King, Dean.
Summary: Describes the little-known truths behind the legendary feud between two Appalachian families that ultimately killed thirteen members in a dispute that became newspaper fodder and eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.44 KINSummary: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER VShakespeare, William
Summary: Romeo and Juliet is William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about a pair of star-crossed lovers whose romance is complicated by the mutual hatred of their families for one another. Written in the 1590s, it was, and continues to be, one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. Over the centuries, its characters have become iconic embodiments of idealized youthful love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fall River Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 822.3 SHAShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spark Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play ShakespeareSummary: In the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men, exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a time when ranchers and cattle companies waged war with each other, Jack Schaefer's iconic Shane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: W WESAlther, Lisa.
Summary: A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 ALTWalls, Jeannette
Summary: "Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born into comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WALBrown, Dan
Summary: Harvard-Symbologe Robert Langdon wird in die Schweiz gerufen, als die Leiche eines Physikers mit der Unterscheidungsmerkmal der alten Bruderschaft der "Illuminaten" auftaucht. Bald hat Langdon vermutet, dass dieser geheimnisvolle Kult entschlossen ist, den Katholizismus mit einer unvorstellbar mächtigen neuen Waffe zu zerstören.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lübbe 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.3 FICTION BROThomas, Jodi
Summary: Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. Riding in on his vintage Harley-Davidson, Blade finds a weathered ranch house, an empty prairie and a dark river that cuts a decisive path between the Hamiltons' land and that of their estranged neighbors. When Dakota helps a stranger on the roadside, she isn't prepared for the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOPatterson, James
Summary: An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down--and, despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett. New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2018Viviano, Frank.
Summary: The author journeys back into his own family's past to investigate the century-old murder of his great-great-grandfather, a revolutionary and legendary bandit known as "the Monk," and the conspiracy of silence that followed the crime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 VIVClavin, Thomas
Summary: "The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 CLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 978 CLAHinds, Gareth
Summary: Retells in graphic novel format Shakespeare's tragedy of two star-crossed youths who fall in love despite the tensions between their warring families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.5 HINMassey, Sujata
Summary: India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MASBuccellato, James A.
Summary: Though detectives denied it, the Italian mafia was operating in Detroit as early as 1900, and the city was forever changed. Bootleggers controlled the Detroit River and created a national distribution network for illegal booze during Prohibition. Gangsters, cops and even celebrities fell victim to the violence. Some politicians and prominent businessmen like Henry Ford's right-hand man,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: John Nettles, who stars as Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, presents his 10 favorite myster's from Midsomer Murders' first six series.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bentley Productions 2011