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Summary: Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved feared by his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 BIN LADEN FAMILY BINHampson, Tim
Summary: Surveys noteworthy beers around the world, offering information on the production process, different styles, purchasing and storage tips, pouring techniques, food pairings, emerging trends, and popular festivals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dk Pub 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 HAMSampson, Sally
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.813 SAMSampson, Fiona
Summary: We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail--the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SAM,Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHELLEY SAMSampson, Fiona
Summary: "A nuanced, comprehensive portrait of Britain's most famous female poet, a woman who invented herself and defied her times. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." With these words, Elizabeth Barrett Browning has come down to us as a romantic heroine, a recluse controlled by a domineering father and often overshadowed by her husband, Robert Browning. But behind the melodrama lies a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT SAMSheff, Nic.
Summary: Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.29 SHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHESampson, Curt
Summary: One publicly imploded marriage. Two car accidents. Eight surgeries. And now, a miracle of hard work and storied talent: five Masters wins. Once hailed as "the greatest closer in history" before he fell further than any beloved athlete in America's memory, Tiger swung at the world's wildest expectations and beat the skeptics with his April 2019 championship. Roaring Back traces his road to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODS, TIGER SAMSampson, Curt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 SampsSampson, Sally
Summary: "This colorful, easy-to-follow, beginner cookbook from ChopChop Family magazine features more than 250 recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, specially designed to appeal to both adults and kids in budget- and time-strapped families"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5123 SAMSummary: Follows the evolution of Ireland through waves of migration and emigration and highlights the key moments of Irish history from the adoption of Christianity through the Protestant plantation, Great Famine and Partition to the Good Friday Agreement. Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, as since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement the island has been at peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 STOBishop, Nic
Summary: It's an exciting morning for Joey the baby koala, high above the ground, in the shade of a eucalyptus tree, Joey the baby koala wakes up hungry! Crawling over his sleeping mom, Joey goes exploring ... only to find that his mother's arms is where he's supposed to be after all. Featuring simple text and stunning photographs of a rare interaction between a koala and her little one. Includes fun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BISCompton, Nic
Summary: "This beautifully produced compendium gives you a knot challenge for every day of the year. With hundreds to choose from, all colour coded by use, you can work through the book from start to finish, gradually building on your knowledge as you go, or alternatively dipping in and out for your daily knotting fix"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adlard Coles 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.88 COMDunlop, Nic
Summary: In Cambodia, between 1975 and 1979, two million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Twenty years later, not one member had been held accountable for the genocide. Haunted by the image of one of them, Comrade Duch, photographer Nic Dunlop set out to bring him to life, and thereby to account. "I needed to understand how a seemingly ordinary man ... could turn into one of the worst mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.604 DUNBishop, Nic
Summary: Introduces snakes and provides information on their physical characteristics, how they hunt, and why some snakes are poisonous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Nonfiction 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.96 BISSheff, Nic.
Summary: The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHESummary: Less than a year after WWII began, Churchill formed a secret organization called the SOE, Special Operations Executive, and ordered it to 'set Europe ablaze'. Secret War is a thrilling series that goes inside Churchill's secret army to a dangerous world of agents, double agents, and tripple agents who helped liberate Europe and change the course of the war. 13 episodes, 11 hrs, 4 DVDs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECWatts, Nic
Summary: "When C.L.R. James's play "Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History" opened in London featuring Paul Robeson in 1936, it marked the first time black actors starred on the British stage in a play written by a black playwright. But after this groundbreaking play ended its run, the script was lost for almost seventy years. Then a draft copy was found among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 972.94 WATBishop, Nic
Summary: "With grace, guile, and unstoppable power, big cats are admired for their speed and strength. Although they are related to house cats, these magnificent creatures are nothing like our pets! Join Sibert Medalist and naturalist Nic Bishop for a close-up look at lions, tigers, cheetahs, and more."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.75 BISJamison, John.
Summary: "Stories and recipes from our farm to your table"
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food JamisonSamson, Polly.
Summary: "It's August 1997 and Julian is lost in a medicated haze of grief. His partner, Julia, has removed all traces of herself from Firdaws, their beautiful riverside home, while all that remains of their three-year-old daughter is a single shoe. Unable to work, Julian succumbs to memories: of Julia, of their daughter's illness, and of his childhood at Firdaws. As the summer days grow hotter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAMRampton, Sheldon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.2 RAMNice, Claudia
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4224 NiceNin, Anais
Contents: v.1. 1931-1934.--v.2. 1934-1939.--v.3. 1939-1944.--v.4. 1944-1947.--v.5.1947-1955.--v.6.1955-1966.--v.7. 1966-1974.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 NIN, ANAIS NINNir, Yehuda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989