Shulman, Mark
Summary: "Benjamin Franklin has been called one of the most accomplished and influential Americans in history, and his role in shaping the United States has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. Franklin's research into topics as varied as electricity, meteorology, demography, and oceanography were as wide-ranging and important as his travels, which took him across the globe as a diplomat."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: Liv Holme is not exactly thrilled to be moving to a new town with her mother. After all, high school can be brutal, even more so when you're a fifteen-year-old, bisexual goth. But Liv is determined to be who she is, bullies or not. Still, being the new kid and the only out student brings her a lot of unwelcome attention, and Liv flounders in her search for community. The only person who makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 LETSchulman, Michael
Summary: The first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep -- the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three -- that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B STREEP SCHGulman, Gary
Summary: "A tour-de-force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GULMAN, GARY GULDavis, Seth
Summary: "What makes a coach great? How do great coaches turn a collection of individuals into a coherent "us"? Seth Davis, one of the keenest minds in sports journalism, has been thinking about that question for twenty-five years. It's one of the things that drove him to write the definitive biography of college basketball's greatest coach, John Wooden, Wooden: A Coach's Life. But John Wooden coached a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 DAVEdwards, Sherman.
Contents: Overture -- Sit down, John -- Piddle, twiddle, and resolve ; Till then -- The Lees of Old Virginia -- But, Mr. Adams -- Yours, yours, yours -- He plays the violin -- Cool, cool, considerate men -- Momma look sharp -- The egg -- Molasses to rum -- Is anybody there? -- Finale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Broadway 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SEVLesh, Phil
Summary: The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Dead. Lesh first met Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of East Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass, joining him in a new band that blended R & B, country, and rock and roll with an experimental fervor. Now Lesh offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2005
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Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 FONSmith, Sherri L.
Summary: "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TUSKEGEEHakanson, Cath
Summary: 'Mommy, where do babies come from?' It's the question every parent dreads - and, worse still, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Just wait for 'What's a blowjob?' or 'What's an orgasm?' With kids being so curious and the world being so full of sex, ignoring your child's questions just isn't going to cut it - and if you don't tell them, they'll (mis)inform themselves elsewhere: the internet,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sex Ed Rescue 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.65 HAKSummary: After her death at the hands of The Master and a summer vacation spent with her father, Buffy returns to Sunnydale in a strangely withdrawn and snappy mood. Determined to break off her relationship with Angel, she seems a little too eager to renew her Slayer training. She needs to get Angel out of her blood is proving to be harder than she thought. As the two draw even closer together, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BuffySummary: There's nothing tiny about this huge and hilarious collection of episodes (fourteen are even uncensored), in which Brian and Stewie shrink down to microscopic size, Peter becomes the new White House press secretary (no comment), Meg devours internet fame, and Lois uncovers shocking secrets while providing DVD commentary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAMSummary: Go big, smile wide and laugh huge! Start from the beginning of TV's most outrageously irreverent animated comedy with the first 5 hilarious volumes of Family Guy! Meet oversized manchild Peter Griffin, his doting wife Lois, misunderstood first-born Meg, sweethearted Chris, pretentious canine Brian, and Stewie the diabolical baby genius bent on total world domination. Victor is your!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAMBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESSummary: Take home this freakin' sweet Family Guy set and enjoy the continued adventures of the Griffins, Quahog, Rhode Island's favorite family! You'll get every episode from Volumes 6 through 10! Watch Peter, his family, and loyal friends Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire find their way in and out of trouble, while dealing with giant chickens, evil monkeys, and everything in between!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAMMacy, Beth
Summary: In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.2 MACGave, Keith
Summary: Like the group of players who stunned the world by upsetting the mighty Soviet Union in the iconic “Miracle Game” at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980, few gave the Team USA women much of a chance to beat the Canadians in the inaugural women’s tournament in Nagano, Japan in 1998. After all, Canada’s women had dominated their game for decades, winning every major international...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Printopya 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.962 GAVSummary: Spanning nearly a century, The Great American Sports Page presents essential columns from more than three dozen masters of the press-box craft. These unforgettable dispatches from World Series, Super Bowls, and title bouts for the ages were written on deadline with passion, spontaneity, humor, and a gift for the memorable phrase. Read avidly day in and day out by a sports-mad public, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.0973 GREKephart, Beth
Summary: "A picture book biography of legendary children's book editor, Ursula Nordstrom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NORSummary: "William Boston has just joined the all-black 24th infantry of the United States Army. A natural leader, Boston quickly rises within his troop and is looked up to by the others. When the men are sent to the South, where racism runs rampant in a merciless community, the troop is pushed to their limit. After endless brutal acts of violence, Boston and the men turn their fear and rage against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWESummers, Beth
Contents: Dolls -- Gift sets -- Fashions -- Paper dolls -- Animals -- Activity sets -- Household -- Paper goods -- Publications -- Miscellaneous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1997
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Summary: "Join Crab and Snail in the surf zone, where they think deep thoughts and have unforgettable seaside adventures, in this graphic early reader series debut by New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry and beloved illustrator Jared Chapman. The never-ending rain is putting a damper on Crab and Snail's plans for a sunny, funny day. So when the BBFs (Best Beach Friends) realize that it's only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 362.2 MACSummary: For years, Miles Lagoze served in Afghanistan as a Combat Camera, shooting footage and editing videos for Marine Corps recruiting purposes. In this devastating film, Lagoze assembles his own footage and that of his fellow combat cameramen into a never-before-seen look at the daily life of Marines from the ultimate insider's point of view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019