Grady, Cynthia
Summary: In 1942, children's librarian Clara Breed discovers that her young Japanese-American patrons are being relocated and gives them stamped and addressed postcards so they can write to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 GRARoberts, Randy
Summary: "Freshly adapted for young readers, this in-depth portrait showcases the complex bond between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, revealing how Malcolm aided in molding Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali and helped him become an international symbol of Black pride and Black independence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROBSummary: Profiles Paul Taylor, pioneer of 20th century modern dance. Features interviews with Taylor and company members. Includes excerpts from: Espanade; Company B; Polaris; 3 epitaphs; Events II, Epic, and Duet from 7 new dances; Scudorama; Aureole; Airs; Cloven kingdom; Last look; Musical offering; Offenbach overtures; Eventide; Piazzola caldera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DANMelton, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music MeltonSummary: Presents a look at photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's life and career, against the backdrop of preparations for twin 2016 retrospective exhibits of Mapplethorpe's work at The Getty Museum and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAPSummary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIMSummary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARSummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRReston, James
Contents: Prologue: The Battle of Maldon -- King Olaf Trygvesson --Thorgeir the Lawspeaker --- Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded -- Svein Forkbeard versus Ethelred the Unready -- Armageddon at sea -- Al Mansour, the Avenging Moor -- Little Sancho and Sancho the Great -- Forty thousand horsemen of the Apocalpse -- Vajk the Saint -- Gerbert the Wizard --Theophano, almost purple-born -- Otto the Dreamer --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 RESBeston, Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: D.R. Godine, Publisher 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 BestonWelton, Michele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 WELWelton, Michele.
Summary: You'll learn all the right things to say and do so that your dog listens to you. You'll learn what to do if you tell him to do something and he doesn't obey. All dogs misbehave at one time or another. How you respond when your dog misbehaves is very, very important. If you respond the wrong way, your dog will keep misbehaving. Respond the right way and he will start listening to you.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Petbridge LLC 2010
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Summary: Introduces the basics of the guitar, also provides brief profiles of famous guitarists such as David Evans, Kurt Cobain, and Dave Grohl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 787 WESSummary: John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHBeston, Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 BESBeston, Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.744 BESBlumenthal, Heston
Summary: Well, it's full of Heston's typically brilliant, delicious and inventive recipes, including green gazpacho, beetroot and pea salad, quinoa with vegetables, Moroccan pasties, hemp panna cotta, banana and parsley smoothie, tomato and coffee muffins, parsnip granola, rice ice cream, sherry vinegar posset, cricket ketchup and thyme and orange kombucha, not forgetting popcorn chicken with real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BLUBrown, Heston
Summary: Ukrainian food is really one of a kind. The perfect combination of the ingredients results into an inviting aroma, and more importantly, a delicious taste – that is a known fact. Therefore, it is really no surprise that you are seeking a good Ukrainian cookbook out. You are in luck because this book is exactly what you need. This book features some of the best recipes to come out of Ukraine....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heston Brown 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 BROWeston, Anthony
Summary: From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Math WestonGriffiths, Andy
Summary: In these ten easy-to-read stories there is a mixed-up cow that says "miaow," a mole called Noel who plays rock 'n' roll in a hole, and a boy named Mike who rides a bike with a very big spike!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPELLING, CANDY SPEWeston, Mark
Summary: Describes how Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 535 WESWeston, Tamsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Books 2003