Benson, Brian
Summary: "Brian Benson has a million life plans but no sense of direction. So when he meets and falls for Rachel, he's ready to go wherever she'll take him. In a whirlwind of new love, they embark on a bicycle trip from northern Wisconsin to western Oregon. As the pair progress through stunning landscapes, they contend with merciless winds, vivid characters, broken bikes and bodies--and the looming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Adv BensonSummary: Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOLDenson, Bryan
Summary: Recounts the case of the Unabomber and the FBI agent that was insrumental to bringing him to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.152 DENDenson, Bryan
Summary: "A high-speed, high-stakes account of [the] riveting true story of a father's deception, a son's loyalty, and the terrible costs of betraying both country and kin"--Back jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 DENEvenson, Brian
Summary: Forcibly recruited into an underground religious cult in order to solve a murder, a detective weaves through a maze of lies, threats, and misinformation involving stakes that are much higher than he anticipated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEEvenson, Brian
Summary: "'Here is how monstrous humans are.' A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men-of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEEvenson, Brian
Summary: A post-apocalyptic thriller follows the experiences of a man who wakes up paralyzed with no memory of his life and who is urged by people who say they know him to reclaim a critical object and return to a frozen state before time runs out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEEvenson, Brian
Summary: A stuffed bear's heart beats with the rhythm of a dead baby; Reno keeps receding to the east no matter how far you drive; and in a mine on another planet, the dust won't stop seeping in. In these stories, Brian Evenson unsettles us with the everyday and the extraordinary--the terror of living with the knowledge of all we cannot know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEEvenson, Brian
Summary: When Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school research project, he runs across the secret Mormon ritual of blood sacrifice, and its role in a 1902 murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young. Along with his newly discovered half-brother, Rudd becomes swept up in the psychological and atavistic effects of this violent, antique ritual.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2016