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1022) Polar Bear Café: 1
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Polar Bear is a walking, talking, pun-loving bear who runs a serene café. The regulars include a lovestruck zookeeper with a crush on the café's waitress, and a panda who stops by after a hard day of being a panda at the zoo. Join the café's colorful clientele through the seasons in this comforting and pawfully funny manga about daily specials, romantic complications, and working the (coffee) grind"--
Author
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"World War II soldier Bill Wynne met Smoky while serving in New Guinea, where the dog, who was smaller than Wynne's army boot, was found trying to scratch her way out of a foxhole. After he adopted her, she served as the squadron mascot and is credited as being the first therapy dog for the emotional support she provided the soldiers. When they weren't fighting, Bill taught Smoky hundreds of tricks to entertain the troops. Smoky became a war hero...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it...
1027) Pura Belpré
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.
Author
Series
(Tim E.),Lady Hardcastle mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph - an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life.
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Looming in the background of today's dealings with Iran are the memories of 1979, when Islamic militants held U.S. diplomatic personnel hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran. In the Shadow of the Ayatollah relates the crisis through the unique perspective of Bill Daugherty, an officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) serving at the embassy. Once his CIA connection was discovered, Daugherty became a special target of his captors and was...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the late 1950s to 1976 the U.S. manned spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the 2ultimate engineer3 during his career at NASA, Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency's inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Low's pioneering...
Author
Publisher
Center for Global Development
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Relief Chief is Mark Lowcock's behind-the-scenes account of his experience as the world's most senior humanitarian official-the UN Relief Chief. In his four years on the job, Lowcock coordinated the work of UN agencies, the Red Cross, and countless national and international humanitarian groups to save lives and protect the most vulnerable. Part memoir and part manifesto for reform, Relief Chief depicts the brutality, misery and inhumanity inflicted...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, carefully pieced together at the heart and hearth of the ancestral home of the Crawleys, takes readers deeper into the story of every important member of the Downton estate.This lavish, entirely new book focuses on each character individually, examining their motivations, their actions, and the inspirations behind them."--
1036) Remember Sunday
Publisher
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A lonely waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks she may have finally met the right guy, yet is mystified by his behavior. What is his problem? Turns out, Gus is suffering from a brain aneurysm that has caused him to have short-term memory loss. Every day is a brand new day for Gus. As Molly's love for him continues to grow, he discovers that he can fall in love with the same woman every day. But can Molly imagine a future...
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
""Delivered Under Fire" tells the harrowing story of a U.S. Post Office special agent who risked his life to protect and transfer some of the most personal and valuable connections between war and home"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labour unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, extras belong, and you control the whole industry. Painting colourful portraits...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to a job in which she was able to organize the rescue of the park from its serious decline in the 1970s, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance it is today. Elizabeth Barlow Rogers opens with a quick survey of her early life--a middle-class upbringing in Texas; college at Wellesley, marriage, a degree in City Planning...
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