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Summary: A collection of novellas explores the line between civilization and the "wild men."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION HARRISONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC HARBehnke, Alison.
Summary: Looks at the different modes of dress in America in the mid twentieth century, from every day clothes to high fashion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.00973 BEHSedaris, David.
Summary: From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 SEDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 SEDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 SEDPrzybyszewski, Linda.
Summary: "As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly. As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.9 PRZCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Life PrzybyszewskiPearlman, Edith
Contents: The jigsaw table -- Fidelity -- ToyFolk -- Allog -- Chance -- Accommodators -- Love among the greats -- Neighbors -- Big fish -- Fitting -- The thought of you -- Tess's team -- Sonya's place.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eastern Washington University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEASandler, Martin W.
Summary: Over one thousand photographs celebrate the people and places in America capturing 150 years of American history, culture, lifestyles, and diverse character of a nation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.9793 SANStasz, Clarice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1991
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 STASummary: Includes essays and literary works by Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, Clarence Darrow, John Kenneth Galbraith, and H. L. Mencken as well as an essay by Henry L. Stimson (P.A. 1883) on the decision to use the atomic bomb.Contains primary source material.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Square Press 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 810.8 AMESummary: A modern day version of the Dickens' classic finds an aspiring artist (Hawke) reunited with his love (Paltrow). When she agrees to model for him, his dearest hopes may be realized, along with his darkest fears.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GREByrne, Paula
Summary: "Filled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional--and nearly forgotten--young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break with her family for love."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, KATHLEEN BYRNew Yorker Magazine (COR)/ White, E. B. (CON)/ Salinger, J. D. (CON)/ Smith, Zadie (CON)
Summary: The 1940s are the watershed decade of the twentieth century, a time of trauma and upheaval but also of innovation and profound and lasting cultural change. This is the era of Fat Man and Little Boy, of FDR and Stalin, but also of Casablanca and Citizen Kane, zoot suits and Christian Dior, Duke Ellington and Edith Piaf. The 1940s were when The New Yorker came of age. A magazine that was best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 FORHendricks, Nancy
Summary: "From Beatniks to Sputnik and Princess Grace to Peyton Place, this book illuminates the female half of America's population as they entered a "brave new world" that revolutionized women's lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 HENSummary: Features hours of hilarious sketches, memorable skits from the original Season 4 cast, and all the original musical performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATGeorge, Alex.
Summary: A Good American is a story of immigrant hope. Set in a fictional Midwestern town and spanning more than a century, the novel tells the story of three generations of the Meisenheimer family. Beginning with an improbable love affair ignited by the power of song, the story follows an unorthodox young couple as they flee to America in search of a new life together. From prohibition to the Kennedy...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GEORodgers, Rick
Summary: The authors present recipes from and trivia about life in the United States in the 1960s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 RODFox, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FOXSedaris, David.
Contents: A plague of tics -- Get yer ya-ya's out -- Next of kin -- Cyclops -- True detective -- The drama bug -- I like guys -- Ashes, parts 1 and 2 -- Naked.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner Audiobooks 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Berg, Elizabeth.
Summary: Relish the exquisite moments of ordinary life. These 14 complete stories offer reconciliations, moments of truth, and awakening appreciation for life's simple gifts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERLove, Edmund G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOVAlexie, Sherman
Contents: Assimilation -- The toughest Indian in the world -- Class -- South by southwest -- The sin eaters -- Indian country -- Saint Junior -- Dear John Wayne -- One good man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2000