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Christian fiction Juvenile sound recordings Florence (Italy) Description and travel Florence (Italy) Guidebooks Italy Florence Music and the Internet Radio plays Juvenile sound recordings Radio programs for children Juvenile sound recordings Savonarola, Girolamo 1452-1498 Sound recording industry Sound recordings Pirated editionsCreech, Sharon.
Summary: Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2007
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: CD J CRESheinkin, Steve
Summary: Presents the story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 959.7 SHEJordan, Sara
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sara Jordan Pub. 2010
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 468.3 JORManzano, Sonia
Summary: A coming-of-age memoir by the actress and writer offers a look into the daily lives of a loving, but troubled, Latino family and a girl kept afloat amid the turbulence of her life and times by the dream of becoming an actress.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MANZANO, SONIA MANHarris, Duchess
Summary: Motown music emerged in the United States in the 1960s. It launched the careers of many African American musicians. Motown music shaped culture and society during the American civil rights movement. The Making of Motown explores the history and legacy of Motown. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J338.761 HARKing, Ross
Summary: "The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings-the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.45 KINScott, Jonathan
Summary: The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl. While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented an important turning point in the story of recorded sound, it...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.389 SCORice, Anne
Summary: Vittorio, a five-hundred-year-old vampire, tells the story of how he was seduced at the age of sixteen by Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies, after she saved him from being killed by her fellow vampires during a slaughter in which his entire family was wiped out.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeta Bolsillo 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.3 FICTION RICPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.""--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.5 PINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 781.5 PINBakker, Karen J.
Summary: "When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. This book tells the stories of scientists who are using these digital technologies to decode the hidden world of nonhuman...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Steig, William
Summary: Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon and, finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2007
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE SHRSteves, Rick
Summary: Rick Steves' Pocket guidebooks truly are a “tour guide in your pocket.” Each colorful compact 280-page book includes Rick's advice for prioritizing your time, whether you're spending 1 or 7 days in a city. Everything a busy traveler needs is easy to access: a neighborhood overview, city walks and tours, sights, handy food and accommodations charts, an appendix packed with information on trip...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel 2016
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav Wor StevesSummary: What happens when Whit fires up the Imagination Station for a few lessons about American history? Jimmy Barclay gets slingshot lessons from Abraham Lincoln. Marvin's drumming out orders for the Patriot army. And Curt and Lucy sit in on the composition of our National Anthem at the capture of Fort McHenry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Living in the Gray, parts 1 & 2 -- Stubborn streaks -- Called on in class -- The girl in the sink -- Bernard and Saul -- Eggshells -- Nothing but the half truth -- Split ends -- Something's got to change -- No way out -- No way in.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CDA AdvLew, Kristi.
Summary: Explores some repulsive aspects of the human body with a focus the body's healing process, and provides facts and information on bleeding, clots, scabs, scars, and other related topics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J617.1 LEWSummary: Stand by for chaos! Connie and the gang think they're doing another safe, scripted BTV program. But that's before the fire, the okra incident and the renegade nose. Meanwhile, Liz's brother Mark just got engaged. How's she supposed to fit in now that she's second fiddle?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Juvenile AdvGerber, Merrill Joan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 GERSummary: Florentia, the "flowering" city: Under the Medici family, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi turned the city into an artistic center and awakened Italian Humanism. Even today the visitor feels the unique flair when strolling through the streets, past the Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, the Piazza della Signoria, and the treasures of the Uffizi.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H.F. Ullmann 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 FlorenceStrathern, Paul
Summary: "By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a climate of constantly shifting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 STRWitt, Stephen.
Summary: How Music Got Free is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It’s about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 WITAndrews, Robert
Summary: Written by locals, Fodor's Essential Italy annual travel guidebook offers expert advice and insider tips for all tastes and budgets. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease and make the most out of their visit to Italy. Join Fodor's in exploring one of the most exciting and delicious countries in Europe. With inviting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPEJepson, Tim
Summary: National Geographic Traveler: Florence and Tuscany offers the best of Florence and Tuscany. Illustrations, history, and practical information allow you to learn much about the monuments of Florence, from the Duomo to Piazza della Signoria, museums and galleries, Renaissance palaces, and churches.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Celenza, Christopher S.
Summary: Machiavellian used to describe the ruthless cunning of the power-obsessed and the pitiless is never meant as a compliment. But the man whose"name became shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more engaging and nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher S. Celenza s Machiavelli: A Portrait "removes the varnish of centuries to reveal not only the hardnosed political philosopher but...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLAO CELSummary: From the makers of the acclaimed Last Shop Standing, this new film charts the amazing revival of vinyl over the past several years. The film explores the whys and hows with industry pundits, artists, record shop owners, vinyl fans and many more. Directed and produced by Pip Piper, hear from passionate new record shop owners as well the established die-hards still going and thriving. The film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020