Luxenberg, Steve
Summary: Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first. Separate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 LUXSummary: Nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston has lived a life of luxury in her cosmopolitan, turn-of-the-century hometown. Determined to reach beyond her sheltered world to help others, the headstrong schoolteacher heads for the impoverished Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to teach in a remote schoolhouse. As she grapples with the ignorance and poverty of the members of her new community, she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Christy 2006Chadwick, Elizabeth.
Summary: Fictionalizes the life of William Marshal, who is appointed tutor to Prince Henry, heir to the throne, after he rescues the queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, but William quickly learns of the dangers that are attached to his reward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAWarren, Mark
Summary: Shunted from his entrepreneurial ambitions to profit from the boomtowns of the frontier, Wyatt Earp returns to law enforcement. In Wichita, Kansas the town leaders become disenchanted with his hardline methods, and so he moves to a place where an iron-rule is needed - Dodge City. With him comes Mattie Blaylock, a runaway prostitute, who, like Wyatt, is searching for a chance at a better life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARLuxenberg, Steve
Summary: Documents the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Supreme Court ruling in favor of segregation, tracing the half-century of history that shaped the ruling and the reverberations that are still being felt today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk LuxenbergSummary: Director R.J. Cutler takes a revealing look at the brilliant life of comedic legend John Belushi. Known for his iconic characters and sketches on both stage and screen, few people knew his personal side, until now. Never-before-seen photos, letters and home-movies from the Belushi family archive give intimate access to the world-famous superstar. Family and friends who knew him best share...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BELSummary: When the Clanton gang kills Wyatt Earp's brothers, he decides to go after them and enlists the help of his friend Doc Holliday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2023
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN HOUEstleman, Loren D.
Summary: Presents an epic account of the brutal and legendary O.K. Corral shootout between Ike Clanton's cowboys and the Earp brothers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ESTMarshall, James
Summary: Relates several episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JPB MAR LEVEL 2Summary: In an effort to win control of the Marshall Islands gateway to the Japanese empire, U.S. aircraft bombarded Japanese ships in the lagoon at Kwajalein for weeks. Later, this lagoon became the graveyard for WWII era airplanes and shipwrecks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.424 SILGilly, Casey
Summary: "A long time ago, an evil witch named Hydia sought to destroy pony-kind. Now her granddaughters, Grackle and Dyre, are back to finish the job! With the School of Friendship overloaded with students, Starlight Glimmer and the Mane Six reach out for help. Enter: Violet Shiver, Shadow Storm, and Black Belle! But these ponies aren't quite what they seem; in fact, they're working for Grackle and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2022
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Summary: A biography of African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARFraley, John
Summary: "Follow author John Fraley as he traces the lives and times of past and present heroes of the Bob Marshall Wilderness, from old-timers like Joe Murphy, to Smoke Elser, and on to the present. Over the past century, these heroes have ridden, packed, and hiked from one end of the Bob to the other, and they've helped make the wilderness what it is today. You'll ride along on horse and mule treks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farcountry Press 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.86 FRATierney, Harry
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Leo Feist 1919
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMDuncan, Elizabeth J.
Summary: The competition is friendly and just a little fierce at the annual Llanelen agricultural show as town and country folk gather for the outdoor judging of farm animals and indoor judging of cakes, pies, pastries, chutneys, jams and jellies, along with vegetables, fruit and flowers. But this year, there's a new show category: murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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Summary: "In Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, Fisher shares his philosophy, offering valuable insights into the most fundamental and important aspects of buying and selling stock. Here are solid guidelines on when and what to buy, sound reasons for selling common stock, as well as critical information on profit margins and dividends. There is also Fisher's famous list of Top-Ten "Don'ts" for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.632 FISLambert, Marguerite N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Inc. 1998
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3774 LAMSummary: Season two starts with a bang. As Tara decides to move on from her past, a sudden neighborhood incident opens the door to her family's shocking secrets. Her alters, some returning and some new, help unravel the mysteries while simultaneously infusing their own chaos into the mix. Meanwhile, the rest of Tara's family explore their own identities as Max hits a boiling point, Marshall questions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNIRybczynski, Witold.
Summary: Traces the creation of a Pennsylvania residential subdivision from its planning stage to the residence of its first owners, in an account that offers insight into the long process of development and how it is related to sprawl and ex-urban growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 RYBLawson, Jenny
Summary: "As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LAWLawson, Jenny
Summary: "As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWSON, JENNY LAWCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio LawsonBruce, Lenny.
Summary: Complilation on six sound discs with accompanying book, by the same title, of various Lenny Bruce performances. A more detailed description of disc contents can be found on p. 71-76 in book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BRU1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BRU
Pappu, Sridhar
Summary: "The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series contests ever, with the Detroit Tigers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals in Game Seven of the World Series. In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 PAPWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: The origins of cutie marks, friendships, magic and more are available in this ongoing series devoted to revealing the secret history of Equestria. FInd out the origin of Equestria's most legendary pony heroes as they come together to face the greatest evil any have ever encountered! Will they be able to overcome their differences to defeat an enemy that knows all of their weaknesses?
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC 2018