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Brewster, Lily (Fictitious character) Fiction Brewster, Robert (Fictitious character) Fiction Brothers and sisters Fiction Depressions Fiction Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Fiction Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978 Mansions Fiction New York (State) Fiction Robbers and outlaws Juvenile fiction United StatesSummary: Lists publishers, magazines, and other markets that publish fictional works, and offers articles on how to develop one's writing skills and improve the odds of getting published.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2018
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808 NOVGottlieb, Robert
Summary: "The editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster writes with wit and candor about becoming the editor of The New Yorker, and the challenges and satisfactions of running America's preeminent magazine,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOTTLIEB, ROBERT GOTChurchill, Jill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M CHUChurchill, Jill
Summary: Always looking for a way to keep Grace & Favor Cottage, former high-society siblings Robert and Lily Brewster agree to help out during a staff shortage at a nursing home, but after two deaths at the home, the Brewsters help the police search for a cold-blooded criminal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M CHUStilton, Geronimo
Summary: When the owner of the Daily Rat newspaper thinks Thea Stilton, who has vanished without a trace, is responsible for a recent string of robberies in New Mouse City, Geronimo must employ his "famouse" investigative skills to find Thea - and the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIRoberts, Steven V.
Summary: Cokie Roberts' husband Steve Roberts reflects not only on her many accomplishments, but on how she lived each day with a devotion to helping others. For Steve, Cokie's private life was as significant and inspirational as her public one. Her commitment to celebrating and supporting other women was evident in everything she did, and her generosity and passion drove her personal and professional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERTS, COKIE ROBChurchill, Jill
Summary: Working at a local nursing home to help preserve Grace and Favor Cottage, former high society siblings Robert and Lily Brewster investigate the suspicious death of a patient despite a challenging number of suspects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHUChurchill, Jill
Summary: Making the acquaintances of a young widow and her German grandfather, new arrivals in the Depression-era Hudson Valley, Robert Brewster and his sister, Lily, fear for their new friends' safety when a swastika is found painted on the widow's window.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHUChurchill, Jill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M CHUKing, Dean
Summary: "In June of 1889 in San Francisco, John Muir-iconic environmentalist, writer, and philosopher-meets face-to-face for the first time with his longtime editor Robert Underwood Johnson, an elegant and influential figure at The Century magazine. Before long, the pair, opposites in many ways, decide to venture to Yosemite Valley, the magnificent site where twenty years earlier, Muir experienced a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUIR, JOHN KINClark, Alexis
Summary: "The love story of Elinor Powell, an African American army nurse, and Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war. The two met when black army nurses were put in regular contact with German POWs who were detained in the United States during World War II, an unlikely and little-discussed circumstance during one of the most documented periods in history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio ClarkSummary: In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KENFolkenflik, David.
Summary: "NPR's media correspondent delves into the most influential media company in the world, News Corporation, showing how Murdoch survived the corruption scandal that nearly tore it apart In July 2012, testifying before a British parliamentary inquiry aboutthe News of the World telephone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch experienced what he called "the most humble day of my life." Murdoch seemed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MURDOCH, RUPERT FOLSchachner, Judith Byron
Summary: Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitten who dreams of being a Chihuahua, travels with his amigos to a faraway island to find El Bumblebeeto, who has stolen beans from Los Chimichangos. Includes translation of Spanish words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN SCHMcCrum, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.81 MCCCornick, Nicola
Summary: 1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape-- one with devastating consequences that will echo through the centuries. Present Day: When Lizzie Kingdom is forced to withdraw from the public eye in a blaze of scandal, she encounters Johnny Robsart, whose fate will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORHartman, Darrell
Summary: "A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get--and sell--the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world's attention. The American explorers Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both claimed to have discovered the North Pole,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 998 HARRapai, William
Summary: "Brewed in Michigan is not a beer-tasting guide. Instead, William Rapai aims to highlight the unique forces behind and exceptional attributes of the leading craft breweries in Michigan. Through a series of interviews with brewmasters over an eighteen-month sojourn to microbreweries around the state, the author proves that Michigan craft beer is brewed by individuals with a passion for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 RAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 RAPSinger, Matt
Summary: When Gene Siskel, a film critic for the Chicago Tribune, and Roger Ebert, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times, reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a new movie review show with PBS, there was at least as much sparring off-camera as on. Their antagonistic partnership made for great television, and their signature "Two thumbs up!" would become the most trusted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SINSummary: A film about Julian Assange and the creation of Wikileaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's rise and fall with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, the film discusses transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WECox, Anna-Lisa.
Contents: The bleeding heartland -- The journey: 1860-1866 -- Rights: 1866-1869 -- Citizenship, 1870-1875 -- Equality, 1875-1880 -- Independence: 1880-1884 -- Friendship: 1885-1889 -- Justice: 1890-1896.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 COXSchachner, Judith Byron.
Summary: Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitten who dreams of being a Chihuahua, travels with his amigos to a faraway island to find El Bumblebeeto, who has stolen beans from Los Chimichangos. Includes translation of Spanish words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN SCHSummary: Miranda, editor of "Runway" magazine, is a terror to everyone around her. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights movement and the cold war. For 30 years, Hubert Humphrey stood at the center of both. And while he never reached his dream of being president, and in fact is most remembered for his 1968 loss to Richard Nixon, Humphrey left behind a legacy few presidents can match. In November of 1977, for the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010