Hemingway, Ernest
Contents: The snows of Kilimanjaro -- A clean, well-lighted place -- A day's wait -- The gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons -- In another country -- The killers -- A way you'll never be -- Fifty grand -- The short happy life of Francis Macomber.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collier Books 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After the fall of France in World War II, the hardships of the Spanish Civil War refugees grew worse. In this program, survivors from those desperate days openly talk of their ordeals and victories: repression and reprisals in Franco's Spain; suffering in French internment camps; deportation to Nazi concentration camps; meritorious service with the French Resistance and Allied forces; and,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Scott-Clark, Cathy
Summary: The Exile joins Osama bin Laden as he escapes into Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, bringing to vivid life the years leading up to his death spent on the run and in exile. It tells the human story, and illuminates the global political workings. It is a tale of evasion, collusion, betrayal and the deep pain of isolation. Staying with a small group of characters throughout, The Exile...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 SCOA3 (Musical group)
Contents: Converted. -- Speed of the sound of loneliness. -- Woke up this morning. -- U don't dans 2 tekno anymore. -- Bourgeoise blues. -- Ain't goin' to Goa. -- Mao Tse Tung said. -- Hypo ful of love (the 12 step plan). -- The old Purple Tin (9% of pure heaven). -- The night we nearly got busted. -- Sister Rosetta. -- Peace in the valley.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK A3Summary: This program documents the Spanish Civil War from the point of view of the Spaniards who went into exile as a result of it. Firsthand accounts of that brutal conflict and the cruel realities of life as a refugee are movingly described by a broad cross-section of survivors. Graphic newsreel footage accompanies their stories of destruction at home and escape to other countries: tales of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Colfer, Chris
Summary: "Mother Goose from The Land of Stories relates her adventures throughout history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLOh Land
Contents: Perfection -- Break the chain -- Sun of a gun -- Voodoo -- Lean -- Wolf & I -- Human -- White nights -- Helicopter -- We turn it up -- Rainbow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OHRappaport, Helen
Summary: "From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Paris has always been a cityof cultural excellence, fine wine and food and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944 RAPLand Observations
Summary: 2012 debut release by this solo project from former Appliance member James Brooks. Appliance released four critically acclaimed albums on Mute before disbanding. Since then, attempts to develop a new project alongside his visual art meant that Brooks did a lot of home recording at his flat in Hackney, East London. Land Observations, developed out of an interest in the former Roman roads that...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mute 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LANColfer, Chris
Summary: "Queen Red Riding Hood from the Land of Stories gives advice and makes observations on how to rule"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION COLSummary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIFKhakpour, Porochista
Summary: "Brown Album is a stirring collection of essays, at times humorous and at times profound, drawn from more than a decade of Khakpour's work. Altogether, it reveals the tolls that immigrant life in this country can take on a person and the joys that life can give."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 KHAMarchetta, Melina.
Summary: From master storyteller Melina Marchetta comes an exhilarating new fantasy springing from her celebrated epic, Finnikin of the Rock. Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home . . . or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been taken roughly and lovingly in hand by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2012
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Land, Stephanie
Summary: Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, took classes online to earn a college degree. And she wrote relentlessly: true stories of overworked and underpaid Americans; of living on food stamps and WIC coupons. Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAND LANLandau, Elaine.
Summary: "Provides information for young readers about snowy owls, including habitat, eating habits, mating, babies, and conservation"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.97 LANRifkind, Donna
Summary: "The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll. Hollywood was created by its "others"; that is, by women, Jews, and immigrants. Salka Viertel was all three and so much more. She was the screenwriter for five of Greta Garbo's movies and also her most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIERTEL, SALKA RIFContents: From The adventures of Roderick Random / Tobias Smollett -- From Memoirs of a woman of pleasure / John Cleland -- From The history of Henry Dumont, esq. / Charlotte Gibber Charke -- I and my chimney / Herman Melville -- From Joseph and his friend : a story of Pennsylvania / Bayard Taylor -- From South sea idyls. In a transport / Charles Warren Stoddard -- From Marius the epicurean / Walter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 MITLe Guin, Ursula K.
Summary: The author's first three novels--City of Illusion, Rocannon's World, and Planet of Exile--are included in an omnibus edition, all set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness, as her characters battle forces in society that seek to tear them apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orb 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Orr, Tamra
Summary: "Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. It Snows offers answers to their most compelling questions about winter weather. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words"--Provided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 ORRContents: Undivided -- Only in America -- God bless the U.S.A / feat. Lee Greenwood and The United States Air Force Band -- Brothers in arms -- America (My country 'tis of thee) -- Travelin' soldier -- Land of the free -- American pie -- People / ft. Jeffrey East -- Born in the U.S.A.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY HOMColfer, Chris
Summary: In the highly anticipated continuation of the Land of Stories series, Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is "inside his own short stories!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Colfer 2016Summary: "Join the Cat, Nick, and Sally as they-- Pretend to be pirates by following a treasure map--and find some treasure of their own! Meet Salmon Sam--and journey with her upstream to lay eggs in the same pool where she was born! See how trees send seeds flying through the air, floating on water, and hitching rides on animals to avoid overcrowding! Play sniff and seek with Whiffy the skunk (a guy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv CaSummary: Come join in the fun, on new adventures we go, with the Cat in the Hat and his friends all in tow! Discover how water can turn into snow, that penguins don't fly but, boy can they go! Black bears get ready for a very long sleep, before the weather gets cold and the snow is too deep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Jurado, Damien
Contents: November 20 -- Mellow blue polka dot -- Qachina -- Lon Bella -- Sam and Davy -- Prisms -- Onalaska -- Taqoma -- On the land blues -- Walrus -- Exit 353 -- Cinco de tomorrow -- And Loraine -- A.M. AM == Queen Anne - Orphans in the Key of E -- Kola.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016