Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: "From discovering the history of ancient Rome and seeing photographs of the floating city of Venice to learning about the fashion of Milan and following recipes for authentic Italian food, readers go on a cultural journey in this updated guide to life in Italy. The detailed main text is paired with fun fact boxes that teach the Italian language, highlight points of interest, and offer tips for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 945 WINGies, Miep
Summary: An autobiography by the woman who helped hide the Frank family in Amsterdam during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 GIEBestor, Leslie Ann.
Summary: Find the perfect start and finish for every knitting project. Detailed instructions for each technique are combined with step-by-step photography. At-a-glance charts identify the best cast on or bind off for various types of knitting, as well as cast on/bind off pairs that work well together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 BESSummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACJones, Lesley-Ann
Summary: "Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples--yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN JONJones, Lesley-Ann.
Summary: This rock biography is a revelaing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. The lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury's unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever really glimpsed the man behind the glittering facade. Now, more than twenty years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MERCURY, FREDDIE JONNorman, Jessye.
Summary: Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NORMAN, JESSYE NORLesage, Marla
Summary: "In this picture book, readers are introduced to all sorts of professionals and other people who wear masks in their daily lives and are reminded that wearing a mask to limit the spread of germs is an act of kindness."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LESTyler, Leslie J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crystal Pub. 1992
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 940.544 TYLSummary: The Fellowship divides to conquer, as Frodo and Sam, with the help and hindrance of Gollum, continue on their way to Mount Doom. Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to help defend Gondor, while Merry remains with Eowyn and the other Rohan fighters. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli seek aid from those that live in the Cursed Mountains. All these battles have one ultimate goal in mind: to distract...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY LORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Lord 2004Evans, Lezlie.
Summary: Rhyming verses instruct the reader to count different objects in one of ten languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog, and Hebrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EVALedlie, Georgina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kangaroo Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 LEDEvans, Lezlie.
Summary: Introduces young readers to common phrases such as "good morning", "thank you", and "please" in German, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, Zulu, Japanese, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 413.21 EVALesage, Marla
Summary: ". . . explores the realities of PTSD from a kid's perspective. The book includes an author's note and kid-friendly mental health resources. As a military child, eleven-year-old Leah moves . . . a lot. But this summer she will be the one left behind when her best friend's family is reassigned. To make matters worse, her mother will be away for training, leaving Leah at home with her father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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Summary: "In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. This is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ERNAUX, ANNIE ERNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ERNAUX ERNErnaux, Annie
Summary: An extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter’s attachment to her mother, and of both women’s strength and resiliency. I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie’s attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease, and then, when that proves futile, to bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a beloved parent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ERNAUX, ANNIE ERNChisholm, Jane
Summary: "Timelines of World History outlines the most significant landmarks and turning points in the history of the world: wars and revolutions, ground-breaking inventions and discoveries, artistic movements, and the rise and fall of great empires--from the earliest settlements over 10,000 years ago, right up to the end of the 20th century."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LISLisle, Laurie.
Summary: Georgia O'Keeffe's personal mystique is an intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases. Here is the first full account of her life--from her girlhood to her seclusion in New Mexico & death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA MOSSaxton, Jo.
Summary: "In Snail Trail, children follow a colorful snail's silvery trail as he slides through eight modern pictures while searching for his very own "snail-portrait" - a piece of art that represents him. As he glides past famous works such as Pablo Picasso's "Maya in a Sailor Suit," Jackson Pollock's "Number 20," Mark Rothko's "White Centre," Salvador Dalí's "The Persistence of Memory," and Henri...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAXLisle, John
Summary: "John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LISLisle, Laurie.
Summary: "The rituals of gardening give a rhythm ... to everyday life that is apart from the routines of writing and the flows of relationships. Tending my garden became the same as taking care of myself." In this modern pastoral, Lisle tells us how she heaved compost, dug post holes, planted, and replanted--and how she also found herself digging into her feelings about love and loss, work and play,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 LISLisle, Laurie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1996