Adams, Jarrett
Summary: "He was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now, in this unforgettable memoir, a pioneering lawyer recalls the journey that led to his exoneration-and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal system. Seventeen years old and facing nearly thirty years behind bars, Jarrett Adams sought to figure out the why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, JARRETT ADADavis, William C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4 DAVAbdo, Kenny
Summary: This title focuses on the Los Angeles Rams and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R KrosoczkaCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 KROCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC KROBrookhiser, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 BROSummary: Relying heavily on the correspondence between the second president, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams, this joint biography sheds light on the characters of two people who played crictical roles in the history of the United States and on the tumultuous times through which they lived. He was a participant in the Continental Congress and a wartime emissary to France as well as becoming the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHKelley, True.
Summary: "This biography tells the story of Abigail Adams and her role in America's Revolutionary War period"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BROSummary: The Addams family returns for more creepy capers and hair-raising hilarity, terrifying their neighbors and delighting viewers like never before. Volume 2 features the ghoulish gang in fine form: Gomez runs for mayor, Lurch becomes a pop star, Uncle Fester turns Pugsley into a chimp, and Cousin Itt loses his hair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD ADDSummary: Brace yourself for more macabre mayhem and monstrous madness as television's creepiest clan wreaks hilarious havoc on their unsuspecting victims. This time, love is in the air, and it seems that everyone--Pugsley, Ophelia, Uncle Fester, and even Lurch--is being bitten by the bug. Gomez, meanwhile, is burglarizing houses in his sleep, and it's curtains for the new neighbors when Morticia tries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM DVD 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD ADDSummary: The Addams family: Con artists plan to fleece the eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ADDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ADDSummary: Join Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Cousin Itt and the rest of the gang for a fiendishly funny and altogether ooky experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD ADDKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Krosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim? But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 KROCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B KRO (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC KROAmeri, Anan
Summary: "Born to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father in 1944, Anan Ameri'a refreshing memoir, The Scent of Jasmine, offers a funny, spirited, unique self-portrait of her childhood, adolescence and passage to adulthood as a young woman in an Arab world. A collection of twenty-three vignettes, Anan's search for the familiar fragrance of jasmine blossoms leads her to reimagine the puzzle pieces of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMERI, ANAN AMESummary: While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2008
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Summary: An intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, LOUISA THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom ThomasRingstad, Arnold
Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Hoover Dam. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 RINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOMJarrett, Keith.
Contents: Bouncing with Bud / Bouncing with Bud -- Whisper not -- Groovin' high -- Chelsea bridge -- Wrap your troubles in dreams -- Round midnight -- Sandu -- What is this thing called love -- Conception -- Prelude to a kiss -- Hallucinations -- All my tomorrows -- Poinciana -- When I fall in love
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECM records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JARSummary: Television mini-series that dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. Meet John Adams, a passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams, proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams, skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD ADACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ADASummary: Changing the course of rivers has changed the course of history. Award-winning author/illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay goes to extremes to bring you an unprecedented look at the power of dams. From the banks of the Nile to the top of the Hoover Dam, you'll meet the courageous and ambitious builders, relive the deadly disasters, and discover the little-known personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBS Boston Video 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DAMEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of "Founding Brothers" and "His Excellency" brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the republic's tenuous early years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ADAMS, ABIGAIL & JOHN ELLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 ELLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 ELLIsenberg, Nancy
Summary: "John and John Quincy Adams: rogue intellectuals, unsparing truth tellers, too uncensored for their own political good. They held that political participation demanded moral courage. They did not seek popularity (and it showed). They lamented the fact that hero worship in America substituted idolatry for results, and they made it clear that they were talking about Benjamin Franklin, George...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ISEHale, Nathan
Summary: ""Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous Tales series tracks the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019