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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
301 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Description
Sequim is located between Washington's Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Once a major dairy farming area, Sequim has become a retirement community for people from all over the country. These 157 family histories, and many photos, show the sharp contrast between life 50 to 150 years ago and life today. This book will be a great resource for both current and future researchers because contributors were asked to include basic family genealogy....
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"An epic, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure into the idea of family--where it begins and how far it goes--and what it has to tell us about our biology and our genetics, our tribes and our traditions, and our history and our future. A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don't know me, but my wife is your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database."...
Author
Series
Gunnie Rose novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
291 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Description
"Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this thrilling third installment follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia, and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail...
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (née Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor.
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