Mah, Adeline Yen
Summary: The true story of a young Chinese girl who grew up feeling unloved by her father who remarried shortly after her mother's death and treated his new family and subsequent children as upper class compared to his first children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4889 MAHCall number: 921 MAH, ADELINE YEN MAH
Dore, Madeleine
Summary: "Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There's the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don't want to do, and the thing we've been putting off, despite it being the most important thing. Even on days when we get a lot done, the thing left undone can leave us feeling guilty, anxious, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Croke, Ken
Summary: "Longtime ATF agent Ken Croke had earned the right to coast to the end of a storied career, having routinely gone undercover to apprehend white supremacists, gun runners, and gang members. But after a chance encounter with an associate of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang created an opening, he transformed himself into "Slam," a monstrous, axe-handle wielding enforcer whose duty was to protect the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Rouse, Dan
Summary: "Make a difference to your local birdlife. Help reverse the decline in bird numbers by creating a haven in which they will thrive. It's a win-win. Provide the best shelter, feeding, and nesting opportunities for them and then you can reap the rewards as they sing and entertain"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.97 ROUFoss, Ben.
Summary: "Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing--and what you can do so that he or she can thrive More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic--a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a "learning disability" or "learning difference," that makes interpreting text and reading difficult. Yet even though children with dyslexia may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 FOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 618 FOSSummary: "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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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSEAMAN, ANN ROWE
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Publisher / Publication Date: CONTU 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'HAIR, MADALYN MURRAY SEARoss, Kathy (Katharine Reynolds)
Summary: Twenty-two fairy related crafts for girls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 ROSRoss, Kathy (Katharine Reynolds)
Contents: Web holder -- Treasure shelf -- Heart letter holder -- Earring doll -- Doorknob posy -- Doll bubble -- Dresser boxes -- Pocket board -- Perpetual calendar -- Small flowers pillow -- Dresser knob flowers -- Funny face PJ bag -- Jewelry pouch -- Days of the week hangers -- Friends and family photo garland -- Gems message can -- Sock stasher -- Flower letters -- Caterpillar bank -- Earring basket...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PLARoss, Kathy (Katharine Reynolds)
Summary: Twenty-one projects for girls, including belts, bracelets, purses, pins, and sunglasses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 ROSRoss, Rosa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.65 ROSBöhme, Madelaine
Summary: "Somewhere west of Munich, Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they imagined: the fossilized bones of Danuvius guggenmosi ignite a global media frenzy. This ancient ancestordefies our knowledge of human history-his nearly twelve-million-year-old bones were not located in Africa-the so-called birthplace of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.93 BOHSummary: From the frigid suburbs of Buffalo NY to his early years living and busking on the streets of San Francisco, to formative experiences with punk band The Nerves and L.A. power pop legends The Plimsouls, to his decades-long, Grammy-nominated solo career, walk a million miles in the shoes of one of America's last great troubadours.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETChandra, Deborah.
Summary: A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington's lifelong struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 973.4 CHACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHASummary: With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland after the death of director/producer Marion Cajori, this movie describes the life and work of an artist who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face. The artist describes his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthouse Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHUSummary: Explores the full arc of George Washington's journey and weaves together dramatic live-action sequences, excerpts from Washington's letters and insights from a roster of notable experts, historians, and scholars to tell a very personal story about the evolution of one of history's most iconic leaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WASRoss, Ann B.
Summary: When Miss Julia's new friend, Hazel, disappears after going on a date with an upright church member, Miss Julia and little Lloyd must go in search for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSSummary: The Yes Men again pull off one bold prank after another in an effort to raise political consciousness. Posing as top executives of giant corporations, they lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks. When they engineer an announcement that Dow will clean up the site of the largest industrial accident in history, the Bhopal catastrophe, Dow's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YESRoss, Ann B.
Summary: When Miss Julia's regular doctor goes on vacation with his wife, leaving a replacement in his stead, Miss Julia is immediately concerned. Never one to miss an opportunity to entertain--or size up--a newcomer, she invites the charming Dr. Don Crawford, and his painfully shy wife, Lauren, to dinner. While Miss Julia and Sam both note Lauren's obvious lack of social skills, it's her friends Hazel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROSCose, Ellis
Summary: Examines how free speech in the United States has been corrupted by the politically powerful and how the contemporary landscape of social media and social polarization have eroded the safeguards built into the Constitution to protect speech.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 COSRobinson, Rosi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chancellor Press 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.6 ROBBrose, Christian
Summary: "When we think about the future of war, the military and Washington and most everyone gets it backwards. We think in terms of buying single military systems, such as fighter jets or aircraft carriers. And when we think about modernizing those systems, wethink about buying better versions of the same things. But what really matters is not the single system but "the battle network"--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020