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OverDrive eBooks June 2018
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"Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope." -- Robert F. Kennedy
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Bobby Kennedy : the Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye
Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities.
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Bobby Kennedy : a Raging Spirit
by Christopher Matthews
A revelatory new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy by the anchor of MSNBC's Hardball depicts him as a perpetual family underdog, sharing insights into his decision to join the military as a common sailor, his ability to connect with voters from all walks of life and his assassination during his 1968 campaign.
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Camelot's Court : Inside the Kennedy White House
by Robert Dallek
The leading authority on JFK presents an authoritative portrait of the president and his inner circle of advisors who, despite being the best and the brightest, ignited fiery debates behind closed doors due to their personal ambitions and clashing beliefs.
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Playing with Fire : the 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
by Lawrence O'Donnell
The celebrated host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell presents an account of the 1968 presidential election to evaluate its lasting influence on American politics and the Democratic party, exploring the pivotal roles of RFK and McCarthy, two high-profile assassinations and the Chicago riots.
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June is Great Outdoors Month
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Still Life With Bread Crumbs : a Novel
by Anna Quindlen
Abandoning her expensive world to move to a small country cabin, a once world-famous photographer bonds with a local man and begins to see the world around her in new, deeper dimensions while evaluating second chances at love, career and self-understanding. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Living Out Loud.
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The Revenant : a Novel of Revenge
by Michael Punke
A story of survival on the American frontier chronicles the exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass, who is attacked by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his fellow trappers, but survives and treks through the wilderness to seek justice.
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The Great Wide Sea
by M.H Herlong
While still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea.
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Watch Me Disappear : a Novel
by Janelle Brown
When a Berkeley mother with a radical past goes missing during a hike in California's Desolation Wilderness, her devastated family is forced to come to terms with her secretive nature
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My Absolute Darling : a Novel
by Gabriel Tallent
Enduring an isolated existence after the death of her mother, 14-year-old Turtle roams the rocky shores and tide pools of the California coast and refutes every outside attempt to engage her before an unexpected friendship with a newcomer helps her realize the vulnerabilities of her life with her charismatic father.
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most popular book and is considered by many to be his best. Telling the story of Buck, a domesticated dog whose wild instincts begin to kick-in while serving as a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon. The novel's tone is often dark, and despite being considered juvenile literature by some, it portrays much violence and cruelty. The Call of the Wild was followed in 1906 by White Fang with its mirroring plot of a wild wolf becoming domesticated by a miner.
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