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African Americans History Canada History To 1763 (New France) Feminists Geschichte (1534-1690) Indians of North America Government relations Neufrankreich New France Discovery and exploration Presidential candidates Presidential candidates United States Juvenile literature Women BiographySummary: The stakes have never been higher for KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings than in this pulse pounding fourth season. Still grieving the death of her mother, Elizabeth berates Paige for telling her pastor about her parents' covert profession. A deadly bioweapon threatens Gabriel's life, and the couple shatters the lives of loved ones when Martha is told Clark's true identity and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMEDailey, Janet
Summary: "When 73-year-old Emmy Hart asks her to help revitalize Hart's Hollow farm, Kristen accepts, despite her fears about becoming too attached to the family; and then there's Emmy's ruggedly handsome grandson."--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Daily 2019Summary: Elsa Mars is the proprietor of a troupe of human "curiosities" on a desperate journey of survival in the sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. Her menagerie of performers includes a two-headed, telepathic twin, a take-charge bearded lady, a vulnerable strongman, and his three-breasted wife. But strange emergence of an entity will savagely threaten the lives of the townsfolk and freaks alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMEMcGee, Katharine
Summary: In an alternate America, Beatrice, Samantha, and Jefferson struggle to determine what they really want and how much it is worth when weighed against the crown.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCGRand, Johnathan.
Summary: Mike, Brad and Sarah are trick-or-treating in Albany, NY-- when Mike makes a mysterious discovery. Not realizing any danger, he and his friends ignore the new find and get ready for a Halloween party that night at their school. Their night is about to turn upside down.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AudioCraft Publishing 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC RANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction RanCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JFIC RAN BASKETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series Am RandErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNTripp, Valerie
Summary: On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIStewart, Rod.
Contents: I've got a crush on you / duet with Diana Ross -- Blue skys -- I wish you love / featuring Chris Botti -- Makin' whoopee / duet with Elton John -- Thanks for the memory -- Nevertheless / featuring Dave Koz -- Long ago and far away -- You send me / duet with Chaka Khan -- My funny Valentine -- I've got my love to keep me warm -- Taking a chance on love -- Let's fall in love / featuring George...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: J Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK STETripp, Valerie
Summary: As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC TRI SPINDLESummary: The early 19th-century abolitionist movement was firmly fixed on ending slavery. This program examines America through the eyes of the free black community in Philadelphia. From free men and fugitive slaves seeking citizenship, to black churches promoting education and offering aid to the poor, the stage is set for the looming showdown over basic human rights.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: By 1750, the American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million with the majority of blacks enslaved in the South while white colonists began to agitate for freedom from Britain. This program follows the fight for independence through interviews with historians and luminaries such as General Colin Powell, dramatic re-creations of important events, and archival photography, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake
Summary: "In fierce prose and poetic fragments, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's 'Noopiming' braids together humor, piercing detail, and a deep, abiding commitment to Anishinaabe life to tell stories of resistance, love, and joy. Mashkawaji (they/them) lies frozen in the ice, remembering the sharpness of unmuted feeling from long ago, finding freedom and solace in isolated suspension. They introduce the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMSummary: It was the ultimate face-off between North and South - a deadly clash over race, rights, and the future of freedom in America. This program offers an up-close look at the years that preceded the American Civil War. Through individual accounts, re-creations, interviews, and poignant photography, this program details how the rising tide of abolitionism met the deeply entrenched slave economy - a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: The brutal roots of the American slave trade are exposed in this program, focusing on the years 1450-1750 when Native Americans first encountered Europeans and when their world was transformed - and largely destroyed - by white settlers. Not only did the settlers exploit the natural wealth of the Americas, they also traveled to Africa, where they began a transatlantic slave trade that would...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Lambert, Valerie
Summary: "This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It describes, in great detail, the continuing assaults made on Native peoples and tribal sovereignty in the United States during the twenty-first century, and it sketches the visions of the future that Indians at the BIA and in Indian Country have been crafting for themselves"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 LAMSita, Lisa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 SITSummary: As communism tightened its grip on what was once South Vietnam, a stream of refugees poured into America. This program uses poignant interviews and archival footage to reveal the fortitude of Vietnamese who faced the gravest hardships in their escape to the U.S. following the fall of Saigon. In addition, Vu-Duc Vuong, of the University of California, Berkeley, and South Vietnamese and American...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Colbert, Nancy A.
Summary: A biography of the wife of President Herbert Hoover, following her life from birth to death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HOOVER COLPress, Petra.
Summary: Explores the culture of the peoples who lived along the coastline from what is now southern Alaska to northern California, focusing on their life before contact with Europeans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 PRESita, Lisa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 SITSummary: Explores the small towns and scenic back roads of the U.S. California looks at the redwood trees in Humboldt State Park, Mendocino County, the Calistoga Hot Springs, and the wine country of Napa Valley. Hawaii shows how lei are made, travels to the solitude of the Place of Refuge, built for ancient lawbreakers, and visits Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Alaska looks at the giant glaciers in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 AMESummary: Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMEKolosov, Jacqueline A.
Summary: Examines the life of the nineteenth century feminist, Victoria Woodhull, who was a selected as the presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party in 1872.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 2000