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Chinese Americans Fiction Detective and mystery stories Fayette County (Pa.) Fiction Loneliness New York (State) New York Drama Murder Fiction New York (N.Y.) Drama Stage fright Fiction Stories in rhyme Taxicab drivers New York (State) New York Drama Violence in men New York (State) New York DramaSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: A retired officer must uncover the identity of a mass murderer who is killing off the potential heirs to a family fortune. The only clues are the names on the list of murdered heir Adrian Messenger. The tension builds as the final evil unfolds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LISBrowne, Zachary.
Summary: Marty, a seventh-grader, has runs-in with a neighbor who mistreats his dog. Thanks to his caring father and genial Doc Wallace, Marty learns to confront his troubles. But it is Shiloh who teaches Marty best about kindness and forgiveness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SHISummary: Elephants can remember: "While Poirot investigates a famed psychiatrist's murder, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver looks into a couple's mysterious death." -- The Big Four: "With the world on the brink of war, Poirot finds himself drawn into a case marked by political intrigue and international connections. -- Dead man's folly: "Fiction turns to fact when a young woman is killed at a "murder hunt"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV POISummary: A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Ashley, Phillipa.
Summary: Phillipa Ashley is a bestselling author in the UK with over 50,000 copies sold and the kind of funny, accessible British voice that U.S. audiences love. Jack Thornfield, new CEO, is shocked to see his long lost love, Beth Allen's resume come across his desk. After 8 years apart they have a second chance at happiness in this romantic story about love and secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2011
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Bornikova, Phillipa.
Summary: In a world where humans endure the laws and politics of vampires, werewolves, and elves in order to avoid becoming prey, Linnet Ellery embarks on a career with a "white fang" firm and is targeted by random attacks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORSummary: When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text explore the sights and sounds of nature in each season of the year.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIGershator, Phillis.
Summary: Various animals tell what they do and where they go when it starts to snow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERGershator, Phillis.
Summary: Through rhyming text, farm animals are asked if they have items needed to prepare for a snack and bedtime, such as wool for a blanket, down for a pillow, and milk to drink.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERAshley, Phillipa.
Summary: Praise for Carrie Goes Off the Map : "Engaging...Ashley's charming prose makes the journey enjoyable."— Publishers Weekly "This tale has its own Bridget Jones–style appeal."— Booklist "Quirky and fun!"— RT Book Reviews "Fulfills all the best fantasies, including a gorgeous humanitarian hero and a camper van!"—Katie Fforder, UK bestselling author of Love Letters There's one question a girl...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2012
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Soo, Phillipa
Summary: When Piper is offered a solo at her school's Spring Sing, she must overcome her stage fright to put on an unforgettable performance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOOHarms, Philline
Summary: "Nineteen-year-old Rhia Greenbrook has lived in the sleepy town of Oakriver in a house with three generations of witches her entire life. Rhia draws her magic from the earth and likes to spend her time amongst plants and nature. Her practice is gentle, sacred, and-per her family's tradition-secret. New-to-town witch Valerie Morgan is looking for answers about her mother's disappearance from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wattpad Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HARDiederich, Phillippe
Summary: When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder. Convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DIEGershator, Phillis.
Summary: A child spends a wonderful summer in the country, in a big old house with plenty of mice but no running water, and begs to stay there, but summer's end and a cross-country journey bring a wonderful surprise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GERGershator, Phillis.
Summary: A little rabbit receives hugs around the clock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD GERGershator, Phillis.
Summary: Various animals tell what they do and where they go when it starts to snow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Gershator 1998Lewis, Phillip (Phillip E.)
Summary: "Just before Henry Aster's birth, his father -- outsized literary ambition and pregnant wife in tow -- reluctantly returns to the small Appalachian town in which he was raised and installs his young family in an immense house of iron and glass perched high on the side of a mountain. There, Henry grows up under the writing desk of this fiercely brilliant man. But when tragedy tips his father...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lewis 2017Meyer, Philipp
Summary: Follows the lives of two young men bound by family, inertia, and the ties of home to a dying Pennsylvania steel town, who dream of escaping to California together until one of them accidentally kills a transient and attempts to cover up the crime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2009
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing/Gale Cengage Learning 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M MEYMeyer, Philipp
Summary: An epic of the American West and a multigenerational saga of power, blood, land, and oil that follows the rise of one Texas family, from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the to the oil booms of the 20th century.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEYSummary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007