Dorey-Stein, Beck
Summary: "In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. For five years, Beck was a part of the elite team of men and women who accompanied the president wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. She got to know everyone from the White House butler to the secret servicemen, advance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOREY-STEIN, BECK DORReady, Dee.
Summary: Discusses the situations and events that led to the Boston Massacre, the precursor to the American Revolutionary War, including information on the colonies' relationship with Britain and the effects of the French and Indian War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.4 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of doctors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 610.69 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of farmers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 630 READove, Rita
Summary: "A piercing, unflinching new volume offers necessary music for our tumultuous present, from "perhaps the best public poet we have" (Boston Globe). In her first volume of new poems in twelve years, Rita Dove investigates the vacillating moral compass guiding America's, and the world's, experiments in democracy. Whether depicting the first Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Venice or Black Lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 DOVReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains how the British were outsmarted by George Washington and his troops near the city of Yorktown and how that battle turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of fire fighters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 628.9 REAReady, Dee
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 629.222 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of dentists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 617.6 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of nurses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 610.78 READove, Rita.
Summary: Here in one volume is a selection of the extraordinary poems of Rita Dove, who, as the nation's Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, brought poetry into the lives of millions of people. Along with a new introduction and poem, Selected Poems comprises Dove's collections The Yellow House on the Corner, which includes a group of poems devoted to the themes of slavery and freedom; Museum, intimate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DOVDove, Rita.
Summary: A new collection by a much celebrated poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove. From the opening sequence, "Cameos," which probes the private griefs and dreams of a working-class family, to the emblematic grace of a living legend like Rosa Parks, who acquiesced to public life in order to "serve the public good," these poems explore the intersection of individual fates with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DOVDove, Rita.
Summary: Prologues: Bridgetower -- Prologue of the rambling sort. Prodigy: (Re)naissance -- Capriccio -- Friedrich Augustus Bridgetower discovers the purposes of fatherhood -- Lines whispered to a pillow -- Recollection, preempted -- Paris, panting -- What doesn't happen -- Windsor -- Mrs. Papendiek's diary (1) -- Marine Pavilion, Brighthelmston -- Wardrobe lesson -- Mrs. Papendiek's diary (2) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DOVDoty, Cate
Summary: "Growing up in the south, where tradition reigns supreme, Cate Doty thought about weddings . . . a lot. She catered for them, she attended many, she imagined her own. So, when she moved to New York City in pursuit of love--and to write for The New York Times--she finds her natural home in the wedding section, a first step to her own happily-ever-after, surely. Soon Cate is thrown into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOTY, CATE DOTYDoty, Betty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 686.35 DOTPildas, Ave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.N. Potter 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 PILDavey, Joey
Summary: Polar bears, snowstorms, and zombies? Welcome to the wintery world of Minecraft. This handy guide gives readers the tools they'll need to survive in Minecraft's icy landscapes, and three epic projects to begin their own snow kingdom. Each project includes a list of necessary materials and step-by-step instructions with visuals. Readers will gain confidence in their engineering skills as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 DAVCave, Nick
Contents: Sad waters -- The carny -- Your funeral my trial -- Stranger than kindness -- Jack's shadow -- Hard on for love -- She fell away -- Long time man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mute U.S. 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CAVSummary: Join Dave as he travels through the heartland and makes a special stop in his hometown to pass out invitations to attend the event of the decade. It's a front row seat for outrageous comedy with music from today's hottest artists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rogue Pictures 2006
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DAVCave, Nick
Summary: The Sick Bag Song began life scribbled on paper airlinesick bags during Cave’s 2014 tour. It soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary odyssey. Spurred by encounters with modern-day North America, beset by longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments, the people, the books, and the music that have influenced him. Drawing inspiration from Leonard Cohen, John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAVE, NICK CAVGeary, Rick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25092 HELDavey, Joey
Summary: In a strange new wilderness, what does it take to survive and thrive? This inside guide to the world of Minecraft gives readers tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions to help them create their own forest fortresses. Fun and accessible, this book is broken down into three projects at different difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, and master. Readers will gain confidence as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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Summary: Thanks to this truly interactive, step-by-step guide, aspiring master builders can make amazing structures that push the limits of the imagination. From theaters to bridges, every masterpiece here is based on a real construction. Travel to five continents to erect an African palace, an Asian pagoda, a European clock tower, an Australian beach hut, an American diner--and, for a world-class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Books 2018
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Summary: Gravity-defying blocks, floating stairs, and castles in the clouds? In the virtual universe of Minecraft, anything is possible, with the right tips and tricks. Beginner, intermediate, and master projects help readers gain confidence in their engineering skills. They'll construct a powerful plane, an epic sky fortress, and a towering skyscraper. Each project provides a list of necessary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018