Kear, Nicole C.
Summary: "When [the author] was 19 years old, she walked into an eye doctor's office for what she thought was a routine appointment and was given a life-changing diagnosis. She was going blind, courtesy of a disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and she had a decade or so before lights-out. To cope, she decides to hide her disease and live like there's no tomorrow ... She tears through boyfriends, joins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEAR, NICOLE C KEASummary: When a trio of witches prophesy Macbeth's ascension to the throne, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband into a murderous spree. But once crowned king of Scotland, Macbeth sees ghastly visions, fueled by guilt and a new prophecy, that ensure his ultimate downfall.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS MACEadie, Betty J. (Betty Jean)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gold Leaf Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9013 EADKearse, Bettye
Summary: "A descendant of a slave named Coreen, and-according to oral tradition-her owner, President James Madison, finally shares her family's story."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 KEAKearse, Bettye
Summary: A descendant of a slave named Coreen, and-according to oral tradition-her owner, President James Madison, finally shares her family's story.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 KEACassagne, Jean-Marie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Passport Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.2 CASChauvet, Jean-Marie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.0112 CHAPtak, Claire
Summary: "Renowned for the wedding cake she created for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Claire Ptak knows there's nothing like a cake when it comes to expressions and celebrations of love. A Chez Panisse alum, Ptak is a Northern California native who now runs the wildly successful Violet Bakery in London. Reflecting on her upbringing and love of in-season produce, she shares seventy-five sweet and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 PTAO'Neil, L. Peat (Louisa Peat)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 ONEPeake, Tim
Summary: "Hello, is this planet Earth? takes readers on a mesmerizing tour of Tim's historic and inspirational six-month Principia mission. Based on over 150 of Tim's stunning photographs that he took on board the international space station, many of which have not been seen before, this collection showcases the beauty of earth from above, and is the perfect visual time capsule of Tim's remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.44 PEABruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUHearne, Tina.
Summary: Examines the different varieties of gerbils and describes how they may be housed, exercised, handled, fed, cleaned, and bred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Publications 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.9 HEAMcCall, Gerrie
Summary: Features 44 dragons that appear in myth, folk tales, literature, and movies from around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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Summary: Offers a photographic chronicle of twentieth-century popular music in a collection of more than one hundred photographs of such musical icons as Ray Charles, the Grateful Dead, Michael Jackson, and Willie Nelson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.978 LEIHollihan, Kerrie Logan.
Summary: "The tremendous struggles women have faced as war correspondents and photojournalists A profile of 16 courageous women, Reporting Under Fire tells the story of journalists who risked their lives to bring back scoops from the front lines. Each woman--including Sigrid Schultz, who broadcast news via radio from Berlin on the eve of the Second World War; Margaret Bourke-White, who rode with General...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HOLBurnell, Cerrie
Summary: This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present. In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 30 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and present. From Frida Kahlo to Stephen Hawking, find out how these iconic figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences and paved the way for others by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BURFransman, Karrie
Summary: People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales - to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAKearns, Josie
Summary: From the Publisher's Website: As one sixty-year-old, thirty-and-out auto worker said, "My people came from Scotland, and they worked in the mines and we thought black lung was the worst. We came over here for a better life and work in the factories and now [GM] closes them down the same way." This is just one of the quotes Josie Kearns shares in her stories of thirty laid-off auto workers and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 331.1378 KEAMebane, Jeanie
Summary: Freshwater marshes are found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.8 MEBWillis, Terrie.
Summary: Describes the geography, history, plants and animals, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Romania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 949.8 WILHearne, Tina.
Summary: Examines the different varieties of parakeets and describes how they may be housed, exercised, handled, fed, cleaned, and bred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Publications 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.6 HEAPearse, Emma.
Summary: This is the story of a dog's journey back to her family. Sophie Tucker, a three-year-old Australian blue heeler, goes overboard into the predator infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and Sophie's heartbroken family has given her up for lost; little do they know that Sophie swam six miles to an isolated nature preserve called St. Bees, where she survived unassisted for five months by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 PEABearse, Ray.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Outdoor Life/Harper & Row 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 BEAKearey, Ian.
Summary: "This simple and exciting guide to playing the harmonica is an excellent introduction to music. Beginning with the basics of forming a note and playing simple tunes, this book progresses to sight reading and special techniques to add flourishes to your playing."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon Pub. 2000