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VanderMeer, Jeff.

Summary: Discusses the steampunk movement in fiction, film, art, music, and fashion, tracing its history from Victorian science fiction novels and detailing its evolution into modern popular culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 VAN

Beasley, Jerry C.

Contents: 1. Fiction in the 1740s: backgrounds, topics, strategies -- 2. Romance and the "new" novels of Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett -- 3. Fiction as contemporary history -- 4. Fiction as contemporary biography: tales of low life -- 5. Fiction as contemporary biography: records of spiritual life -- 6. "Novelistic" fiction in the 1740s -- 7. Fiction as artifice: the achievement of Henry Fielding.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Georgia Press 1982

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 823.5 BEA

Liu, Marjorie M.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Maika Halfwolf has begun to unlock the mysteries of her past--but the challenges of the present are only growing. Maika's journey takes her to the neutral city of Pontus, where she hopes to find temporary refuge from her pursuers. Unfortunately, Pontus may not be as safe as Maika and her allies had hoped. As the impending war between humans and Arcanics creeps ever closer, and powerful players...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2018

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Summary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BIL

Flanagan, Alice K.

Summary: Simple text and repetition of the letter "B" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

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Stevenson, Robin

Summary: "A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021

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Amoroso, Cynthia.

Summary: Simple text and repetition of the letter "?" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN AMO

Flanagan, Alice K.

Summary: Simple text and repetition of the letter "D" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN FLA

Flanagan, Alice K.

Summary: Simple text and repetition of the letter "S" help readers learn how to use this sound.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017

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Woods, Geraldine.

Contents: Finding the right verb at the right time -- got a match? Pairing subjects and verbs correctly -- Who is she, and what is it? Pronoun basics -- Having it all : writing complete sentences -- Pausing to consider the comma -- A hook that can catch you : apostrophes -- "Let me speak!" Quotation marks -- Hitting the big time : capital letters -- Choosing the best pronoun : case, number, and clarity...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Pub. 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 425 WOO

Gast, Natalie.

Summary: This book is designed for intermediate and advanced level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) or English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners already in, or planning to be in, the workforce in the United States, and it will help you reinforce the skills you have in order to be more valuable to your employer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GAS

Summary: This is a dictionary in Russian-English and English-Russian.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.73 OXF

Summary: "This film tells the story of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, English writer, poet, philologist and author of many stories, including most famously The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It describes the importance of the rural English West Midlands, where Tolkien grew up, in shaping his literary imagination and how the ancient northern languages he studied and taught throughout his life influenced...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV J.R.R.

Edsel, Robert M.

Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDS

Wittner, Laura

Summary: Celebrates the comfort and confidence a mother's voice brings to her child.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2023

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Summary: Dedicated insurance investigator Nate Ford becomes disillusioned with his job when the company he works for refuses a claim that allows his 8-year-old son to die. Assembling a team of con artists, professional thieves, and computer hackers, Nate turns his attention to aiding those who have been wronged by corrupt corporations, by stealing their money back for them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Ruzzier, Sergio

Summary: Rather than fulfill the expectations of his persistent companion, an animal chooses to live as himself.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZ

Summary: Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

Mullins, Matt.

Summary: Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to friction, explaining what friction is and what it affects, describing how people have used friction throughout human history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531.1134 MUL

Spiro, Ruth

Summary: "Baby discovers the science behind spinning a dreidel on Hanukkah, exploring angular momentum, torque, friction, and gravity"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2021

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Summary: Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD Between

Robertson, Robbie

Summary: Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker's message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROB

Harkup, Kathryn

Summary: The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HAR

Coelho, Joseph

Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COE

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