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Camping Camping Equipment and supplies Handbooks, manuals, etc Camping Handbooks, manuals, etc Chaucer, Geoffrey d. 1400 Adaptations Outdoor life Outdoor life Handbooks, manuals, etc Outdoor recreation Outdoor recreation Handbooks, manuals, etc Wilderness survival Wilderness survival Handbooks, manuals, etcSummary: Written in the 14th century, The Canterbury Tales has stood the test of time as a landmark in the development of English literature. This innovative "frame story" owes its classic standing and impact to the diversity both of the narrators and of the styles of tales they tell. In this program, expert commentators Dr. Christiania Whitehead and Dr. Peter Mack, both of the University of Warwick,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Canterbury, Dave
Summary: Renowned outdoors expert and New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury provides you with all you need to know about packing, trapping, and preparing food for your treks and wilderness travels. Whether you're headed out for a day hike or a weeklong expedition, you'll find everything you need to survive - and eat well - out in the wild. Canterbury makes certain you're set by not only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CANChaucer, Geoffrey
Contents: Biographical note -- Introduction -- Translator's foreword -- The Canterbury tales -- General prologue -- The Knight's tale -- The Miller's prologue -- The Miller's tale -- The Steward's prologue [the Reeve's prologue] -- The Cook's prologue -- The Cook's tale -- Introductory words to the Man of Law's tale -- Prologue to the Man of Law's tale -- The Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHAChaucer, Geoffrey.
Contents: The general prologue -- The Miller's prologue and tale -- The Reeve's prologue and tale -- The Cook's prologue and tale -- The man of law's prologue and tale -- The wife of Bath's prologue and tale -- The friar's prologue and tale -- The summoner's prologue and tale -- The clerk's prologue and tale -- The merchant's prologue and tale -- The squire's prologue and tale -- The Franklin's prologue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHWSmith, Zadie
Summary: "In her stage-writing debut, celebrated novelist and essayist Zadie Smith brings to life a comedic and cutting twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath. The Wife of Willesden follows Alvita, a Jamaican-born British woman in her mid-50s, as she tells her life story to a band of strangers in a small pub on the Kilburn High Road. Wearing fake gold chains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822 SMICohen, Barbara
Summary: A version in modern English of four of Chaucer's tales, beautifully illustrated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.1 COHGabaldon, Diana.
Summary: A guide to the Outlander series, time-travel romances featuring Claire Beauchamp Randall, a Red Cross nurse. Included are synopses of novels, biographies, family trees and pronunciation help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1999
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Summary: How to Build a Motorcycle continues the Technical Tales series, where a group of three unlikely friends--a rat, a sparrow, and a frog--come together to build another vehicle--a motorcycle! As they start working, they encounter many unexpected obstacles, teaching them (and the reader) about the different parts that make a motorcycle work. Detailed illustrations explain the overall functions of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.21 LACEgan, Timothy
Summary: At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular--and when his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church prompted a reckoning with his own beliefs -- Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, to explore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263 EGABarr, Kathleen
Summary: The dragons help kids learn important lessons in life that will develop their character and allow them to build healthy relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DRACanterbury, Dave
Summary: "Meant to follow "Bushcraft 101" by providing more advanced techniques for making tools, traps, shelters, and more, in the wilderness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 ChaucDadey, Debbie
Summary: Echo Reef is tail-flipping with excitement when she find a human object. But when her older sister claims the object for her own, how far will Echo go to reclaim it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Dadey 2019Bond, Michael.
Summary: A collection of stories about Paddington, the bear from darest Peru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BONJeffery, Josie.
Summary: "This book is designed to help gardeners mix and match various companion plant pairs and groups to create healthy, harmonious botanical communities. All you have to do is choose from the extensive plant directory to find the perfect plant pals. Each central crop has a row of colored dots along the top and bottom of the strip showing its "requirements"--that is, what it's looking for in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2014
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Summary: "For years, Dave Canterbury has been teaching outdoor enthusiasts how to survive in the wild, and truly enjoy the experience. The Bushcraft Essentials Field Guide distills these teachings into the key takeaways campers and hikers need to know when they're out in the woods. How to start a fire. Where to build your shelter. What to put in your pack. Dave's advice is now right at your fingertips...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2022
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Summary: Facts about the Sackett novels that includes real and fictional characters, geography, and historical eras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1989
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 LAMChaucer, Geoffrey
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 821.1 CHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHACanterbury, Dave
Summary: Offers survival skills on using the surrounding wilderness as a useful resource, including how to manufacture needed tools, how to collect and cook food, and how to guard against the elements. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2014
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Summary: "This is a cooking and styling guide that shows you how to create beautiful, abundant spreads-for casual dinners or parties--with stunning photography and creative ideas for every occasion"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.812 WESMyhrman, Matts A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Out on a Bale 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.8 MYHContents: Disc 1 : Fibre 00. 2.08 (Scalpel) ; Cruise control (Krackhead) ; Frozen (Torque) ; Heatfell (Carthage) ; Low rider (The Bug) ; Return to the island of DJ Moreau (AKA) ; Killer grip (Eardrum) ; Hollow (Line) ; Linseed (Fruitcake) ; 6.04 (Scalpel) ; 5 a.m. (Solaris B.C.) ; Sticks & stones (Final) - Disc 2 : Fibre 01-06. 01/01 (Solaris B.C.) ; Implant 5 (The Sidewinder) ; Moonstalker (Hydrus) ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC LOAckroyd, Peter
Summary: Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009