Ferrante, Elena
Summary: The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Ferrante 2013Ferrante, Elena
Summary: The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. These young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times while driving them apart at others. Each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FERGunderson, Jessica
Summary: A retelling of the classic fairy tale from the point of view of Rumpelstiltskin, who spins straw into gold (for cash payments), but really dreams of having a son to raise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC GUNWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Lenhardt, Melissa
Summary: "When Dr. Catherine Bennett is wrongfully accused of murder, she knows her fate likely lies with a noose unless she can disappear. Fleeing with a bounty on her head, she escapes with her maid to the uncharted territories of Colorado to build a new life with a new name. Although the story of the murderess in New York is common gossip, Catherine's false identity serves her well as she fills in as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook Books/Orbit 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lenhardt 2017Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY LENKrasny, Michael
Summary: "This course takes you on an exciting ride through an itinerary that samples 23 of the world's greatest short stories. The form of the genre, as well as the various ways in which it has evolved, is highlighted along the way with a display of the essential nuts and bolts of storytelling-- plot, character, setting, style, point of view, and theme. A mix of critical approaches will also be brought...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808.3 KRA PART 1Call number: CD 808.3 KRA PART 2
Feelies (Musical group)
Contents: Disc 1, Side A. Sunday morning -- Who loves the sun -- There she goes again -- What goes on -- Sweet Jane. Disc 1, Side B. Head held high -- Waiting for the man -- White light/ White heat-- I heard her call my name. Disc 2, Side C. New Age -- That's the story of my life -- All tomorrow's parties -- Rock and roll. Disc 2, Side D. We're gonna have a real good time together -- Run run run -- I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK FEESummary: Will and Carlton enter the University of Los Angeles, home of the Peacocks--and college life is fly. Gorgeous coeds, their own place, fraternity parties, and even some education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Fr 4Woolf, Virginia
Contents: Phyllis and Rosamond -- Mysterious case of Miss V. -- Journal of Mistress Joan Martyn -- Dialogue upon Mount Pentelicus -- Memoirs of a novelist -- Mark on the wall -- Kew Gardens -- Evening Party -- Solid objects -- Sympathy -- Unwritten novel -- Haunted house -- Society -- Monday or Tuesday -- String Quartet -- Blue and Green -- Woman's College from outside -- In the Orchard -- Mrs Dalloway...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOWallace, Ian
Summary: From the award-winning illustrator of The Very Last First Time and The Name of the Tree comes the story of a young Chinese boy who has the opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream of dancing in the New Year's parade, and almost lets fear ruin everything. Color illustrations throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GRNDW 0000
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE WALMichell, Tom.
Summary: "Whether as rugby team mascot or assistant swimming coach, the penguin known as Juan Salvador touches and transforms everyone he encounters, including Tom Michell, the young teacher who finds him and rescues him from an oil spill disaster. After a time, Juan Salvador (meaning "the saved one") receives a new name: Juan Salvado, or "the savior." Set against the turbulent world of political unrest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MICHELL MICCooper, Anderson
Summary: The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Pack, Michael
Summary: Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation battle. But beyond the headlines, Thomas' life is a classic American tale; born poor in the segregated South, only to become one of the most influential justices in the highest court in the land. In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, Created Equal builds on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE PACHakim, Joy
Summary: When did we start learning the scientific secrets of life? Step back to the Islamic Golden Age, when scholars ask questions about life science and medicine that will establish those fields. Chart a path through the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci dissects cadavers by candlelight to learn human anatomy firsthand. In this first of four volumes spanning hundreds of years of scientific innovation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 570.9 HAKCarballido, José Luis
Summary: "Through a combination of photographs and illustrations, this picture book will tell the story of the discovery of this new dinosaur, while weaving in exciting facts about what life was like for this brand new species that doesn't even have an official name yet! Chock-full of back matter like a glossary, a dinosaur time period chart, and a gatefold and/or inside jacket poster of the Titanosaur...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 CAREdelman, Julian
Summary: Bill Belichick: "Julian is the epitome of competitiveness, toughness, and the great things that are possible when someone is determined to achieve their goals." Tom Brady: "It's a privilege for me to play with someone as special as Julian." The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017