Ferrante, Louis
Summary: A former mafia associate and heist expert who spent eight years in prison for not incriminating his fellow Gambino family members presents the history of the mafia's first 100 years, from Sicily in the 1860s to America in the 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 FERLOBOS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOBLOBOS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOBFerrante, Elena
Summary: A delightful collection of essays exploring reading and writing. "In the Margins" contains Elena Ferrante's latest reflections on literature, and the works and authors that have influenced her throughout her career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FERFerrante, Elena
Summary: With these words, Elena Ferrante bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian newspaper. For a full year, she wrote an article each week, the subjects of which had been suggested by Guardian editors, making the writing process a form of prolonged interlocution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 854.92 FERFerrante, Elena
Summary: "This book invites readers into Elena Ferrante's workshop. It offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk, those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments of My Brilliant Friend, known in English as the Neapolitan Quartet. Consisting of over twenty years of letters, essays, reflections, and interviews, it is a unique depiction of an author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 858 FERLora, Loris
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD LORLowis, Kristina.
Summary: Presents fifty paintings by major artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century and includes a brief critical analysis of the work and a timeline for the artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 750.1 LOWChen, Loris
Summary: This new edition of Painless Chemistry provides students with a lighthearted, step-by-step approach to understanding chemistry concepts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 540 CHESummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACFerrare, Cristina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.175 FERBrennan, Terrance.
Contents: Artisanal cooking: a philosophy -- Working smart in the kitchen -- The artisanal pantry -- Cheese -- Hors d'oeuvres -- Salads and first courses -- Soups -- Fish and shellfish -- Poultry and game birds -- Meats and game -- Side dishes and accompaniments -- Desserts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BREFerrante and Teicher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING FERLäuger, Louie
Summary: "A lively, informative, and engaging guide to gender by an author-illustrator who helps readers understand the multiplicity of answers to "what even is gender?""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 LAULouie, Elaine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.9 LOUStowell, Louie
Summary: A funny and fascinating how-to guide for budding astronauts, providing a crash course on what it takes to travel into space. Answers all the big questions about space travel, from “How do rockets work?” and “What do astronauts do all day?” to “How do you go to the toilet on a spaceship?” Explores the technology that astronauts use, from space suits to Soyuz spacecraft, and the scientific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 STOStowell, Louie.
Summary: Simple text and flaps to open offer an introduction to the various parts of the human body and how they work together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Summary: Film and television darling Leachman tells her life story through the challenges of her stellar career all while raising five children. She also discusses her many famous friends in the entertainment industry as well as in the political arena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEACHMAN, CLORIS LEALoudin, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.422 LOULouvish, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEST, MAE LOUHayes, Terrance
Summary: "A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award winning author of Lighthead. In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 HAYHayes, Terrance.
Summary: The fourth collection by the author portrays the light-headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. It sets what it means to be "light longing for lightness" against what it means to "burn with all the humanity fire strips away." Hayes navigates melancholy, irreverence, and the sublime.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 HAYAdrià, Ferran
Summary: A collection of simple, tasty and affordable recipes for the dishes that the staff at elBulli eats every day. Shows the reader the step-by-step secrets of how to plan, prepare and cook everyday meals in the easiest way possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Inc 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 ADRLouie, Rebecca.
Summary: You may think you need a big yard to compost. Think again. Compost City teaches you how to easily choose and care for a compost system that fits perfectly into your (tiny) space, (busy) schedule, and (multifaceted) lifestyle. Whether you live in a cramped apartment or a sprawling town house, or you dream of composting in a shared space with a group of friends or colleagues, Compost City...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2015