Macfarlane, Robert
Summary: "A hauntingly beautiful diptych of works inspired by Robert Macfarlane's travels with celebrated collaborators to two eerie corners of England. In Holloway, "a perfect miniature prose-poem" (William Dalrymple), Macfarlane, artist Stanley Donwood, and writer Dan Richards travel to Dorset, near the south coast of England, to explore a famed "hollowed way"-a path used by walkers and riders for so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.23 MACSummary: "In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveling this tragedy from point of impact, the film reveals the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the shocking crime as well as the aftermath"--Movie Web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shapeshifter 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VALSummary: Television's favorite defective detective returns to DVD to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom ... and hand wipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MONSummary: The complete third season of what the New York Post calls 'the best detective show to come along in decades'. Tony Shalhoub plays obsessive-compulsive detective Monk, who assists police in their most baffling cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MONSummary: John Nettles, who stars as Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, presents his 10 favorite myster's from Midsomer Murders' first six series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bentley Productions 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1987
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1523 JAMRyan, Steve
Summary: "After years working in homicide, retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan reflects on six cases he will never forget. Retired detective Steve Ryan worked in Toronto's homicide squad for over a decade. For him, the stories of Toronto's most infamous crimes were more than just a headline read over morning coffee -- they were his everyday life. After investigating over one hundred homicides, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RYAN, STEVE RYASummary: Disgraced detective Sandra Pullman is given a chance to save her career by heading up a team of retired detectives in charge of solving open cold cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NEWSummary: A team of special agents, operating outside the military chain of command, investigates any crimes connected to the Navy and Marine Corps. Featurette and commentary included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NCITumarkin, Maria M.
Summary: "How to speak of the searing, unpindownable power that the past-ours, our family's, our culture's-wields in the present? Drawing on nine years of research, Axiomatic explores the ways we understand the traumas we inherit and the systems that sustain them. In five sections-each one built on an axiom about how the past affects the present-Tumarkin weaves together true and intimate stories of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.92 TUMWhite, Michael
Summary: This concise, informative biography explores : Tolkien's experiences as a young teacher, lecturer, and storyteller in Britain ; The founding of the Inklings, the group of intellectuals centered on Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other Oxford University professors ; Tolkien's relationship with his publisher in releasing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other books ; The continuing impact of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. WHIFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farming Press in association with Heavy Horse World Magazine 1997
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Summary: Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2023
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Summary: A portrait of the author of "Alice in Wonderland" analyzes contradictory aspects of his character, tapping recently discovered sources to set Carroll's life in the context of Victorian England, and assesses his financial difficulties and his relationship with the real Alice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARROLL, LEWIS WOOGodfrey, Rebecca
Summary: "One moonlit night, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home ... Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls--and boy--accused of a savage murder"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 976 GRAFunk, McKenzie
Summary: "The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 SCHSquarzoni, Philippe
Summary: "Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned as a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. This thrilling second volume concludes the saga. A woman is stabbed and left to die in her bedroom. A taxi cab driver is killed for a handful of jewelry. A man is gunned down over a debt of $8. As the board fills with red ink, the pressure rises. All the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 HOMZuckoff, Mitchell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 ZUCSummary: Based on a best-selling book, a five-part true crime docu-series investigates the unsolved murders of eight women whose bodies were discovered in drainage canals and on desolate back roads in and around Jennings, Louisiana. In examining the lives of the young victims the series uncovers secrets of the troubled town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MURBrezina, Corona.
Contents: Overview of the homicide unit -- Associated careers -- Investigating a case -- Preparing for a law enforcement career -- Joining the force -- Building a career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014