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Animal rescue Animal rescue Fiction Animal rescue Juvenile fiction Animaux Sauvetage Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Catastrophes naturelles Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Families Juvenile fiction Familles Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Family life Fiction JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General Natural disasters FictionSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOMeacham, Jon.
Summary: A thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, critically analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history, the political crises and personal upheaval that surrounded him, and his legacy for the modern presidency.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, ANDREW MEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres MeachamJackson, Livia Bitton.
Contents: A hazardous mission -- On the way to Europe -- Ari -- Vienna -- Crossing the Iron Curtain -- The escape -- The bridge -- The Danube -- Bratislava -- The bribe -- The drive -- The beginning of the end -- Buying favors -- Louis the Madman of Samorin -- A divine miracle at the Burial Authority -- The phantom -- The chairman -- Penetrating the jungle -- The house in Samorin -- Papa's castle -- Gone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.73 BITTON-JAKCSON, LIV BITKershaw, Alex.
Summary: Brings to life the true story of an American doctor and his family in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. Exclusive Avenue Foch was Paris's hotbed of spies, secret police, informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when the couple at number 11--American physician Sumner Jackson and his Swiss-born wife Toquette--joined the French resistance, they knew the stakes were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 KERHalperin, Ian.
Summary: Delivers new revelations about Michael Jackson's controversial life and legacy: his multiple plastic surgeries, his skin bleaching, his sexual identity, and his potentially fatal genetic condition ... and dispels the popular myths" about the King of Pop. The conclusion was written after "Michael Jackson's died just as this book was going to press."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, MICHAEL HALHenry, Marian S.
Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 HenryRajan, Rekha S.
Summary: The Jackson family rush to Minnesota where a blizzard is putting both people and animals in danger from freezing temperatures, and blinding snow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic
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Summary: The Jackson family travels to Texas, where a hurricane is heading down the coast, and there are animals, wildlife, and people in danger--but first they have to ride out the storm at a local shelter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic
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Summary: Readers can join Curious George when he helps out at the Jackson Family Farm by lifting flaps that reveal such items as Mr. Jackson's missing milk pail, the chickens' hidden eggs, and the sun shining over the pumpkin patch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE KHARajan, Rekha S.
Summary: The Jackson family, including eight-year-old Jaden and his sister Leela, travel the United States responding to disasters, helping people and rescuing animals--but they have never responded to a wildfire like the one raging in Northern California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2024