Summary: In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SOUNew Yorker Magazine (COR)/ White, E. B. (CON)/ Salinger, J. D. (CON)/ Smith, Zadie (CON)
Summary: The 1940s are the watershed decade of the twentieth century, a time of trauma and upheaval but also of innovation and profound and lasting cultural change. This is the era of Fat Man and Little Boy, of FDR and Stalin, but also of Casablanca and Citizen Kane, zoot suits and Christian Dior, Duke Ellington and Edith Piaf. The 1940s were when The New Yorker came of age. A magazine that was best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 FORSummary: The Black Panther is not just a super hero; as King T'Challa, he is also the monarch of the hidden African nation of Wakanda. Combining the strength and stealth of his namesake with a creative scientific intelligence, the Black Panther is an icon of Afro-futurist fantasy. This new anthology includes the Black Panther's 1966 origin tale and the entirety of the critically acclaimed "Panther's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BLABruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUMalak, Jonah
Summary: Follows Don Shirley and David Shaw, two high level scuba-divers, as they prepare for and execute a fateful dive in Boesmansgat cave in South Africa to retrieve the body of another diver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAVWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: "Nadia and Jarvis take on Poundcakes and Letha in a Times Square gift shop, but Nadia's search for girl geniuses may all be for nothing as the Red Room tries to take the Unstoppable Wasp out for good" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC WHIWhitley, Keith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY WHIWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: "Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat WhiteleySummary: Interweaves the extraordinary story of Septentrional with that of Haiti: from the brutality of French colonialism and the bloody revolution that brought Haitians their freedom to the crushing foreign debt and the 15-year American occupation that ushered in the brutal dictatorship of Franȯis "Papa Doc" Duvalier. We see the hope that was created by Jean Bertrand Aristide, and the despair that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHEWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: "Meet Frankie, whose biggest challenge is finding the perfect outfit for the upcoming band concert. But then they save a friendly golden retriever from bullies--and suddenly find themself in a giant magical doghouse, with a funny-looking helmet, talking about a job offer with a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon. If Frankie can prove that they possess the six dog virtues of loyalty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023
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Contents: The invisible forest : first memories -- Down the cave of mind : hypnosis -- The color of the dark : insight -- The sky beneath my feet : a journey through my past -- Alliance of the lost : recollections of my family -- A structure in the air : science, history, and secret knowledge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 1983
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Summary: As you embark on your journey through the 26 letters of the alphabet, you will be on a quest for buried treasure. All kinds of adventures await you, but you must look carefully for hidden objects and letters. Also, a secret scroll with the story of Whatley's quest is hidden somewhere in the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WHAWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: Adrienne has been on the run and working to save her sisters, but when she finds another princess locked away in a tower, she decides to spring her! But Raven Xingtao, the daughter of the Pirate King, is more of a handful than Adrienne could have ever expected. Before she knows it, Adrienne is off on a whirlwind adventure to complete Raven's quest for revenge! The complete collected edition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Action Lab Entertainment 2015
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Summary: "With Jarvis by her side, Nadia begins recruiting girl geniuses to her lab, and fights a giant man-eating rat with Lunella Lafayette, the Miraculous Moon Girl." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC WHIShipley, 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 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 THIWhitwer, Glynnis
Summary: Combining spiritual encouragement and practical application, "I Used to Be So Organized" presents a balanced approach to finding order and peace for today's overwhelmed woman. "I Used to Be So Organized" addresses the frustrations many women feel when they can't get a handle on their lives. They know, deep in their hearts, they should be able to manage things. After all, they used to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leafwood Publishers 2011
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Summary: "After escaping the Red Room, Nadia Pym is ready to spread her wings and change the world, but she has to get her citizenship and battle a mad scientist's robot with Ms. Marvel and Mockingbird" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FICWhitley, Jeremy
Summary: "Nadia's mission to recruit girl geniuses to her lab has run into a few problems: her former Red Room lab partner is trying to assassinate her and Nadia's most recent, and reluctant, recruit's mother has been attacked in her gift shop by the villainous Poundcakes" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC WHIWhittle, Richard.
Summary: "The creation of the first weapon in history that can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe was far more than clever engineering. As Richard Whittle shows in Predator, it was the most profound development in military and aerospace technology since the intercontinental ballistic missile. Once considered fragile toys, drones were long thought to be of limited utility. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623 WHIWrigley, Annabel
Summary: Provides instructions for Christmas-themed craft projects, including a festive holiday crown, woodland mushroom wreath, and a peaceful dove pincushion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fun Stitch Studio 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 745.5941 WRIWhittel, Naomi
Summary: Based on Nobel Prize-winning research, an easy-to-follow lifestyle plan for losing weight, looking younger, and feeling energized. Learn Naomi Whittel's life hacks for sleep, travel, stress reduction, and productivity, as well as delicious and nutritious recipes for eating the Glow15 way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018