Hardy, Vashti
Summary: Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive devastating news: their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach South Polaris. To make matters worse, the Lontown Geographical Society finds Ernest Brightstorm guilty of sabotaging the expedition of his competitor, Eudora Vane. But a mysterious clue leads the twins to question the story they've been told-and to uncover the truth, they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD HARPopkin, Samuel L.
Summary: "In 2016, a businessman so discredited that he could no longer get a casino license or borrow money from an American bank was elected President of the United States of America. How did this happen? It is easy to mock and ridicule Donald Trump as if he isthe problem. In fact, he is a symptom of a much larger issue that has been bedeviling the GOP for nearly two decades: an intraparty crackup of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 POPAdriansen, Sophie
Summary: "This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young Black and poor woman living in an American marked by segregation. This is the story of a fierce battle, that of a musician involved in the civil rights movement. This is the story of a long career, that of a pianist and singer as talented as determined. This is the story of Nina Simone, a unique artist, role model, and inspiration for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 SIMONE, NINA ADRSummary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCOBates, Samual.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 973.7448 BATBoteach, Shmuel.
Contents: Why we need eroticism now -- The midlife orgasm -- Innocence -- Novelty -- The chase -- Forbidden-ness -- Opposites attract -- Reckless abandon -- Unquenchable yearning -- Beyond the body -- Masculine and feminine in Eastern and Kabbalistic thought -- Kosher tantric sex -- Worshipping the feminine -- Bringing the erotic to the everyday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 BOTBoteach, Shmuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.77 BOTSamuels, Robert
Summary: "A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FLOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FLOYD, GEORGE SAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FLOYD SAMDevlin, Samual.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 DEVBoteach, Shmuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.6 BOTSamuels, Sharee
Summary: "I wear black when I work out; it's a funeral for my fat. Why a funeral? Because death is permanent; when something dies, it's not coming back. Sharee Samuels was seventeen and 256 pounds when she hit her rock bottom. But with incredible determination and an unflaggingly positive attitude, she went on to lose more than one hundred pounds over the course of five years. When she began documenting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 SAMSamuels, Debra.
Summary: Presents recipes for traditional Japanese dishes that are accessible for the novice home cook, from such familiar favorites as chicken teriyaki and shrimp tempura to pumpkin rounds and mochi dumplings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 SAMSummary: "After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2001
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER UNBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBLoudin, Frank.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.422 LOUMarshak, S. (Samuil)
Summary: A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which a young girl outwits her greedy stepmother and stepsister with the help of the Month Brothers who use their magic to enable her to fulfill seemingly impossible tasks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wm. Morrow 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MARRuskin, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828 RUSDobkin, Adin
Summary: "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 DOBGookin, Dan
Summary: Overview: The bestselling PC reference on the planet-now available in its 13th edition. Completely updated to cover the latest technology and software, the 13th edition of PCs For Dummies tackles using a computer in friendly, human terms. Focusing on the needs of the beginning computer user, while also targeting those who are familiar with PCs, but need to get up to speed on the latest version...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.446 WINDOWS 10 GOOPopkin, Jim
Summary: "Like spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen before her, Ana Montes blindsided her colleagues with brazen acts of treason. For nearly 17 years, Montes succeeded in two high-stress jobs. By day, she was one of the government's top Cuba experts, a buttoned-down GS-14 with shockingly easy access to classified documents. By night, she was on the clock for Fidel Castro, listening to coded messages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTES, ANA BELEN POPRifkin, Jeremy.
Summary: Describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.12 RIFDobkin, Jason.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grabkin Creatives, LLP 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Dobkin 2009Gutiérrez, Raquel
Summary: "Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez's debut essay collection Brown Neon gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutierrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds. Whether contemplating the value of adobe as both vernacular architecture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GUTObomsawin, Robbin
Summary: What your mother never told you about contractors--Design 101--How much does a custom house cost to build--The secret of building perfection--The good, the bad, and the ugly--Building for a lifetime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2003