Summary: "Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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Larson, Erik.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4139 LAR

Summary: Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIL

Larson, Erik.

Summary: Galveston, Texas, 8 September 1900. It's another fine day in the Gulf according to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new US Weather Bureau, but one day later, 6-10,000 people were dead, wiped out by the biggest storm the coast of America had ever witnessed. Isaac Cline was confident of his ability to predict the weather: he had new technology at his disposal, 'perfect science', and, like...

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 976.4139 LAR

Summary: A wonderful collection of essays written by today's queer heroes, featuring contributions from Elton John, Tan France, Gus Kenworthy, Paris Lees, Russell Tovey, Munroe Bergdorf, and many others. In 2016, model and queer activist Jack Guinness decided that the LGBTQ+ community desperately needed to be reminded of its long and glorious history of stardom, and he was spurred to action. The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 QUE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 QUE

Aline

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALI

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)

Summary: The definitive collection of Charles M. Schulz's timeless masterpiece of comic art presenting, for the very first time, every strip from 1950 to 2000.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2011

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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SCH

Summary: The rise and fall of the New York Cosmos, America's first great soccer team, and its larger-than-life superstar, Pel.̌ The Cosmos kicked off America's first love affair with the world's most popular sport in the 1970s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2006

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

Rosenstock, Barb

Summary: Presents the story of Bill Monroe, whose deep Kentucky roots helped him to create the unique American music called bluegrass.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.6 ROS

Grindol, Mary Alice Benedict

Summary: History of the interrelated Button and Fuller families who descended from George William Fuller and James Ambrose Button. Their families united in the marriage of William Rufus Fuller (1851-1914) and his wife, Marietta (Mary) Eveline Button, of Michigan. William Rufus and Mary had ten children: George Ambrose, Grover Button, William Orange, Lucius LeRoy, Robert Pingree, Cora Violet, Henry...

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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Grindol 2006

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Grindol, Mary Alice Benedict

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Publisher / Publication Date: M.A.B. Grindol 2006

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Daniel, Mary-Alice

Summary: "Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANIEL, MARY-ALICE DAN

Summary: The Paris Opera Ballet performs five pieces choreographed by Norbert Schmucki and two by Marius Petipa.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: View Video 2008

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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BAL

Aline

Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990

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Udry, Janice May.

Summary: Describes the value of a tree in easy to understand language. The text is accompanied by black-and-white and color pictures.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1984

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Moore, Mark

Summary: A collection of monster jokes for your enjoyment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Jokes Moore

Summary: A perfect storm is brewing over agricultural fields as crop failures and climate change are affecting farmers globally.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Cary, Mara.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1977

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 CAR

Summary: A comprehensive documentary about the mingling of cultural and social influences that have made basketball what it is today. Appropriate credit goes to the game's official inventor, Dr. James Naismith. Also explores the YMCA's early role as a "pipeline for spreading basketball over the world". Pays tribute to the old Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors legends, among others, who comprise...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003

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

Thomas, Bob

Summary: "Walt Disney is an American hero. From Mickey Mouse to Disneyland, he changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world. After years of research, respected Hollywood biographer Bob Thomas produced a definitive biography of the man behind the legend of Disney:...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DISNEY, WALT THO

Palace, Alice

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearpaw Books 2007

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