Brooks, Terry
Summary: "The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from one of the all-time masters of fantasy. The Four Lands has been at peace for generations, but now a mysterious army of invaders is cutting a bloody swathe across a remote region of the land. No one knows who they are, where they come from, or what they are after--and most seem content to ignore these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Brooks 2017Van Loan, Ryan
Summary: "Buc and Eld are the first private detectives in a world where pirates roam the seas, mages speak to each other across oceans, mechanical devices change the tide of battle, and earthly wealth is concentrated in the hands of a powerful few. It's been weeks since ships last returned to the magnificent city of Servenza with bounty from the Shattered Coast. Disaster threatens not just the city's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANKagawa, Julie.
Summary: When Ethan Chase is attacked and the fey begin to disappear, he must change the rules he lives by to protect his family and save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Teen 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KAGAsher, Neal L.
Summary: In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity’s Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations. Neither the Polity or the prador want the other in full control of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASHSummary: A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ca 1Showalter, Gena
Summary: For a chance to save her people, Taliyah Skyhawk must wed the fearless leader of the Astra Planeta, Alaroc Phaethon, but the ice maiden and the merciless king never anticipated their battles turning into games that only one spouse can win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOCheverton, Mark
Summary: "The Far Lands is a hidden area located at the very edge of Minecraft's outer borders, unknown to normal users. There, the life of a young boy named Watcher is suddenly turned upside down when his village is destroyed by the vile zombie warlord Tu-Kar. Watcher and a handful of his friends vow to save those who were captured during the devastating battle and bring the zombie leader to justice....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction CheDrakeford, Scott
Summary: "Scott Drakeford's epic fantasy debut, Rise of the Mages combines gripping, personal vengeance with compelling characters for an action packed first book in a trilogy. Emrael Ire wants nothing more than to test to be a weapons master. His final exam will be a bloody insurrection, staged by corrupt nobles and priests, that enslaves his brother. With the aid of his War Master tutor, herself an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRAHoffman, Paul
Summary: Follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOFHawkins, Rachel.
Summary: After a prom-night spell goes badly wrong, witch Sophie Mercer is exiled to an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, supernaturally gifted teenagers, where she learns that an unknown predator has been attacking students.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HAWBell, James Scott.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELSummary: This program focuses on General Stilicho, who, as guardian of the young Emperor Honorius, became the de facto commander-in-chief of the Roman armies in the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: With bombs bursting overhead, a tattered flag flying ... Joined by two cartoon flies and their factual narrative infused with kid-friendly fun, readers go above deck with Francis Scott Key and witness the birth of the U.S. national anthem during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.5 TROMacdonald, Fiona.
Summary: Examines the everyday life of women in the United States during the 1800s, contrasting society's ideal view of women with their real lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.42 MACMacdonald, Fiona.
Summary: Examines the status and conditions of women in ancient Roman society, discussing such topics as marriage and family life, clothing, domestic duties, religion, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 305.4 MacdoBrooks, Terry
Summary: "Following The Black Elfstone, the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre. Tensions in the Four Lands are high. The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. While some gain a new understanding of the invaders and what they are after, others continue their existing quests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2018
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Brooks 2018Birney, Betty G.
Summary: "Og the Frog tells the story of how he first came to Room 26, where he meets Humphrey the hamster, befriends the students, and writes poems and songs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BIRSummary: In segment one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent John Donvan investigate the endemic nature of corruption in Russia, where bribery is commonplace and paying protection money is considered a business expense. In segment two, Koppel and billionaire Boris Berezovsky, identified as the unseen force behind Vladimir Putin's rise to power, discuss Berezovsky's recent foray...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Van Loan, Ryan
Summary: "The Memory in the Blood is the pulse-pounding conclusion to Ryan Van Loan's The Fall of the Gods series, featuring sea battles, hidden libraries, warring deities, old enemies, and one woman's desire for liberation and revenge. When her quest to destroy the Gods began, Buc was a child of the streets. Now she is a woman of steel, shaped by gaining and losing power, tempered by love and betrayal,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANSummary: David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he finds and loses love with several women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TOBaldacci, David.
Summary: The Camel Club is a four-man group of Washington, D.C. misfits, that meet weekly to discuss political conspiracies they believe exist and what actions they might take. One night club members witness the murder of Secret Service employee Patrick Johnson, thus thrusting the wacky crew into the middle of a bigger conspiracy than they could ever have imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BALO'Donoghue, Caroline
Summary: Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up - until she discovers a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC O'DOBrooks, Terry
Summary: "The riveting conclusion not only to the Fall of Shannara but to the entire Shannara series--a truly landmark event, twenty-nine books and forty-three years in the making. Bringing a conclusion to an epic that has spanned centuries is a vast undertaking, but Terry Brooks is entirely equal to the challenge. As the Four Lands reels under a brutal invasion from across the sea, spearheaded by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROSummary: This year alone, eight million people will become infected with tuberculosis. Like the common cold, TB spreads through the air when sufferers cough, sneeze, spit, or just talk. One needs only to inhale a few germs to catch it. This program tracks the disease, its impact, and the science behind it, from the U.K. to India to Malawi. At the Imperial College in London, Professor Douglas Young is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011