Humes, Edward
Summary: "On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed. Based on forensic evidence, Parks was later convicted, sentenced to life in prison without parole. Now a young lawyer with the California Innocence Project is challenging the conviction and the so-called "science" behind it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.121 HEMOrlean, Susan
Summary: "Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word OrleanBowen, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOWFieseler, Robert W.
Summary: A reconstruction of the 1973 fire that devastated New Orleans' subterranean gay community describes how the Up Stairs Lounge and dozens of innocent patrons were targeted in what became a catalyzing event in the gay liberation movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FIEOrlean, Susan
Summary: Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to the beloved institution of libraries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks, imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio 2018
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 027 ORLWambaugh, Joseph.
Summary: "From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh, the acclaimed author of such classics as 'The Onion Field' and 'The Choirboys', comes the extraordinary true story of a firefighter who may have been, according to U.S. government profilers, 'the most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century'. Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr would watch in awe as firefighters scrambled to put out blazes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.164 WAMByler, Linda.
Summary: Sarah Beiler grows increasingly concerned about Ashley, her friend who also works at the farmers market. Ashley acts strange, even nervous, when anyone talks about the rash of fires. When Sarah asks her what she knows, Ashley only heightens Sarah's suspicions. But that not Sarah's only trouble. She remains distracted by Matthew Stoltzfus, who says that God is calling him to leave the Amish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Byler 2013Glick, Daniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 GLIHesse, Monica
Summary: "The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn't stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017
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Summary: "Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony--before even Lizzie Borden--there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation's debut media circus. On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 RULDixon, Franklin W.
Summary: "Frank and Joe Hardy are assigned to pose as extras on the set of the an upcoming teen movie, Deathstalker. The star, an ingenue named Anya, believes that someone is out to get her--and she's got proof. Someone tried to burn down her trailer! The Undercover Brothers need to get to the bottom of the arson, and other mayhem surrounding the filming of the hit comic book."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIXHooper, Chloe
Summary: "The true story of the most devastating wildfire in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. What kind of person would deliberately start a firestorm? What kind of mind? On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as BlackSaturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2020
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Summary: Young Bobby Cutts enters the family barn to tend to the cows and encounters a nightmare ... suddenly surrounded by fire, Bobby and the entire herd perish in a stampeding, hellish circle of flames. Joe Gunther will meet one of his deadliest opponents to date ... and will need far more than his skills as a policeman. --From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYWarner, Jessica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.385 AITKEN, JAMES WARSummary: "This meditation on cinema's past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brough 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAWFabiny, Sarah
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the American biologist, whose influential work, "The Silent Spring," inspired worldwide conservation movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARDuncan, Dayton
Summary: "The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today-a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo-our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2012
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Summary: Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots--and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension. Covering important advancements made by women in fields such as biology, medicine, astronomy, and technology, author Rachel Swaby explains that people aren't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: U.S. health care has changed dramatically during the past century. A new breed of physicians use new machines, vaccines, and ideas in ways that have touched the lives of virtually everyone. How and why did these changes occur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.774 MEDRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBMarton, Kati.
Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009