How to stitch an American dream : a story of family, faith & the power of giving by Doan, Jenny, 1957-, Dagostino, Mark

Table of Contents: “…-- A (Missouri) star is born -- Casting bread upon the water -- Tiny squares & good friends -- Family first -- Eighteen-wheelers & hurricane love -- Mr. …”


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A dangerous woman : American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator : the life of Florence Gould by Ronald, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Heynemann -- Home again, war and folies -- The man they call "Franck" -- Taming all those monsters -- Leaving the perfumed air of Bohemia -- Careless people -- An amusing intermezzo for millionaires -- Taking stock -- The Monegasque feud fit for a prince -- Hollywood calling -- The phoenix rises -- Scandal, America, and separate lives -- Dark horizons -- Fifth columns & fellow travelers -- Fall of France -- Ludwig -- The anything goes occupation -- In the garden of earthly delights -- The occupation 1942-1943 -- Florence the banker -- Liberation and treason -- No safehavens -- Paperclips and friends cast long shadows -- A fortune to give away -- Queen of the Riviera.…”


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Memoirs by Grigorenko, P. G. (Petr Grigorʹevich), 1907-1987

Table of Contents: “…1: The falcon responds to the lure -- I did not have a childhood -- I learn of my nationality -- "To be cooked in the workers' pot" -- A new "pot" -- A profession for life -- Vitebsk -- 2: The flight of the trained falcon -- Minsk fortified area -- The general staff academy -- The Far East -- Intelligence summary number eight -- The war begins -- 1941-43 -- Unexpected rest -- The fourth Ukrainian front -- The war ends -- A decisive turning point -- The Frunze military academy -- 3: The falcon casts off his hood -- My dash to freedom -- For the rebirth of Leninism -- The Serbsky institute -- First swallows of freedom -- Feeling my way -- Guerrilla warfare -- Head-on battle -- Under siege -- Psychoprison -- No rest for us -- Far from home.…”


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Sybil by Schreiber, Flora Rheta

Table of Contents: “…The family tree: the hierarchy of the sixteen selves -- Cast of characters and dates of "birth" -- Preface: Sybil.…”


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Charles Evans Hughes and the illusions of innocence : a study in American diplomacy by Glad, Betty

Table of Contents: “…Pt. 1: The education of Charles Evans Hughes: The casting of character -- College years: conformity and rebellion -- The changing world of Charles Evans Hughes -- Pt. 2: In the puritanical mould: The upward climb -- The reluctant politician -- The just world of Charles Evans Hughes -- Puritanism and its consequences -- Pt. 3: Advocate for the United States: The world setting: the free security system and its demise -- The domestic setting: at the department of state -- Image of the world order -- Backtracking on the league -- The world court -- Building other institutions of peace -- Retreat from Europe - and back again -- Policies for the Americas -- The United States and the Pax-Americana -- Experimentation in arms limitation -- Far eastern policy and the Washington Conference -- In defense of international faith and credit -- The lost world of Charles Evans Hughes.…”


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Dear Abigail : the intimate lives and revolutionary ideas of Abigail Adams and her two remarkable sisters by Jacobs, Diane

Table of Contents: “…-- "A joy in which our reason plays no part is but a sorrow" -- "The die is cast" -- "The disunited State of America" -- "With much joy and pleasure" -- "The most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived" -- "Too painful to think upon" -- "Second to no man but Washington" -- "Yours are mine and mine are yours" -- "One of Sister Cranchs letters is worth a half dozen of others" -- "Always I hope for the best."…”


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The resurrection of the Romanovs : Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery by King, Greg, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Cast of principal characters -- pt. 1. Anastasia -- "My God, what a disappointment!" …”


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The Bettencourt affair the world's richest woman and the scandal that rocked Paris by Sancton, Thomas (Thomas Alexander), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- The verdict -- Epilogue: wings -- Cast of characters.…”


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If you ask me : (and of course you won't) by White, Betty, 1922-2021

Table of Contents: “…Ranger -- On stage fright -- On plum roles (and typcasting) -- Cast chemistry -- Stand up? -- The craft -- Television -- Love and friendship. …”


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The education of Brett Kavanaugh : an investigation by Pogrebin, Robin, Kelly, Kate, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Dramatis personae -- Prologue: nostos: homecoming -- Alea iacta est: the die has been cast -- Hoya saxa: what rocks -- Inveniam viam aut faciam: I will find a way or make one -- Lux et veritas: light and truth -- Onus probandi: the burden of proof -- Ambitio: ambition, or courting the vote -- Vides stygiam paludem: you are gazing at the stygian swamp -- Iudicans iudicem: judging the judge -- Innocens: the innocent -- Lege dura vivunt mulieres: women live under a harsh law -- Inde ira et lacrimae: then anger and tears -- Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus?…”


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The fight of his life inside Joe Biden's White House by Whipple, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Cast of characters -- Introduction -- What will you do if he loses? …”


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Abigail Adams : a biography by Levin, Phyllis Lee

Table of Contents: “…Part One: In Youth the Mind Is Like a Tender Twig -- Mountains Arise to Hinder Me -- An "Eaqual" Share of Curiosity -- The Die Is Cast -- Ten Thousand Difficulties -- To Rob Me of All My Happiness -- A Call So Honorable -- This Cruel State of Separation -- Part Two: A Mere American -- As Happy as a Lord -- À la Mode de Paris -- A Degree of Tristeness -- In Public Character -- Circumstances and Connections Respectable -- One of the Choice Ones of Earth -- Part Three: In a Flurry with Politics -- A Prospect of Calamities -- Splendid Misery -- Enough of Public and Private Anxiety -- Evils of a Serious Nature -- At Least Fall with Ease -- Part Four: Faithful Are the Wounds -- Rather Too Much then Too Little -- The Young Shoots and Branches -- The Close of the Drama -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”


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The fight of his life : inside Joe Biden's White House by Whipple, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Cast of characters -- Introduction -- What will you do if he loses? …”


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Compassionate soldier remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield by Borrowman, Jerry

Table of Contents: “…Captain Ferguson and General Washington: the law of arms -- Richard Kirkland: an angel at the battle of Fredericksburg -- The Kaiser and Robert Campbell: the Honor of an officer -- Edith Cavell: the ultimate sacrifice -- Oswald Böelcke: German flying ace -- Edith Wharton : a season of mercy -- Herr Rosenau and Alex Lurye: cast thy bread upon the waters -- Rudolf Wobbe: saved by a Nazi prison guard --Dietrich von Choltitz: ninetwwn days in Paris -- Robert Sheeks: saving enemy civilians and soldiers in the Pacific war -- Bernie Fisher: valor in Vietnam -- Kim Phuc: fire is falling from heaven -- Hunter Scott: justice for Captain McVay of the USS Indianapolis -- Shawn Mckinnon : brotherly love in Iraq -- Charles and Donna Cooley : the happy factory. …”


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The Bettencourt affair : the world's richest woman and the scandal that rocked Paris by Sancton, Thomas (Thomas Alexander), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- The verdict -- Epilogue: wings -- Cast of characters.…”


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Adrian Frutiger typefaces : the complete works by Frutiger, Adrian, 1928-2015

Table of Contents: “…; The digital versions ; Imitations of Frutiger ; The colour of a typeface ; Typeface comparison ; Back to signage type: Astra Frutiger -- Glypha ; Icone ; Breughel ; Dolmen ; Tiemann ; Versailles ; Linotype Centennial ; Avenir ; Westside ; Vectora ; Linotype Didot ; Herculanum ; Shiseido ; Frutiger capitals ; Rusticana ; Frutiger stones / Frutiger symbols ; Frutiger neonscript ; Nami -- Synopsis of Frutiger-typefaces ; Production of type: Handsetting ; Lumitype photosetting ; Machine setting: single-letter casting ; Monophoto photosetting ; Machine setting: line-casting ; OCR technology ; Strike-on composition ; Transfer type ; Linofilm photosetting ; CRT setting ; Lasersetting ; Digital typesetting -- Logos and wordmarks.…”


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Sisters of Mokama : the pioneering women who brought hope and healing to India by Thottam, Jyoti

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Mahatma Gandhi : nonviolent power in action by Dalton, Dennis

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Joan Myers Brown & the audacious hope of the Black ballerina : a biohistory of American performance by Gottschild, Brenda Dixon

Table of Contents: “…Spectacularly black on black : 1940s-1950s -- Color, caste, dance : and Philadelphia's black bourgeoisie -- Role of the white community : interaction and double standards -- The Sydney-Marion school, Judimar school, Sydney school, and trips to New York -- The annual Christmas cotillion -- Recitals and other performance opportunities -- Timing and survival : historical and professional -- 3. …”


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Sisters of Mokama the pioneering women who brought hope and healing to India by Thottam, Jyoti

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