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Bacon, John U.

Summary: "From the Preface: "I wrote these stories between 1992 and 2018. They cover a dozen different sports for a dozen different media outlets, from the Ann Arbor News to National Public Radio, and they stretch from a couple pages to a dozen. But they have one thing in common: they all meant a lot to me when I wrote them, and they still do today." The Best of Bacon presents both new and familiar...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 BAC

Bacon, John U.

Summary: "After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT--the most powerful explosion ever...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 971 BAC

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 971 BAC

Bacon, John U.

Summary: After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT -- the most powerful explosion ever...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 BAC

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 971 BAC

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 Bac

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 971.6 BAC

Contents: Disc l. The Nyingmapa sect. Chant asking the blessing of the Guru Drakmar. -- Instruments of the monastery orchestra. Two shawms (rGyaling) ; Two long trumpets (dung) ; Two shell-trumpets made from conches (dung-dkar) ; Two short horns (rKang-ling) ; Hand-bell (drilbu) and hand-drum (damaru) ; Cymbals (rolmo) ; Cymbals (silnyen) ; Pole-drum (rGna) ; Ritual (for attaining the qualities of)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1999

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN ANT

Bacon, John U.

Summary: For the millions of fans who celebrate the game-day heroics of the student athletes that give college football its heart and soul, bestselling author John U. Bacon's "Fourth and Long," a warts-and-all look at the present and future of the game, gives them reason to still believe.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 BAC

Summary: With the death of Franco came a loosening of political restrictions and a restoration of many civil liberties. In this program, respected authorities look at the past 25 years of literature in post-Franco Spain and the literary inclinations of the next up-and-coming generation of poets, authors, and playwrights. Dramatic readings include excerpts from Manuel Vazquez Montalban's "Sin Memoria,"...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: In this remarkable anthology, some of the world's greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize'winning author Robert Coles for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teaching Stories is an invaluable collection in which novelists, essayists, and poets "render school life in all its complexity...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2004

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TEA

Keene, Donald.

Summary: Collection of Japanese works including poetry, prose and drama.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Weidenfeld 1988

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.608 KEE

Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown.

Summary: Examines the history, evolution, and culture of the American Indians, discussing both oral and written literature.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1991

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 RUO

Summary: Characterized by expressions of individuality, popularismo, criticism, stoicism, humor, piety, and dignity, the literature of Spain spans ten centuries, includes some of history's most significant writers, and contains landmark works of every major literary genre. This program provides an overview of Iberian history as it relates to Spanish literature. The formation of regional tongues and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Traditional

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Calumet Music Co. 1935

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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Contents: Furui, Y. Wedlock.--Kono, T. Bone meat.--Abe, K. Friends.--Yasuoka, S. Prized possessions.--Kojima, N. The American school.--Kurosawa, A. Ikiru.--Ozu, Y. Tokyo story.--Takeda, T. To build a bridge.--Kurahashi, Y. To die at the estuary.--Mishima, Y. The boy who wrote poetry.--Kawabata, Y. Seven very short stories.--Kaneko, M. Three poems.--Sekine, H. Three poems.--Tamura, R. Two...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf : distributed by Random House 1977

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Summary: Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers-and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom-grew disenchanted with the status quo. This program profiles the careers and the potential of literary artists at the forefront of the region's emerging narrative trends. Addressing the influence of the Crack Movement and the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: Complacency has never been a hallmark of Latin American literature. As the 21st century dawned, many young writers-and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom-grew disenchanted with the status quo. This program profiles the careers and the potential of literary artists at the forefront of the region's emerging narrative trends. Addressing the influence of the Crack Movement and the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 1971

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 ANT

Allyn, Douglas.

Summary: After a stint in jail which cost him his wife and career, Dr. David Westbrook takes his battered jeep, a one-eyed cat, and his troubled past to northern Michigan to start over in a clinic where he can heal injured animals, and maybe himself, at the same time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M ALL

Rare Earth (Musical group)

Contents: I just cried (2:19) -- King of a rainy country (2:46) -- Get ready (2:49) -- Generation (Light up the sky) (2:43) -- Child of fortune/One world (13:17) -- In bed (3:02) -- (I know) I'm losing you (3:39) -- Long time leavin' (4:48) -- Born to wander (2:59) -- What'd I say (3:19) -- I just want to celebrate (2:52) -- If I die (3:29) -- Hey big brother (4:45) -- Good time Sally (2:53) -- Think of...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Motown 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RAR

Summary: How did life in post-civil war Spain-a time of uncertainty and oppression-influence the writings of the period? In this program, renowned experts explore the literature of the Franco era through the experiences of Ana Maria Matute and other writers who chose to stay in Spain after the Nationalist victory in 1939. Dramatic readings include excerpts from Camilo Jose Cela's La Colmena, Luis...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Contents: Woman of the house (The Raineys) -- When I was in horseback (Mary Doran) -- Paddy's panacea (Tom Lenihan) -- The Kilfrush ; The trip to Durrow (Tommy Reck) -- The finding of Moses (Frank Harte) -- The codfish (Nora Cleary) -- Amhrán na hEascainne (Joe Heaney) -- The jolly tinker (John Reilly Jr.) -- Flora (Grace Tolland) -- Colonel Fraser ; My love is in America ; Rakish Paddy (Johnny Doran) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN FIR

Smeltzer, Jean Allyn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1972

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 Smelt

More, Thomas

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadview Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MOR

Voth, Grant L.

Summary: In this course, you'll sample some of the greatest literary expressions the world has known and experience storytelling in its many forms, including poetry, drama, and narrative.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007

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4 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 809 VOT PART 1
Call number: CD 809 VOT PART 2
Call number: CD 809 VOT PART 3
Call number: CD 809 VOT PART 4

Smeltzer, Jean Allyn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1973

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 Smelt

Summary: Moving roughly chronologically, An Anthology of Chinese Literature gathers texts according to genres, themes, forms, and other groupings to show the way essential texts build off one another and how the tradition echoes itself. Including a range of forms - songs, letters, anecdotes, stories, plays, political oratory, traditional literary theory, and more - the anthology's innovative structure...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.108 ANT

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