Griffin, Joan, M
Summary: Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rose Writing 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLGriffis, Joan A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A. Griffis 1993
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 GriffSummary: 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 2010Giffen, Keith
Summary: You've never seen the Mystery Inc. gang like this before, as Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo seek answers to the mystery plague that turned the world into a monster-strewn wasteland! But now something strange has happened to the marauding monsters--they're suddenly all single-mindedly heading in one direction, almost like they're under a spell! If someone has figured out a way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SCOGiffen, Keith
Summary: Suddenly the horror is real, the world has been transformed into a monster-filled wasteland and Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the run. But what if the cause of the apocalypse is one of their own? The gang's resident brainiac, Velma, has been hiding a dark secret, one that could change the fate of the world--and separate her from her friends forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SCOSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "The loss of one of one of the most beloved team members is just the beginning in Scooby Apocalypse Volume 5. And if they don't get over their grief in a hurry, Scooby and the gang are going to have to bury a lot more of their friends...if there's anything left to bury! Months after one of their own made the ultimate sacrifice, the surviving members of Mystery Inc. have carved out a new life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2019
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Summary: The biography of Jeanne Villepreux-Power whose curiosity about undersea life led her to pioneer the use of glass tanks for research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POWGribbin, John
Summary: What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant’s shoes—and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRIGribbin, John.
Summary: How did the universe begin? Where do galaxies come from? Where do the material particles we are made of come from? Today we have only provisional answers to such questions, but this will improve dramatically over the next ten years, predicts astronomer Gribbin. He focuses on what we think we know about ten issues and explains how cutting-edge research may yield solutions in the very near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 GRICoan, Peter M.
Summary: From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island processed 12 million immigrants. Produced in cooperation with the Ellis Island Research Foundation, "Ellis Island Interviews" collects the oral histories of more than 130 men and women from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The stories of these last original surviving immigrants are enhanced by more than 60 photographs, many never before published.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 304.8 COACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.873 COASummary: A young woman wakes up after a terrible accident to find that she's locked in a cellar with a doomsday prepper, who insists that he saved her life and that the world outside is uninhabitable following an apocalyptic catastrophe. Uncertain what to believe, the woman soon determines that she must escape at any cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR TENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TENGriffith, Evan
Summary: "Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction GriffithSummary: Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents in this exciting, action-packed adventure! When their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency, the girls are soon following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar who has escaped everyone on the case. With their high-tech gadgets, glam disguises and cute...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD Barbie SpyJohn, Elton.
Contents: Circle of life -- Grasslands chant -- The morning report -- The lioness hunt -- I just can't wait to be king -- Chow down -- They live in you -- Be prepared -- The stampede -- Rafiki mourns -- Hakuna matata -- One by one -- The madness of King Scar -- Shadowland -- The lion sleeps tonight -- Endless night -- Can you feel the love tonight -- He lives in you (reprise) -- Simba confronts Scar --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LIO JUVGriffen, John Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buccaneer Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 GRISummary: Turk and Rooster are two aging NYPD detectives who have been partners for 30 years. They are faced with a serial killer who is murdering other sociopathic criminals. They both have personal issues. They start working with Perez and Riley, a younger team. Tensions between the pairs of partners is inevitable, especially since Turk is now living with Perez's ex-girlfriend. She also happens to be a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER RIGContents: Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by, Robert Buckner ; lyrics and music by, George M. Cohan ; directed by, Michael Curtiz -- This is the Army / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon ; music and lyrics by, Irving Berlin ; produced by, Jack L. Warner and Hal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GREGriffey, Irene M.
Summary: The State of Tennessee was established, essentially, from land ceded to the federal government by North Carolina. Clouding the various land cession laws that transferred the title of land from North Carolina to the United States south of the River Ohio (a territory) and then to Tennessee was the requirement, however vaguely defined, that North Carolina Revolutionary soldiers' promise of land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3768 GRITroïanowski, Johan
Summary: When a bored princess escapes her castle and embarks on an adventurous quest through her country, her efforts to make new friends are challenged by her disapproving royal parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2020