Summary: A comedy feature about two lowlifes, a small time pimp and an unemployed disc jockey, framed for crimes they didn't commit, who escape from jail with an eccentric Italian tourist. Set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DOWSalkin, Allen.
Summary: A brand-new and revised edition of the hilarious guide to the national anti-holiday made famous by Seinfeld , complete with never-before-seen material, photos, and illustrations on how to prepare and enjoy your very own Festivus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2008
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Summary: Between 2000 and 2015, when Trump announced his candidacy, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition. Salkin and Short provide a nonpartisan oral history which shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SALAtterbury, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miller's 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.1 ATTEisen-Martin, Tongo
Summary: "A rhapsodic follow-up to Tongo Eisen-Martin's Heaven is All Goodbyes, this collection further explores themes of love and loss, family and faith, refracted through the lens of Black experience. These poems honor intellectual tradition and ancestral knowledge while blazing an entirely new path, recording and replaying the poet's sensory travels through America, from its packed metropolises to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 EISSummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: "Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Summary: Dick Morris and Eileen McGann expose a massive scandal: how foreign countries are ripping America off and plundering the economy, with the help of American political and business leaders.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 337.73 MOREyles, Allen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 EYLBarkin, Janna
Summary: This true story by a family about raising their transgender son is both a captivating read and an invaluable support source for parents facing similar issues. A warm, insightful portrait of a family that includes tips on helping young transgender people navigate their transition, it will support, educate and inspire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BAREllis, Melissa Martin.
Summary: Everyone loves a real-life ghost story! Ellis takes you on a journey into the supernatural world of haunted sites, restless souls, and messages from beyond the grave. She shows you the most up-to-date technology, as well as the supernatural phenomena themselves, and shows you how today's investigators use the tools of modern science to study a wide range of paranormal activity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n. 1980
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.464 BELMartin, Helen M. (Helen Mandeville)
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Printed by the William Feather Co.] 1939
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 551.31 MARSummary: Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HORBerkin, Carol.
Summary: In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7082 BERBerkin, Carol.
Summary: We know and love the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. We forget, though, that the Articles of Confederation and our first attempts at self-government were disasters; the post-revolutionary Confederation slipped quickly into factional bickering and economic crisis. In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.318 BEREllin, Abby
Summary: Abby Ellin was shocked to learn that her fiancé was leading a secret life. But as she soon discovered, the world is full of people who aren't what they seem. From Abby Ellin's first date with the Commander, she was caught up in a whirlwind. Within six months he'd proposed, and they'd moved in together. But soon, his exotic stories of international espionage began to unravel. Finally, it all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 ELLParkin, Simon
Summary: "Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 PARStein, Ellin.
Summary: Goes behind-the-scenes at the start-up of the humor magazine "The National Lampoon" and travels through the publication's growth as it captured and transformed American culture with a unique, biting brand of subversive humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 STEHatanaka, Kellen
Summary: Introduces the alphabet with artwork that depicts a range of careers, from aviator to zookeeper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2014
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE HATParkin, Simon
Summary: "The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 PARHarkin, Regina.
Summary: A three-hour all audio course. Provides 20 dialogues on CDs 1 and 2. CD 3 teaches skills for listening and understanding.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill] 2007
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Summary: "College is a time of learning. But it'll be hard to ace your classes if you fail to feed yourself well. 'The Five-Ingredient College Cookbook' makes it easy for students to prepare truly tasty, mostly healthy, and totally realistic meals. They're still fast. They're still cheap. But they're a whole lot better for you than the alternative."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2017