Weatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEALassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, in January 1972.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMASummary: The Grande Chartreuse, considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries is based in the French Alps. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back with him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months -...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INTSummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHESummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: The documentary follows a unique rehabilitation effort in a Virginia jail that encourages inmates to write and record original music. In the jail's makeshift recording studio, four men collaborate to produce an album with Grammy-winner Todd 'Speech' Thomas of Arrested Development. As the creative process unfolds, these incarcerated artists must confront the traumas of their past, and music...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SIXThomas, Velma Maia.
Summary: An interactive book-and-CD package documents the harsh realities of slavery and the spirit of African American people determined to seek their freedom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 780.89 THOBrowne, Sylvia.
Summary: The author draws on insights from her spirit guide, as well as research into the gnostic texts, to explore the lives of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.91 BROGroom, Juliet.
Summary: Loosely based on the German Christmas song, celebrates a wonder-filled night and the joys of nature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2010
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 782.28 GROCone, James H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6296 CONFrye, Jason
Summary: From the sprawling green countryside of Shenandoah to the mists rising over the Great Smoky Mountains, endless adventure and beauty await along America's most scenic highway.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.55 BLUClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIFleet, Beverley
Summary: "In this reprint edition the contents [of the original 34 volumes] have been rearranged, re-typed, and consolidated in three hardcover volumes, each with its own master index."--Title page verso.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1988
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Levin, Mark R. (Mark Reed)
Summary: A radio talk-show host describes his family's relationship with a remarkable rescue dog named Sprite, a beautiful, loving, and gentle animal whose deteriorating health taught the entire family a lesson in friendship, love, joy, and grief.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7092 LEVSuggs, Christine
Summary: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUGMicklos, John
Summary: "The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic back-and-forth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest single-day battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bullet-riddled stump of a once-mighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day's battle and the broader history of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 MICPtacin, Mira
Summary: "A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest- running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond. They believed they would live forever. So begins Mira Ptacin's haunting account of the women of Camp Etna-an otherworldly community in the woods of Maine that has, since 1876, played host to generations of Spiritualists and mediums dedicated to preserving the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9 PTAWulfeck, Dorothy Ford
Summary: "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents is a stupendous reference work and a recognized landmark in Virginia genealogy. Not only does it contain the records of approximately 40,000 marriages with references to about a quarter-million individuals, it also draws information from a body of sources altogether unique in genealogy. Unlike other published lists of marriages, traditionally based on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1986
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Foley, Louise Pledge Heath.
Summary: Information was abstracted from land records and quit rent rolls.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Foley 1974
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Summary: This work is essentially a compilation of articles that deal wholly or in part with muster and pay rolls, court order books, pension records, land claims, depositions, petitions, militia lists, orderly books, and service records. The majority of the articles focus on the records of the colonial and Revolutionary War periods, but there also are some that relate to the War of 1812. In the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1982
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 VIRSummary: "Virginia Marriage Records" contains almost every list of marriages published in three esteemed periodicals--The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. The combined lists--fully indexed--comprise some 20,000 marriage records, most of which derive from bonds, ministers' returns, licenses, registers, ministerial records, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1984
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 VIRChang, Jung
Summary: The most famous sisters in China, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power during a time of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations. Red Sister, Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen; Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek; Big Sister, Ei-Ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser, and made herself one of China's richest women.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019