Summary: Childhood friends Brian and Paulie do whatever it takes to survive in the dog-eat-dog neighborhood they live in. As they grow up they find themselves involved in organized crime and jail becomes part of doing business on the streets they call home. Brian uses his time in jail to get clean while Paulie makes plans for one last job that requires Brian's help. Brian must decide if he should stand...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WHAReed, Lou
Summary: The latest in Ace Records' Songwriters series takes the listener from a version of 'Why Don't You Smile Now' from Lou Reed's pre-Velvet Underground days through selections from the band's albums to three from 1972's solo "Transformer". Here's Kris Needs - author of a 7,000-word essay in the accompanying 24-page booklet - with some background on the two songs that bookend the collection.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WHADeCurtis, Anthony
Summary: "The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians. But while his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REED, LOU DECBjorklund, Ruth
Summary: Many of the rights we consider most important to the United States—from freedom of speech to a fair trial—are in the Bill of Rights. Readers learn how these important laws came to be and how people continue to discuss and debate them even today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press(r), an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7308 BJOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7308 BJOFishman, Stephen
Summary: "For any home business, claiming all the tax deductions you are entitled to is essential to your business's financial success. Don't miss out on the many valuable deductions you can claim. Here, you'll find out how to deduct: start-up costs; home office expenses; vehicles and travel expenses; medical expenses under Obamacare, and retirement expenses."--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343 FISEsaki-Smith, Anna
Summary: "This book provides a new, innovative way for students to navigate the college application landscape. It shows students how selecting a college can be a strategic tool to direct one's future, rather than a frenzied exercise in applying to what others have deemed the "best" universities for everyone regardless of their career goals"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESAKessler, David A.
Summary: Argues that the combination of sugars, fats, and salts "hijacks" the human body's eating habits, creating a dangerous cycle of overeating, and promotes healthy eating habits and methods to avoid overeating.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 KESCarr, Erin Lee
Summary: "A celebrated journalist, bestselling author, and recovering addict, David Carr was in the prime of his career when he collapsed in the newsroom of The New York Times in 2015. Shattered by his death, his daughter Erin Lee Carr, an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker at age twenty-seven, began combing through the entirety of their shared correspondence--1,936 items in total. What started as an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARR, ERIN LEE CARElias, Stephen
Summary: "If you're one of the millions of Americans in danger of losing your house, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides the practical information you need,"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.04 ELIWilliams, Omkari L.
Summary: "In Micro Activism, former political consultant turned activism coach Omkari Williams shares her expertise to help each of us, no matter our temperament, find our most satisfying and effective activist role. Williams encourages starting small, working collaboratively, and beginning locally. Advice on self-care practices, burn-out prevention, and profiles of activists engaged in a range of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 WILDonohue, Moira Rose
Summary: "Learn all about the foundational document of the U.S. government, from how it was created to how it has changed over time"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7302 DONLula Wiles (Musical group)
Contents: Love gone wrong (3:53) -- Hometown (3:12) -- Nashville, man (2:54) -- Independence Day (4:05) -- If I don't go (4:12) -- Bad guy (2:54) -- The pain of loving you (2:42) -- Good old American values (3:38) -- Leave me now (4:30) -- Shaking as it turns (3:30) -- Morphine (3:37) -- What will we do (3:05).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK WILPeñas, Roberto
Summary: "The story of businessman Pedro Flores, inventor of the yo-yo."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024
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Summary: With this latest edition of The New Retirementality, readers will quickly discover how to achieve the freedom to pursue their retirement goals?at their own pace, on their own terms?regardless of their age. Most people won't experience the same retirement that their parents did, nor do they necessarily want to. Page by page, top financial planner Mitch Anthony reveals how new opportunities will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 ANTBraun, Eric
Summary: "The date is April 27, 1865. You are crammed onboard the steamboat Sultana with more than 2,000 passengers. Many of them are soldiers heading home after the Civil War. You're cruising on the Mississippi River when a massive explosion rips through the ship. Do you dive into the water to save yourself or stay onboard to help the survivors? Will you try to swim for shore or wait for help to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BRAScott, Jimmy
Contents: Oh what I wouldn't give -- All or nothing at all -- I'm thru with love -- Address unknown -- If you only knew -- Am I wrong -- It's over -- I'll never deceive you -- Recess in heaven -- Never peace of mind.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy 1957
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SCOGottman, John Mordechai.
Summary: Counters conventional wisdom about marriage and divorce, providing curative techniques and describing how marital satisfaction is not the key to marital stability and arguing can be a healthy sign.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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Summary: Setting out to uncover the story of her attacker, Connors embarked on a journey to find out who he was, where he came from, who his friends were and what his life was like. What she discovers stretches beyond one violent man's story and back into her own, interweaving a narrative about strength and survival with one about rape culture and violence in America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONNORS, JOANNA CONCombs, Luke
Summary: Luke Combs releases the expanded collection of his debut album 'This One's For You,' one year after the June 2, 2017 launch!
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Contents: Double dare ya -- Liar -- Carnival -- Suck my left one -- Feels blind -- Thurston hearts the Who -- White boy -- This is not a test -- Don't need you -- Jigsaw youth -- Resist psychic death -- Rebel girl -- Outta me -- George Bush is a pig -- I busted in your Chevy window -- Get out -- Why -- Fuck Twin Peaks -- Girl soldier -- Girl soldier -- Not right now.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: "If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad answers all of kids' most important questions about the Underground Railroad."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WILDeCurtis, Anthony
Summary: Just a few years after the singer's death comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends, family, and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens listeners' understanding of his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017