Powell, D. A. (Douglas A.)
Summary: Collects the author's newest poems in his fifth tome that explores the darker side of divisions and developments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 POWHowell, Dorothy (Dorothy A.)
Summary: Amateur sleuth Haley Randolph, while starting a new job as a corporate events planner, must prove her innocence when the chief of security, who was performing a background check on her, is found bludgeoned to death in her office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWMeléndez Badillo, Jorell A.
Summary: "How did Puerto Rico end up in its current situation? A Spanish-speaking territory controlled by the United States and populated by the descendants of conquistadors, enslaved Africans, and indigenous inhabitants, this island (or rather archipelago) has a unique history. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo begins the book with an overview of the pre-Columbian societies and cultures that first inhabited...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 ROWTougias, Michael J.
Summary: "The sixth book in the True Rescue series for young readers-a riveting account of the HMS Bounty's deadly journey through Hurricane Sandy. On October 23, 2012, with Superstorm Sandy fast approaching, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut to St. Petersburg, Florida, believing the wooden ship, a replica of the original, famous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 TOUBoswell, Patricia A.
Summary: "When it comes to caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, the right caregiving can make all the difference. Here, Patricia Boswell shares structured routines, life hacks, and best practices that are evidence-based and focused on maintaining the highest possible quality of life for the entire family. As a nurse and dementia expert, Boswell knows that the best caregivers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 BOSTougias, Mike
Summary: "An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty--the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty--which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Tuesday, October 24, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 TOUYorke, Douglas A
Summary: Unceremoniously discarded by the millions, languishing deep in the corners of overstuffed glove compartments, wedged behind the seat cushions of old Buicks lie forgotten examples of one of the great commercial artifacts of twentieth-century America: the oil-company road map. For generations of intrepid motorists, free maps available at gas stations across America charted the dreams and thrills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912.73 YORBlackmon, Douglas A.
Summary: A sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. From the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II, under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 BLADrake, Carolyn A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Toddler Drake 2014Spellberg, D. A. (Denise A.)
Contents: Introduction : Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an : imagining the Muslim as citizen at the founding of the United States -- The European Christian origins of negative, incorrect, curious, but sometimes accurate American ideas about Islam and Muslims, 1529-1797 --Positive European Christian precedents for the toleration of Muslims, and their presence in colonial America, 1554-1706 -- What Jefferson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 SPEBenton, D. A. (Debra A.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BENSummary: Coppelia, a mechanical doll made by the toy-maker Dr. Coppelius, is so life-like that some believe she is his daughter. The mistake leads to intrigue and jealousy in love. This 19th century classic, in an enchanting production by Royal Ballet choreographer Dame Ninette de Valoise, with original designs by Sir Osbert Lancaster. Revival of a production first presented by the Royal Ballet (then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2000
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA COPSummary: Travel back in time, from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools, with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SERJamison, Kay R.
Summary: "The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry, Robert Lowell (1917-1977) put his manic-depressive illness into the public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT JAMReed, D. A.
Summary: Aiden Trigg is a teenager with few friends, a knack for mediocrity, and a penchant for disappointing those around him. Including himself. When Aiden finds himself at the wrong end of a prank pulled at a party, he decides he is tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes - and he knows how to turn things around. Dares are the name of the game, and Aiden intends to play. Setting up a YouTube...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Reed 2019Ronald, D. A. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2745 RONLEVENSON, D. A
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.41 LIVTompkins, Michael A.
Summary: "High performance cars can go from zero to sixty in just a few seconds. Anger can feel a lot like that for teens. One minute they are calm, but the next, something sets them on a course to speed out of control. Getting to anger's edge too fast can get teens in trouble. Expert author Michael Tompkins offers tips and tricks to help stall anger and leave it by the side of the road. Teens will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 152.4 TOMCutright, Patricia J.
Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000