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Authors, English Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Dinosaurs Great Britain Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Naturalists Great Britain Biography Poverty International cooperation Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain Albert 1819-1861 Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United StatesLieberman, A. N. (Abraham N.)
Summary: Provides both the doctor's and patient's views and gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, quality of life, and sources of support. Written by an internationally recognized expert on Parkinson disease, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this devastating disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.833 LIEWilson, A. N.
Summary: Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA WILWilson, A. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0823 WILWilson, A. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEWIS, C.S WILWilson, A. N.
Summary: An account of the Elizabethan age evaluates the contributions of such figures as Francis Drake and William Shakespeare while exploring definitive events--from the declaration of religious liberty to the establishment of British imperialism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.055 WILRoquelaure, A. N.
Summary: In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROQWilson, A. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WILRoquelaure, A. N.
Summary: Beauty is sold into erotic slavery and forced to obey the orders of the Captain and Mistress Lockley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROQWilson, A. N.
Summary: "Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died--an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKENS, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
Summary: In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBERT, PRINCE WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALBERT WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AlbertWilson, A. N.
Summary: A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.081 WILTeffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna)
Summary: In 1918, in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Teffi, whose stories and journalism had made her a celebrity in Moscow, was invited to read from her work in Ukraine. She accepted the invitation eagerly, though she had every intention of returning home. As it happened, her trip ended four years later in Paris, where she would spend the rest of her life in exile. None of this was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TEFFI, N.A TEFDownie, N. A. (Neil A.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 507.8 DOWSummary: "This dramatic documentary, with full scale battles, elaborate sets, and a large cast, tells the fascinating story of three world powers - England, France and an alliance of Native American nations - whose struggles planted the seeds for the American Revolution. A central figure is George Washington, then a brash and ambitious young officer in his twenties hoping to make his reputation in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WARAfanasev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)
Summary: A collection of the classic Russian folk and fairy tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend RussianSummary: A Saint Petersburg official wakes up one morning to find that his nose has disappeared from his face and has assumed a life of its own, pretending to be human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VAI 2010
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA NOSRamos, Jason A.
Summary: An insider account of the high-risk world of elite wilderness firefighters who parachute into deep-wilderness fire zones reveals the unique skills that smokejumpers must employ to fight dangerous fires and stay alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAMOS, JASON A RAMSummary: "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: "Wise up about dinosaurs! From Alamosaurus to Yunnanosaurus, here's a detailed guide to the these amazing animals that lived millions of years before us" -- page 1 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smart Apple Media, an imprint of Black Rabbit Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 COOBarbellion, W. N. P.
Summary: "Published shortly before the author's death in 1919, this remarkable memoir addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet Barbellion still manages to write with uplifting eloquence and passion of his love for family, natural history, music, and literature. Told with a thoroughly modern voice, the unjustly overlooked Journal is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARBELLION, W.N.P. BARSummary: "'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results...
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Publisher / Publication Date: www.povertyinc.org 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POVHort, Lenny.
Summary: A retelling of the traditional Russian tale in which a lazy fool catches an enchanted fish which promises him that every wish he ever makes will come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 HORFerry, Beth
Summary: "What makes an oak tree an oak tree and what makes a squirrel a squirrel? In Squirrel's Family Tree, things aren't always what they seem. As squirrel searches for, finds, and hides her acorn treasures beneath the shadows of the great oak trees in the forest, little does she know the role she plays in creating the very environment she forages in."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019