Liniers

Summary: Sisters embark on an adventure of the imagination through the jungles of a mysterious island which reveals the unbreakable bond they share.

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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIN

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Licks

Contents: DISC v. 1: Comments from: Paul McCartney -- James Jamerson Jr. -- Will Lee -- "Chili" Ruth and Joe Weaver -- John Entwistle -- Gerald Veasley -- Phil Chen -- Martha Reeves -- Pino Palladino -- Geddy Lee -- Joe Messina -- Chuck Rainey -- Wah Wah Watson -- Philadelphia Intl. Rhythm Section -- Joe Hunter -- "Ready" Freddy Washington -- Garry Tallent -- Dennis Coffey -- Allen McGrier -- Gil Askey...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dr. Licks Pub. 1989

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 787.87 LIC

Liniers

Summary: Three Latin American folktales include the story of the Iara, a mermaid who lures men to her underwater domain, the tale of La Lechuza, an enormous owl with the face of a woman, and two gauchos' encounter with La Luz Mala, a spooky light that terrorizes travelers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIN

Stiller, Cleo

Summary: Emmy and Peabody Award-nominated health reporter Cleo Stiller's fun(ny) and informative collection of advice and perspectives about what it means to be a good guy in the era of #MeToo. Here are a few self-evident truths: Predatory men need to go, sexual assault is wrong, and women and men should be equal. If you're a man and disagree with any of the aforementioned, then this book isn't for you....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.31 STI

Swiller, Josh.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.94 SWI

Vickers, Hugo.

Summary: Details the life of Great Britain's Princess Alice, who married Prince Andrew of Greece in 1903, a union that plunged her into a life of turmoil, fraught with war, exile, and execution.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI

Pickert, Kate

Summary: Kate Pickert worked as a health-care journalist and knew medical treatment well, but it all changed when she was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at age 35. Pickert used her journalistic skills to identify the cultural, scientific, and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2019

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Stiller, Eric.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.404 STI

Flicker, Felix

Summary: "If you were to present the feats of modern science to someone from the past, those feats would surely be considered magic. Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker proves that they are indeed magic--just familiar magic. The name for this magic is "condensed matter physics." Most people haven't heard of the field, yet more than a third of physicists identify as condensed matter researchers, making...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 FLI

Sickels, Amy.

Contents: Wild about Harry -- "Quiet, freckly, short-sighted" -- Harry appears -- Half a suitcase of stories -- Bidding war -- A phenomenon in publishing -- Breaking records -- Creating Harry's world -- Harry's place in children's literature.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROW

Vickery, Roy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.242 DIC

Wickens, Kim

Summary: "The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 WIC

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Sports Wickens

Vickers, Michael G.

Summary: "A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on terror. In 1984, Michael Vickers took charge of the CIA's secret campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Inheriting a strategy aimed at imposing costs on Russia, Vickers transformed the campaign into an all-out effort to help the Afghans win their war. More than any other American, he was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VICKERS, MICHAEL G. VIC

Likens, Aaron.

Summary: A man with Asperger's syndrome describes what it's like to live with the syndrome and advocates for other people with the condition to help find their "Kansas," or place where they feel comfortable and at home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 LIK

Locker, Thomas

Summary: Introduces philosopher, writer, and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau, using selections from his own writings and an imaginary journey into the wilderness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Pub. 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THO

Wicker, Christine.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 WIC

Wicker, Tom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EIS

Dicker, Joël

Summary: " The #1 internationally bestselling thriller, and ingenious book within a book, about the disappearance of a 15-year-old New Hampshire girl and, 30 years later, a young American writer's determination to clear his mentor's name-and find the inspiration for his next bestseller August 30, 1975: the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods before she disappears;...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIC

Tillet, Salamishah

Summary: A distinguished cultural critic blends literary history, biography, and memoir in an exploration of Alice Walker's National Book Award-winning novel that examines its influence against a backdrop of the civil rights encroachments of the early 1980s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813 TIL

Vickers, Roy Henry

Summary: With bright and bold illustrations of the wild and magical West Coast, this board book will delight babies and toddlers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Vickers 2017

Thompson, Barbara Rickerd

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thompson 1980

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen 929.2 RICKERD Thompson