Heyam, Kit
Summary: Explores the history of transgender and gender nonconforming people, with a focus on those who identified in other than a straightforward binary fashion; on communities in West Africa, Asia, and among Native Americans; and on cross-dressing in World War I prison camps and in entertainment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The emerging science known as "fetal origins" posits that an individual's physical and emotional health over the course of a lifetime is affected by what they experienced while in the womb. In this fascinating TEDTalk, science writer Annie Murphy Paul shares research that shows how much pregnant women pass on to their babies in utero - from the accents of their native language to food...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Wingate, Lisa
Summary: "Memphis, Tennessee, 1936. The five Foss children find their lives changed forever when their parents leave them alone on the family shantyboat one stormy night. Rill Foss, just twelve years old, must protect her four younger siblings as they are wrenched from their home on the Mississippi and thrown into the care of the infamous Georgia Tann, director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2017
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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION WINHoward, Ben
Contents: Small Things (5:44) -- Rivers In Your Mouth (5:12) -- I Forget Where We Were (4:41) -- In Dreams (3:33) -- She Treats Me Well (5:18) -- Time Is Dancing (6:49) -- Evergreen (4:05) -- End Of The Affair (7:46) -- Conrad (6:08) -- All Is Now Harmed (5:02).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Records 2014
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Dickey, Eric Jerome
Summary: "Ken is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION DICBerman, Ella
Summary: "A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . . Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline's death. But that didn't stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the girls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERWe Five (Musical group)
Contents: You were on my mind: Love me not tomorrow ; Somewhere beyond the sea ; My favorite things ; If I were alone ; Tonight ; Cast your fate to the winds ; You were on my mind ; Can't help falling in love ; Small world ; I got plenty o' nuttin' ; Softly as I leave you ; I can never go home again -- Make someone happy: Let's get together ; High flying bird ; Make someone happy ; Five will get you ten...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Collector's Choice Music 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WENovak, Brenda
Summary: Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn't sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound--the ominous thump before all went quiet. In the morning, her mother was gone. The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn't sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NOVFeelies (Musical group)
Contents: Nobody knows -- Should be gone -- Again today -- When you know -- Later on -- Way down -- Morning comes in -- Change your mind -- Here before -- Time is right -- Bluer skies -- On and on -- So far.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bar/None 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FEEBeachwood Sparks
Contents: Germination -- Confusion is nothing new -- The sun surrounds me -- You take the gold -- Hearts mend -- Let it run -- Old manatee -- The hustler -- Yer selfish ways -- By your side -- Close your eyes -- Banjo press conference -- Juggler's revenge -- The good night whistle -- Once we were trees.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sub Pop Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BeachNovak, Brenda
Summary: A traumatic loss makes Sloane McBride decide to find out the truth behind her mother's mysterious disappearance when she was five. But as Sloane starts digging, the question isn't whether she can uncover what really happened, it's what will remain of her family if she does?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NOVSandé, Emeli
Summary: A singer/songwriter with a highly resonant voice and musical influences across adult pop, R&B, and jazz, Emeli Sandé regularly provided guest vocals for several of the U.K's most successful grime artists before she embarked on a successful solo career in 2010. Her forthcoming record features production from Jonny Coffer (Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus), Jim Jonsin (ASAP Rocky, Usher, Eminem), Dl Genius...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK SANSchwartz, E. J.
Summary: At a treatment center for girls with eating disorders, two seventeen-year-olds--headstrong rebel Rowan and Shoshana, who is a cheerleader on a reality television show--develop an intense bond, ultimately forcing them to decide between recovery and their relationship. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flux 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHMandisa
Contents: Stronger -- What if we were real -- These days -- The truth about me -- Say goodbye -- Good morning (feat. TobyMac) -- Waiting for tomorrow -- Just cry -- Temporary fills -- Free -- Lifeline.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CHRISTIAN MANDelp, Michael.
Contents: Commandos -- Traveling Einstein -- The trees growing up around us -- We are living in the future -- Therapy -- Perfect bass -- Mystery park -- As if we were prey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELTyson, Neil deGrasse
Summary: "An exploration of some of the deepest questions about our place in the universe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 TYSSmil, Vaclav
Summary: "An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 SMIWingate, Lisa
Summary: "Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION WINSmith, Sherri L.
Summary: "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TUSKEGEEKawaguchi, Toshikazu
Summary: The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series. The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks, and there are rules to follow. In the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
Summary: Verses for children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1958
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 MILRussell, Pee Wee.
Contents: That old feeling (4:15) -- World on a string (4:25) -- Exactly like you (3:01) -- It all depends on you (4:00) -- If I had you (3:20) -- Out of nowhere (4:50) -- Pee Wee blues (4:20) -- I used to love you (5:00) -- Oh no! (4:49).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DCC Jazz 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ RUSSantopietro, Tom
Summary: "With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of a landmark movie"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 791.43 SANFoo Fighters (Musical group)
Summary: A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently. Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, the album opens with "Rescued," the first of ten songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between. The sound of brothers finding refuge in the music that brought them together in the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023