Miles, Tiya
Summary: "Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 MILDahl, Roald
Summary: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD JFIC DAHCamp, Jeremy.
Contents: Trust in you -- Beautiful one -- Enough -- Wonderful maker -- Hear my voice -- I wait for the Lord -- Empty me -- I surrender to you -- Walk by faith -- Revive me -- You're worthy of my priase -- Longing heart -- Carried me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BEC Recordings 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS CAMBunting, Eve
Summary: Looks at the cart that pulled Dr. King's body through Atlanta on the day of his funeral, showing the effect he had on people and the nation at large.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE America BuntingAleksievich, Svetlana
Summary: "Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. These men and women were both witnesses and sometimes soldiers as well, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embedded in them--a trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 ALEMacLeod, Alison
Summary: "A woman emerging from mourning spends her savings on a fur coat, a coat she will wear to a dance that will change her life. A professor of cardiovascular physiology lingers on the cusp of consciousness as he waits for his new heart to be delivered, still beating, from another body--and is carried on a tidal wave of memories to an attic room half a century ago. Visiting Sylvia Plath's grave in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACSoderguit, Alfredo
Summary: A beautiful, simple, and deep book about how accepting others can enrich us all. Hens and their chicks are living safe and secure in their coop, or at least it seems that way. They are happy with life as it is. Each one knows what she should be doing. They don't even seem to notice when every now and then one of them is carried off. Until one day some capybara appear. It's hunting season and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids/Greystone Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Dashboard Confessional (Musical group)
Contents: Burning heart -- Everyone else is just noise -- Here's to moving on -- The better of me -- Southbound and sinking -- Sleep in -- Me and mine -- Sunshine state -- Pain free in three chords -- Young -- All the truth that I can tell.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DASLewis, Amber
Summary: "Author of Made for Living Amber Lewis reveals her approach to renovating a home and building one from scratch, with gorgeous images and plenty of detail shots so you can be sure to get stunning results. The details of a room make a difference. The bullnose edge of a marble countertop. The wood grain and color of the flooring. The particular pleat of the drape. Amber Lewis, the esteemed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2023
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Summary: Far away on Wilde Island, Princess Rosalind is born with a dragon claw where her ring finger should be. To hide this secret, the queen forces her to wear gloves at all times until a cure can be found, and Rosalind can fulfill the prophecy that will restore her family to its rightful throne. But Rosalind's flaw cannot be separated from her fate. When she is carried off by the dragon, everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008
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Weller, Sheila
Summary: Sourced by friends, colleagues, and witnesses to all stages of Fisher's life, this work is an affectionate and even-handed portrayal of a woman whose unsurpassed honesty is a reminder of how things should be. Weller traces Carrie Fisher's life from her Hollywood royalty roots to her untimely and shattering death after Christmas 2016. We follow Fisher's acting career, from her debut in Shampoo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FISCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio FisherCowboy Junkies (Musical group)
Contents: All that reckoning, pt. 1 (3:51) -- When we arrive (4:28) -- The things we do to each other (3:56) -- Wooden stairs (4:20) -- Sing me a song (4:20) -- Mountain stream (4:50) -- Missing children (3:40) -- Shining teeth (4:40) -- Nose before ear (4:15) -- All that reckoning, pt. 2 (4:19) -- The possessed (3:23).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Latent Records 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Join the Cat, Nick, and Sally as they-- Pretend to be pirates by following a treasure map--and find some treasure of their own! Meet Salmon Sam--and journey with her upstream to lay eggs in the same pool where she was born! See how trees send seeds flying through the air, floating on water, and hitching rides on animals to avoid overcrowding! Play sniff and seek with Whiffy the skunk (a guy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv CaDavis, Barbara
Summary: Longing to rid herself of a family plantation that holds disturbing memories, Leslie returns after a long absence and meets the farm's reclusive caretaker, with whom she uncovers haunting family mysteries surrounding a cryptic grave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVMilk Carton Kids (Musical group)
Contents: Just look at us now -- Nothing is real -- Younger years -- Mourning in America -- You break my heart -- Blindness -- One more for the road -- Big time -- A sea of roses -- Unwinnable war -- I've been loving you -- All the things....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MILKing, Stephen
Summary: "The man in the black suit" is a haunting recollection of a mysterious boyhood event; "All that you love will be carried away" concerns a man who checks into a Lincoln, Nebraska Motel 6 in order to find the meaning in his life; "That feeling, you can only say what it is in French" presents the ultimate case of de?ja? vu; and "The death of Jack Hamilton" is a blistering tale of Depression-era...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2002
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Contents: Ella fue (She was the one) (3:42) -- Coro miyare (6:07) -- Picadillo (5:33) -- Juan Pachanga (6:13) -- Donde (4:50) -- Foofer soofer (3:56) -- Isadora (6:51) -- Fania All-Stars' cha cha cha (4:18) -- Los Bravos (5:26) -- Qué pasa? (5:58) -- Prepara (9:43) -- Peanuts (The peanut vendor) (4:57) -- Sin tu cariño (6:37).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN FANLamb, Cathy
Summary: When Natalie Shelton thinks back to how things were before the car accident, she remembers a great marriage. She and her husband, Zack, seem as strong and dependable together as the houses he builds. They live in Portland, Oregon, and Natalie is co-owner of a successful accounting firm. They're happy, she's almost sure of it. Yet as Natalie lies trapped in a coma, unable to communicate though...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION LAMLao, She
Summary: Stories by a Chinese writer. They range from A Man Who Doesn't Lie, which is a caricature of a habitual liar, to The Grand Opening, on a hospital which gives VD patients injections of tea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Hawaiʻi Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAOFlynn, Laurie Elizabeth
Summary: Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and We Were Liars, All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn is a gripping young adult thriller told from the perspective of everyone except the alleged killer-- a seventeen-year-old girl. You heard the story on the news. A girl and a boy went into the woods. The girl carried a picnic basket. The boy wore bright yellow running shoes. The girl found her way out, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FLYSummary: It's Valentine's Day with The Cat in the Hat, a great time to make friends with the Cat. Spend the whole day with wonderful friends in a place where adventure and fun never ends. Yes, friendship's the key on this special day, and the Cat is the one who will lead the way. Join The Cat in the Hat as he celebrates friendship with his closest friends, Nick, Sally, Fish, and the Things!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2012
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Juv CaGroban, Josh.
Contents: Brave (3:59) -- False Alarms (4:33) -- Falling Slowly (4:20) -- She Moved Through The Fair (4:55) -- Below The Line (3:28) -- E Ti Prometter ̣(feat. Laura Pausini) (3:56) -- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (3:45) -- Un Alma Mas (feat. Arturo Sandoval) (4:10) -- Happy In My Heartache (3:08) -- Hollow Talk (5:34) -- Sincera (3:35) -- I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (5:58) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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Giang, Kristen Mai
Summary: "On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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Summary: For every woman who has ever wondered what happily ever after really means, McCarthy presents a hilarious and insightful peek behind the curtains at the often unholy state of matrimony.living with and loving the tv-addicted, sex-obsessed, not-so-handy man you married
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011