Giorgione, Michael

Summary: "Camp David is American diplomacy's secret weapon. The home of the 2015 GCC and 2012 G8 summits, the 2000 Peace Summit, and the 1978 Peace Accords, the camp has played a vital role in American history over the past century, inviting Presidents and international leaders alike to converge, converse, and, perhaps most importantly, relax. A peaceful mountaintop setting, crucially removed from the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company. 2017

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Van Laer, Arnold J. F. (Arnold Johan Ferdinand)

Summary: This work consists of brief notices of the first settlers of the colony of Rensselaerswyck (in the neighborhood of Albany, New York, then New Netherland). A paragraph, varying in length from a few sentences to half a page, is devoted to each settler, giving a concise record of his arrival in the colony and his occupation, together with other essential data such as names of wife and children,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. 1998

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: REF GEN 929.3747 Van Laer

Croke, Vicki.

Summary: Ruth Harkness was a Manhattan socialite, newly married to a wealthy adventurer. Weeks after their wedding, he decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture the most mysterious animal of the day, a giant panda--an expedition on which many had failed miserably. Bill was also to fail, dying alone in China and leaving his widow adrift. In 1936, Ruth adopted her husband's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.789 CRO

Ferrell, Ed.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1999

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2 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3 FER

Gless, Sharon

Summary: "APPARENTLY THERE WERE COMPLAINTS is both a deeply personal story about Gless's complicated family and her struggles with alcoholism and fear of romantic commitment and a juicy, hilarious tell-all about Hollywood and Sharon's encounters with some of the industry's biggest stars. Gless puts it all out on the page in the same way she has lived--never with moderation"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021

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Bergner, Daniel

Summary: In the early 1960s, JFK declared that science would take us to the moon. He also declared that science would make the "remote reaches of the mind accessible" and cure psychiatric illness with breakthrough medications. We were walking on the moon within the decade. But today, psychiatric cures continue to elude us, as does the mind itself. Why is it that we still don't understand how the mind...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 BER

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind Bergner

Borg, Marcus J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1997

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G., Kenny

Summary: "In this heartfelt, funny, and fascinating memoir, Kenny G shares how skinny Kenneth Gorelick, the kid who got hassled for his lunch money in a Seattle high school, became one of the most celebrated and revered virtuosos in the music industry. He uncovers how he's managed to rise above the fray, tune out the critics, and live a life filled with happiness and humor."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2024

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Sheridan, Stephen

Summary: A history of the Sheridan family

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Publisher / Publication Date: Color House Graphics 2009

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 SHERIDAN SHE