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Summary: Describes the 1856 maritime tragedy of a ship traveling to New York that hit an iceberg and left its passengers adrift four hundred miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 MURMurphy, Brian
Summary: "The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 910.9363 MURMurphy, Brian
Summary: "Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRANE, LEON MURMurphy, Brian
Summary: Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: Follows frontman James Murphy in the hours just before and after LCD Soundsystem's farewell concert, intertwined with a conversation between Murphy and author Chuck Klosterman as they discuss music, art, and aging.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SHUMurphey, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK MURBryan, J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WINDSOR BRYMurphey, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK MURFynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 209.2 FYNSummary: Professor Darius Arya explores the hidden secrets of three of the most fascinating cities of the ancient world: Athens, Cairo, and Istanbul. The latest 3D imaging technology allows viewers to see the architectural jewels of these cities as they've never been seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANCFynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FYNTobin, Paul
Summary: "When Zomboss sets his sights on destroying the yards in town, it is up to the daring duo, along with Crazy Dave and his band of plants, to thwart his plans and claim victory once again!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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Summary: No one else in Dan's class believes him when he says that he has seen a unicorn, until his story captures their imaginations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SHEKanduth, Rian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 749.7 KANMalan, Rian.
Summary: A chronicle of South Africa's halting, sometimes violent, steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.06 MALSummary: An unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling Little House series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LAUAbramitzky, Ran
Summary: "Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 ABRSummary: The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGRose, Syan
Summary: "A visually stunning graphic non-fiction book on queer and trans resistance. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied and challenged those who have historically opposed them. Through bold, symbolic imagery and surrealist, overlapping landscapes, queer illustrator and curator Syan Rose shines a light on the faces and voices of these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Published in commemoration of the tragic events on September 11, 2001, this moving collection of 40 first-person accounts captures the courage and compassion exhibited at that time by people of all walks of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SEPSummary: A latest anthology for tween boys collects ten true stories, biographies, essays, and other engaging short entries by leading nonfiction writers and journalists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCIHayes, Neil
Summary: Based on exhaustive reporting and interviews, "The Last Putt" tells the story of an epic rivalry that encapsulated the changing face of golf. On one side was Oklahoma State, and on the other side was the Stanford Cardinal--with a freshman named Tiger Woods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 HAYMurphey, Sallyann J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 MURMurthy, Vivek Hallegere
Summary: "In Together, the former Surgeon General addresses the overlooked epidemic of loneliness as the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and offers solutions to create connection and stresses the importance of community to counteract the forces driving us to depression and isolation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins 2020