Summary: Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Seen through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ISummary: A man travels the Mississippi on a steamboat, making money to hire a lawyer to clear his nephew's name; upholding the law in a small southern town, Judge Billy Priest also plays matchmaker for his nephew; a country doctor upsets his small town when he has an affair with a widow; a young man's efforts to become a hero are thwarted when he joins the Armed Forces but is posted in his home town;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JOHMessner, Kate
Summary: Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESTarshis, Lauren
Summary: "It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC TARMelville, Herman
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: J.M. Dent 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION MelvilleMelville, Herman
Summary: Melville wrote of his masterpiece, "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1984
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Magic OsborneMelville, Herman
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1967
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amsco School Publications, Inc. 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
Summary: A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FICTION Melville 1987Melville, Herman
Summary: A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MelMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Amer Fic MelvilleSummary: "William Boston has just joined the all-black 24th infantry of the United States Army. A natural leader, Boston quickly rises within his troop and is looked up to by the others. When the men are sent to the South, where racism runs rampant in a merciless community, the troop is pushed to their limit. After endless brutal acts of violence, Boston and the men turn their fear and rage against the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWEBlake, Michael
Summary: In his New York Times bestselling novel Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake created an unforgettable saga of white and Native American cultures. Now in Marching to Valhalla, Blake unfolds the story of the final months of General George Armstrong Custer, a story that illuminates the epic sweep of his entire life--his career, his passions, his legacy to the American west. Here is Custer as we've...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BLAMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 1989
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MelviMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MelviMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1983
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1982
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MELMelville, Herman
Summary: Publisher's description: Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure. Although initially rejected as too fantastic to be true, Typee was immensely popular and regarded in Melville's lifetime as his best work. It established his reputation as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 2003