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Summary: Deer can turn a vibrant garden into a sea of chomped stems and damaged trees. "Deer-Resistant Design" offers a welcome alternative to pungent chemicals and unattractive fencing: strategic designs that reroute deer, direct the eye from trouble spots, and layer deer-resistant plants beautifully. Throughout, real-world examples offer practical inspiration, including dramatic, deer-neutral focal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2019
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Summary: Although seductive, flowers, by their fleeting nature, are a fickle base to provide long-lasting gardens with year-round interest. Tackle this problem with the advice in Gardening with Foliage First. Learn how to first build a framework of foliage and then layer in flowers and other artistic elements as the finishing touches. This simple, recipe-style approach to garden design features 127...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CHASummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: "Insanity Defense is an insider's account of America's ineffectual approach to some of the hardest defense and intelligence issues in the three decades since the Cold War ended"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 HARCharan, Ram.
Summary: "A Call to Leadership. The role of the corporate board has changed. Today's smartest CEOs have used this to their benefit. But increased board control and involvement also has its downsides. This book, from three leading experts in the field, serves as aguide to help take advantage of board oversight while avoiding the pitfalls. Boardroom veterans Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useem...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.422 CHABallantyne, Janet
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garden Way 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.65 BALRubenstein, David M.
Summary: "What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world's largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice.​"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.678 RUBPatterson, James
Summary: "John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LENNON PATSummary: Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REALujan, Jarred
Summary: In this ancient Mexican folktale, the Aztec Sky god and Wind god attempt to fix silence on Earth by bringing music to the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.2 LUJFarmer, Jared
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 627.8 FARSexton, Jared
Summary: "The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore is a firsthand account of the events that shaped the 2016 presidential election and the cultural forces that divided both parties and powered Donald Trump into the White House. Featuring in-the-field reports as well as deep analysis, Sexton's book is not just the story of the most unexpected and divisive election in modern political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 SEXPutnam, James.
Summary: Documents the history and significance of mummies, both natural and man-made, and describes the principles and ceremonies associated with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 393.3 PUTPutnam, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 909 PUTSummary: This series traces the major advances in knowledge in Western civilization since the Greeks, and demonstrates how our view of the world changes as our knowledge develops.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DAYPutnam, James.
Summary: Presents a look at pyramids around the world, including those in Egypt, Sudan, and Central America. The Pyramids at Giza in Egypt have stood for over 4,500 years, and the amazing feat of their construction is shrouded in mystery. This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tries to answer some of the riddles about them and the people who built them. Discover what archeological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 PUTCullum, Jared
Summary: "Katya and her Meema are spending another summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she's ever seen... an enormous kodiak bear with a gentle heart and a knack for fishing. But when Katya must suddenly return home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend....
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CULChammah, Maurice
Summary: "A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas--and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America. In 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: the country's death penalty system violated the Constitution. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.66 CHAChattman, Lauren.
Summary: Featuring more than one hundred recipes for a wide range of desserts, this guide to topping off any meal with a delightful treat includes instructions for preparing pies, cheesecakes, tarts, truffles, and parfaits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 CHASimon, Charnan.
Summary: This book briefly examines the behaviors and habitat of the killer whale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.536 SIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.536 SIMSummary: A popular California high school girl is selected by a mysterious old man to kill the vampires that are terrorizing Los Angeles. Although it could put a serious crimp in her shopping, Buffy takes on the ghouls with the help of a handsome drifter, and incurs the wrath of the chief vampire!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BUFPutnam, James.
Summary: Looks at the secrets of the monumental structures of the ancient world, from the tombs of Egypt to the pyramids of Central America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 PUTChesman, Andrea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 1998