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Lauren, Jillian

Summary: "It all started when journalist Jillian Lauren asked LAPD Homicide Detective Mitzi Roberts about which case Roberts was most proud of closing. "Samuel Little," Roberts answered. The now 79-year-old Little had murdered approximately 90 women over six decades and repeatedly got away with the murders due to lack of evidence (or jurisdiction); Roberts finally brought him to justice by tying him to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 LAU

Tillman, Laura

Summary: "In Cold Blood meets Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family: A harrowing, profoundly personal investigation of the causes, effects, and communal toll of a deeply troubling crime--the brutal murder of three young children by their parents in the border city of Brownsville, Texas,"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 TILL

Farnworth, Cordelia

Summary: A struggling shoe factory owner and a drag queen form an unlikely partnership to create sturdy stiletto shoes for performers, helping to bring the shoe factory back from the brink of collapse.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2021

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KIN

Shakespeare, William

Summary: The arrival of shipwrecked twins in the land of Illyria creates havoc in this comical story of love in disguise.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Warren, William

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1989

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.29593 WAR

Taylor, Diane C. (Diane Carol)

Summary: Discusses what engineering is, highlighting female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in the field and providing activities, including building a suspension bridge, designing and building a kite, and investigating processed food.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 TAY

Barber, Lilian.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Italian Greyhound Productions 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.753 BAR

Warren, William W. (William Whipple)

Summary: Overview: First Published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe history and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2009

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Summary: Despite her premature death at age 39, Flannery O'Connor left behind one of the most haunting and strikingly original bodies of work in 20th Century literature. With the rural South as her backdrop, she brought to life a string of eccentric characters torn between their worldly ambitions and the need for a more enduring truth. This film traces the people and events that shaped her remarkable...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Warren, William W. (William Whipple)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1984

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 WAR

Shakespeare, William

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHA

Summary: Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELI

Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

Katz, William Loren

Summary: "Generations of American history students have grown up believing that slave rebellion was relatively rare, that slaves accepted their lot and became attached to their masters, and that they were ultimately liberated with little or no effort of their own. Centering Black voices and slave narratives, celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Seven Stories Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 326.0973 KAT

Katz, William Loren.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Open Hand Pub. 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.42 KAT

Summary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BUR

Dillian, Jared.

Summary: A former trader recounts the final years of Lehman Brothers, discussing the outrageous personalities of his co-workers, his own battles with mental illness, and the company's activities during the economic collapse.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.62 DIL

Contents: The time of the cuckoo / by Arthur Laurents -- Bernardine / by Mary Chase -- Dial "M" for murder / by Frederick Knott -- The climate of Eden / by Moss Hart -- The love of four colonels / by Peter Ustinov -- The crucible / by Arthur Miller -- The emperor's clothes / by George Tabori -- Picnic / by William Inge -- Wonderful town / book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov ; music by Leonard...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1953

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.5 BES

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Brown, Laaren.

Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MANDELA BRO

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Mandela 2006

Masterton, Laurey.

Summary: Highlighting a different honey variety each month (orange blossom, tupelo, acacia, avocado, raspberry, tulip poplar, sourwood, blueberry, sage, eucalyptus, cranberry, and chestnut), beekeeper and chef Laurey Masterton offers dishes made from simple, fresh ingredients.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.68 MAS

Summary: "Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing military agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIJ

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallaudet College Press 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 COM

Silverhardt, Lauryn.

Summary: Dora and Boots are on their way to her birthday party when they are whisked away to Wizzle World, where they need to find the Wishing Wizzle to wish them home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Childrens Books 2013

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