Graham, Wade.
Summary: From Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Neutra, Michelle Obama to our neighbors, Americans throughout history have revealed something of themselves--their personalities, desires, and beliefs--in the gardens they create. Rooted in the time and place of their making, as much as in the minds and identities of their makers, gardens mirror the struggles and energies of a changing society. Melding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 GRAStein, Jean.
Summary: "An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles by the author of the contemporary classic Edie; Jean Stein influenced the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book Edie : American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick. Now, in West of Eden, Stein turns her lens toward the city Sedgwick came from--Los Angeles--and a mythic cast of fortune...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 STEOckenga, Starr.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 OCKConaway, James.
Summary: Recreates Napa Valley's romantic past and sheds light on it glorious, turbulent present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.2 WINE CONSummary: Hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forged a new concept of religious freedom. In the competitive religious marketplace unleashed by this freedom, upstart denominations raced ahead of traditional faiths and a new wave of religious revivals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: "Featuring guest-editor contributions by the author of the Outlander series, a latest annual edition compiles top-selected short works of science fiction and fantasy from the year 2019."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESContents: Years in the makin' -- Patient man -- Guitar man -- Dance with the gypsies -- I take my own breath away -- South of Muskogee Town -- Whole lot of your soul -- Restless spirits -- Skyline radio -- This town -- Christina -- Garden of Eden -- Catchup -- Bryan, Texas -- Saved by your love -- American girl -- Faith -- Rubie's dreams -- All things are silent.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brinky Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BINChilds, Craig
Summary: "From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. Scientists squabble over the locations and dates for human arrival in the New World. The first explorers were few, encampments fleeting. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.7 CHISmithsonian American Art Museum
Contents: From distant shores -- This other Eden -- Liberty more than life -- Ever westward -- Hand to the plow -- Brother against brother -- The rise of industry -- An eye for beauty -- Seeing the city -- The Harlem renaissance -- South by southwest -- The Great Depression -- Folk traditions -- Americans at midcentury -- The abstract impulse -- Toward the millennium -- Catalogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SLOEden, Dorothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EDEGraceffa, Joey
Summary: "Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of Eden. Indeed, her kaleidoscopic eyes may very well give her away to the ruthless Center government. Outside of Eden, Earth is poisoned and dead. All animals and most plants have been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keyword Press/Atria 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GRACollinsworth, Eden
Summary: On a quest to understand morality's place in modern culture, Eden Collinsworth taps a wide variety of impressive authorities, from authors and CEOs to scientists and pop stars. Media executive and business consultant Eden Collinsworth investigates the surprisingly complex foundations of contemporary morality. From repentant murderers to corporate whistle-blowers, from the boardroom of Ashley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 COLBeckett, Chris
Summary: "Civilization has come to the alien, sunless planet its inhabitants call Eden. Just a generation ago, the planet's five hundred inhabitants huddled together in the light and warmth of the forest's lanterntrees, afraid to venture out into the cold darkness around them. Now, humanity has spread across Eden and two kingdoms have emerged. Both are sustained by violence and dominated by men- and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BECSummary: In 1993, Mohammed Aideed's militia triumphantly paraded U.S. corpses through the streets of Mogadishu. In stunning irony, Mohammed's son, Hussein, though not a representative of Somalia's official government, now offers the U.S. strategic bases. This program presents a candid interview with Somalia's de facto leader, a warlord with unusual credentials: American citizen, former Marine, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Brennan, Chrisann.
Summary: "An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child and a complement to Walter Isaacson's biography, providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years. Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOBS, STEVE BREEden
Contents: Good morning -- In -- Hertz -- Static -- Projector -- Love, death, distraction -- How to sleep -- Calm down -- Just saying -- Fomo -- So far so good -- Isohel -- ???? -- Tides -- Rushing -- Streams -- 2020 -- Out -- Untitled.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020