Talton, Jon
Summary: "Phoenix, 1933: A young city with big dreams and dark corners Great War veteran and rising star Gene Hammons lost his job as a homicide detective when he tried to prove that a woman was wrongly convicted of murder to protect a well-connected man. Now a private investigator, Hammons makes his living looking for missing persons-a plentiful caseload during the Great Depression, when people seem to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TALTalton, Jon.
Summary: Private detective David Mapstone's first case goes sour as his client ends up murdered, and he travels from Phoenix to San Diego to investigate, leading him down the trail of a murder spree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TALLaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: "A kid-friendly look at the economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as why businesses are closed, why people are losing jobs, and how the environment is being (positively) impacted in the absence of industry. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 LAULaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: General information about what a pandemic is, examples of various pandemics throughout history, and ways humanity can fight future pandemics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 LAUThomas, Rachael L.
Summary: This title examines the efforts of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic such as working with an unknown pathogen, PPE and equipment shortages, having to quarantine away from family, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610.69 THOLatta, Sara L.
Summary: "Looks at front-line workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, such as doctors, nurses, store workers, and delivery people who are all helping in everyday life. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research, information about the author, and an index." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.35 LATDolbear, Emily J.
Summary: "Addresses the social and emotional needs of kids during the COVID-19 pandemic: their fears, anxieties, and how to manage stress in various ways. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research, information about the author, and an index." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's Worldy 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 DOLLatta, Sara L.
Summary: Explains the symptoms of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as well as explains how it's diagnosed, how it's treated, and how it spreads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 LATThomas, Rachael L.
Summary: This title examines actions of national leaders to combat the spread of COVID-19 such as the Trump Administration's declaration of a public health emergency and creation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the WHO's pandemic declaration, and the actions of national governors and global leaders to stop the spread.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.00904 THOBurke, James Lee
Summary: Police detective Dave Robicheaux faces off with the most diabolical villain he has ever faced in the twentieth installment of the Dave Robicheaux series. Sadistic serial killer Asa Surette avoids the death penalty for murders he committed while capital punishment was banned. But when Robicheaux's daughter Alafair writes a series of articles implicating Surrette in other murders which could get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BURBurke, James Lee
Summary: When last seen in The Glass Rainbow, the previous book in the Dave Robicheaux series, Robicheaux was recovering in a New Orleans hospital from a near-fatal bullet wound. Immobilized and heavily medicated by morphine, he was visited there by a beautiful Creole woman named Tee Jolie Melton. After she's gone, his fond, hazy remembrances of her are rekindled by one song, "Creole Belle" on the iPod...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP MYSTERY BURBurke, James Lee
Summary: When a beautiful teenage girl is killed, the victim of a particularly savage rape, New Iberia, Louisiana police detective Dave Robicheaux senses from the very start of the investigation that the most likely suspect-- Tee Bobby Hulin-- is not the actual killer. Though a drug addict and general ne'er-do-well, Hulin doesn't fit the profile for this brutal crime. But when another body turns up-- a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURSummary: The final day in the life of a British consul in Mexico just before WWII, and how he alienates himself while trying to reconnect with his estranged wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNDShannon, David
Summary: David speaks new words as he goes through his day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2005
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Summary: Even as a toddler, David was a challenge to his parents. Introduces preschoolers to the concept of the five senses as Baby David begins to explore the world around him by banging on drums, smelling strange scents, and petting the dog in order to experience things in his own special way. Very simple text presents scenes with David which give examples of the five senses. Hey! What's that smell?!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SHABroonzy, Big Bill
Contents: Bossie woman -- Texas tornado -- Tell me what kind of man Jesus is -- Trouble in mind -- See see rider -- When I've been drinkin' -- Martha -- Swing low sweet chariot -- Key to the highway -- Goodby baby blues -- Big Bill's guitar blues -- Somebody's got to go -- Water coast -- Take this ole' hammer -- Diggin' my potatoes -- Rock me baby -- Carless love -- I love my whiskey -- You've been...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Avid 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES BROSummary: The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in Roman City, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: Author David Macaulay hosts Cathedral, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1986
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Zunker, Chad
Summary: "Inside a prestigious law firm, a rookie lawyer is pulled into a dark maze of lies and violence. An ambitious Stanford graduate, David Adams has begun a fast-track career at Austin's most prestigious law firm. It's a personal victory for the rising superstar--a satisfying reversal from his impoverished and despairing childhood. Now he has the life he's always wanted: an extravagant salary, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ZunSummary: This program combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1986
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Bowie, David.
Contents: Watch that man -- Aladdin sane -- Drive-in Saturday -- Panic in Detroit -- Cracked actor -- Time -- The prettiest star -- Let's spend the night together -- The Jean genie -- Lady grinning soul.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin 1999
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BowKemelman, Harry.
Summary: Rabbi Small is joyously preparing to celebrate Passover. However, the holiday season is marred when local violence, racism, and misplaced pride run amok.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KEMPatterson, James
Summary: Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces. Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020