Tolhurst, Laurence
Summary: "GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir of the genre of Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division, and many more great bands that offered a place of refuge for the misfits of the 80s and ever since. Written by Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure, this book offers a fascinating deep dive into the movers and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridge-Logos Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.482 LawBergreen, Laurence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, LOUIS BERBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: "A middle grade adaptation of Bergreen's adult title of the same name, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 910 BERLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Through interviews with stars, managers, songwriters, and executives at the 1996 annual week-long Fan Fair country music event at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Leamer explores how country music stars became successful and why country music has become so popular throughout the U.S. Includes interviews with Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Mindy McCready, Shania Twain, Wynonna Judd,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 LEAMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASBergreen, Laurence.
Summary: Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLUMBUS CHRISTOPHER BERLeamer, Laurence
Summary: "'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.' Barbara 'Babe' Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy's sister) -- they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. These women captivated and enchanted Capote -- and at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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Summary: Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed-and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LEAPringle, Laurence
Summary: Introduces scorpions, discussing their life cycle, habits, behaviors, and characteristics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2013
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Summary: Drawing on the intersection of philosophy, politics, and memoir, an existential meditation on personal loss and the role of digital tech in how we find meaning in today's world illuminates the transition into self-defined but vulnerable intangible realities. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 SCOHarwood, Laurence
Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007
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Summary: Learn all about the elephant in this nonfiction picture book that explores every aspect of these giant mammals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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Summary: Explores the life of the elusive night creature, the owl, found on every continent except Antarctica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2016
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Summary: "Follow a year in the life of Volans, a flying squirrel, as she glides in the night air to hunt for food, deftly avoids danger from a raccoon, and gives birth to three tiny pups before preparing once again for the coming winter. Emerging at night from a cozy nest high in a tree, Volans the flying squirrel glides down. Although called a "flying" squirrel, she actually doesn't fly--she glides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Living off the coast of California in the Northern Pacific Ocean, Lutris the sea otter shares her life in a giant kelp forest habitat with many other otters and animals. Lutris is resourceful and relies on her keen sense of sight and smell to find food and survive. When her pup is born, Lutris lovingly tends to and teaches her daughter until she is ready to head out into the world on her own....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Astra Publishing House 2022
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Summary: A brown-throated, three-fingered sloth who lives in a rainforest habitat searches for food, keeps herself safe and gives birth to a baby over the course of a year, in a fact-filled series entry that is complemented by high-detail, lifelike illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.3 PRIRees, Laurence
Summary: This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, in his magnum opus, he combines their enthralling eyewitness testimony, a large amount of which has never been published before, with the latest academic research to create the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 REEBergreen, Laurence
Summary: "The central coast of China, 1405. At nearly seven feet tall, Admiral Zheng He looked out at the sea before him. For the next three decades, the oceans would be his home, as he would command over 1,500 ships and thousands of sailors in seven journeys that would predate the heart of the European Age of Exploration. Over his seven epic journeys, Zheng He explored the Northern Pacific and Indian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 BERCapron, Laurence.
Summary: How should you grow your organization? It is one of the most challenging questions an executive team faces and the wrong answer can break your firm. The problem is most firms' growth strategies emphasize just one type of growth but firms falling into this implementation trap usually end up losing out to a competitor whose approach is more inclusive. Drawing on decades of research and teaching,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 CAPLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Focuses on Joseph P. Kennedy's sons and grandsons in the years following the assassination of JFK and features an account of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s life as remembered by ten of his closest friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY LEAMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANPringle, Laurence
Summary: "Wolves! Strange and Wonderful reveals fascinating facts, from how wolves live in packs and hunt together to how they use their powerful jaw muscles to kill and eat their prey. Wolves establish and defend their territory with different howls and by leaving scent posts. Because wolves were seen as potentially harmful to livestock and humans, they were once hunted nearly to the point of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001