Horowitz, Joseph
Summary: "A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"-how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák prophesied a "great and noble" school of American classical music based on the searing "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would found popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 HORFrost, Mark
Summary: Will West is careful to live life under the radar. He's made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam. Now Will is being courted by an exclusive prep school ... and followed by men driving black sedans. When Will suddenly loses his parents, he must flee to the school....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio Pub. Group 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FROSummary: By the Middle Ages, women's roles as defined by the Church were strictly circumscribed; however, alternate role models were also available, beginning with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and the transvestite saints from the early Church. This program examines the options available to women living in the 12th through 15th centuries and how some subverted traditional roles in order to discover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Strauss, William.
Summary: Looks back over the past 500 years in order to uncover distinct patterns in history resulting in a cyclical formula comprising growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth and applies this cycle to the next century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 StraussPike, Laurence
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC PIKKagawa, Julie.
Summary: Three novellas set in the world of the Iron Fey follow the Iron Queen Meghan Chase as she embarks on a dangerous journey to enemy territory and kindles a romance with Prince Ash of the Winter Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KAGHunter, Erin.
Summary: Bluefur, a warrior of ThunderClan, struggles under the weight of a prophecy that promises her glory as Clan leader, but also spells out her ultimate demise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HUNKagawa, Julie.
Summary: Meghan Chase is finally getting used to being the Iron Queen, ruler of the Iron Fey. Her life may be strange, but with former Winter prince Ash by her side at last, she wouldn't have it any other way. But when they travel to the Summer and Winter courts' gathering for Elysium, the oracle from Meghan's past returns with a dire prophecy: "What you carry will either unite the courts, or it will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2012
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Christer, Sam
Summary: "Praised by critics and readers alike for his international bestseller The Stonehenge Legacy, Sam Christer continues to weave an irresistible plot of conspiracies and murder in one of the world's most captivating cities. A woman has been arrested in thestreets of Rome. She's young. She's beautiful. She's covered in blood. And she claims to be an ancient prophet in search of a mystical amulet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRLore, Pittacus
Summary: Syd Chambers grew up on Earth with his human mother. He was told his alien father left on a mission when Syd was very young, but has recently learned that his father hied protecting a secret about the history between humans and Denzans. He is now faced with a choice: allow humanity to come into physical power beyond their wildest dreams and risk their revenge against the Denzans... . or destroy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside - a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious prophecy they have been taught. The five "chosen" dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs - and hidden away for years - all to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACKEddings, David.
Summary: Long ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion & drove men & Gods to war. Belgrath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books in Motion 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC EDDSummary: It's hard to look at the headlines, see the continuing turmoil in the Middle East and the decline of society here in the United States, and not think that we are living in the end times. The prophetic stories of the Bible seem to be happening right in front of our eyes today as we see what is happening around the world. Scripture tells us that we do not know the day nor the hour when Christ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: christianaudio.com 2011
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Sutherland, Tui
Summary: The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy -- a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. Five dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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Summary: Jason and Rachel's adventures and friendships have made Lyrian more of a home to them than they could have imagined, so now, armed with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they are ready to become Lyrian's heroes whatever the cost to themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MULDiCamillo, Kate
Summary: In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all, for the king of the land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DICRedfield, James.
Summary: The unnamed hero takes on the Peruvian government, priests, guerrillas and drug dealers to find an ancient manuscript whose nine insights prophesy New Age spirituality. An adventure story replete with energy transfers and other psychic phenomena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REDDiCamillo, Kate
Summary: We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ ALONG DICBerry, Steve
Summary: In 1917 Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, was executed by revolutionaries. Now, in response to the collapse of the country's economy, the people have voted to instate a new Tsar, one who will be chosen from the descendents of Nicholas II. But a powerful group of Western businessmen want to make sure he is a candidate they can control, and hire African-American lawyer Miles Lord, with his knowledge...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BERDiCamillo, Kate
Summary: "We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DICRedfield, James.
Summary: An ancient manuscript found in Peru contains nine insights the human race needs to enter an era of spiritual awareness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner Audiobooks 2006
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Summary: As Abigail enters her second year at Tarkana Witch Academy, she and her friend Hugo are swept into a puzzling mystery involving an Orkadian warship and a powerful missing item.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Adams 2019Parris, S. J.
Summary: When several of the queen's maids of honor are found dead, rumors of black magic abound. Elizabeth calls upon her personal astrologer, John Dee, and Giordano Bruno to solve the crimes. While Dee turns to a mysterious medium claiming knowledge of the murders, Bruno fears that something far more sinister is at work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011