969- Burmese lessons : a true love story 1st U.S. ed. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009. Call Number: 959.1053092 C76272B 2009 Owned by: KOBETICH WHEELOCK Guerrillas Burma Biography.Burma Description and travel. Date added: Aug 11
Henderson, Bruce B., 1946- Hero found : the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2010. Call Number: 959.70437 D414H 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY SWANCREEK WHEELOCK Summary: Tells the true story of Navy pilot Dieter Dengler who led and organized an escape from a P.O.W. camp in the Laotian jungle and returned to his aircraft carrier, emaciated and ill, six months after being shot down. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Prisoners and prisons, Laotian. Date added: Aug 25
Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968- Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt New York : Basic Books, c2010. Call Number: 974.71041 K827H 2010 Owned by: MAIN Summary: The 1896 New York heat wave that killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to mitigate the dangerously high temperatures. Heat waves (Meteorology) New York (State) New York History 19th century.New York (N.Y.) History 1865-1898. Date added: Aug 17
Shirley, Gayle Corbett. More than petticoats. Remarkable Oregon women 2nd ed. Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c2010. Call Number: 979.5043 SH66M 2010 Owned by: MAIN Women Oregon Biography.Oregon Biography. Date added: Aug 24
Bush, Laura Welch, 1946- Spoken from the heart [compact disc] Abridged ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2010. Call Number: CDB 973.931092 B9635S 2010 Owned by: SWASEY Summary: Laura Bush recounts her life from her childhood in Midland, Texas, to becoming a teacher, a librarian, a mother and First Lady of the United States. Presidents' spouses United States Biography.United States Politics and government 2001-2009. Date added: Aug 11
Kelley, Kitty. Oprah [electronic resource] : a biography New York : Books on Tape, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Based on three years of research and reporting as well as 850 interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication, Oprah is the first comprehensive biography of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated and newly informed by the closely observed, detailed, and well-rounded portrait of her provided by Kitty Kelley's exhaustively researched book. Readers will come away with a greater appreciation of who Oprah really is beyond her public persona and a fuller understanding of her important place in American cultural history.--From publisher description. Television personalities United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Schuyler, Nick. Not without hope [electronic resource] New York : HarperCollins Publishers Inc., c2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: What began as a relaxing fishing party became a harrowing tale of death and survival against unfathomable odds. On Saturday, February 28, 2009, 24-year-old personal trainer Nick Schuyler and three football friends--Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, 26, Lions defensive end Corey Smith, 29, and Will Bleakley, 25, a teammate from the University of South Florida--sailed away from Tampa Bay for a day in the Gulf of Mexico. But 35 miles off the Florida coast, their 21-foot boat flipped, hurling the four athletes into the rough water. For more than 12 hours, they gripped the boat as the temperature dropped and the waves climbed. Then, to Schuyler's horror, one by one, his friends succumbed to hypothermia. Found 45 hours later, Schuyler too suffered severe hypothermia, injuries, and the guilt of being the only man to survive.--From publisher description. Football players United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Moore, Wes, 1978- The other Wes Moore [electronic resource] : one name, two fates [Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a year of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation. Youth Conduct of life.Baltimore (Md.) Social conditions 20th century. Date added: Aug 20
Burnett, Carol. This time together [electronic resource] : laughter and reflection [Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; her television show that won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run; and the sorrows that she overcame with her irresistible humor. Entertainers United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Olds, Robin, 1922-2007. Fighter pilot [electronic resource] : the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds Ashland : Blackstone Audio, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: "Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22 and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds (who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007) was a unique individual whose personal story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year"--Publisher's description. Fighter pilots United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Remnick, David. The bridge [electronic resource] : the life and rise of Barack Obama [Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable AudioBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: No story has been more central to America's history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama's life or explores the ambition behind his rise. Those familiar with Obama's own best-selling memoir or his campaign speeches know the touchstones and details that he chooses to emphasize, but now--from a writer whose gift for illuminating the historical significance of unfolding events is without peer--we have a portrait, at once masterly and fresh, nuanced and unexpected, of a young man in search of himself, and of a rising politician determined to become the first African-American president. Presidents United States Biography.United States Politics and government 2001-2009. Date added: Aug 20
Schuyler, Nick. Not without hope [electronic resource] New York : William Morrow, c2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Football players United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- Committed [electronic resource] : a skeptic makes peace with marriage New York : Viking, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Picking up where her bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" left off, Gilbert details the extraordinary circumstances that surround her love with Felipe, the man she swore never to marry. Divorced women United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Rosenblatt, Roger. Making toast [electronic resource] : a family story New York : Ecco ; c2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: When his daughter, Amy, collapses and dies from an asymptomatic heart condition, Rosenblatt and his wife leave their home on Long Island to move in with their son-in-law and their three young grandchildren. He peels back the layers on this most personal of losses to create a testament to familial love. Adult children Death Psychological aspects. Date added: Aug 20
Smith, Patti. Just kids [electronic resource] : from Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel: a life of art and friendship. New York: Harpercollins 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: In this tough, tender memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith transports readers to what seemed like halcyon days for art and artists in New York as she shares tales of the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplthorpe--the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius. Women rock musicians United States Biography.New York (N.Y.) Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [electronic resource] New York : Crown Publishers, c2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description. Cancer Patients Virginia Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Schilling, Shonda. The best kind of different [electronic resource] : our family's journey with Asperger's Syndrome New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: In "The Best Kind of Different", Shonda details every step in her family's journey through Asperger's, offering an intimate and candid portrait of this condition from a parent's point of view and offering insight and helpful advice for parents. Asperger's syndrome Patients United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Hotchner, A. E. Paul and Me [electronic resource] : fifty-three years of adventures and misadventures with my pal Paul Newman New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Bestselling author A. E. Hotchner's intimate account of his 52-year friendship with his pal Paul Newman. Hotchner first met Newman in 1956 when the then relatively unknown actor assumed the lead role in Hotchner's first television play, based on a Hemingway story. The project elevated both men from relative obscurity to recognition, and began a close and trusting friendship that lasted until Newman's death in 2008. Here, Hotchner presents a complicated, unpredictable, fun-loving, talented man, and takes the reader along on their adventures. The pair traveled extensively, skippered a succession of bizarre boats, confounded the business world, scored triumphs on the stage, and sustained their friendship through good times and bad. Most notably, they started Newman's Own as a prank and watched it morph into a major enterprise that has given its $260 million in profit to charities worldwide. --From publisher description. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Date added: Aug 20
Saberi, Roxana. Between two worlds [electronic resource] : my life and captivity in Iran New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: "A chronicle of the Iranian-American journalist's imprisonment, as well as a look at Iran and its political tensions"--Provided by publisher. Women journalists United States Biography.Iran Politics and government 1997- Date added: Aug 20
Halpern, Justin, 1980- Sh*t my dad says [electronic resource] New York, N. Y. : It Books, 2010. Call Number: Downloadable eBook Owned by: MAIN Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name. Fathers and sons Humor. Date added: Aug 20
Art & copy [DVD] Widescreen ed. [United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010. Call Number: DVDN 659.10973 AR752A 2010 Owned by: MAIN WHEELOCK Summary: A powerful film about advertising and inspiration. It reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time, people who've profoundly impacted our culture. Their work grabbed the attention of millions and truly moved them. The social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion. Advertising United States History. Date added: Aug 10
Moix, Yann. Cinquante ans dans la peau de Michael Jackson Paris : Grasset, c2009. Call Number: FR 782.421 J136M 2009 Owned by: MAIN Rock musicians United States Biography. Date added: Aug 09
Uschan, Michael V., 1948- Joe Biden Detroit : Lucent Books, c2010. Call Number: JB B474U 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA SWASEY SWANCREEK WHEELOCK Vice presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 14
Yaccarino, Dan. The fantastic undersea life of Jacques Cousteau 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Call Number: JB C8369Y 2009 Owned by: MAIN MOORE SWASEY WHEELOCK Summary: This exciting picture book biography introduces young readers to Jacques Cousteau, the world's ambassador of the oceans. Oceanographers France Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 04
Adler, David A. Frederick Douglass : a noble life 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2010. Call Number: JB D7475A 2010 Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE MOTTET SWANCREEK Summary: When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery. Abolitionists United States Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 14
Collard, Sneed B. Lady Bird Johnson : keeping America green New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010. Call Number: JB J6341C 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL WHEELOCK Summary: "A juvenile biography of Lady Bird Johnson, conservationist, and First Lady"--Provided by publisher. Presidents' spouses United States Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 14
Collard, Sneed B. Sitting Bull : "Tatanka-Iyotake" New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010. Call Number: JB SI88C 2009 Owned by: KING MOORE Summary: "A juvenile biography of the famous Lakota chief who defeated General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn"--Provided by publisher. Dakota Indians Kings and rulers Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 14
Salazar, Maria Elvira. Si Dios contigo, quien contra ti? 1. ed. Mexico D.F. : Grijalbo, 2010. Call Number: SP 070.92 SA317S 2010 Owned by: MAIN S_TACOMA WHEELOCK Summary: "...Maria Elvira Salazar vivio una de las peores crisis que uno pueda imaginar en medio de un historia de intriga, dinero, poder y envidia que involucro a la tristemente celebre conductora Laura Bozzo, que se presentaba en television internacional como una defensora de los pobres y los desvalidos, mientras que en la vida real era una mujer prepotente...Fue asi como la periodista Maria Elvira Salazar vio de pronto su carrera irse a pique. No obstante, la presencia de Dios en su vida siempre le ayudo a tener fuerzas para seguir adelante, vencer obstaculos, comenzar de nuevo, limpiar su nombre, aclarar los malos entendidos y llegar a convertirse en una de las periodistas mas importantes en el ambito international..."--Cover, P.[4]. Periodistas Biografia. Date added: Aug 09
Brooks, Philip, 1963- Hannibal : Rome's worst nightmare New York : Franklin Watts, 2009. Call Number: Y 937.04092 H196B 2009 Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA Summary: Describes the life of Hannibal, the young general from Carthage who challenged the Roman empire with a powerful army in the second Punic War. Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. Juvenile literature.Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C. Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Wilhelm, Doug. Alexander the Great : master of the ancient world New York : Franklin Watts, c2010. Call Number: Y 938.07092 AL261W 2010 Owned by: FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE Summary: An engaging narrative about Alexander the Great who became king of Macedonia at age 20; commanded the best-trained fighting force in the ancient world; and carved a 12,000 mile-path across Asia, defeating princes, satraps, and kings to become a legend in his own time. Generals Greece Biography Juvenile literature.Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Kor, Eva Mozes. Surviving the angel of death : the story of a Mengele twin in Auschwitz Terre Haute, IN : Tanglewood Pub., 2009. Call Number: Y 940.5318092 K84S 2009 Owned by: MAIN SWASEY SWANCREEK Summary: Among Holocaust survivor stories, Eva Kor's experience as a 10-year-old guinea pig of Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz is exceptional. It is the story of a child facing extraordinary evil and cruelty. Eva Kor has been the subject of a documentary,"Forgiving Dr. Mengele," and other media coverage. Jews Persecutions Hungary Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Price, Sean. Henry VIII : royal beheader New York : Franklin Watts, 2009. Call Number: Y 942.052092 H3961P 2009 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL WHEELOCK Summary: Describes the life of Henry VIII, from his childhood and ascension to the throne to his infamous multiple marriages and conflicts with the Catholic church. Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547. Date added: Aug 16
Price, Sean. Adolf Hitler New York : Franklin Watts, c2010. Call Number: Y 943.086092 H638P 2010 Owned by: MOORE S_TACOMA SWASEY Summary: Describes Adolph Hitler's rise to power, his destruction of democracy in Germany, and the cold-blooded murder of more than eleven million people, including six million Jews. Heads of state Germany Biography Juvenile literature.Germany History 1933-1945 Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Heuston, Kimberley. Napoleon : emperor and conqueror New York : Franklin Watts, c2010. Call Number: Y 944.05092 N1626H 2010 Owned by: KING MOORE S_TACOMA Summary: An engaging biography of Napoleon Bonaparte--one of the most brilliant and reckless generals in history--who declared himself emperor of France in 1804, conquered lands from Portugal to Poland, made kings and queens of his family members, and nearly brought all of Europe to its knees. Emperors France Biography Juvenile literature.France History 1789-1815 Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Heuston, Kimberley Burton, 1960- Mao Zedong New York : Franklin Watts, c2010. Call Number: Y 951.05092 M3205H 2010 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KOBETICH MOORE Heads of state China Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Cooper, Michael L., 1950- Theodore Roosevelt : a twentieth-century life New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009. Call Number: Y 973.911092 R677C 2009 Owned by: MAIN MOORE Summary: A biography of the president includes his interest in conservation, his presidency, his winning of the Nobel Prize, his career as a solider and author and his role as a devoted family man. Presidents United States Biography Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
Giblin, James. The rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy Boston [Mass.] : Clarion Books, 2009. Call Number: Y 973.921092 M1274G 2009 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL WHEELOCK Summary: Who was the real Joe McCarthy? Was he an American hero who alerted the country to the threat of Communist subversion or a demagogue who played cynically on the nation's fears? Anti-communist movements United States History Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
DiConsiglio, John. Francisco Pizarro : destroyer of the Inca Empire New York : Franklin Watts, 2009. Call Number: Y 985.02092 P689D 2009 Owned by: MAIN KING WHEELOCK Summary: Profiles the explorer Francisco Pizarro, from his early life to his expeditions to Peru, where he battled the indigenous Incan empire and claimed its land and riches for Spain. Conquerors Peru Biography Juvenile literature.Peru History Conquest, 1522-1548 Juvenile literature. Date added: Aug 16
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