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Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

Summary: Brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history--the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government in response to the Crash of 1929 and its consequences.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 Coh

Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, expanding civil rights for the poor and minorities and promoting equality in dramatic ways through rulings...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 COH

Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAL

Alexander, Adam

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Have you ever wondered how everyday staples such as peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash and corn ended up on our plates? In The Seed Detective, seed guardian and award-winning film and television producer Adam Alexander tells of his far-flung seed-hunting adventures, revealing the surprising histories behind many of our everyday vegetables. How the common garden pea was domesticated over...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2022

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Bradley, Adam.

Summary: "Ralph Ellison may be the preeminent African-American author of the twentieth century, though he published only one novel, 1952's Invisible Man. He enjoyed a highly successful career in American letters, publishing two collections of essays, teaching at several colleges and universities, and writing dozens of pieces for newspapers and magazines, yet Ellison never published the second novel he...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 ELL

Brookes, Adam

Summary: "The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China's Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.51 BRO

Campbell, Adam.

Summary: Presents a reference guide of exercise for every part of a man's body, including 612 core exercises, more than one hundred workouts, a four-week diet plan, and a listing of fat-fighting snacks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 CAM

Gamble, Adam.

Summary: Easy-to-read text enumerates the sights around a lake in a full day of sightseeing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Our World of Books 2008

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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD GAM

Copies Available at Interlochen

2 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Gamble
Call number: JE Board Gamble 2008

Goodheart, Adam

Summary: "A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly arrows at anyone who tries to come ashore. As the web of modernity draws ever closer, the island represents the last chapter in the Age of Discovery-the final holdout in a completely connected world. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godine 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8959 GOO

Gopnik, Adam.

Summary: "From the author of Paris to the Moon--one man's quest for the meaning of food in a time obsessed with what to eat. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, our fantasies, even our moralizing--"You still eat meat?" How could the land of Chef Boyardee have come so far overnight? And where can we possibly go from here? Locating our table ancestry in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 GOP

Hellebuyck, Adam

Summary: "Using the fun, interactive world of Minecraft and key concepts in STEAM, two teachers developed the Minecraft and STEAM series to be used in and out of the classroom. In Minecraft and STEAM, students discover that Minecraft isn't just a game, it's a toolthat can be used to learn about real-world science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Building a Roller Coaster in Minecraft focuses on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 HEL

Hochschild, Adam

Summary: "A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 HOC

Hochschild, Adam

Summary: "From the bestselling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leadersof her time"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOKES, ROSE PASTOR HOC

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom Stokes

Hochschild, Adam.

Summary: Presents a history of World War I, focusing on the moral conflict between the proponents of the war and its critics in Great Britain.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011

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Jentleson, Adam

Summary: "An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 JEN

Karlin, Adam

Summary: "Whether you want to attend the world's biggest party, tour the historic architecture of the French Quarter, or pay homage to the birthplace of jazz, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that New Orleans has to offer. A fusion of African, Caribbean and European cultures, New Orleans is a place unlike any other. This heady mix of influences has culminated in a city that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited 2024

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Kreutinger, Adam

Summary: "Master the magnificent art of puppetry and join the ranks of Jim Henson with this exhaustive puppeteering guide! Are you looking to learn how to puppeteer for television, shows or just for fun? Have you tried grasping your puppetry skills, but you can't seem to ace it no matter what you do? If yes, and yes, this puppetry guide has got you covered! The simplicity and rawness of puppetry make it...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nimalz Studios, LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.53 KRE

Kucharski, Adam

Summary: A deadly virus suddenly explodes into the population. A political movement gathers pace, and then quickly vanishes. An idea takes off like wildfire, changing our world forever. We live in a world that's more interconnected than ever before. Our lives are shaped by outbreaks - of disease, of misinformation, even of violence - that appear, spread and fade away with bewildering speed. To...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 KUC

Makos, Adam

Summary: "Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the Navy's first black carrier pilot, defending a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015

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Makos, Adam

Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMO

Makos, Adam.

Summary: Based on interviews with veterans and unpublished memoirs, tells the true stories of twenty marines during World War II, from the attacks on Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and their return home after V-J Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 MAK

Murphy, Adam

Summary: "Welcome to Corpse Talk, the chat show with a difference - all of the guests are dead! Meet your host, comic book artist Adam Murphy, as he interviews eighteen ground-breaking scientists throughout history. Discover what happened to Galileo when he suggested that the Earth goes around the Sun, and why Archimedes jumped out of his bath and ran naked through the streets shouting "Eureka!" This...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 920 MUR

Nicolson, Adam

Summary: The author uses the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.2745 NIC

Perlmutter, Adam

Summary: Whether you're brand new to the piano or have been playing awhile, this guide is packed with clear instruction and supplementary materials that will soon have you tickling the ivories like a pro!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Leonard Corporation 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 786.2193 PER

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