Willner, Nina
Summary: "In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family--of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than forty years, and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Forty Autumns makes visceral the pain and longing of one family forced to live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILLNERWiener, Anna
Summary: "The story of Anna Wiener's time spent working in Silicon Valley as the tech industry went through monumental changes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WIENER WIESummary: Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for classical German music. The world-famous conductor made a pact with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MUSMilner, Anita Cheek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1996
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 016.9293 MilneSummary: Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Orchard 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DINMilner, Anita Cheek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scarecrow Press 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 016.0713 MILSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINMilner, Anita Cheek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1016 MilneSummary: Starfleet continues to oversee the day-to-day operations of DS9, the former mining space-station occupied by the Cardassians. It becomes a center of travel and commerce thanks to the stable wormhole, leading to the largely unexplored Gamma Quadrant. Now after two years, the Dominion, inhabitants of the Gamma Quadrant and a hierarchy of three separate species, the xenophobic Changelings, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Starfleet continues to oversee the day-to-day operations of DS9, the former mining space-station occupied by the Cardassians. It becomes a center of travel and commerce thanks to the stable wormhole, leading to the largely unexplored Gamma Quadrant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2003
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Summary: First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.8 BALMillner, Denene
Summary: The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" -Ebony For almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood on her critically acclaimed website MyBrownBaby,com. The site, hailed as a "must-read" by the New York Times, speaks to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden, an Agate imprint 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MILWallner, Alexandra.
Summary: A brief biography of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony that discusses her early years and her battle to earn women fair treatment and the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANTWilner, Isabel.
Summary: Rhyming verses introduce the letters of the alphabet and the events surrounding the birth of Jesus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811 WILWilner, Barry.
Summary: "A collective biography of the top 10 running backs, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2011
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Summary: In On the Clock, Ken Rappoport and Barry Wilner chronicle the history of the proceedings. The veteran sports writers take you from the first grab bag in 1936, when Philadelphia chose Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago and saw him decline to play in the NFL, to the 2014 draft—considered one of the deepest in talent ever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taylor Trade Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 WILLekas Miller, Anna
Summary: "Love Across Borders takes readers through contentious frontiers around the world to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing us. Anna Lekas Miller tells her own gripping story of meeting Salem Rizk in Istanbul, where they were reporting on the Syrian civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.6 LEKWallner, Rosemary
Summary: An introduction to the career of computer programmer, including discussion of educational requirements, duties, workplace, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 005.3 WALWallner, Rosemary
Summary: Describes the career of a pediatrician including educational requirements, duties, workplace, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 618.92 WALMillner, Maggie
Summary: "A dazzling, genre-bending debut about one woman's coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming undone"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MILCarew-Miller, Anna.
Summary: A biography of Siddhartha Gautama, later called Buddha, who was a prince in India about 2,500 years ago who gave up earthly riches and power to seek enlightenment about the mysteries of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BUDGrace, Sina
Summary: As teenager Clark Kent and his friends grieve the death of a classmate, Smallville's latest threat pushes Clark to grapple with life's biggest questions in order to become the hero his town needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUPBaker, Nena
Summary: Links everyday products to illness-causing chemical buildups in the body, exploring the roles of manufacturing breakthroughs, political policies, and popular culture in exposing people to chemical hazards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 BAKSawabatake, Iina
Summary: "A cookbook filled with over 50 recipes with clear step-by-step instructions for assembling elegant plates of amazing, all-vegan re-creations of classic rolls that mimic the flavor and texture of fish"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2019