Summary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRASummary: A strong-willed detective in her mid-thirties Helen Weeks is drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career, just as she begins her journey towards motherhood. Helen is never fazed by a challenge, but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner conflict. When the husband of an estranged school friend is accused of abduction, Helen must return to her hometown and confront her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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Summary: "A group of intrepid heroes must band together to save civilization after a long dormant enemy awakens and strikes a devastating blow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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Summary: In a first installment of a three-part alternate history epic, America's World War II fleet is decimated by a multi-national task force sent back in time from the year 2021, forcing Admiral Nimitz and Rear Admiral Spruance to make the potentially consequential decision to fight their own possible descendants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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Summary: A group of intrepid heroes must band together to save civilization after a long dormant enemy awakens and strikes a devastating blow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BIRBirmingham, John
Summary: When a vast inexplicable energy wave wipes out ninety-nine percent of the U.S. population, the survivors struggle to meet the unimaginable challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2010
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Summary: Dave Hooper has the hangover from hell, a demonic ex-wife and the claws of the tax office sinking into him. So the last thing he needs is an explosion at the off-shore oil rig where he works. But this is no ordinary industrial accident, and despite the news reports, Dave knows that terrorists aren't to blame for the disaster. He knows because he kills one of the things responsible. When he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: "Humanity's last remaining heroes must rebuild and protect civilization after a long dormant enemy shattered their once-peaceful empire in this thrilling sequel to The Cruel Stars. The Sturm, a group of "species purists" intent on destroying any human with genetic or cybernetic enhancements, returned from the far reaches of Dark Space to wage a war against humanity. Though their victory seemed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2022
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Summary: On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Baghdad, an energy wave of incredible power cordons a vast area from southern Canada to northern Mexico, wiping 99% of the U.S. population from the face of the earth in the blink of an eye. In Seattle, at the very edge of the phenomenon, heroes must rise to meet the unimaginable challenges of food riots, mass panic, and terror. James Kipper, chief engineer of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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Summary: Traces the harrowing reconstruction of the United States after most of its population is killed by a natural disaster, an effort lead by President James Kipper and challenged by pirates, freebooters, and a rogue governor of Texas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2010
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Summary: The Axis and Allied forces race to build an atom bomb while a revitalized Soviet Union threatens to unleash a new wave of destruction, and Admiral Kolhammer and his team confront the consequences of disturbing the historical timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIRBirmingham, Maria
Summary: Takes readers on a tour of wacky and folkloric methods that humans have used to try prolonging their lives, from ancient immortality elixirs and quests for a fountain of youth to modern-day research into cryogenics and robotics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 129 BIRBirmingham, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 BIRBirmingham, John
Summary: When the Horde invades the seaside town where his sons live, monster-slayer Dave Hooper, with a female Russian assassin at his side, has to decide if he is going to continue to fight to save the major cities of the country or save his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIRBirmingham, Kevin
Contents: Nighttown -- Nora Barnacle -- the vortex -- Trieste -- Smithy of souls -- Little modernisms -- The Medici of Modernism -- Zurich -- Power and postage -- The Woolfs -- Brutal madness -- Shakespeare and Company -- Hell in New York -- The Ghost of Comstock -- Elijah is coming -- The People of the State of New York v. Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap -- Circe burning -- The bible of the outcasts --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 BIRBirmingham, Kevin
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of THE MOST DANGEROUS BOOK, the true story behind the creation of another masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. THE SINNER AND THE SAINT is the deeply researched and immersive tale of how Dostoevsky came to write this great murder story-and why it changed the world. As a young man, Dostoevsky was a celebrated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.73 BIRBirmingham, Maria
Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines how humans have navigated the world over time."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9 BIRBillingham, Mark
Summary: Three British couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on Easter Sunday, the last day of their vacation, tragedy strikes: the fourteen-year-old daughter of an American vacationer goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the mangroves. When the shocked couples return home to the U.K., they remain in contact, and over the course of three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILHillary, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 HILBurlingham, Bo.
Summary: Most books about successful businesses focus on public companies, where the definition for success is steady growth in revenue and profits. Yet there are many excellent, privately held companies marching to the beat of a different drum; they have stricken revenue and profit growth from the top of their mission statements. Instead, they define themselves by their passion for their products and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.409 BURBell, Hilari
Summary: Although the Hrum believe their war against Farsala is nearly over, Soraya has strategic information that will help if she can reach Jiaan and Kavi and their separate resistance movements, but discord and Time's Wheel seem destined to keep them apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for young Readers 2005
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Summary: Farsalans, including Lady Soraya and her half-brother, Jiaan, Kavi, and others, work relentlessly and often secretly in their shared strategies regarding the ultimate defeat of the Hrum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2007