Summary: Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote's greatest masterpiece, an epic novel of New York City's glittering jet-set society, following his smashing success with Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through access to never-before-heard audio archives and interviews with Capote's friends and enemies, including Dick Cavett, Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CAPSummary: Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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4 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD SANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SaPBS.
Summary: A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters and diaries of the period, comments by historians, and live-action recreations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SANCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV SANSummary: The final season continues the story of high-spirited heroine, Charlotte Heywood, and her friend, Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else - romance - await them?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV SANBurrough, Bryan
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bryan Burrough 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 338.2 BURBurrough, Bryan
Summary: "Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creationmyth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURBurrough, Bryan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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Summary: Explores the history and people of the Caucasus, recounting the resilience of the native peoples of the area despite historical invasions, persecutions, and warfare.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.5086 BULBullough, Oliver
Summary: From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies, governments run by corrupt leaders that prosper at the expense of their people, are on the rise. Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland--the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich. Learn how the institutions of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 BULBullough, Tom
Summary: A complex family with a tortured secret, the Hamers live on a large homestead in Radnorshire, Wales. Idris, the unbending patriarch and tyrant of the family, is a man suspicious of any change. Etty, his indomitable wife, is a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Oliver, their only son, is a junior boxing champion turned hellraising local legend. A novel concerned both with the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BULBurrough, Bryan
Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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Summary: An account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and America's revolutionary counterculture documents terrorist activities stemming from radical beliefs, tracing the stories of such groups as the Weathermen and the Black Liberation Army.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BURBurrough, Bryan
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364 BurroTaylor, Ebo
Contents: Palaver -- Make you no mind -- Abebrese -- Help Africa -- Nyame dadaw.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TAYEis, Jennifer
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ward & Eis Gallery 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.97 EISEby, Margaret
Summary: "A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Barry Hannah) to Alabama (Harper Lee, Truman Capote) to Georgia (Flannery...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 EBYEss, Charlie
Summary: "A camping handbook for families featuring food and drink recipes, family activities, nature hacks, expert know-how, and more for the outdoor lover looking for a memorable weekend with the family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Falcon 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.54 ESSSummary: A young woman is unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. Hiding in the cellar is her husband, ready to wield a knife at anyone who tries to enter, desperate to protect his secret. What happens next leaves one of the officers dead, the other fighting for her career and Inspector Banks with a chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit. The beauty and tranquility of England's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AFTSummary: A look at what happened when Mr. Rochester met and married his first wife, and how she became the madwoman locked in the attic. A prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WIDTaylor, Ebo
Contents: Heaven (6:06) ; Atwer abroba (8:15) (Ebo Taylor) -- Victory (Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu) (4:23) -- Ohiani sua efir (Asaase Ase) (4:02) -- Kwaku ananse (Apagya Showband) (3:12) -- Peace on earth (7:48) ; Aba yaa (15:01) (Ebo Taylor) -- Ene nyame nam "a" mensuro (Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor) (6:20) -- Tamfo nyi ekyir (Apagya Showband) (3:57) -- Love and death (Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu) (8:23) -- Ohye...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Strut 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TAYTaylor, Ebo
Contents: Twer nyame -- Peace on earth -- Atwer abroba.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 1978
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TAYTaylor, Ebo
Contents: Ayesama (7:03) -- Abonsam (5:30) -- Nsu na kwan (4:47) -- Yaa amponsah (4:27) -- Assomdwee (5:53) -- Kruman dey (4:38) -- Appia kwa bridge (5:27) -- Barrima (3:24).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Strut 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TAYTaylor, Ebo.
Contents: Nga nga (5:24) -- African woman (7:11) -- Love and death (6:55) -- Victory (instrumental) (3:25) -- Mizin (5:12) -- Kwame (instrumental) (3:42) -- Aborekyair aba (7:26) -- Obra (5:37).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Strut 2010