Flake, Jeff
Summary: Republican Senator Jeff Flake takes his party to task for embracing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and the anomalous Trump presidency. The book is an urgent call for a return to bedrock conservative principle and a cry to once again put country before party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 FLASummary: The Great returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own- but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GREFlake, Emily
Summary: For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike the early days of parenting, they sometimes hated it. MAMA TRIED is a relatable collection of cartoons and essays pertaining to the good, bad, and (very) ugly parenting experiences we all face. Subjects range from "are you ready for children?" to "baby gear class-warfare."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FLAFlake, Emily
Summary: "From New Yorker humorist Emily Flake, a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of illustrations, observations, and wise advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to make physical contact with each other."-- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 FLAClarke, Jean Illsley
Summary: A guide to raising well-balanced children explores the role of over-indulgence in ruining a child's life while providing insights into the parents' proper role in caring for their children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.64 CLAClarke, Jean Illsley.
Contents: 1. Families come in different sizes, and any one of them is the place to build positive self-esteem -- 2. Happiness is having a baby, and other cherished notions -- 3. I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it? -- 4. I'm glad you're growing up, but do you have to say no so often? -- 5. Who do we catch them being? : who do we tell them they are? -- 6. Rules and tools...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 CLASummary: Enter the mythical world of the Gargoyles and get to know the ancient creatures that once guarded a medieval Scottish fortress, and who now have come alive at night to protect the city of Manhattan from evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GARFlake, Carol.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.43 FLASummary: This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SOUBlake, Kevin
Summary: "Young readers will learn about the devastating Hurricane Harvey."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.4 BLASummary: In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. The night before Christmas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve. Seven candles for Kwanzaa: For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past and dreams about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WINThompson, Jeoff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.8153 THOOrbison, Roy
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of the influential rock 'n' roll pioneer, from his rise to stardom, to the tragedies that led to his obscurity, to his dramatic comeback and death at the age of fifty-two.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 ORBISON, ROY ORBSummary: The deeply personal story of a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse by a local priest, only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community, and faith.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWISummary: After being brutally attacked outside a bar and in spite of recovering from a coma and extensive physical injuries, Mark Hogancamp suffered brain damage and nearly total memory loss. Unable to afford therapy he spent the next few years building a scale model, World War II-era town, Marwencol, populated with dolls, where he lived out his fantasy life, and which he documented in photographs. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARFake, Edie
Summary: What's silly, scary and sexy? Edie Fake's comics forged an entire aesthetic of art and queer culture. Since his Ignatz Award winning Gaylord Phoenix, Fake's comics have only appeared in underground anthologies and zines. At last, these rare comics can all be found under the covers of a Little Stranger. You'll never look at a turkey the same way again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Secret Acres 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FAKDerf
Summary: "A commemorative 50th anniversary graphic-novel account of the May 4, 1970 shootings of Vietnam War college student protesters by the Ohio National Guard draws on in-depth interviews to profile the tragedy's four victims"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.771 BACSummary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANGClarke, Catriona.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics of sharks, explaining how they find food, how they are born, and why they cannot stop swimming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [EDC Publishing] 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE CLAJeffs, Rachel
Summary: "In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFSummary: Collects the original broadcast episodes from the fifth season of Star trek, the next generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2002
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Summary: In a book based on newly released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.921 NEFJeffs, Rachel
Summary: The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017