Griffin, Mary
Summary: In 1095, Pope Urban II ordered Christians to capture Jerusalem from the powerful Muslim forces that held it. This war would become known as the First Crusade, and many more crusades followed as Muslims and Christians contended for territory in the Middle Ages. Fascinated readers will find out why these wars were waged as well as the lasting effects they had on the Western world. Maps and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909.07 GRIGriffin, Mary
Summary: Byzantine art and architecture are admired throughout the world, but many people are less familiar with the influential empire that produced it. Young historians will learn about the world power that was born out of the Roman Empire and lasted nearly 1,000 years after Rome fell. They'll read about important rulers such as Justinian and Constantine and how the Crusades finally caused the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 949.5 GRIContents: Can't fight the moonlight : theme from Coyote Ugly (LeAnn Rimes) -- Please remember (Rimes) -- The right kind of wrong (Rimes) -- But I do love you (Rimes) -- All she wants to do is dance (Don Henley) -- Unbelievable (EMF) -- The power (Snap) -- Need you tonight (INXS) -- The devil went down to Georgia (the Charlie Daniels Band) -- Boom boom boom (Rare Blend) -- Didn't we love (Tamara Walker)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Curb Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC COYSummary: When it comes to snobbery, Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'bouquet') is in a class of her own. Desperate to impress the neighbors and elbow her way into the local aristocracy, every moment of Hyacinth's day is spent going to manic lengths in her quest for perfection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. 2013
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV KEESummary: The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver one of only five women to direct a film for a Hollywood studio in the 1970s digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti-romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie's best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles and his married-but-separated coworker Laura. Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: The icon worshiped by moviegoers and beloved by his colleagues appeared to have it all. Yet beneath the suave and commanding star persona, there was an insecure, deeply conflicted, and all too vulnerable human being. Growing up poor in Winnetka, Illinois, Hudson was abandoned by his biological father, abused by an alcoholic stepfather, and controlled by his domineering mother. Despite seemingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018