Brooks, Melanie
Summary: "Acclaimed memoirists describe the process of writing their most painful memories In her attempt to write a memoir about her father's death from a secret AIDS infection in 1985, Melanie Brooks was left with some painful questions: What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Would she manage it? Brooks sought guidance from the memoirists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 BROSummary: Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 MATE DeLange J B Brooks
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Yankee Music Pub. 1942
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMReynolds, Emma
Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYMebane, Jeanie
Summary: Freshwater marshes are found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.8 MEBSummary: It's Christmas and Angelina is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza 'Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers'. She is devastated when Pricilla Pinkpaws is chosen to play Cinderella and she gets cast as the Wicked Stepmouse. Things go from bad to worse and the production might have to be cancelled. Realizing her selfishness, Angelina becomes determined to set things straight.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hit Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANGSummary: "Follow Jason Voorhees as he cuts and hacks a swath of fear from Crystal Lake to the mean streets of Manhattan." Friday the 13th: Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for over twenty years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. New owners reopen the camp, only to have each counselor stalked by a violent killer. This 24-hour nightmare of blood unfolds into a film which is widely acclaimed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FRISummary: Detective Jess Savage wants to leave the past behind and make the most of her tentative new relationship with daughter Ruby, but a blackmailer is making that impossible, threatening to expose Jess as a murderer. As Jess hunts for her blackmailer, she solves crimes on Waiheke Island with her partner, DS Justin Harding, whose attempts to reconnect with his criminal father lead to a shocking outcome.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GULSummary: Underground tells the story of American heroes and their harrowing journey from slavery to freedom, with the legendary Harriot Tubman blazing the trail.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD UNDBarnard, Melanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.53 BARDroogs
Contents: Fuctioning -- Date at the roller rink -- Asshole of the weekend -- From this barstool -- Hard scribbles -- Day drinking of you -- Another bank job -- Above and beyond -- 4000 miles -- Gloves on your casket -- Droogsville radio -- Zombie prom
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 231 Productions
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL DROMelanie
Contents: Summer of love II (4:35) -- Lay down (Candles in the rain) (original full length version) (7:39) / with Edwin Hawkins Singers -- Ring the living bell (5:02) -- What have they done to my song, ma? (4:03) -- Brand new key (2:24) -- Love to lose again (4:34) -- Lover's cross (4:24) -- Ruby Tuesday (4:34) -- The nickel song (3:44) -- Bobo's party (3:51) -- The good book (2:30) -- Christopher Robin...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Buddah Records 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MELBooks
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BOOSummary: "On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Contents: Brooklyn gamma -- C.U.R.E. -- Oraclies -- Bombs away -- I run roulette -- Gallows -- Aquaria -- Earthquake -- Only -- Dead come running -- Still.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BOOMcAlister, Melani
Summary: "More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life. Since then the movement has been analyzed and over-analyzed, declared triumphant and, more than once, given up for dead. But because outside observers have maintained a near-relentless focus on domestic politics, the most transformative development over the last several decades--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 MCASmith, Beau
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SMIWatt, Mélanie
Summary: As summertime approaches, Scaredy Squirrel, who only feels safe when he is at home in his nut tree, decides to build his own beach getaway complete with a germ-free inflatable pool and a plastic flamingo until the lure of the real beach gets too strong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC WATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WAT BASKETWatt, Maelanie
Summary: Scaredy has spent his life defending his tree from UFOs, lumberjacks, mammoths, and more, so when (possibly poison) Ivy the rabbit sends a note he must calculate the risks of friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WATBroks, Paul
Summary: "When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 153 BROWatt, Mélanie
Summary: Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2006
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WATBroks, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 broRooks, A.E.
Summary: Chronicles the history of the Black Joke, a ship in the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and its quest to liberate as many enslaved people as possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022