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Author
Series
Adventures of the peanut butter kid volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Once again, Larry Wayne Miller takes us across time and space, back to his family's Colorado dirt farm in the 1950's and 60's, where life's lessons are often tough but deeply moving. Dip into this second book of the series, Adventures of the Peanut Butter Kid, and be ready to laugh until tears come, then laugh a little more.
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The Raven Chronicles, In Our Own Words, is a unique collection of first person accounts by the USAF forward air controllers who flew in the Secret War in Laos. Restricted by the 1962 Geneva Agreement, they flew in civilian clothes in unmarked light spotter aircraft. These pilots regularly operated from primitive dirt landing sites, often flying in poor weather, with few navigational aids, under the constant threat of enemy fire, and in the midst of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Since the establishment of the American colonies, the frontier expanded westward steadily until the country bordered both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Soldiers, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders were the first Europeans to penetrate the country's interior. Soon, gold miners, dirt farmers, and cattle ranchers followed, blazing dangerous trails across barren lands and snow-topped mountain ranges. American Indians were too few to stop the...
64) Never quit: from Alaskan wilderness rescues to Afghanistan firefights as an elite special ops PJ
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
x, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator and decorated war hero details his amazing life,"--NoveList.
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From electric motorbikes-zero-emission speed demons- and scooters on steroids to retro heroes and streetwise superbikes with racetrack DNA, you'll find them all in Top Speed. There's also the chopped-down nakeds, on-road bikes that like the dirt, and three wheelers that do burnouts. IF it's fast, powerful, current, and among the best of its type-it's here, and ready to rev, so put your visor down!" --Page 4 of cover.
67) Soon, your hands
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A parent's ode to everything their child is, and will be, capable of doing as they grow. Tonight, each small hand fits inside their parent's hand. But soon, this hand will grow-- to dig deep in the dirt, make masterpieces and mistakes, and tell stories only it can tell. With text that captures the potential in every child and glowing art that exudes warmth, this book braids three children's stories into one of family love. Featuring inclusive illustrations...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The epic clash of an Irish-American, Italian, and Onondaga-Canadian that jump-started the first marathon mania and heralded the modern age in sports The eyes of the world watched as three runners--dirt poor Johnny Hayes, who used to run barefoot through the streets of New York City; candymaker Dorando Pietri; and the famed Tom Longboat--converged for an epic battle at the 1908 London Olympics. The incredible finish was contested the world over when...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 450 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Christopher Buckley at his best: an extraordinary, wide-ranging selection of essays both hilarious and poignant, irreverent and delightful. In his first book of essays since his 1997 bestseller, Wry Martinis, Buckley delivers a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing. Tackling subjects ranging from "How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski" to "A Short History of the Bug Zapper," and "The Art of Sacking" to literary friendships with Joseph...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of civilians who have died as a result of America's recent wars, introducing some of those who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rescue workers who tried to save them, and the American soldiers coming to terms with their deaths.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 986 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to trace Kissinger's beliefs to philosophical idealism.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A man-made wonder, a connective network, an economic force, a bringer of blight and sprawl and the possibility of escape the U.S. interstate system changed the face of our country. The Big Roads charts the creation of these essential American highways. From the turn-of-the-century car racing entrepreneur who spurred the citizen-led "Good Roads" movement, to the handful of driven engineers who conceived of the interstates and how they would work years...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press. "The FAKE NEWS media," Donald Trump has tweeted, "is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people." Never has our free press faced so great a threat. Yet the tension between presidents and journalists is as old as the republic itself. From George Washington to Trump, presidents have quarreled with, attacked,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The definitive, newsbreaking account of the ongoing investigation into the Tulsa race massacre In the late spring of 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, erupted into the worst single incident of racial violence in American history. Over the course of sixteen hours, mobs of white men and women looted and burned to the ground a prosperous African American community, known today as Black Wall Street. More than one thousand homes and businesses were destroyed, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Baseball is a great sport for young readers to fall in love with. Beginning readers get in the game with this exciting book presented in standard Latin American Spanish and English. Readers learn the basics of the game, like throwing and catching, and also teaching about the equipment athletes use on the diamond every day. With accessible content and great color photographs, readers can dig into the dirt, hear the crack of a bat, and fall in love...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Theodore Roosevelt has a complicated legacy. To some, he was the quintessential American patriot and hero, a valiant soldier and hawkish leader. Others remember him as the Progressive cultural icon, the trust-buster who split from the Republican Party. So who was the real Teddy Roosevelt? Daniel Ruddy’s new biography cuts through the impenetrable tangle of misconceptions and contradictions that have grown up over the last century and obscured...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author shares her memories of growing up in Haiti as the daughter of an idealistic missionary, exploring her experiences living in a hospital compound as her family and the country experienced a period of upheaval.
"In this compelling, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Apricot Irving recounts her childhood as a missionary's daughter in Haiti during a time of upheaval-- both in the country and in her home. Apricot Irving grew up as a missionary's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
NASCAR racing, once considered no more than a regional circuit of moonshiners pounding around low-country dirt tracks in a cloud of red dust and clicḧеe, has somehow become the fastest-growing spectator sport in America -- and the buxom, bumpkin darling of Madison Avenue. With 75 million fans and its popularity soaring in every corner of the country, NASCAR is a 200-mile-an-hour traveling tent-and-revival show, a platinum-plated, multibillion-dollar...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
viii, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abilene, he found himself suddenly penniless with nowhere left to turn. After months of struggling to feed his family on wages he earned digging ditches in the Texas sun, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary-- something to resurrect the spirit of adventure and optimism he felt...
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