Dayton, Arwen
Summary: "Six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of human"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DAYGreen, Layton
Summary: "Detective Joe "Preach" Everson, a prison chaplain turned police officer, is coming home. After a decade tracking down killers in Atlanta, and with a reputation as one of the finest homicide detectives in the city, his career derailed when he suffered a mental breakdown during the investigation of a serial killer who was targeting children. No sooner does Preach arrive at home in Creekville,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M GRESummary: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIT RATED RSummary: JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised nationwide competition called "Million dollar arm" where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIL RATED PGDuncan, Dayton.
Summary: In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 333.78 DUNSummary: Andy is 17 years old and headed off to college, meaning he doesn't have a place in his life for childhood things. The toys (save for Woody), fearing they'll be packed away in the attic and forgotten about forever, are mistakenly donated to the local daycare facility. There, their wishes to be played with once again are fulfilled all too well. They also meet a new collection of toys, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOY RATED GDuncan, Dayton.
Summary: The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2009
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Summary: The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: What starts out as an exciting road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse following a detour to a roadside motel. After Mr. Potato Head suddenly disappears, his friends find themselves caught up in a hilarious mystery that must be solved before they suffer the same fate in this thrilling story of TERROR!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOY RATED GArden, Katherine
Summary: "During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2024
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We have 5 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Layton, Neal
Summary: A little fable about how cutting down one tree can negatively affect the different forms of life that use the tree for their needs and protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LAYPayton, Brian.
Summary: A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife--separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil--fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian IslandsFollowing the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to document some part of the growing war that claimed his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Payton, Brian
Summary: "Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAYCanton, Chamein.
Summary: Three friends over forty still wait for Prince Charming in the form of their favorite Austen character, Mr. Darcy. Not quite ready to turn in their hot chick cards for the hot flashes of menopause, they'd like to find a man who is charming, smug, intelligent and cute to share the primes of their lives with (even if one of them doesn't know she's looking). Together they navigate this brave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Press, Inc. 2009
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Laymon, Richard.
Summary: Leigh is a beautiful girl, 18 years old, headstrong and rebellious. All she wants from her summer by the lake is a chance to relax and have some fun. And that handsome boy she just met certainly looks like fun. But her summer fling will lead to terror. That night in the old abandoned house will haunt her nightmares for the rest of her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books In Motion 2006
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Summary: An embittered scrooge of a woman plans to sell her small town, with no regard for how it will affect the townspeople. As the sale approaches, a kindhearted angel arrives to persuade her to mend her ways and redeem herself. Can music, magic, and memories change her mind?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLWarden, Bob.
Summary: Warden heads back into the kitchen to develop some of his very best pressure cooker recipes ever, including five of his signature recipes that he perfected to even greater heights. Move over slow-cookers, it's time for great food fast!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quail Ridge Press and Great Chefs International 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 WARLeroux, Gaston.
Summary: Alors qu'elle était enfermée dans sa chambre barricadée comme un coffre-fort, Mathilde, la fille du professeur Stangerson, est agressée. Frédric Larsan et Joseph Rouletabille mènent l'enquête.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard-Jeunesse 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 LER FRENCHDarnton, John.
Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father's shadow. John was eleven months old when his father, Barney Darnton, a war correspondent for The New York Times, was killed in World War II, but his absence left a more profound imprint on the family than any living father could have had. John's mother--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Manning, Peyton.
Summary: During a trip to visit both sets of grandparents in Mississippi, brothers Eli, Cooper, and Peyton, and their father, former NFL star Archie Manning, take advantage of every opportunity to play football, practice plays, or play sports trivia games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Arden, Jann
Contents: Comin' 'Round For Us (4:38) -- You Love Me Back (5:18) -- Counting Mercies (5:12) -- You Forgot You Loved Me (3:22) -- Hard To Be Alive (3:23) -- I Am A Town (4:38) -- Karolina (3:42) -- You Were Never Broken (3:45) -- What About Me? (4:06) -- I Ain't Sinkin' Yet (5:19) -- Everything Almost (2:58) -- You Love Me Back (Demo Acoustic Mix/Bonus Track) (3:38) -- Falling Over (3:56) -- Hotel Linen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Canada 2014
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Arden, Jann.
Summary: Jann Arden is funny. And sincere. She has legions of devoted fans. And a radio show. She is a darling of the music scene--always candid, always unplugged. You thought you knew Jann Arden, but there is more--to her readers' delight, in Falling Backwards Jann reveals her childhood, her bond with family, her struggle in the formative years and what keeps her so grounded in the whirlwind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Canada 2011
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Arden, Katherine
Summary: "Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen. Reviewers called Katherine Arden's novels The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower"lyrical,""emotionally stirring,"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARDDalton, Pamela.
Summary: Pamela Dalton's exquisite, intricate scissor-cut illustrations wonderfully illuminate the Story of Christmas. Deeply reverent, richly detailed, and teeming with life, Dalton's images follow the story of the Nativity from the appearance of the Angel to Mary in the Annunciation, to the shepherds who came to the humble manger to offer their love to the new-born child, and to the three wise men who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2011