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Summary: "The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386 KELFayrfax, Robert
Contents: Kyrie : Orbis factor (1:42) -- Missa O quam glorifica (48:00) -- Hymnus : O quam glorifica (2:31) -- Ave Dei Patris filia (11:47) -- Sumwhat musyng (3:38) -- That was my joy / anonymous (2:45) -- To complayne me, alas (3:44).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaudeamus 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL FAYWhite, Ralph
Summary: The true story of how one Chase Manhattan banker fought to the save the staff of its Saigon branch before the city fell to the North Vietnamese army in the waning days of the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITE, RALPH WHIGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: "Toddler Oliver says "no" to everything-from brushing his teeth and cleaning to swinging on the swings-until his cousin Jess comes to visit and Oliver discovers all that is possible when you say "yes.""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRASpencer, Charles Spencer
Summary: The sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever. King Henry I was sailing for England in triumph after four years of fighting the French. Congregating with the king at the port of Barfleur on that freezing night was the cream of Anglo-Norman society,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Collins 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.916336 SPESummary: Learn the signs for shoe, sock, hat, coat, please, thank you, sorry, car, train, bus, bike, airplane, boat, ball, doll, bear, wash hands, soap, sleep, bath, brush teeth, book, pajamas, blanket. Uses singing, dancing, speaking, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Little Hands Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BABHeacox, Kim.
Summary: "John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire takes two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska, and combines them into a brisk and engaging biography.John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shining son of the Scottish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUIR, JOHN HEABrownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BROMoore, Susanna.
Summary: "The dramatic history of America's tropical paradise. The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals--from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes, to the early Polynesian adventurers who sailed across the Pacific in double...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 996.9 MOOCarby, Hazel V.
Summary: "A haunting and evocative history of British empire, told through one woman's family story 'Where are you from?' Hazel Carby was continually asked as a girl, at a time when being Black and being British was understood to be an impossibility. To answer that question properly, eminent scholar Hazel Carby finds she needs to trace not just the family history of her Jamaican father and her Welsh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2019
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Summary: "Examines athletic-academic corruption at UNC-Chapel Hill and in NCAA athletics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 SMISummary: Follows the lives of Korean poet Young-Chan Cho, who is both deaf and blind, and his wife Soon Ho. Focuses on the couple's use of touch to communicate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLABurke, Joe
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc. 1938
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMMcDonald, Duff.
Summary: Offers an in-depth biography of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, written with the full blessing of the man known to all as the Savior of Wall St.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIMON, JAMIE MCDHerman, Barbara.
Summary: "An intriguing look at vintage perfume's powerful past, including reviews of more than 300 scents, with stunning period advertisements throughout"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.63 HERClowes, Daniel
Summary: Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story--actually, stories--of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2023
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Summary: While her husband is away in the army, Vivienne de la Mare, living in a farmhouse on World War II-occupied Guernsey in the Channel Island with her two daughters and mother-in-law, falls in love with a German officer and must make a difficult decision that could tear her family apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion/Voice 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LERAnonymous 4 (Musical group)
Contents: Prosa : Gaude virgo salutata (chant) (1:39) -- Polyphonic song : Edi beo thu hevene quene (3:34) -- Introit : Salve mater redemptoris/Salve lux langentium/Salve sine spina/Salve sancta parens (2:50) -- Motet : Lux polis refulgens/Lux et gloria (3:19) -- Kyrie : Kyria christifera (3:57) --Gloria (2:59) -- Motet : Spiritus et alme/Gaude virgo salutata (1:49) -- Song : Miro genere (1:33) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmonia Mundi France 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ANOWang, Yage
Summary: "Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YAGWard, Greg
Summary: Complemented by a bonus eBook, a guide to the most popular routes and destinations throughout America's Southwest provides locally recommended, essential information for festivals, accommodations and activities in destinations ranging from the Grand Canyon to Zion National Park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 ROUBroughton, Chad.
Summary: "In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 BROAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women artists from around the world. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 AMSConfucius.
Summary: The classic collection of conversations and sayings by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, containing his teachings on ethics, politics, and religion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1979