Westerfeld, Scott.
Summary: Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically-engineered warships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: LP YA FIC WESWesterfeld, Scott.
Summary: Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically-engineered warships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WESTobias, Ronald B.
Summary: Presents a history of the elephant in America, revealing how this powerful yet gentle animal has become the symbol of the nation's changing geographical, cultural, and political landscapes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.967 TOBFreeman, Joshua Benjamin
Summary: Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Yet from William Blake's "dark Satanic mills" they have also fuelled our fears of the future. Telling the story of the factory, Joshua B. Freeman takes readers from the textile mills in England that powered the Industrial Revolution to the steel and car plants of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 FREZub, Jim
Summary: "This illustrated guide transports new players to the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons and presents a one-of-a-kind course on the unusual creatures, from the minuscule to the massive, that fill the fantastic world of the game. This guide features easy-to-follow and entertaining explanations of where to find each beast, their strange abilities and magical powers, and how to defeat them, along...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 793.93 ZUBMouton, Deborah D. E. E. P.
Summary: "Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to--true ones of course--but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOUTON, DEBORAH D.E.E.P. MOUSimons, Suzanne.
Summary: The name Blackwater, the world's largest private military contractor, became infamous early in the Iraq War, when four of its men were murdered by a mob in Fallujah and hung from a bridge. Since then, Blackwater has expanded dramatically; its men have been involved in scandals, including a shooting spree in Iraq that caused the Iraqi government to blacklist the company. As author Suzanne Simons...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PRINCE, ERIK SIMNelson, Craig
Summary: Recreates the story of the Apollo 11 moon mission through interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 629.45 NELMee, Nicholas.
Summary: This is a lively, inspiring beginner's guide to how the universe works. This book contains bite-sized chapters present the discoveries of modern physics, astronomy, and cosmology. It also has background stories of the research and researchers bring the science to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 MEESummary: Who helps Beethoven, Einstein, and Lincoln in their brain-locked hours of need? Who unleashes a steady stream of film sendups, cultural spoofs and gags? Who puts the bop in the bop-shoo-bop? Well, two out of three isn't bad, and making things even better in Season 1 are friends who are fiendish, feathered, furred, and frazzled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANIContents: disc 1. So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star (The Byrds) -- I'm a man (The Spencer Davis Group) -- The beat goes on (Sonny & Cher) -- Try it (The Attack) -- I've got levitation (The Thirteenth Floor Elevators) -- The behemoth (The Shadows of Knight) -- Never ever (The Action) -- Take me in your arms and love me (Gladys Knight & the Pips) -- Believe it or not (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JONQuinn, Dave
Summary: "The definitive oral history of the hit television franchise The Real Housewives, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become-spanning eight cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions offans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andy Cohen Books 2021
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Summary: 1930's: A young Atomic Robo years for adventure and excitement beyond the lessons of his creator, Nikola Tesla. Meanwhile, a mad scientist's quest for immortality puts the entire island of Manhattan in danger! It's up to Robo's forbidden moonlighting team-up with vigilante gunfighter / incredibly reluctant mentor Jack Tarot to put a stop to it. Features a man with two skulls, a massive behemoth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red 5 Comics 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CLESummary: Romance fiction is the behemoth of the publishing industry; it outsells mystery, sci-fi, and fantasy combined. Yet no filmmaker has ever taken an honest look at the global community romance writers and readers have built--until now. This funny and inspiring look into a billion-dollar industry turns up trailblazers who've found fortunes and fulfillment in romance, who are on the front lines of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOVContents: Disc one. Forlani (Burnt by the Sun) (2:39) -- Where strides the behemoth (Mastodon) (2:53) -- Sculpt the lives (Burst) (3:16) -- Execration text (Nile) (2:46) -- And just go (Dysrhythmia) (6:08) -- 43% burnt (Dillinger Escape Plan) (3:43) -- Scrape (Unsane) (3:12) -- From sacrifice to survival (Skinless) (4:00) -- Razor hoof (High on Fire) (3:26) -- The matter of splatter (Exhumed) (3:41) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Relapse Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CONFrenkel, Sheera
Summary: "Once one of Silicon Valley's greatest success stories, Facebook has been under constant fire for the past five years, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling users' data, spreading fake news, and amplifying dangerous, polarizing hate speech ... Drawing on their unrivaled sources, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 FRETaylor, William
Summary: "Disruption is the key to innovation. Whether you run a one-man startup or a global business behemoth, the only way to win big is by relentlessly rethinking the rules of your industry - no matter how tried-and-true they are. InSimply Brilliant, the visionary co-founder of Fast Company William C. Taylor goes behind the scenes at nineteen organizations that are revolutionizing their otherwise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 TAYSummary: Only in America could two immigrants-an English candle-maker and an Irish soap-maker-create what would become the most powerful consumer goods company in history. In the 1830s, when William Procter and James Gamble founded the company that would bear their names, they could never have envisioned that one day their products would touch everything from babies' bottoms to ladies' eyebrows. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Lyle, D. P.
Summary: Ex-professional baseball player Jake Longly adamantly refuses to work for his father, wanting no part of Ray's PI world. He prefers to hang out at his beachfront bar and chase bikinis along the sugary beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. But Ray could be persuasive, so Jake finds himself staking out the home of wealthy Barbara Plummer, a suspected adulteress. The mission seems simple enough--hang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LYLLangsdorf, Julie
Summary: A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in this hilarious, addictive, and sharply observant debut novel. The White Elephant looms large over the quaint suburban town of Willard Park: a gaudy, newly constructed behemoth of a home, it soars over the neighborhood, dwarfing the houses that surround it. When owner Nick Cox cuts down Allison and Ted Millers' precious red maple--in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANLevinson, Marc.
Summary: From modest beginnings as a tea shop in New York, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, the first retailer to sell 1 billion dollars in goods, the owner of nearly sixteen thousand stores and dozens of factories and warehouses. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to hundreds of thousands of mom-and-pop grocery stores....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2011