Beckert, Sven.
Summary: "The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 BECSummary: When a billionaire tech CEO hires a team of mercenaries to protect a lethal piece of technology, the security expert and his team must race against the clock to protect the fate of the human race.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HaBecket
Summary: "Anne Rice's cosmology of Vampiredom from Akasha to Zenobia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RICSummary: Chronicles the rise and fall of Tower Records, from the opening of its flagship store in Sacramento, California in 1960, to its evolution into an international retail chain and bankruptsy in 2006. Owner Russ Solomon and various store employees discuss Tower's unique approach to selling recorded music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALLVath, Sven.
Contents: Willow / Workshop 23 (A1) -- Eduardo De la Calle / The Horus Eye (Original Mix) -- Basti Grub / False -- Eddie Fowlkes / Twisted Boy (Detroit Wax) (Feat. Na Dee) -- Fort Romeau / Reasons -- Villa H2h / Conspiracy Two -- John Tejada / Blitzar -- DJ Slyngshot / Hygh-Tech -- Paul / Reflektion Vm1 -- Isolée / Pisco -- Kink / Neutrino -- Adam Port & Stereo Mc / Changes (Adam Port Remix) -- & Me /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cocoon Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC VATVath, Sven.
Contents: Harald Björk / Sabor Latino (Mix of Life Version) -- Ripperton / Ordine Gigante -- Rhauder & Paul St. Hilaire / Molekule -- Love Over Entropy / Sea -- Kamran Sadeghi / Flow Me -- Alex & Digby / Angolan Rumble -- Traumer / Ijah -- Omar S / Heard'chew Single (Feat. John Fm) -- Eddie Fowlkes / Oriane -- C-Rau / Sheeos Unn -- Off Feat. Sven Väth / Electrica Salsa (Roman Flügel Remix) -- Pantha Du...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cocoon Records 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC VATBirkerts, Sven.
Summary: "In The Art of Time in Memoir, critic, editor, and memoirist Sven Birkerts examines the human impulse to write about the self. "Memoir is, for better and often for worse, the genre of our times," Birkerts writes. But what makes one memoir memorable and another self-serving? What determines the difference between graceful disclosure and sensational self-exposure? Birkerts argues that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.93592 BIRCarlsson, Sven
Summary: The David vs. Goliath story of Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek―who bet everything on disruptive innovation, and played the giants of Silicon Valley, the music industry, and the podcast world in his quest to build today’s largest online source of audio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.3828 CARNordqvist, Sven
Summary: This story about baking a 'pancake-cake' for the cat with three birthdays a year! When Pettson sets out to make Findus a cake, he finds that he's missing a key ingredient. This starts a hilarious chain of events resulting in Pettson distracting a bull, climbing through a skylight into his attic to find his fishing pole to fish the key out of the well, so he can open his shed, fix his flat tire,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.2 STOGrimm, Jacob/ Jarrell, Randall (TRN)/ Buckert, Nancy (ILT)/ Grimm, Wilhelm
Summary: Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1972
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GRIChen, Shan Shan
Summary: On her sixth birthday, Mei Mei puts on a special new dress and helps her adoptive mother make a traditional birthday dish from Mei Mei's home country, China, to share with her loving family. Includes recipe for Lucky Birthday Noodles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHESVEC,TYLER /SVEC,JORDAN.
Summary: The nation of Grimdor has been a barren and desolate nation for thousands of years. Now hints of movement and life emerge. At the same time, Drake Thomss is discovered on the dide of a river. His memory seems to be gone, but on his hand he has a strange mark. People tell him it is a prophetic sign ushering in a new era that will transform the world. Enemies arise, and Drake finds himself on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LULU COM 2023
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy SvecSVEC, TYLER.
Summary: With the war far from over, Roy and Abigail live a normal life in the Appalachian Mountains. I seems a perfect hideout. But when the war enters the sleepy town of Granville, Vermont, they are forced to lead their team in a desperate fight to stop the Alliance from taking over both worlds. While feeling that they were put here for this moment, they may not be able to live in both worlds much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LULU COM 2023
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy SvecJigsaw Seen
Contents: Bertha brilliance -- David Hart's name of song -- Melancholy morning -- Tonight's episode -- Choreography killed the cat -- Where the action isn't -- Cave Canem -- You look like a lot of people -- Crazy legs -- Fruitbasket upset -- Jubilee
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vibro-phonic Recordings 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JIGSummary: After a two year stint in a state home, the shy and neurotic Elling and his sex-obsessed best friend, Kjell, are released and forced to enter the real world. They find themselves in a state funded apartment in the center of Oslo, told to behave responsibly and act like normal members of society. In time, the two adjust and find oddball ways of coping with society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ELLMajor, Seven
Summary: ""Illusions" blurs the line between fiction and reality as the illegitimate child of an influential mafia member shares her life and perspective of history over the span of fifty years. A life defined by murder, identity theft, CIA assassins, sex, drug-dealers, gun-runners, and a young adult who would travel the East Coast--running away from her past while searching to belong in a life that was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Major 2016Boecker, Virginia.
Summary: "Set in an alternative 16th-century England, Elizabeth Grey is the only girl in the king's elite group of witch hunters. When she's framed for being a witch herself, Elizabeth finds freedom at the hands of the world's most wanted wizard and her loyaltiesare tested"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BOEBrecker, Michael.
Contents: Chan's song -- Don't let me be lonely tonight -- Nascente -- Midnight mood -- The nearness of you -- Incandescence -- Sometimes I see -- My ship -- Always -- Seven days -- I can see your dreams.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BRESeny
Summary: "The Initiation Exam throws an unexpected curveball at young Saigami candidates, including Ayumi, who has arrived in this strange fantasy world under mysterious circumstances. While these young, powerful teenagers have no way of knowing, the contest strings are being pulled from the shadows, putting their future careers--and their lives--in jeopardy. Ayumi and the others will have to act fast,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockport 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SAIRoddie, Shen.
Summary: Tad the mouse is discouraged when his friends say he is too small, but he proves to them that he is just right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2004