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Summary: "In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest-Appalachian miners and mill workers stranded after factories closed, city dwellers with no hope of getting work, farmers whose land had failed. They set up government homesteads in rural areas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASVolk, Patricia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beeler Large Print 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.5 VOLJacobs, Margaret D.
Summary: "A necessary reckoning with America's troubled history of injustice to Indigenous people, After One Hundred Winters confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossession of Indigenous people and asks what reconciliation might mean in light of this haunted history. In this timely and urgent book, settler historian Margaret Jacobs tells the stories of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.11 JACSummary: Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ITSMarcus, Greil
Summary: "Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan's story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcus's point of departure is Dylan's ability to "see...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB MARWest, Elliott
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.83 WESSummary: Inside Wildsam Hamptons & North Fork you'll find stories from prize-winning authors, past and present; a detailed road trip plan and profiles to ten idyllic towns; interviews with surfers, artists, winemakers and landscape architects; delightful miscellany from the archives, selective recommendations about authentic East End experiences and an immersive trek into the work, culture, and life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.472 HAMPTONS WILContents: Jazz Fest: the first 50 years / by Keith Spera -- Heritage, craft, and culture / by Rachel Lyons -- Quint Davis and Jazz Fest / by Karen Celestan -- Food fête / by Rachel Lyons -- The music and musicians of the New Orleans Jazz Festival / by Robert H. Cataliotti -- Off the stage, around the grounds / by Rachel Lyons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JAZSummary: "On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 136 years of baseball history, only 276 no-hitters have been recorded. Dock is the only pitcher to ever claim he accomplished his while high on LSD. During his 12 years in the major leagues, Dock lived the expression "Black is Beautiful!" He wore curlers on the field. He stepped out of his Cadillac wearing the widest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NORobertson, Joanne
Summary: "A translation of The Water Walker into Anishinaabemowin. The book contains both Anishinaabemowin and English. The Water Walker is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Wolf Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.62 ALATaffa, Deborah Jackson
Summary: "Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "At the time of its completion in 1936, Hoover Dam was the biggest dam in the world and the largest feat of architecture and engineering in the country--a statement of national ambition and technical achievement. It turned the wild Colorado River into a tame and securely managed water source, transforming millions of acres of desert into farmland while also providing water and power to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 627.82 BOUFolds, Ben
Summary: Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as "Brick," "You Don't Know Me," "Rockin' the Suburbs," and "The Luckiest," and is the former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds will be the first to tell you he's an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOLDS, BEN FOLPerry, Anne
Summary: "Commander William Monk has learned to live with the fact that he cannot remember the events of his life prior to a horrific carriage accident years ago. But when a ghost from his past, a man he has no recollection of, attempts to frame him for a series of murders, he must rely on the help of his wife Hester and his close friend Oliver Rathbone in order to free himself--from both the charges,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PER1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Perry 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M PERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PERSteel, Danielle
Summary: Five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency where newcomer Jane Addison quickly discovers there are damaging secrets hidden behind its doors. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STEFlogging Molly (Musical group)
Contents: Swagger -- Every dog has his day -- Selfish man -- Never met a girl like you before -- Laura -- If I ever leave this world alive -- Black Friday rule -- What made Milwaukee famous (made a loser out of me) -- Between a man and a woman -- De (That's all right) lilah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 26F Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FLOSummary: Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA INSSummary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: This guide details 25 of the best scenic tours during fall foliage season in New England. Trips vary from short drives on the coast to all-day excursions in the region’s mountains and forests. Detailed maps and itineraries complement trip descriptions that tell you what you’ll find along the route. In addition, sidebars suggest short walks and hikes that are great diversions when a little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 NEWSteel, Danielle
Summary: Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department. Even though she's a newcomer, Jane quickly realizes that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEEEder, Mari K.
Summary: "From corsets to crime fighting , Mae Foley challenged the patriarchal status quo by not only juggling family life, but also by forming the first female auxiliary police force in the City That Never Sleeps. After the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, Foley galvanized 2,000 women to join her "Masher Squad" and eventually became one of the first sworn officers with the NYPD. The "Masher Squad"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 EDEHaring, Keith.
Contents: For the same man (B Beat Girls) -- It's music (Damon Harris) -- Danger (Pylon) -- Pak man (the Jonzun Crew) -- Love money (Funk Masters) -- Bump and grind it (John Sex) -- Over and over (12" disco mix) (Sylvester) -- Jeffrey I hear you (the Girls) -- Jam hot (Johnny Dynell) -- I Zimbra (Talking Heads) -- Sortie 134 (part 2) (Art Zoyd) -- Weekend (Larry Levan mix) (Class Action) -- Chuka-ja (Get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019