Crawford, Robyn
Summary: Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One person was there by her side through it all -- her best friend, Robyn Crawford. Since Whitney's death in 2012, Robyn has stayed out of the limelight and held...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRAWFORD, ROBYN CRASummary: The story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment manifests itself into her relationships with her adopted children, Christina and Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MOMCrawford, Christina
Summary: When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the facade of Christina's relentless, alcoholic abuser: her adoptive mother, movie star Joan Crawford. Christina was a young girl shown off to the world as a fortunate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Traces the history of "Foxfire" magazine from 1966 to the present, exploring the magazine's philosophy of simple living, ideas for creative self-sufficiency, and efforts to preserve the history and culture of Appalachia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXSummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRAWillis, Nancy Carol
Summary: Describes a year in the life of a pair of robins as they build a nest, lay eggs, and care for their young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cucumber Island Storytellers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WILErickson, Vernon D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1997
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3775 BIRSummary: First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. Today, Foxfire's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXTodd, Charles
Summary: Though the Great War has ended, Bess Crawford finds herself caught in deadly circumstances on a remote Welsh headland in this tenth entry from the acclaimed New York Times best selling author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TODRosen, Michael
Summary: "'They were there at the beginning of the war, but they were gone by the end. I suppose they died in the camps.' Thats all young Michael Rosen, born in England just after the end of the Second World War, was told about the six great-aunts and great-uncles who had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. This wasnt enough for him. So, as an adult, he started to search. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ROSTripp, Valerie
Summary: The WellieWishers, four girls who have backyard adventures after stepping into their colorful garden boots, make friends with a robin. Includes related activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2016
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE TRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED TRIKennedy, Gerrick
Summary: "A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passing. On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. In the decade since, the world has mourned her death amid new revelations about her relationship to her Blackness, her sexuality, and her addictions. Didn't We Almost Have It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOUSTON, WHITNEY KENCrawford, Isis
Summary: "It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of the family -- though the reasons for the rift are lost to history. The sisters, however, are intrigued when Ada makes contact. She tells them about the long-ago deaths of her father and his business partner, which happened within hours of each other -- and were both ruled accidental. Ada thinks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CRAMcDermid, Val.
Summary: Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan turns to clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill to help solve the grotesque murder of a prostitute, a crime that bears a striking resemblance to an earlier series of solved crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDRaban, Jonathan
Summary: "A poignant memoir of recovery and reflection after a life-changing stroke, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RABCrawford, Isis
Summary: "If anything can be said about the endearingly predictable Margo Hemsley, it's that she always serves elaborate desserts at her mystery book club meetings. That's why everyone fears the worst after she doesn't pick up her order from Bernie and Libby and skips out on the monthly gathering. The Simmons sisters can't imagine their acquaintance vanishing like a character from one of her favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Todd, Charles
Summary: Although the Great War is nearing its end, the fighting rages on. While waiting for transport back to her post, Bess Crawford meets Captain Alan Travis from the island of Barbados. Later, when he's brought into her forward aid station disoriented from a head wound, Bess is alarmed that he believes his distant English cousin, Lieutenant James Travis, shot him. Then the Captain is brought back to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TODSummary: The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BADCopies Available at Peninsula
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BADSummary: The story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2001
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOMCrawford, Isis
Summary: Ellen's children forget her birthday and her husband forgets their anniversary, but her Mother's Day could not be more surprising as she finds herself in a hotel with a dead body.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Crawford 2016Todd, Charles
Summary: "Restless and uncertain of her future in the wake of World War I, former battlefield nurse Bess Crawford agrees to travel to Yorkshire to help a friend of her cousin Melinda through surgery. But circumstances change suddenly when news of a terrible accident reaches them. Bess agrees to go to isolated Scarfdale and the Neville family, where one man has been killed and another gravely injured....
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TODCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TODTodd, Charles
Summary: British World War I nurse Bess Crawford travels to Ireland for her best friend's wedding and unravels a dark, deceptive plot when the bridegroom goes missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021