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Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction
305.8 S818t
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305.8 S818t
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Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO 305.8 S818t
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CD AUDIO 305.8 S818t
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[2017] | Unabridged. | Blackstone Audio | 10 audio discs (12 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO 305.8 S818t Main Library - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO 305.8 S818t |
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2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Blackstone Publishing | English | Available Online
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2017 | OverDrive | Lyons Press | English | Available Online
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2017 | Lyons Press | English | Available Online
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In 1948 most white people in the North had no idea how unjust and unequal daily life was for the 10 million African Americans living in the South. But that suddenly changed after Ray Sprigle, a famous white journalist from Pittsburgh, went undercover and lived as a black man in the Jim Crow South.
Escorted through the South's parallel black society by John Wesley Dobbs, a historic black civil rights pioneer from Atlanta, Sprigle met with sharecroppers,...
Escorted through the South's parallel black society by John Wesley Dobbs, a historic black civil rights pioneer from Atlanta, Sprigle met with sharecroppers,...
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2003 | Merrell | 191 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 629.13334 A2527 |
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Hadley Park - Kids Biography
jB E686w
Main Library - Kids Biography
jB E686w
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jB E686w
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[2015] | Lerner Publications | 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Hadley Park - Kids Biography jB E686w Main Library - Kids Biography jB E686w Southeast - Kids Biography jB E686w |
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An uplifting portrait of a leading NASA engineer describes her childhood ambition to pursue a life in science, her achievement as her university's first woman to receive a Ph.D. in her field and her pivotal role in building history-making spacecraft. --Publsiher's description.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction
j629.450092 S8811a
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction
j629.450092 S8811a
Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction
j629.450092 S8811a
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2009 | 1st ed. | Candlewick Press | 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction j629.450092 S8811a Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j629.450092 S8811a Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction j629.450092 S8811a |
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2011 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the...
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Green Hills - Adult Music
CD R&B M7345a
Looby - Adult Music
CD R&B M7345a
North - Adult Music
CD R&B M7345a
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p2010 | Bad Boy Records | 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Music CD R&B M7345a Looby - Adult Music CD R&B M7345a North - Adult Music CD R&B M7345a |
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Edgehill - Adult Biography
B H5269a
Edmondson Pike - Adult Biography
B H5269a
Madison - Adult Biography
B H5269a
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2016. | First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. | 37 Ink/Atria | vii, 243 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edgehill - Adult Biography B H5269a Edmondson Pike - Adult Biography B H5269a Madison - Adult Biography B H5269a |
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Simon & Schuster Audio | English | Available Online
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Online OverDrive Collection
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2016 | OverDrive | Simon & Schuster | English | Available Online
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2016 | Simon & Schuster | English | Available Online
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From Taraji P. Henson, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, and star of the award-winning film Hidden Figures, comes an inspiring and funny memoir—"a bona fide hit" (Essence)—about family, friends, the hustle required to make it in Hollywood, and the joy of living your own truth.
With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including Katherine, the NASA mathematician, Yvette, Queenie, Shug, and...
With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including Katherine, the NASA mathematician, Yvette, Queenie, Shug, and...
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Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction
629.45 K836a
Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction
629.45 K836a
Goodlettsville - Adult Non-Fiction
629.45 K836a
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2013. | First edition. | Grand Central Publishing | xvi, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction 629.45 K836a Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction 629.45 K836a Goodlettsville - Adult Non-Fiction 629.45 K836a |
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[2013] | Unabridged. | Hachette Audio | 7 sound discs (480 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO 629.45 K836a |
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Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2013 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Hachette Audio | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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2013 | OverDrive | Grand Central Publishing | English | Available Online
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2013 | Grand Central Publishing | English | Available Online
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[2013] | Grand Central Publishing | xvi, 272 pages, large print : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Inglewood - Adult Large Print 629.45 K836a Large Type |
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[2013] | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 6 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook PLAYAWAY 629.45 K836a |
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"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter...
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Randi Rhodes, ninja detective volume 1
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Bellevue - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Spencer
Bordeaux - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Spencer
Edgehill - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Spencer
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c2013 | 1st ed. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Spencer Bordeaux - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Spencer Edgehill - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Spencer |
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer
Main Library - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer
Southeast - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer
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[2013], p2013 | Unabridged, [Recorded Books ed.] | Recorded Books | 4 sound discs (4 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer Southeast - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer | |
p2013. | Simon & Schuster Audio | 4 audio discs (approximately 4.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Spencer |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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2013 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Simon & Schuster Audio | English | Available Online
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Twelve-year-old Randi, unhappy about moving from Brooklyn to Deer Creek, Tennessee, after her mother's death, soon finds new friends and a case to solve surrounding a stolen time capsule and rumors of a centuries-old treasure.
9) The computer
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Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
004.09 F845c
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
004.09 F845c
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
004.09 F845c
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2013 | Carlton | 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction has 2 004.09 F845c Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction 004.09 F845c Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 004.09 F845c |
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The Computer traces the evolution of this vital machine from its earliest roots through its exciting application in code-breaking during the Second World War, and from its initial use in the workplace and home to its current status as a totally indispensable part of twenty-first century life. Along the way the author examines some colourful moments in the computer's development, from the key battle between Apple and IBM in the 1980s, to the use of...
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Donelson - Kids Biography
jB J677b
Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography
jB J677b
North - Kids Biography
jB J677b
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2018. | First edition. | Henry Holt and Company | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Kids Biography jB J677b Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography jB J677b North - Kids Biography jB J677b |
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c1994 | Carol Pub. Group | 261 p. : .ill. ; 24cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 974.9 T514d |
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c2007 | National Geographic | xxvii, 275 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 629.409046 H2599e |
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Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
629.453097 K897f
Madison - Adult Non-Fiction
629 .453097 K897f
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2000 | Simon & Schuster | 415 p. : ill. : 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction 629.453097 K897f Madison - Adult Non-Fiction 629 .453097 K897f |
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2011 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Tantor Media, Inc | English | Checked Out
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Online OverDrive Collection
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2001 | OverDrive | Simon & Schuster | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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2001 | Simon & Schuster | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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The author, flight director in NASA's Mission Control, tells of the challenges in space flight from the very early years to the current time and of "his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now."--Jacket.
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Annex - Adult Fiction
Fiction Kingsol
Bellevue - Adult Fiction has 2
Fiction Kingsol
Goodlettsville - Adult Fiction
Fiction Kingsol
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2012 | 1st ed. | Harper | 436 p. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Annex - Adult Fiction Fiction Kingsol Bellevue - Adult Fiction has 2 Fiction Kingsol Goodlettsville - Adult Fiction Fiction Kingsol |
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Green Hills - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol
Southeast - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol
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p2012 | Unabridged. | HarperAudio | 15 sound discs (ca. 1016 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol Main Library - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol Southeast - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Kingsol |
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OverDrive | HarperAudio | Available Online
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Donelson - Adult Large Print
Fiction Kingsol Large Type
Madison - Adult Large Print
Fiction Kingsol Large Type
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2012 | 1st HarperLuxe ed. | HarperLuxe | 675 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Large Print Fiction Kingsol Large Type Madison - Adult Large Print Fiction Kingsol Large Type |
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Green Hills - Adult Audiobook has 2
PLAYAWAY Fiction Kingsol
Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY Fiction Kingsol
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[2012], p2012 | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 1 sound media player (ca. 17 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook has 2 PLAYAWAY Fiction Kingsol Thompson Lane - Adult Audiobook PLAYAWAY Fiction Kingsol |
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Set in the present day in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee, this novel tells the story of Dellarobia Turnbow, a petite, razor-sharp 29-year-old who nurtured worldly ambitions before becoming pregnant and marrying at seventeen. Now, after more than a decade of tending to small children on a failing farm, oppressed by poverty, isolation and her husband's antagonistic family, she has mitigated her boredom by surrendering to an obsessive...
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c1996 | 2nd ed. | Cambridge University Press | v. <2 > ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 519.40285 F744 v.2 |
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[2014] | Springer | xxvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southeast - Adult Non-Fiction 629.454 B9553f |
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Inevitably, there are times in a nation's history when its hopes, fears and confidence in its own destiny appear to hinge on the fate of a single person. One of these pivotal moments occurred on the early morning of May 5, 1961, when a 37-year-old test pilot squeezed himself into the confines of the tiny Mercury spacecraft that he had named Freedom 7. On that historic day, U.S. Navy Commander Alan Shepard carried with him the hopes, prayers, and anxieties...
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[1999] | Apogee Books | 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 629.454 F9119 |
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Bellevue - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 F944sW
Goodlettsville - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 F944sW
Inglewood - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 F944sW
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2014 | 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 F944sW Goodlettsville - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 F944sW Inglewood - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 F944sW |
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Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. Based on a true story.
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Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction
976.873 K475g
Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
976.873 K475g
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction has 3
976.873 K475g
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2013 | 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. | Simon & Schuster | xvii, 373 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction 976.873 K475g Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction has 2 976.873 K475g Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction has 3 976.873 K475g |
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[2014] | Unabridged. | Brilliance Audio | 11 audio discs (approximately 780 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO 976.873 K475g |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2013 | OverDrive | Atria Books | English | Available Online
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2013 | Atria Books | English | Available Online
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2013 | Simon & Schuster | 2 bags ; 30 x 44 cm. + 10 books, discussion questions, author's biography, "Tips for starting a successful Book club" and instructions for Book Club in a Bag program. | English | On Shelf
Annex - Adult Book Club In A Bag Book Club in a Bag |
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Donelson - Adult Large Print
976.873 K475g Large Type
Green Hills - Adult Large Print has 2
976.873 K475g Large Type
Main Library - Adult Large Print
976.873 K475g Large Type
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2013. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning | 655 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Large Print 976.873 K475g Large Type Green Hills - Adult Large Print has 2 976.873 K475g Large Type Main Library - Adult Large Print 976.873 K475g Large Type |
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In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it...
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Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction
522.1974 S6772g
Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
522.1974 S6772g
Richland Park - Adult Non-Fiction
522.1974 S6772g
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[2016] | Viking | xii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Non-Fiction 522.1974 S6772g Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction 522.1974 S6772g Richland Park - Adult Non-Fiction 522.1974 S6772g |
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Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2016 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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2016 | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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"In the late nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers," to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group consisted of the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges--Vassar, Wellesley, Radcliffe, and Smith. As photography transformed...