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Confessions of a counterfeit farm girl
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Susan McCorkindale |
A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don’t mix.At her husband’s prompting, suburban mom and New York career woman Susan McCorkindale agreed to give … |
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North Jersey legacies
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Gordon Bond |
158 p. : 23 cm |
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Hero of the Pacific
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James Brady |
From New York Times bestselling author James Brady--the story of Marine legend John Basilone, one of three main characters in HBO's The Pacific. Hero of the Pacific tells the dramatic, compelling, an… |
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The Ice Man
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Philip Carlo |
Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Man. Doting Father. For thirty years, Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski led a shocki… |
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Driven
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Richard Foot |
A look at how two New Brunswick mothers who lost their sons in the crash that killed seven members of the Bathurst High School basketball team marshalled their grief into fighting for improved safety… |
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Bastards
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Mary Anna King |
"'A stirring, vividly told story of a young woman's quest to find the family she lost...an impressive debut'-Peter Balakian; Born into poverty in southern New Jersey and raised in a commune of single… |
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The Iceman
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Anthony Bruno |
A mob contract killer known as "The Iceman" for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Richard Kuklinski boasted a personal body count of more than a hundred victims. The family man from New Je… |
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The Jersey Shore thrill killer
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John O'Rourke |
"Explore the true story of the Jersey Shore's "Thrill Killer.""-- |
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Ruthless Ambition
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Louis Michael Manzo |
In this searing tell-all, former New Jersey State Assemblyman Louis Manzo recounts an extraordinary tale of political ruthlessness, corruption, and greed while also telling the story of being caught … |
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The ditchdigger's daughters
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Jo Coudert,Yvonne S. Thornton |
An inspirational story of how a poor and uneducated black laborer, a child of the Great Depression, overcame incredible obstacles to give his daughters a better life. In a time when there were distin… |
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Blood Relation
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Eric Konigsberg |
Growing up in a household that seemed "as generic as midwestern Jews get," Eric Konigsberg never imagined there was anything remotely mysterious about his family—until he learned from an ex-cop groun… |
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Who She Was
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Samuel G. Freedman |
When Samuel G. Freedman was nearing fifty, the same age at which his mother died of breast cancer, he realized that he did not know who she was. Of course, he knew that Eleanor had been his mother, a… |
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Time present, time past
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Bradley, Bill |
During his terms in the U.S. Senate, Bill Bradley won a national reputation for thoughtfulness, decency, and a willingness to take controversial positions on issues ranging from tax reform to the rig… |
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It Came From New Jersey - My Life As an Artist (Goosebumps)
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Tim Jacobus |
WHO IS TIM JACOBUS?
He's the brains (and the paintbrush) behind the amazing GOOSEBUMPS covers! From hideous shrunken heads to grotesque blob monsters to evil ventriloquists' dummies, Tim gives you… |
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The bond
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George Jenkins,Sampson Davis,Rameck Hunt |
The Three Doctors-Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt-discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait: As children, they had to navigate life in inner-city … |
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The pact
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George Jenkins,Sampson Davis,Rameck Hunt,Lisa Frazier Page |
They grew up on the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and … |
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African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000
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Sibyl E. Moses |
xx, 231 p. : 24 cm |
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Spoiled silk
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George W. Shea |
"Spoiled Silk is the story of two immigrants from the Rhineland, William Brueckmann and his wife, Katherine, who started a new life in the American industrial city of Paterson, New Jersey. Committed … |
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