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Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages (large print) : illustration ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bob Fever has swept the globe. As James Bowen struggles with his transformation from street musician to international celebrity, Bob is at his side, providing moments of intelligence, bravery, and humor and opening his friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust and happiness. As they high-five together for admirers, James knows that the tricks he's taught Bob are nothing compared to the lessons he's learned from his street-wise...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Harry S. Truman left the White House in 1953, his reputation was in ruins. Tarred by corruption scandals and his controversial decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, he ended his second term with an abysmal approval rating, his presidency widely considered a failure. But this dim view of Truman ignores his crucial role in the 20th century and his enduring legacy, as celebrated historian Aida D. Donald explains in this incisive biography of...
2283) Tough as they come
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Center Point large print edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Retired U.S. Army staff sergeant Travis Mills, one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation, shares the story of his remarkable recovery"--
2284) On heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on faith, family, and the church in the twenty-first century
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Large print.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 312 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares conversations between the future pope and a rabbi and biophysicist on such religious and social issues as God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and globalization.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition, [Large print edition].
Physical Desc
xiii, 905 pages (large print), 16 pages of plates : illustrations. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This epic story of the family that established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry sheds new light on its demanding and enigmatic patriarch Conrad Hilton, who struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages and conflicted Catholicism, and his children.
2290) The last diving horse in America: rescuing Gamal and other animals -- lessons in living and loving
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
416 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse, and changing times,...
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HaprerCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition, Large print edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 252 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A candid combat memoir recalls the battlefield exploits of a seventeen-year-old Marine Corps private, whose selfless actions at the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima not only saved his companions, but also led to him becoming the youngest Marine in history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
2293) The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
624 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
2294) Fair game
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
635p. ; 23cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
587 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents inspiring and empowering stories of women who have reinvented themselves in extraordinary ways, proving to women of all ages that the best is yet to come.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
640 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--and their unlikely yet enduring friendship"--
2297) Targets down
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
414 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an FBI agent on a spiritual quest of his own is tasked with finding whoever critically wounded a fellow agent's wife, he uncovers a world of Russian organized crime, neo-Nazis, and sex-slavery.
2299) The Color of Grace: how one woman's brokenness brought healing and hope to child survivors of war
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Author and psychologist Bethany Haley Williams shares how her own emotional healing led her into treacherous war zones, where she provides care to former child soldiers and young girls used as sex slaves.
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