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Summary: Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. The Grateful Dead Scrapbook collects rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, including never-before-published photos, flyers, fan letters, and other ephemera. To accompany the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 FONTerris, Ben
Summary: "In this fascinating investigation into the real life inner workings of a post-Trump American government, uncover the odd and eccentric personalities grappling for their own bit of power in D.C. The Big Break investigates how Washington works, and how different kinds of people try to make it work for them. Ben Terris presents an inside history of this crucial moment in Washington, reporting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 TERBang, Molly.
Summary: Describes the various ways that plants help support life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2009
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Summary: "Twenty-one-year-old nursing student Teun Toebes (both broke and curious) decided to move into a nursing home and experience the daily life of elderly residents, not as a nurse or a carer - but as a housemate. The experience was to change his life, as well as the lives of his new friends. He initiated Friday drinks, trips out and camping evenings, and reintroduced pleasure in the small things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: September Publishing 2023
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Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about agents who helped the Allies prepare for D-Day and push the Germans out of France during World War II. In 1942, World War II was growing more and more intense. Germany and its allies had occupied a great deal of Europe-including part of France. With the enemy just a few miles from England, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to help free France....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BREBang, Molly
Summary: "The sun explains its role in the movement of water around the Earth, from the lifting of fresh water from the seas, to the movement of underwater currents that nourish the world's oceans. The sun has a hand in moving rivers of water in its liquid, gaseous, and solid states all around the Earth, enabling life to exist on our planet. But human beings are interfering in this natural cycle,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAMTompert, Ann.
Summary: The legend of Martin de Porres, and how he rids a monastery of mice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.092 TOMSummary: When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAYBang, Mary Jo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BANMorris, Ann
Summary: Introduces a variety of hats, from soft and hard hats to snuggly and hooded hats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1989
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Summary: Forget the concept of "roughing it." Learn to "smooth it" in the great outdoors with a practical guide to almost any type of excursion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 OUTCall number: DVD 796.54 OUT
Summary: In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters, set out on a cross-country bus trip from California to New York to visit the World's Fair. They also decided to record it, with several 16 mm movie cameras and audio tape. Compiled from more than 40 hours of footage shot during the journey, it was the magical mystery tour--fueled by both the countercultural sentiments of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAGKong, Xiao Tong
Summary: High school student Vicky lives a secret life. To most, she is a meek pushover, often in the shadow of her e-sports superstar of a brother, Virgil. Unknown to anyone, however, she dons a secret identity when she logs on to play Xenith Orion, the multiplayer game dominating the e-sports scene. She knows firsthand the harassment female gamers often experience, but when an opportunity arises in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 KONMeilach, Dona Z.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reinhold Pub. Corp. 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 MEIZub, Jim
Summary: "Riddled with guilt for rebuilding his creator, the Vision searches for Ultron on his own, which leaves the Avengers to wonder whose side he's really on"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBSummary: Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, who was a small-time imposter. Bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LETSummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: "When an experiment comes back to haunt him, Ant-Man calls upon the Avengers to stop Ultron, but it seems the android has unleashed his own creation - the Vision!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZUBZub, Jim
Summary: "In the aftermath of Ultron kidnapping Ant-Man and Wasp, can the Avengers figure out what he's up to and save their friends before it's too late?"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDLong, Michael G.
Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSZub, Jim
Summary: "Following Ultron's orders, the Vision faces off against the Avengers, but as time passes, he begins to question his creator's plans."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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Summary: "Ultron hacks into Vision's mind to trick him into rebuilding the metallic menace, and now Ultron's ready to unleash his revenge"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017