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Summary: "Olivia Bender desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son. Olivia is relieved, knowing the Benders don't have any children. Then comes the confession. Many years ago, Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ELLSummary: Minnesota is the heartland of US hockey, creating more skaters on the local rinks and in the NHL than any other state. Here, the senior boys of rival towns one an emerging dynasty, the other with a fabled past face down uncertain futures as they skate for the last chance to etch their names into local lore. Where Texas football has Friday Night Lights, Minnesota high school hockey has Hockeyland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwich Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC HOCElson, Robert T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1976
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORAllison, Graham T.
Summary: The reason is Thucydides's Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as history itself. About the Peloponnesian War that devastated ancient Greece, the historian Thucydides explained: "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable." Over the past 500 years, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327 ALIAllison, Graham T
Summary: "CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as history itself. About the Peloponnesian War that devastated ancient Greece, the historian Thucydides explained: "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 ALLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Politic AllisonSlott, Dan/ Dematteis, J. M./ Van Meter, Jen/ Elson, Richard (ILT)/ Ramos, Humberto (ILT)
Summary: When Otto Octavius takes over Peter Parker's body, he dons Parker's famous mask in order to prove he can be a better Spider-Man than ever before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Enterprises 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPIEvison, Raymond J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9333 EVISummary: 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 FOUSmith, J. T. (John T.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOWStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIWilliams, J. T.
Summary: Presents the extraordinary life stories of fourteen Black British people and their contributions to the worlds of literature, theater, journalism, politics, medicine, sport, and music.Carefully researched and eloquently written by children’s author J.T. Williams, Bright Stars of Black British History brings to life historical figures from Tudor England to the present day. Written in both an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILWray, T. J.
Contents: Introduction: Why a book about adult sibling grief? -- Shock : dealing with the news -- Denial : this can't be happening! -- The reactions of others : why can't you understand? -- Searching for solitude : to go within -- Anger : how dare this happen! -- Guilt, regret, and conflicts : shoulda, coulda, woulda -- Depression : how low can you go? -- Dreams : one last visit -- Faith, religion, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Grief WrayEnglish, T. J.
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime--and law enforcement--that made him the defining Irish American gangster.For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded the long reach of the law. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger--the brother of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ENGJones, T. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NTC Publishing 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: Through their correspondence, John and Abigail Adams' relationship unfolds in the context of America's birth as a nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 ADAMS, JOHN EllisEnglish, T. J.
Summary: Here is the true saga of the Irish American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. The heritage of the Irish American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely portrayed Italian American mafioso, and has held strong through the modern age. In fact, the highest-ranking organized crime figure on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List is not a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 364.1 ENGEnglish, T. J.
Summary: "From T.J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 ENGHAYDN, J. T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 903 HAYEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: "What would the founders think? We live in a divided America that is currently incapable of sustained argument and is feeling unsure of its destiny. Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the recent best-selling The Quartet, explores anew four of our most prominent founders, in each instance searching for patterns and principles that bring the lamp of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 ELLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol EllisEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph J. Ellis offers an epic account of the origins and clashing ideologies of America's revolutionary era, recovering a war more brutal, and more disorienting, than any in our history, save perhaps the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3 ELLEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public persona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: An ironic examination of the founding years of our country. Historian Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ELLEllis, Joseph J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000