Summary: "From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life. Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind-a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 BLACotter, Noreen.
Summary: Illustrations and a simple counting rhyme reveal a hungry mouse in an apple tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SRA School Group 1994
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1 available in Reference Office, Call number: STO CotSummary: True story centering on the new investigation surrounding the 1993 murders of three 8-year-old boys in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Evidence surrounding the murders exposed the wrongful conviction of three teenagers who lost 18 years of their lives imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WESBiddle, Daniel R.
Summary: Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia's best black baseball team, a teacher at the city's finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights. With his racially-charged murder, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer-one who risked his life a century before Selma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CATTO, OCTAVIUS BIDSummary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUEContents: Meet me in the city / Junior Kimbrough -- Going away, baby / R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine -- Cut you loose / T-Model Ford -- Go back to your used to be / Jessie Mae Hemphill -- Write me a few lines / Mississippi Fred McDowell -- Catfish blues / Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes -- Love my baby / Little Junior's Blue Flames -- Rob & steal / Paul 'Wine' Jones -- Cotton crop blues / James Cotton -- Don't...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MOJSummary: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914): Patrick Couderc is cast in female drag as the Patchwork Girl brought to life by charlatan Dr. Pipt (Raymond Russell). Also stars Jessie Mae Walsh, Mildred Harris and (briefly) Harold Lloyd.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Brentwood Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WORMcMillon, Bill
Summary: Offers information on short-term volunteer opportunities that could make an enriching and fulfilling vacation; includes contact information and descriptions of the experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 MCMCottam, Francis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COTMacmillan, Gilly
Summary: By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway. Their husbands will be joining them in the morning. Or so they think. But when they get to Dark Fell Barn, the women find a devastating note that claims one of their husbands has been murdered. Their phones are out of range. There's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACSummary: Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV IMacmillan, Gilly
Summary: Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened. Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Detective Jim Clemo is now assigned to look into this unfortunate accident. But tragedy strikes and what looked like the simple case of a prank gone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACMacmillan, Gilly
Summary: Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son Ben when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry--until Ben vanishes. Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACBottom, Lori.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.4 BOTMcMillan, Beverly.
Summary: Uses microphotography, advanced medical imaging, and annotated illustrations to provide scientific information about the human body, covering the body systems, bones, muscles and skin, sensory and digestive processes, and the brain and internal organs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 612 MCMMcMillan, Bruce.
Summary: Photographs of green peas, yellow corn, red potatoes, purple beans, and other fruits and vegetables illustrate the many colors of nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1988
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MCMMcMillan, Dan
Summary: "The Holocaust has long seemed incomprehensible, a monumental crime that beggars our powers of description and explanation. Historians have probed the many sources of this tragedy, but no account has united the various causes into an overarching synthesis that answers the vital question: How was such a nightmare possible in the heart of Western civilization? In How Could This Happen, historian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MCMMcMillan, Dawn
Summary: Seagull Sid and his fine feathered mates are sick of looking at all the rubbish that people leave behind at the shore. But how can the seagulls reclaim their beach from the trashy humans? No worries, Sid has a mischievously messy plan of attack -- watch out below!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCMMcMillan, Dotty.
Summary: Includes how-to information for projects: scenic loaf pin ; rock purse or amulet ; faux cloisonne pendant ; antique crackle-tiled tray ; puff beads ; magic Natasha bead necklace ; faux etched glass beads ; china shard pins ; easy breezy bracelets ; happy face paperweight ; luminous tiles ; twinkle light sleeve ; kaleidoscope ;Chinese good luck lantern ; segmented bracelet ; blue mask ; chunky...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 731.42 MCMMcMillan, Terry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCMMcMillan, Beverly
Summary: An exceptionally well illustrated guide to the human body and the latest developments in medical and scientific knowledge. It features microphotography, advanced medical imaging, annotated illustrations and includes essential facts in sidebar "FactFiles."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fire Fly Books 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 612 McMilMcMillan, Bruce.
Summary: The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a ways to prevent sheep from eating all of their saplings, while encouraging chickens to fertilize them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCMMcMillan, Kate.
Summary: Shares creative ideas for using common ingredients to make boxed lunches with a variety of nutritious sandwiches and snacks for children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 MCMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.53 MCMMcMillan, Terry
Summary: "After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she's going to do with the rest of her life--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale Loretha Curry's life is full. A little crowded sometimes, but full indeed. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020