Daniel, Mary-Alice
Summary: "Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANIEL, MARY-ALICE DANRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBSummary: Designed to give users comprehensive conversational language and grammar skills. The basic course (10 lessons) focuses on polite greetings and small talk and is perfect for patrons who are planning a short trip to a foreign country, or for those who want to get a taste of a foreign language and culture. The complete course (100 lessons) is designed for patrons who already know the basics of a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Languages 2009
Swaby, Rachel
Summary: Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots--and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension. Covering important advancements made by women in fields such as biology, medicine, astronomy, and technology, author Rachel Swaby explains that people aren't...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SWAWoolf, John
Summary: A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.3 WOOSummary: When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey his only companion until he meets "Friday," an alien.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Collection of eight classic stories. Swashbuckling pirates, talking rabbits in top hats, majestic horses, and flittering fairies spring into action, setting into motion the tales that have delighted audiences for ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY STORicca, Brad
Summary: " 'Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it's hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has founda heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination.' --author Paula McLain. From the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TEMPLE, O RICSummary: Detective Constable 'Dangerous' Davies is the odd man out in his small London police station. He cracks the tough cases anyway, with old-fashioned investigative work rather than violent confrontation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media U.S. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASCollins, A. L. (Ai Lynn)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Belle Song and her family moved to Mars because they were offered good jobs, only to find that the jobs have disappeared--her father, Yun, is unwilling to return to the worn-out Earth, so, to the horror of his city-raised daughter, he buys a farm in the "Wild West" area of Mars, and Belle does her best to adapt to a life which is filled with difficulties and danger.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Kline, Barbara
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 649 KLIMacDonald, Betty Bard
Summary: The author relates the joys and frustrations of life on a poultry farm in the mountains of Washington.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1987
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACDONALD, BETTY BARD MACKline, Barbara
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 KLIGeorge, Anne.
Summary: It all begins with a call to sisters, Mary Alice and Patricia Anne, from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting an investment club - king of a Beardstown Ladies group. Patricia Anne is willing to make a small, conservative investment in a thriving chain of HMOs; Mary Alice is hot to trot to put her money on Viagara. But before the club idea gets off the ground, the sisters spot Mitzi's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Twilight 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOCarlomagno, Mary.
Summary: Documents a woman's quest to rid herself of material and emotional excess, sharing her monthly account of taking control, breaking free of needless possessions, and simplifying her stressful life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2006
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Underdog detective 'Dangerous' Davies toils at a small London police station, where his slicker colleagues taunt him and his boss calls him the last detective he would put on a big case. That makes it all the sweeter when he cracks the big ones anyway.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASBarrett, Judi
Summary: When astronauts land on Mars, their first discovery is a substance not unlike pie filling and Kate and Henry are eager to go taste some, but Grandpa, who may have some inside information, discourages them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Barrett 2013George, Kaylin Melia
Summary: Since the day that Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. But, this adventurous child has a lot to learn! When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Cleland, Charles E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 CLEGeorge, Anne.
Summary: In Alabama, sleuthing sisters Mary and Patricia discover murder while checking out their new inlaws. It happens when Mary's son marries Sunshine, a bimbo. The ladies enter the inlaws' trailer to find a dead man and Sunshine missing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOGeorge, Anne.
Summary: Patricia Anne finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of an Elvis impersonator, one Griffin Mooncloth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOGeorge, Anne.
Summary: The Southern sisters' cousin Pukey Lukey is in a terrible state. His wife, Virginia, has run off with a housepainting preacher. And that's just the start of his trouble. Because before Patricia Anne and Mary Alice can help Pukey Lukey find his beloved Virginia, they'll discover that all is not heavenly in the Church of Jesus Is Our Life and Heaven Hereafter, where the faithful are into...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOMews, Melody
Summary: Itty and her best friend Luna Unicorn enjoy all the snowy activities at the Frost Festival, but before Itty can judge the ice sculpture competition, an ice pick goes missing and one sculptor blames another for stealing, so Itty must find the missing carving tool and find a way to settle the argument.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Abley, Mark
Summary: "A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail -- a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2023