Summary: In the late 1970s, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney became a tabloid staple when she kidnapped her former beau, a Mormon missionary, and tied him to a bed to 'deprogram' his religious beliefs-by having nonstop sex with him. Director Errol Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams led her across the globe, into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sundance Selects 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: "Tractors, wagons, combines, and trailers-what are these things? They're all machines on a farm! How do they work? What are they for? Kids can get to know the many machines that make farms go"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 631.3 RAWMawson, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.9 ENDMoyle, Eunice.
Summary: Handcrafted details are at the heart of a beautiful wedding adding charm, meaning, and style. In this delightful book, Eunice and Sabrina Moyle, the founders of Hello!Lucky, join forces with stylist Shana Faust to bring you over 50 gorgeous projects. Whether you favor a modern, classic look or a retro, homespun flavor, you'll find plenty of crafts and inspiration suited to your taste from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.594 MOYPoole, Joyce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5092 POORawson, Katherine
Summary: "Pigs, cows, chickens, and horses-farms have lots of animals! Where do they live? What do they eat? Kids can find answers to all their questions about farm animals in this interactive Pebble Sprout series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 RAWLawhon, Ariel
Summary: "Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. Germany, February 17, 1920: A young woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Anastasia Romanov is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Using primary military dispatches, gives an in-depth account of the Crimean War, remarking on the war's military tactics, brutal nature, and significant impact on modern warfare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.073 ROYSummary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRAHoyle, Edmond
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794 HOYDoyne, Maggie
Summary: "Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOYNE, MAGGIE DOYRawson, Katherine
Summary: "Fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy-farms have them all! What crops do farmers plant? How do they grow? Kids can find the answers to all their questions about how farmers grow the foods we eat in this interactive Pebble Sprout series"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 633 RAWRawson, Kerri
Summary: What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer? In 2005, Kerri Rawson heard a knock on the door of her apartment. When she opened it, an FBI agent informed her that her father had been arrested for murdering ten people, including two children. It was then that she learned her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he'd given himself that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B KERRI RAWSON RAWHanson, Jason
Summary: "When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting agency personnel would prove to be essential in every day civilian life. In addition to escaping handcuffs, picking locks, and spotting when someone is telling a lie, he can improvise a self-defense weapon, pack a perfect emergency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2015
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Summary: Reveals high-stakes techniques and survival tactics from intelligence officers who have employed the same measures in life-or-death situations throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 HANLeyson, Leon
Summary: Traces the story of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, who was the youngest child in his family and possibly the youngest of the hundreds of Jews rescued by Oskar Schindler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Leyson 2013Dole, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 DOLHaddon, Dayle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HADMoyle, Eunice
Summary: "From remembering to say please and thank you to standing up for the little guy, this book is a funny, playful new look at manners and why they matter."--page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS 2019
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MOYLawton, Georgina
Summary: Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina’s insistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference or access to black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perenial 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWTON, GEORGINA LAWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWTON LAWSummary: "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 CONL'Anson, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Pub. 2007