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Colors Juvenile fiction Etiquette Sweden Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Myth in literature National characteristics, Swedish Sweden Sweden Description and travel Sweden Social life and customs Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Criticism and interpretation Tolkien, J. R. R., 1892-1973 Knowledge and learningShipley, Ely
Summary: A new cross-genre collection that engages historical and personal explorations of gender and self. Aligned with queer theories of temporality, fragments of memoir rub against the language of psychiatric and medical regimes at the site of a body that does not conform to a gender binary. Some Animal draws out dream-like and supernatural resonances between the literature of pathology and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightboat Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 SHIKobliner, Shirly
Summary: "Engage with everyday expressions in a completely different (and fun!) way, with this entertaining and interactive book of common phrases that can turn a humdrum gathering into a raucous game night. We use expressions all the time. When you feel sick, you're "under the weather." When you feel great, you're "on top of the world." You may be fine with "half a loaf," or you may insist on "the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word KoblinerMcCoy, Shirlee
Summary: "Returning to their hometown isn't something the Bradshaw brothers ever thought they'd do. But a family tragedy has reunited them in Benevolence, Washington--where second chances, reignited dreams, and real love are never far away. Texas rancher Flynn Bradshaw has his work cut out for him. His sister-in-law, Sunday, is finally home after the car crash that killed her husband and left her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCShipley, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.224 SHIShipley, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.224 SHIShipley, Neil
Summary: Sweden is a strikingly beautiful country with a reverence for the natural environment. Its extremes in geography, climate, and history have given rise to a population that values honesty, self-sufficiency, and harmony. Swedes are a rights-driven, modern, and tech-savvy people who also retain a deep respect for their own cultural legacy. A good background knowledge of the beliefs and values that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.85 SWEShipley, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.224 SHIThinley Norbu.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.344 THIFairley, Kim
Summary: "Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern -- his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile -- made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she'd imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAIRLEY, KIM FAISharkey, Alix
Summary: In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journalist reflects on his own journey to come to terms with his brothers terrible crimes - and to find justice for the young girl he killed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHARKEY, ALIX SHASharpley, G.D.A
Summary: A guide to learning Latin offers lessons on Latin vocabulary and grammar, with practice exercises, reading selections, and suggestions for students.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 478.2421 LATSharlet, Jeff
Summary: "As a journalist suddenly skeptical of the power of words to tell the deepest truths of other people's stories, Jeff Sharlet turned to taking snapshots and posting them on Instagram- images that he then reflected on in words of extraordinary intimacy and power. A visionary work of radical empathy, this collection of images and reflections is framed by the two years between his father's heart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 SHAHigley, Harry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1951
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1331 HIGSisley, Nick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Wall Press 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.25 SISWILLIAMS, SHERLEY ANNE
Summary: A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WILLackey, Mercedes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LACCharley, Catherine.
Summary: Describes tombs and treasures from around the world, including a Sumerian death pit, the tomb of Philip of Macedonia, and the Mary Rose, a sunken English warship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 393 CHAHarper, Charley
Summary: Count to ten with animals in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board HarperSharlet, Jeff
Summary: "One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart. Across the country, men "of God" glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war--a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation. Lies, greed, and glorification of war boom through microphones at hipster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 SHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322 SHAFairley, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.8 FAISorley, Lewis
Summary: "Unless and until we understand General William Westmoreland, we will never understand what went wrong in Vietnam. An Eagle Scout at fifteen, First Captain of his West Point class, Westmoreland fought in two wars and became Superintendent at West Point. Then he was chosen to lead the war effort in Vietnam for four crucial years. He proved a disaster. He could not think creatively about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C SORDICKEY, CHARLEY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 DICHarper, Charley
Summary: A mini companion to the impressive and large format Charley Harper--An Illustrated Life, the ABC's introduces Charley's work to budding young readers and grown ups alike. Sure to become a become a classic, learning the ABC's along with Charley's illustrations makes remembering A is for Ape, B is for Bird, and C is for Crab, memorable and fun
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMMO Books 2008
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board HarperShippey, Tom.
Summary: "The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J. R. R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003