Michael D'Antonio

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

Appears on list

Space Race

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Central - Adult Nonfiction

629.43 DANTO

Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction

629.43 DANTO

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2007.	Simon & Schuster	pages	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 629.43 DANTO Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction 629.43 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

eAudiobook
Show Edition

Online OverDrive Collection

Publication Date	Source	Edition	Publisher	Language	Availability
2007	OverDrive	Unabridged	Tantor Media, Inc	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1

Description

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael D'Antonio captures the wackiness of the first year of the space race as the Americans scrambled desperately to match the Soviets and President Eisenhower intervened to guarantee that the space program would not be run by the military.

2) Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's extraordinary life of wealth, empire, and utopian dreams

Author

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Shirlington - Adult Biography

B HERSHEY M

Westover - Adult Biography

B HERSHEY M

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[2006]	Simon & Schuster	305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Biography B HERSHEY M Westover - Adult Biography B HERSHEY M	More Info Place Hold

Description

Examines the life and achievements of the head of the chocolate factory empire, describing his fatherless upbringing by a strict Mennonite mother, his failures with two early candy companies, and his construction of the utopian Hershey village.

3) Atomic harvest: Hanford and the lethal toll of America's nuclear arsenal

Author

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

363.1799 D194a

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[1993]	First edition.	Crown Publishers	xiii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 363.1799 D194a	More Info Place Hold

4) The shadow president: the truth about Mike Pence

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B PENCE M

Cherrydale - Adult Biography

B PENCE M

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2018.	First edition.	Thomas Dunne Books	xi, 308 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B PENCE M Cherrydale - Adult Biography B PENCE M	More Info Place Hold

Description

Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence--who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third--has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high school. Pence's drive for power, perhaps inspired by his belief that...

5) A full cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's extraordinary life and his quest for the America's Cup

Author

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Glencarlyn - Adult Biography

B LIPTON T

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2010.	Riverhead Books	354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Glencarlyn - Adult Biography B LIPTON T	More Info Place Hold

6) Mortal sins: sex, crime, and the era of Catholic scandal

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2

253.2 DANTO

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[2013]	Thomas Dunne Books	viii, 400 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction has 2 253.2 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

Description

An explosive, sweeping account of the pedophile scandal that has sent the Catholic church into a tailspin and the fight to bring it to justice.

7) A consequential president: the legacy of Barack Obama

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

973.932 DANTO

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction

973.932 DANTO

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2017.	First edition.	Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press	310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 973.932 DANTO Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction 973.932 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

Description

Recounts the accomplishments of President Obama during his eight years in office, considering his major successes and how he was able to govern while facing both racial hostility and unrealistic expectations. "Barack Obama was once an unlikely candidate, but his successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated. Elected as the Iraq War and the Great Recession had discouraged...

8) Never enough: Donald Trump and the pursuit of success

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

Central - Adult Biography

B TRUMP D

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
©2015.	First edition.	Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press	389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography B TRUMP D	More Info Place Hold

Description

"Drawing upon ... interviews with Trump and many of his family members--including all his adult children--D'Antonio presents the ... story of a truly American [personality], from his beginnings as a businessman to his stormy romantic life and his pursuit of power in its many forms"--Dust jacket flap.

9) The truth about Trump

Author

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

333.33 DANTO

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2016.	First St. Martin's Griffin edition.	St. Martin's Griffin	xix, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 333.33 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

Description

"In one way or another, Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation in America for almost forty years. No one in the world of business-not Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett-has been as famous as Trump for as long. First associated with high-profile real estate development in 1970s Manhattan, his name has since become synonymous with success defined by wealth and luxury. What does one make of a grown man who, when he argues with women, stoops...

10) The hunting of Hillary: the forty-year campaign to destroy Hillary Clinton

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

973.929 DANTO

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2020.	First edition.	Thomas Dunne Books	338 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 973.929 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

11) High crimes: the corruption, impunity, and impeachment of Donald Trump

Author

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

Pub. Date

Language

English

Central - Adult Nonfiction

973.933 DANTO

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
©2020.	First edition.	Thomas Dunne Books	x, 436 pages ; 25 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 973.933 DANTO	More Info Place Hold

12) Mosquito: a natural history of our most persistent and deadly foe

Author

Spielman, A

Publisher

Hyperion

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Central - Adult Nonfiction

595.772 SPIEL

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[2001]	First edition.	Hyperion	xix, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color ; 22 cm	English	Available 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Central - Adult Nonfiction 595.772 SPIEL	More Info Place Hold

13) Forever blue: the true story of Walter O'Malley, baseball's most controversial owner, and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles

Author

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

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2009.	Riverhead Books	355 pages , 8 unnumbered p.of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

14) Cancerland: a medical memoir

Author

Scadden, David

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English