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Chad Lewis
Summary: For several nights in 1903, the small town of Van Meter, Iowa was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine. The nature and origin of this mysterious visitor was...
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Call #: 001.944 LEW 2013 IOWA
Location: New Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Kathleen Vyn
(10)
Summary: You say you don't believe in ghosts? After you read these spine-tingling stories of real-life encounters with the uncanny, you'll have to admit that there's something hard to explain going on in the old mansions and graveyards of Iowa.
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Call #: 133.1 VYN 2008 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Robert Waggoner
(1,488)
Summary: While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and...
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Call #: 154.63 WAG 2009 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tony D. Thelen
(11)
Summary: This book is written for everyone who has ever wondered, am I doing this right? when thinking about their lives and careers.
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Call #: 158.1 THE 2022 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Laura Sohl-Cryer
Summary: This book is not only an invitation for you to get a glimpse into life on our family farm, it is a reminder for you to see how God is working during each and every moment in your life. Ultimately, it...
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Call #: 242 SOH 2022 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Verne Lyon
(11)
Summary: An Iowa boy away at college, Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the...
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Call #: 327.12 LYO 2018 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Bob Wilbanks
(88)
Summary: Beginning December 8, 1941, this is the story of a young Iowa Marine at the U.S. Navy Yard barracks at Cavite. It continues through the fighting on Corregidor; his capture by the Japanese Imperial...
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Call #: 940.5472 WIL 2004 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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(7)
Summary: The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa includes each subject's name, birth and death dates, place of birth, education, and career and contributions. Many of the names will be instantly recognizable to...
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Call #: 977.7 BIO 2009 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
David Gebhard
(4)
Summary: In Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim trace Iowa's architectural history from the earliest Native American influences to the present. Divided into five regional areas -- Mississippi...
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Call #: 977.7 GEB 1993 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Virgil J Vogel
(2)
Summary: Is Wapsipinicon just a melodic but meangingless label for a picturesque Iowa river? Or is it a living name rich in historical and cultural associations? It is one of some 200 place names traced to...
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Call #: 977.7 VOG 1983 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Matthew R Walsh
(10)
Summary: After Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes. The Tai Dam, an ethnic group from northern Vietnam, campaigned for...
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Call #: 977.7 WAL 2017 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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BOOK
Call #: 977.7923 KAL 1983 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mary L Jones
(9)
Summary: Using images from Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, depicts history and content encompassing a century at Camp Dodge and its immediate vicinity.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 355.7 JON 2009
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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(1)
Summary: Comprised of 12 stories by World War II veterans. These detailed and compelling stories bring a critical time in our history back to life. Editor Jane Cox helps these veterans tell their stories in...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 940.54 HER 2002
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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BOOK
Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 DES
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Mark D. Wilson
(7)
Summary: Some people deserve to be heroes. A combination of simplicity and courage, honor and compassion, coordination and generosity. 2018 marks the hundredth birthday of one of Iowa's most notable native...
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Call #: B KINNICK 2018 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Chris Norton
(669)
Summary: In a moment, Chris went from a talented eighteen-year-old Luther College football player with a promising future to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his...
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Call #: B NORTON 2019 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
James Stordahl
Summary: Third in a series of stories and photos by an Iowa grandfather who has lived with bipolar disorder for 50 years. This book shows that a bipolar sufferer can lead an erratic, but successful life. The...
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Call #: B STORDAHL 2014 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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James Stordahl
Summary: Lots of stories from a 73-year-old "baby boomer" who has held 68 jobs, so far. This Vietnam-era veteran, retired military, retired postmaster, father and grandfather has a lot to talk about. These...
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Call #: B STORDAHL 2020 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The White labyrinth [music CD] : Harvey Sollberger at eighty](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/186674@2x.jpg)
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Harvey Sollberger composer, performer
Summary: The venerable Harvey Sollberger -- flutist, composer, and conductor, is honored with a recording of his music celebrating his 80th birthday. The six works on this disc were composed over a 57-year...
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Call #: CD/CL SOL IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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