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Summary: "The issue of the future of Social Security, on which millions of Americans depend, produced great political theater at the State of the Union address. That highlighted a bigger problem of financing retirement as baby boomers seek to retire, often with limited resources. Many argue that the solution to the problem is for people to work longer. Teresa Ghilarducci, a noted expert on retirement,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2024
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Contents: Addict (3:44) -- Dumb S**t (5:06) -- Picture Perfect (3:58) -- Waiting On You (4:07) -- Shame (5:12) -- Don't Wanna Look Back (4:38) -- Prior To You (4:05) -- Leave (5:22) -- Without My Heart (3:52) -- When We Make Love (4:22) -- Gonna Give You What You Need (4:08) -- Body Language (4:59) -- The Rest Of Our Lives (4:08) -- I Still Do (4:07).
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Publisher / Publication Date: VOLTRON RECORDZ (VLR) 2015
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Surratt, Tereasa
Summary: "When a beloved tree gets sick, the human and animal communities work together to give it a new life."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SURTerese, Ali
Summary: "Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC TERPerera, Anna.
Summary: Innocent until proven guilty? Not here, you're not. He's fifteen. He's hasn't done anything wrong. It was supposed to be just a trip to visit his mum's family in Pakistan. But for Khalid Ahmed, it was the beginning of a living nightmare. He's kidnapped—then taken to a place thousands of miles from his home in the UK. A place where torture and terror are the daily routine. A place he may never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2011
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Palmer, Teresa
Summary: An air traffic controller tries to discover what is behind a series of events that happen to him everyday ending at 2:22 in the afternoon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TWODomnauer, Teresa.
Summary: Traces Lewis & Clarke's exploratory journey acorss the western United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 DOMBerest, Anne
Summary: "Four fabulous, smart, savvy French women offer up their highly amusing insider take on Parisian life, love, and liberty How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are brilliantly deconstructs the French woman's views on culture, fashion, and attitude. Unlike other books on French style, this one is full of wit and self-deprecating humor. The authors--Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 BERGreenaway, Theresa
Summary: "Discover life in the tropical rain forest--from exotic birds to millions of species of insects."--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.34 GREMiller, Serena.
Summary: The Civil War has ended, but in Katie Calloway's Georgia home conflict still rages. To protect herself and her young brother from her violent and unstable husband, she flees north, finding anonymity and sanctuary as the cook in a Northwoods lumber camp. The camp owner, Robert Foster, wonders if the lovely woman he's hired has the grit to survive the never-ending work and harsh conditions of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Burdick, Serena
Summary: In New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. When the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elder sister, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. Her rebellion comes with consequences, and Effie suspects her father has sent Luella to the "House of Mercy." Effie gets herself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURBellows, Melina Gerosa
Summary: "Got a random question? This book has the answer! Filled with cool photos and crazy curiosities, Totally Random Questions Volume 2 presents snack-sized answers to a series of wacky and fascinating questions about our wonderfully weird world! Kids will love testing their knowledge and stumping their friends with the unlikely info they'll find inside covering animals, science, sports, food, pop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: Marrying into the newly rich but socially scorned Vanderbilt clan, Alva navigates society snubs and dark undercurrents in the lives of her in-laws and friends while testing the limits of her ambitious rule-breaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FOWBohman, Therese.
Summary: Drowned, set in the idyllic countryside during a short-lived Swedish summer, gets under one's skin from the first page, creating an atmosphere of foreboding in which even the perfume of freshly picked vegetables roasting in the kitchen becomes ominous. On the surface, the story couldn't be simpler. A single young woman visits her older sister, who is married to a writer as charismatic as he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2012
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Fowler, Therese
Summary: Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built 9 mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWBellows, Melina Gerosa
Summary: "Got a random question? This book has the answer! Packed with surprising facts and colorful photos, Totally Random Questions, Volume 1 presents snack-sized answers to a series of wacky, weird, but always amazing questions about our wonderfully wild world!Kids will love testing their knowledge and stumping their friends with the unlikely info they'll find inside covering animals, science,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: "A gripping contemporary novel that examines the American dream through the lens of two families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood, and the one summer that changes their lives irrevocably"-- Oak Knoll, a tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood. Professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who is headed to college in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWFowler, Therese
Summary: "Therese Anne Fowler's It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point, for fans of Ann Patchett and Emma Straub. Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and taking her secrets with her. Marti...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWHarris, Tessa.
Summary: In the first in a stunning new mystery series set in eighteenth-century England, Tessa Harris introduces Dr. Thomas Silkstone, anatomist and pioneering forensic detective. . . The death of Sir Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few mourn the dissolute young man—except his sister, the beautiful Lady Lydia Farrell. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2011
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Fowler, Therese Anne.
Summary: "An utterly engrossing portrayal of Zelda Fitzgerald and the legendary circles in which she moved. In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, Therese Anne Fowler shines a light on Zelda instead of her more famous husband, providing both justice and the voice she struggled to have heard in her lifetime." —Sara Gruen I wish I could tell everyone who thinks we're ruined, Look closer...and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2013
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Miller, Tessa
Summary: "A riveting and candid account of a young journalist's awakening to a life of chronic illness, weaving together her personal story with reporting to shed light on how Americans live with long-term diagnoses today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILHarris, Tessa.
Summary: In the first in a stunning mystery series set in eighteenth-century England, Tessa Harris introduces Dr. Thomas Silkstone, anatomist and pioneering forensic detective. The death of Lord Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few mourn the dissolute young man—except his sister, the beautiful Lady Lydia Farrell. When her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2011
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Contents: Strut Miss Lizzie (2:32) -- Old King Tut (2:57) -- It Had To Be You (3:17) -- Everybody Loves My Baby (3:08) -- You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) (2:51) -- Baby Won't You Please Come Home (3:47) -- Make Believe (2:47) -- Lovesick Blues (2:53) -- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:53) -- Who's Sorry Now (3:16) -- You'd Be Surprised (3:04) -- I'm Going...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2013
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Allen, Tessa
Summary: Highlights some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020