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African American women Fiction Greece History Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C Drama Jews New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951 Fiction New York (State) New York Tactics Drama Thermopylae (Greece) Drama Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Drama United States United States History DramaHartman, Renée G.
Summary: "Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HARSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: Explore one of the most powerful and defining chapters in American history. This powerful epic adventure unfolds as told through the struggles, triumphs, and heartaches of two families as they journey in search of the American dream. The Wheelers venture west from Virginia in 1825, while the Lakota tribe grapples with the arrival of white settlers; the story continues over the next 65 years,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INTSummary: In late 1960s Southern California, private investigator Doc Sportello is drawn into murky dealings with his ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay, her current real estate mogul boyfriend, his wife and her boyfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRCohen, Joshua
Summary: "An account of minor and ultimately even negligible episode in the history of a very famous family."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fitzcarraldo Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COHRimer, Graeme.
Summary: Provides details about and illustrations of a variety of firearms, from muskets and pistols, to machine guns and artillery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.4 RIMGolkar, Golriz
Summary: "In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.804 GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J919.804 GOLSummary: "In pre-World War II London, Spanish agent Denard struggles to close a high-level business deal that will strike a blow against fascists in his native country. But industrialists not yet alert to the threat of fascism reject him. A teenage ally caught up in his efforts is murdered. And the mission itself seems a failure. Yet neither the story nor Denard will stop there. Charles Boyer plays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONKendall, Joshua C.
Contents: Prologue: the sense and sensibility of James Garfield: "It is a most intense and innocent passion" -- The preoccupied: "I should like to have your opinion on it" -- Playful pals: "My father likes snakes" -- Double-dealing dads: "You know such things happen on plantations" -- Tiger dads: "I could feel nothing but sorrow and shame in your presence" -- The grief-stricken: "I always see my boy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 KENFreeman, Joshua Benjamin
Summary: Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Yet from William Blake's "dark Satanic mills" they have also fuelled our fears of the future. Telling the story of the factory, Joshua B. Freeman takes readers from the textile mills in England that powered the Industrial Revolution to the steel and car plants of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 FREGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREThomas, M. J.
Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THOBenedict, Marie
Summary: The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan's personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC BENSummary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC
Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOBenedict, Marie
Summary: In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021
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Summary: In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADLSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLIGreen, Michael
Summary: In 1900, the US Navy took its first submarine, the Holland VI, into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed eighty-two tons, and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to seventy-five feet. Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarines that entered service in 1981. Weighing 21,000 tons with a crew of 155, its underwater speed is estimated at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Maritime 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.9383 GREGreen, Sara
Summary: ""Engaging images accompany information about Coca-Cola. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338.7 GREGreen, Jocelyn
Summary: "With a notorious forger preying on New York's high society, Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Lauren Westlake is just the expert needed to track down the criminal. As she and Detective Joe Caravello search for the truth, the closer they get to discovering the forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception and crime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GREGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2016