Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Result Page   
Add Marked to Bag Add All On Page Add Marked to My Lists
Subjects (1-50 of 58)
Biography Anecdotes
1
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Reference Material  REF 973 HURD    In-Library Use Only
2
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The American patriot's almanac : [daily readings on America]


Bennett, William J. (William John), 1943-
Nashville [Tenn.] : Thomas Nelson, ©2008. 2008

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973 BENNETT    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  973 B    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973 BEN    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
3
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Angels on Earth : inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connections


Schroff, Laura, author.
New York : Howard Books, 2016. 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Adult Department  920 SCH    Check Shelf
4
Book on CD
Book on CDAudiobook on CD/MP3
Book Cover

Angels on earth : inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connections


Schroff, Laura.
[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2016] 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Simsbury Public Library - Audio Materials  CD 177.7 SCHROFF    Check Shelf
5
Periodical
PeriodicalLarge Print Book
Book Cover

Angels on earth : inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connections


Schroff, Laura, author.
Waterville : Wheeler Publishing, 2017. 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP 177.7 SCH    Check Shelf
6
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of


Farquhar, Michael, author.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015] 2015

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  909 FARQUHAR    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  909 FARQUHAR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  909 FAR    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
7
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Bartlett's book of anecdotes



Boston : Little, Brown, [2000] 2000

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  920.003 B28    Check Shelf
8
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Best little stories from World War I : nearly 100 true stories


Kelly, C. Brian.
Naperville, Illinois : Cumberland House, [2014] 2014

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  940.3 KEL    Storage
9
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Bizarre history : strange happenings, stupid misconceptions, distorted facts and uncommon events


Rhatigan, Joe.
[United States]: Charlesbridge , 2011. 2011

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-book    Downloadable
Avon cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla
 Berlin - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-book    Downloadable
Berlin cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla.
 Bloomfield - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-book    Downloadable
Bloomfield cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla.
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
10
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The book of ages


Morris, Desmond.
New York : Viking Press, 1984. 1984

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  920 M83    Check Shelf
11
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The book of the dead : lives of the justly famous and the undeservedly obscure


Lloyd, John, 1951-
New York : Crown Publishers, 2010. 2010

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  920.02 LLO    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  920.02 LLOYD    Check Shelf
12
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Bootleggers, lobstermen & lumberjacks : fifty of the grittiest moments in the history of hardscrabbl


Mayo, Matthew P.
Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot, 2011. 2011

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  974 MAYO    Check Shelf
13
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Bull's-eyes and misfires : 50 people whose obscure efforts shaped the American Civil War


Johnson, Clint, 1953-
Nashville : Rutledge Hill Press, ©2002. 2002

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 JOH    Check Shelf
14
Book on CD
Book on CDAudiobook on CD/MP3
Book Cover

Callings : the purpose and passion of work


Isay, David, author.
[Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge, [2016] 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Media Room  CD BOOK 331.7 ISAY    Check Shelf
15
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The day I stopped drinking milk : life stories from here and there


Sudhā Mūrti, author.
New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2012. 2012

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  920.054 MURTY    Check Shelf
16
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Eat pray love made me do it : life journeys : inspired by the bestselling memoir.



New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016. 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Display Shelf  153.15 EAT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  158.1 EAT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  158.1 GIL    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
17
book
BookBook
Book Cover

F5 : devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century


Levine, Mark, 1965-
New York : Hyperion, ©2007. 2010

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  551.553 LEVINE    Check Shelf
18
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Fort Worth characters


Selcer, Richard F.
Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2009] 2009

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
19
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation


Ellis, Joseph J.
New York : Vintage Books, 2002. 2002

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 All Libraries - Shared Downloadable Materials  OverDrive Ebook    Downloadable
All patrons click here to access this title from OverDrive.
20
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Frog Hollow : stories from an American neighborhood


Campbell, Susan, 1959- author.
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2019. 2019

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  974.63 CAM    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  974.63 CAMPBELL    On Holdshelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  974.63 CAMPBELL    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
21
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.099 FUN    Storage
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.099 OS3    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  973.099 FUN    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
22
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Got here as soon as I could : discovering the way life should be


Smiley, Sarah, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Down East Books, 2016. 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  306.85 SMI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.85 SM43    Check Shelf
23
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

A grizzly in the mail and other adventures in American history


Grove, Tim, 1967-
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014. 2014

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
24
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The hardmen : legends and lessons from the cycling gods



New York : Pegasus Books, 2017. 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  796.6 VELOMINATI    Check Shelf
25
book
BookBook
Book Cover

How Maine changed the world : a history in 50 people, places, and objects


Griffin, Nancy, author.
Camden, Maine : Down East Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, 2017. 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.1 GRIFFIN    Check Shelf
26
book
BookBook
Book Cover

The man with the sawed-off leg and other tales of a New York City block


Wakin, Daniel J., author.
New York : Arcade Publishing, [2018] 2018

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  974.71 WAKIN    Check Shelf
27
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Mapping Manhattan : a love (and sometimes hate) story in maps by 75 New Yorkers


Cooper, Becky.
New York : Abrams Image, c2013. 2013

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  974.71 COOPER    Check Shelf
28
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Miŕo's magic animals


Penrose, Antony, author.
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2016] 2016

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J PIC EXPLORE PENROSE    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 709 PENROSE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 709.2 PENROSE    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
29
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Myths and mysteries of the Civil War : true stories of the unsolved and unexplained


Bradley, Michael R. (Michael Raymond), 1940-
Guilford, Conn. : GPP, [2011] 2011

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
30
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Outside the wire : American soldiers' voices from Afghanistan



Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. 2013

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  958.1 O94O    Check Shelf
31
book
BookBook
Book Cover

President Adams' alligator : and other White House pets


Barnes, Peter W., 1958-
Alexandria, VA : VSP Books, [2003] 2003

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J 636.088 BAR    Check Shelf
32
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Presidential payola : the true stories of monetary scandals in the Oval Office that robbed tax payer


Craughwell, Thomas J., 1956-
Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2011. 2011

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
33
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Progressive nation : a travel guide with 400+ left turns and inspiring landmarks


Pohlen, Jerome.
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2008] 2008

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
34
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Revenge of the paste eaters : memoirs of a misfit


Peck, Cheryl.
New York : 5 Spot, 2005. 2005

Rating:

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  B PECK    Check Shelf
35
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Scratch : writers, money, and the art of making a living



New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  808.02 SCRATCH    On Holdshelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  808.02 SCRATCH    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  GROUP BIOGRAPHY WRITERS    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
36
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Secret lives of the first ladies : strange stories and shocking trivia from inside the White House


O'Brien, Cormac, 1967- author.
Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, 2017. 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.099 O'BRIEN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Teen  TEEN 920 OBR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.099 OBR    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
37
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Speaking ill of the dead : jerks in Connecticut history


Bendici, Ray.
Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, 2012. 2012

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  974.6 BENDICI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  974.6 B433    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  974.6 BENDICI    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
38
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Starflacker : inside the golden age of Hollywood


Guttman, Dick, author.
Beverly Hills, CA : R Guttman Associates, Inc., [2015] 2015

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  791.43 GUT    Storage
39
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Tales from Kentucky nurses


Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2015. 2015

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
40
book
BookBook
Book Cover

They knew Lincoln


Washington, John E., author.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 2018

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.7092 WASHINGTON    Check Shelf
41
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  355 SITES    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  355.009 SITES    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.0092 SI86    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
42
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

The third coast : sailors, strippers, fishermen, folksingers, long-haired Ojibway painters, and God-


McClelland, Ted.
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2008] 2008

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
43
book
BookBook
Book Cover

This atom bomb in me


Freeman, Lindsey A., author.
Stanford, California : Redwood Press, [2019] 2019

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  976.8 FREEMAN    Missing
44
book
BookBook
Book Cover

This day in presidential history


Brandus, Paul, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Bernan Press, [2018] 2018

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.099 BRANDUS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.099 BRANDUS    Check Shelf
45
book
BookBook
Book Cover

This is Texas, Y'All! : the Lone Star State from A to Z


Blaise, Misha Maynerick, 1977-
Guilford, Connecticut : Lone Star, an imprint of Globe Pequot, [2017] 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 976.4 BLAISE    Check Shelf
46
Book on Tape
Book on TapeDownloadable Audiobook
Book Cover

Tiny blunders/big disasters


Knott, Jared, author.
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2022. 2022

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-Audiobook    Downloadable
Avon cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla.
 Berlin - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-Audiobook    Downloadable
Berlin cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla.
 Bloomfield - Downloadable Materials  Hoopla E-Audiobook    Downloadable
Bloomfield cardholders click here to access this title from Hoopla.
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
47
book
BookBook
Book Cover

Trillion-dollar coach : the leadership playbook from Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell


Schmidt, Eric, 1955 April 27- author.
New York : HarperBusiness, 2019. 2019

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  658.407 SCHMIDT    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  658.4 SCH    Storage
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  658.407 SCH    Check Shelf
There are additional copies/volumes of this item
48
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

Voices of the heart : Asian American women on immigration, work, and family


Ling, Huping, 1956-
[Kirksville, Mo.] : Truman State University Press, [2007] 2007

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
49
Bestseller
BestsellerE-Book
Book Cover

"War stories" : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and winter soldiers--what really happened in Vi


Kulik, Gary.
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Incorporated, [2009] 2009

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials  EBSCO Ebook    Downloadable
Rocky Hill cardholders click here to access this title from EBSCO
50
Book on CD
Book on CDAudiobook on CD/MP3
Book Cover

When you find out the world is against you : and other funny memories about awful moments


Oxford, Kelly.
Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by Recorded Books, [2017] 2017

Rating:

 

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  CDB 814 OXF    Check Shelf
Add Marked to Bag Add All On Page
Locate in results
Result Page