Central Kansas Library System

A biography of the eleventh American president, whose term in office saw great expansion of the western frontier.

A biography of the boy from Kansas who became the leader of the Allied forces in World War II and then became the President of the United States.

Discusses the childhood, family, and political career of the president who served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

A biography of the feminist who brought safe and legal birth control to the women of America.

Biography of Admiral Richard Byrd, the first man to fly over both the North and South Poles, centers on his expedition to Antarctica.

Set in the United States at a time of unprecedented economic collapse, deep political corruption, accelerating social decay, out of control rioting in the cities and great natural disasters. In the midst of all of this chaos, a former CIA agent, a respected financial reporter and a blogger that takes his prepping to extremes all find themselves dropped into the middle of an ancient conflict between two shadowy international organizations. The three...

Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.

"Director [John] Ford brings us to the lawless frontier village of Shinbone, a town plagued by a larger-than-life nemesis, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). [James] Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid Shinbone of Valance, and he finds that he has an unlikely ally -- in the form of a rugged local rancher (John Wayne). The two men also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). But when the final showdown becomes inevitable,...