Shelton, Ron
Summary: "Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball-especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner's leading man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SHEGagné, Peter J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quintin Publications 2001
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3714 GAG VOL 1Call number: R-GEN 929.3714 GAG VOL 2
Barthel, Joan.
Summary: "In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York and she lived down the block from Alexander...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SETON, ELIZABETH ANN BARSummary: Quigley down under: "Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his prized six-foot Sharps rifle, American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes instead that his mission is murder - to "eliminate" the Aborigines from a wealthy cattle baron's land - Quigley refuses and quickly turns from hunter to hunted. Forced to wage a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Golden-Mayer Studios Inc. 2008
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD QUIRonn, Ernie
Summary: The story of Ernie Ronn, an iron miner in Negaunee, Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Upper Peninsula Studies, Northern Michigan University 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RONN, ERNIE RONRowling, J. K.
Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC ROWSummary: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone: The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FANTASY HARApostol, Gina
Summary: Two women, a Filipino translator and an American filmmaker, go on a road trip in Duterte's Philippines, collaborating and clashing in the writing of a film script about a massacre during the Philippine-American War. Chiara is working on a film about an incident in Balangiga, Samar, in 1901, when Filipino revolutionaries attacked an American garrison, and in retaliation American soldiers created...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC APOSummary: Describes the devastating accident and case of mistaken identity that left one family grieving for the young woman they thought was their daughter while the wrong family cared for the lone survivor, and describes the healing journey of survivor Whitney Cerak.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 617.4 MISSummary: Five lives were lost in a tragic accident involving a Taylor University van, and one young woman, severely injured and comatose, was rushed to the hospital. Families, faculty, students, and communities grieved their losses and joined in prayer and hope as the one young woman, Laura Van Ryn, fought for her life in a hospital bed. The national news spread the story, and people everywhere shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.481 MISVargas Llosa, Mario
Summary: "From its origins, the liberal doctrine has represented the most advanced forms of democratic culture, and it is what has most defended us from the inextinguishable "call of the tribe." This book hopes to make a modest contribution to that indispensable task. In The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that have shaped the way he thinks and has viewed the world over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.51 VARScott, Walter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOSummary: Year 1 : Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone: The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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4 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HARRowling, J. K.
Summary: As Harry faces his upcoming fifth year at Hogwarts Academy, there are increasing rumors of dark times coming and of Lord Voldemort's return to power, and a secret anti-Voldemort society, The Order of the Phoenix, begins meeting again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: J CD ROWAnders, Elouise
Summary: "For anyone looking to drink less, to leave alcohol permanently on the shelf, or to wake up a little less hung over on Sunday, shake and stir up your next party with Nixology. Full of classics like the Martini, Negroni, and Cosmo, Nixology is full of recipes that are full of flavor instead alcohol. Whip up single cocktails, batches to share, or low-ABV drinks for a tiny buzz. Whether it's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Street Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.874 ANDBlumenthal, Karen.
Summary: A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women. This book intends to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "After losing his job to his wife and co-anchor, Ron reassembles the news team and squares off against a new rival. Will the world's greatest anchorman be crushed beneath the weight of his own ego?"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY COMEDY ANCRakowsky, Judy
Summary: "Investigative journalist Judy Rakowsky and her elderly cousin Sam, a Holocaust survivor, never knew what happened to their family during the Holocaust. All they knew was that their relatives were hidden away from the Nazis by neighbors, and then they were never heard from again. Over the course of two decades, the two traveled back to Sam's hometown in Poland in search of clues to what became...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RON, SAM RAKRowling, J. K.
Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC ROWAcheson, Alison
Summary: "A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. Dance Me to the End is an evocative memoir about the emotional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brindle & Glass 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHESON, ALISON ACHScieszka, Jon.
Summary: How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SCISummary: Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006