Kellis, Jan Stafford
Summary: In her mid-forties, Jan found herself at a crossroads when her orderly life drifted off course. A devastating divorce and a sudden death in the family made her realize it was time to make her dreams of road-tripping around the USA come true. Part memoir, part travel guide, and part inspirational push, this is the true story of how one woman reclaimed happiness on her own terms. Ride shotgun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Myrno Moss Perspectives 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLIS, JAN STAFFORD KELSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSwafford, Jan
Summary: An esteemed music historian provides a rich, detailed overview of the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, traveling from Enlightenment-era Bonn to the musical capital of Europe, Vienna, to vividly describe the composer's career, ill health and romantic rejections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN SWASwafford, Jan
Summary: At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart's singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS SWASummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA CITStafford, Jean
Summary: Boston Adventure follows Sonia Marburg, the daughter of immigrant parents, as she seeks to escape her impoverished childhood by becoming the secretary-companion of the socially prominent Lucy Pride. The novel won praise for its perceptive satire of upper-class Boston society, while Stafford's portrayal of the inner life of her protagonist drew comparisons to Henry James and Marcel Proust. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STAStafford, Jean
Summary: This volume collects for the first time the complete stories of a Pulitzer Prize–winning master of the form, a writer acclaimed for her acute psychological insight, exacting eye for detail, and mordant sensibility. Set in New England, Colorado, New York, and Europe, Jean Stafford’s stories intimately examine the lives of women and men beset by restlessness, dislocation, and isolation. “The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 STASummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIJas Kendis Chas Bayha
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kendis 1915
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMContents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TRESummary: Eleventh century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MACWallis, Jay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harms Inc. 1928
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMKallir, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Art Services International 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 KAIWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEISummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OContents: The flying saucer (parts 1 & 2) (Buchanan & Goodman) -- Western movies (the Olympics) -- Baby talk (Jan & Dean) -- The all-American boy (Bill Parsons) -- The ballad of Davy Crockett (Bill Hayes) -- Seven little girls sitting in the back seat (Paul Evans & the Curls) -- Nee nee na na na na nu nu (Dicky Doo & the Don'ts) -- Got a match? (the Daddy-O's) -- Shaving cream (Benny Bell) -- Hot rod...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Varèse Sarabande 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TWESummary: In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the Internet lore of the Slender Man, attempts to prove that he doesn't actually exist, until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Despite their best efforts, the team members are only human. As the agents work on varied and complicated cases, details about their personal lives continue to unfold. This season, Samantha Spade deals with being a single mom and resourceful agent Elena Delgado recovers from a recent and unpleasant custody battle with her ex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITStratford, Sarah Jane
Summary: "The Great War is over, and change is in the air, in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio...and one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women and men of the BBC. London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio--still new,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Stratford 2016Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Keller, Jon
Summary: Nicolas Graves raised his sons to be lobstermen. Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah) Graves grew up aboard their father's boat--the Cinderella--learning the rules and rites of the antiquated business they love. But when their father is lost at sea and the price of lobster crashes worldwide, Bill and Jonah must decide how much they are willing to risk for their family legacy. Standing against them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyrus Books, F+W Media, Inc. 2014