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"Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving as a lady's maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie...
2) Annie
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English
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Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks, advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and his scheming campaign advisor,...
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112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses the life of the self-made millionaire who made his fortune in the steel industry and is remembered for his generous donations that built libraries, universities, and research facilities.
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English
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"Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway"--
9) Henry Ford
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24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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A brief biography of the man whose Model T automobile made the gasoline powered car affordable to Americans.
11) Andrew Carnegie
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xiv, 878 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Reveals how the Scottish immigrant arrived in the United States at the height of the Industrial Revolution, made his fortune by investing in the railroads before using his wealth to fund over 2,500 public libraries around the world.
15) A view to a kill
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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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James Bond travels to San Francisco to thwart an industrialist intent on creating a microchip monopoly by flooding Silicon Valley. Features Roger Moore in the role of the MI6 super spy.
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x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A riveting on-the-edge-of-your-seat story about the famous 1970s Patty Hearst-style kidnapping of Baron Edouard "Wado" Empain, juxtaposed with the story of his famous grandfather, the first Baron, who built the Paris Metro, all with the fascinating alternating backgrounds of both Belle Epoque and 1970s high-fashion Paris. What does it take to create a dynasty? What does it take to keep one alive? And what does it take to keep one man alive, once...
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Wildwood chronicles volume 3
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English
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When a young girl's midnight seance awakens a long-slumbering, malevolent spirit, a band of runaway orphans teams up with an underground collective of saboteurs to rescue friends imprisoned in an industrial wasteland.
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Shirley Temple volume 15
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1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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FDR appoints a Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up the American public. But when greedy industrialists who are profiting from the Depression thwart his every move, the Secretary begins to lose hope. That is, until he learns that some of the performances he has organized, including one by little Shirley Dugan, are lifting the nation out of its misery.
20) Henry Ford
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Discusses the early life of Henry Ford, including his moving to the big city and his success as an inventor, engineer, and pioneer of the automobile.
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