Wolfe, Gary K.
Summary: "Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science fiction are now in our daily news. Science fiction, once maligned as mere pulp, has motivated cutting-edge scientific research, inspired new technologies, and changed how we view everyday life -- and its themes and questions permeate popular culture. Take an unparalleled look at the influence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 HOWSummary: Gone to Texas: The true-life story of Sam Houston, the frontier hero and statesman whose bravery and vision led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. Blue River: Based on the novel by Ethan Canin, depicts the powerful events that unfold in a small Wisconsin town driving two teenage brothers apart when later in life one brother, now a homeless derelict, arrives at the home of his brother,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SaKelis
Contents: Breakfast -- Jerk ribs -- Forever be -- Floyd -- Runnin' -- Hooch -- Cobbler -- Bless the telephone -- Friday fish fry -- Change -- Rumble -- Biscuits n' gravy -- Dreamer.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KELBarnhill, Julie.
Summary: Unapologetically raucous and refreshingly relevant, this book gives mothers ten nonnegotiable ways to stand firm and be the mom. With a sharp wit, Julie offers a dose of reality and a way to calm any mom's fears about raising children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Cohen, Bevin.
Summary: "Just a few generations ago we were a nation of seed savers because it was essential to our survival. Many of us have lost touch with this ancient practice, but the knowledge is still inside each and every one of us just waiting to be unlocked. As the demand for locally grown food increases, the demand for local seed is not far behind. After all, food is only as local as the seed that grows it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 631.5 COHKerin, Liz
Summary: "I'm always careful not to disturb mom. A rude awakening can definitely set her off, especially if she wakes up hungry. I can't forget what she is. What she could do to me." Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast. No extracurricular activities, no inviting friends over, and definitely no dating. The most important rule: tell no one of Izzy's hunger - the one only blood can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KERAlexander, Bevin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 ALEZevin, Gabrielle.
Summary: After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD YA FIC ZEVSenapathy, Kavin
Summary: "An evidence-based, social justice-minded exploration of modern parenting, from an award-winning science journalist and cofounder of SciMoms. How can we raise happy, well-adjusted kids today amid so much injustice and uncertainty? This is the question at the heart of the progressive parent's dilemma. Fortunately, award-winning science journalist Kavin Senapathy has the answers.In this lively,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2024
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Contents: Land and people -- Values and attitudes -- Festivals and traditions -- Making friends -- At home -- Time out -- Travel, health, and safety -- Business briefing -- Communicating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9042 ALECohen, Bevin
Summary: "Seed activist Bevin Cohen takes a deep dive into the hows and whys of the modern seed saving movement. A great how-to guide, leading the reader step by step through the process of saving their seeds from 43 different crops; from adzuki beans to wheat and everything in between. Seed savers of all levels will benefit from Bevin's easy to follow explanations on important techniques such as hand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House Farm 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 631.5 COHAlexander, Bevin.
Summary: Conventional wisdom holds that the South's defeat was inevitable. Yet military historian Alexander's new look at the Civil War documents how a Confederate victory could have come about--and how close it came to happening. Moving beyond theoretical conjectures to explore actual plans that Confederate generals proposed and the tactics ultimately adopted in the war's key battles, he shows why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.713 ALECohen, Bevin
Summary: "From urban apartments to wild countryside, The Artisan Herbalist teaches how to identify, grow, harvest, forage, and craft 38 herbs into an assortment of teas, tinctures, creams, and salves to be used at home, shared with friends, or sold at market."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 615.3 COHBarnhill, Anne Clinard.
Summary: "Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position affords. The queen loves Mary like a daughter, and, like any good mother, she wants her to make a powerful match. The most likely prospect: Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But while Oxford seems to be everything the queen admires: clever, polished and wealthy, Mary knows him to be lecherous, cruel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarnhill, Kelly Regan
Summary: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2022
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Summary: "Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family. "Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters." A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mother, a talented artist,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tordotcom 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarnhill, Kelly Regan.
Summary: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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Summary: When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZEVBarnhill, Kelly Regan
Summary: "Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950's America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons, left a trail of fiery destruction in their path, and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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Summary: When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARKerin, Liz
Summary: Haunted by her mother's blood-thirsty past, Mia hunts the man who sparked it, infiltrating a secret network of fugitive monsters and finding herself snared in a web of unsettling truths, in the sequel to Night's Edge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC KERSummary: Due to his groundbreaking contouring techniques, his infectious personality and mission to make everyone feel beautiful, Kevyn Aucoin quickly shot to fame doing makeup for every supermodel and celebrity throughout the 80's and 90's. At the height of his fame in 2002, Kevyn died mysteriously. The film explores every corner of Kevyn's rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018