Abdelmahmoud, Elamin
Summary: "Professional wrestling super fandom, Ontario's endlessly unfurling 401 highway, late nights at the convenience store listening to heavy metal--for writer and podcast host Elamin Abdelmahmoud, these are the building blocks of a life. Son of Elsewhere charts that life in wise, funny, and moving reflections on the many threads that weave together into an identity. Arriving in Canada at age 12...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ABDELMAHMOUD, ELAMIN ABDJohnson, J. Chester
Summary: An illuminating journey to racial reconciliation experienced by two Americans--one black and one white.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.78 JOHCroze, Harvey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.6 CROWallace, Sandra Neil
Summary: "In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved. Could he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.7 WALStewart, Jeffrey C.
Summary: "A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOCKE, ALAIN STEBohjalian, Chris
Summary: Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests crossing the Mara River, and herds of zebra storming the sandy plains. Their glamorous guests--including Katie's best friend, Carmen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC BOHMedina, Nico
Summary: Introduces the plants, animals, and peoples that co-exist within the landcapes of the Serengeti.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.7 MEDTaylor, Jessica
Summary: She asked for it. She was flirting. She was drinking. She was wearing a revealing dress. She was too confident. She walked home alone. She stayed in that relationship. She was naive. She didn't report soon enough. She didn't fight back. She wanted it. She lied about it. She comes from a bad area. She was vulnerable. She should have known. She should have seen it coming. She should have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 TAYPaige, Robin.
Summary: At the request of King Edward, Lord Charles Sheridan and his American wife, Kate, become embroiled in a sensitive mystery surrounding the murder of a servant at historic Glamis Castle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAIContents: Salve scema sanctitatis / John Dunstable (Pro Cantione Antiqua)-- Gloria / Leonel Power (Pro Cantione Antiqua) -- Las je ne puis / Jean Legrant -- El ferrarese / Antiono Cornazano [i.e. Cornazzano] -- Je loe amours / Gilles Binchois -- La figlio guiliemino / Domenico De Piacenza [i.e. Domenico da Piacenza] (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis) --Maria suesse meichdekyn -- Ghat sytten gij leven kynder /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DHM/BMG Classics, c p1997. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL CENLemelman, Martin
Summary: "The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists. Thousands of years ago, in a time of rebellion, the Jewish people fought against their Roman rulers. The brutal Emperor Titus ordered the destruction of everything precious to the Jews: towns, villages, even their beloved Judean date palm trees. Centuries passed....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634 LEMClark, Lloyd
Summary: "From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CLASummary: There's humor, heartbreak and nail-biting tension as new characters move in and familiar faces continue their stories: Bakari the baboon struggles with family life; Kali the lioness makes a difficult decision; a family of leopards arrives and the adorable and adventurous cubs test their mother's patience as they get used to their new home. Immerse yourself in the complex relationships,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A ferocious, funny, and poignant portrait of the one-of-a-kind Broadway legend still belting out Sondheim numbers at age 87, the documentary tribute showcases the brash, uncompromising Tony and Emmy winner both on stage and off. The film captures her immeasurable charm, acerbic wit, and impressive accomplishments with candid footage and interviews with friends and collaborators, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ELAPagels, Elaine H.
Summary: The author of "The Gnostic Gospels" draws on personal experiences and the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians to illuminate the enduring capacity of faith in explaining and meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel PagelsElman, Ziggy.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Bregman, Vocco and Conn Inc. 1939
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMRaskin, Jamie B.
Summary: The Maryland congressman tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and his family's--as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in the Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RASKIN, JAMIE RASCosta, Ben
Summary: Resolved to reveal the secret of Epoli and learn his true origins, Rickety, along with his gelatinous companion, find the main path forward is the most perilous road in the realm of Eem: the Middle-Route Run.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 COSContents: Alma redemptoris mater / (Sequentia) -- O Jerusalem / Hildegard Von Bingen (Sequentia) -- Congaudeant catholici / Magister Albertus Parisienis (Sequentia) -- Sederunt principes / Perotinus (Deller-Consort) -- Pero que seja a gente / (Sequentia) -- Alleluja, V. inclite du Benedicte Benedicte merita / (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis) -- Petre Clemens, tam re quam nimine lugentium siccentur occuli...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DHM/BMG Classics, c p1997. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL CENAnonymous 4 (Musical group)
Contents: Prosa : Gaude virgo salutata (chant) (1:39) -- Polyphonic song : Edi beo thu hevene quene (3:34) -- Introit : Salve mater redemptoris/Salve lux langentium/Salve sine spina/Salve sancta parens (2:50) -- Motet : Lux polis refulgens/Lux et gloria (3:19) -- Kyrie : Kyria christifera (3:57) --Gloria (2:59) -- Motet : Spiritus et alme/Gaude virgo salutata (1:49) -- Song : Miro genere (1:33) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmonia Mundi France 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ANOBryant, Jennifer
Summary: "Though not as widely known as other basketball legends, hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of the game's all-time greatest players-an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. A member of the early, scrappy NBA and one of the first professional African American players, Elgin (b. 1934) played in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, taking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Mohammadi, Kamin
Summary: "One woman's story of finding beauty, and herself--and a practical guide to living a better life, the Italian way! Kamin Mohammadi, a magazine editor in London, should have been on top of the world. But after heartbreak and loneliness, the stress of her"dream life" was ruining her physical and mental health. Gifted a ticket to freedom--a redundancy package and the offer of a friend's apartment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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Summary: Rhyming text details the rituals and traditions of the Latin American holiday, including decorating altars, visiting graves, and dressing up for the parade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2015