Summary: "The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 CONPhillips, Betty Lou.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 PHISummary: When Emma and Noah find a mysterious box of toys on the beach, strange things start happening. The kids develop special powers and with their parents and teachers, they realize that their mission is far more important than they had ever dreamed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LASPhillips Collection
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 TURHinton, Milt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 1988
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 785.42 HINHutton, Stan
Summary: Offers advice on starting and running a nonprofit organization, including tips on recruiting paid and volunteer staff, raising money, and writing tax reports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 HUTHinton, Elizabeth
Summary: Historian Elizabeth Hinton demonstrates that the nationwide protests that arose in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020 had clear precursors, and any attempt to understand our current crisis requires a reckoning with the recent past. Presenting a new framework for understanding our nation's enduring strife, Hinton also issues a warning: rebellions will surely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.8 HINChilton
Summary: Includes Popular American and Canadian makes and models, for model years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Company 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 American 1992-96Winton, Tim
Summary: "A beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped Tim Winton and his writing. From boyhood, Winton's relationship with the world around him-rock pools, sea caves, scrub, andswamp-has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WINTON, TIM WINTipton, Denton J.
Summary: The kid-friendly horror series returns with all-new stories for a new generation, bringing the terrifying world of R.L. Stine to graphic novel form. All the kids in Beaver Creek, Oregon, know that the old Whaley House is probably haunted, so when young tech entrepreneur Veruca Curry moves in, the kids fear that there's more to her than meets the eye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GOOVinton, Nathaniel.
Summary: "Harnessing nature's most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sports legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.93 VINWinton, Tim.
Summary: A story of adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's limit against nature and the power of the sea, and being with like-minded souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINSummary: Known as the "Father of Claymation," Will Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and 90s, creating such iconic characters as the California Raisins and Domino's The Noid. But after thirty years of being the unheralded king of clay, Vinton's carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLAGershator, Phillis
Summary: Two bunnies prepare for a trip, where they pack their suitcases, drive in a car, and wonder about where they are going.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERCARR, PHILLIPA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARKotler, Philip
Summary: Marketing guru Philip Kotler and global marketing strategist Milton Kotler show you how to survive rough economic waters With the developed world facing slow economic growth, successfully competing for a limited customer base means using creative and strategic marketing strategies. Market Your Way to Growth presents eight effective ways to grow in even the slowest economy. They include how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Inc 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 KOTBasan, Ghillie
Summary: "Greet a Turk and you will eat. Whether you are in the busy streets of Istanbul, in a small village in Anatolia, on the slopes above Bursa, or in a resort in the Mediterranean, the enticing aroma of grilling, baking, and spices fills the air - warm bread rings covered in sesame seeds; deep-fried mussels with a garlicky sauce; roasted chestnuts, almonds and pistachio nuts; savory pastries filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59561 BASPhilbin, Regis.
Summary: The TV icon shares the secrets to success and happiness as he has learned them from his innumerable celebrity encounters, friendships and of course, from his relationship with his loving wife and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PHILBIN, REGIS PHIHinton, Anthony Ray
Summary: A man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he did not commit describes how he became a victim of a flawed legal system, recounting the years he shared with fellow inmates who were eventually executed before his exoneration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.66 HINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HINTON, ANTHONY RAY HINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HINTON HINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem HintonHinson, Maurice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 786.2 HINPhilips, Katruna
Summary: "Series continuation, biographies of women in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 PHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 PHIPhilbin, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Pub. Co. 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.029 PHIPhilbin, Tom
Summary: The Killer Book of Serial Killers is the ultimate resource (and gift) for any true crime fan and student of the bizarre world of serial killers. Filled with stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about the world's most notorious murderers, this is the perfect bathroom reader for anyone fascinated with serial killers. The stories and trivia cover such killers as: John Wayne Gacy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2009