Summary: In the late 19th century, as America's teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston, a city of so many firsts that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RACHam, Anthony
Summary: Lonely Planet's Scandinavia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Be awed by the aurora borealis, explore waterfalls in Iceland and be inspired by innovative Scandinavian design; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lonely Planet's Great Britain is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Puzzle the mysteries of Stonehenge, sip whisky in Scotland, and hike the mountains of Wales; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: We've taken the highlights from the world's best guidebooks and put them together into one 900+ page whopper to create the ultimate guide to Earth. This user-friendly A-Z gives a flavour of each country in the world, including a map, travel highlights, info on where to go and how to get around, as well as some quirkier details to bring each place to life. In Lonely Planet's trademark bluespine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 WORSummary: The interrupted journey : After reconsidering eloping with another womanat the last minute, John North pulls the emergency break on the train he is traveling on and returns home to his wife. Later on, after the train crashes and many of the passengers end up dying including his mistress, John becomes a suspect when the police discover that she had been murdered prior to the crash.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BRIConnolly, Sean
Summary: Lonely Planet's Denmark is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Dine in innovative restaurants in Copenhagen, learn about Denmark's Viking past and relax on artistic Bornholm island's beaches; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Summary: Lonely Planet's Brazil is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at Iguacu Falls, take a jungle trip, and frolick in the waves at Ipanema Beach; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Brazil and begin your journey now!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.1 BRABaker, Mark
Summary: Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's Midwest & the Great Lakes' Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features a collection of amazing drives, from day escapes to multi-week adventures. Follow the Tribal Trails, see Highway 61's vistas, and conquer Chicago. Get to the Midwest & Great Lakes, rent a car, and hit the road! Itineraries for classic road trips plus other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2022
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Summary: Lonely Planet's Panama is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Panama City, surf at Santa Catalina, and dive at Parque Nacional Coiba; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Panama and begin your journey now!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL PANAMAHarrell, Ashley
Summary: Lonely Planets Best of Central America is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Laze over dinner in a beachfront thatched hut on Bocas del Toro, Panama; explore remarkable jungle temples in Tikal, Guatemala; and stroll the picture-perfect cobblestone streets of Granada, Nicaragua. All with your trusted travel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2804 LONSummary: A road trip though the creative spirit of the American South, a world of churches, prisons, coal mines, and mountains, with alternative country musician and songwriter Jim White acting as tour guide. Presents a collage of stories and testimonies while a strange Southern Jesus looms in the background.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SEAWhitt, Kay.
Summary: Kay Whitt loves designing bags, and you're going to love sewing them! Take Your Pick of Styles: With full instructions for twelve bags—and with a few clever variations thrown in—there are plenty of designs to choose from! Pick a handbag that is sweet, sleek or funky. Or check out some of the other great designs: a flirty little backpack, the perfect lunch bag, convenient shopping bags and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: F+W Media, Inc. 2011
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Bender, Lionel.
Contents: Big gorillas -- Homes -- Food -- Among the trees -- Living together -- Senses -- Defenses -- Skin and fur -- Family life -- Growing up -- Becoming adult -- In danger -- Gorilla care -- Quiz -- New words -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis Education 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.884 BENWhitt, Kay
Contents: Steps to a custom fit -- Taking measurements -- Making the muslin -- Adjusting the fit -- Sewing machine and accessories -- Indispensable notions -- Pressing intentional creases -- Double topstitching -- Installing an invisible zipper -- Adding facings -- Understitching -- Making gathers -- Using a ruffler attachment -- Applique skirt -- Tailored skirt -- Multi-fabric skirt -- Ruffled skirt --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 646.4 WHISummary: Dance yourself slim with four sizzling and sexy Latin dance routines that feature some of the best fat-burning moves from the show. Includes a specialized toning workout that dancers use to sculpt and lengthen their muscles. No partner needed!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.715 DANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Exe DCasson, Lionel
Contents: The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.09 CASBender, Lionel.
Summary: Looks at elephants in their natural homes telling about where they live, what they eat, what dangers they face, and how they protect themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis Education 2005
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Summary: Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 BENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609 BENShriver, Lionel.
Summary: A tale told from the parallel perspectives of two possible timelines considers the life of American expatriate Irina McGovern, who in one reality stays faithful to her disciplined American intellectual partner, and in the other runs off with an exuberantBritish friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHRRichie, Lionel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1982
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES RICBender, Lionel.
Contents: Polar bears -- Home -- Food -- Hunting -- Daily life -- Senses -- Weapons -- Skin and fur -- Family life -- Growing up -- Becoming an adult -- In danger -- Polar bear care -- Quiz -- New words -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis Education 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.781 BENLambourne, Lionel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.05 LAMWaite, Elizabeth
Summary: "This new edition in Barron's Easy Way Series contains everything students need to prepare for a geometry class. Geometry: The Easy Way provides key content review and practice exercises to help students learn geometry the easy way. Topics covered in this detailed review of algebra include the "how" and "why" of geometry, with examples, exercises, and solutions throughout, plus hundreds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Inc., d/b/a Barron's Eductional Series 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 516.22 WAIWhyte, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Many Rivers Press 1990