Shenk, David
Summary: Skeleton Key puts the reader on the Merry Pranksters' bus behind the real Cowboy Neal, uncovers the origins of Cherry Garcia, follows the dancing bear on its trip from psychedelic artifact to trademarked icon, and unlocks the Dead's own tape vault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SHESummary: No Grateful Dead fan will be able to resist Goin' Down the Road. Here is the history of the band, as revealed in interviews with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter, among others; memories of the band's early days; a tribute to beat hero Neal Cassady, a defining influence on the band; background on the traditional and blues songs the Dead cover in their shows; and descriptions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: There is nothing like a Greatful Dead concert!Since 1965, there have been over 3,000 Greatful Dead concerts, from the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park to the Gizeh Pyramids. At each of them, someone has stepped "on the bus" and become a Dead Head. Now, all of the Dead Head voices and visions have come together. Greatful Dead: The Official Book of the Dead Heads is a splendid mixture of musicians,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.5 GRAFong-Torres, Ben.
Summary: Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. The Grateful Dead Scrapbook collects rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, including never-before-published photos, flyers, fan letters, and other ephemera. To accompany the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 FONBrightman, Carol.
Summary: "If paradox is your pleasure, the Grateful Dead will never let you down. Born of the millennial yearnings of Haight Ashbury in the 1960s and founded on the principles of innovation and fierce independence, the Dead became the longest running show in American history and the centerpiece of a vast underground community whose loyalty appears undiminished." "How the Dead, alone among the avatars of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Potter 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BRISummary: The impact of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead on fellow musicians, producers, writers, photographers, young people, artists, road crew, and the band itself date back as far as 1965.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Pub. Group 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 KELEttlinger, Emily
Summary: Skeleanor loves music, but no matter what type of instrument she plays, she always seems to scare people away, so with the help of her best friend, Batima, Skeleanor will try to show everyone her musical skills at the upcoming festival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Lee, Mackenzi.
Summary: "When a talented mechanic in 1818 Geneva brings his brother back from the dead using clockwork parts, the citizens of Geneva think they may have inspired the recently published novel Frankenstein"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LEEAndrew, Kelly
Summary: After being assigned to her university's prestigious and controversial neo-anthropological studies program, eighteen-year-old deaf student Delaney Meyers-Petrov must learn to channel her ability to slip between worlds--and, along with her capricious TA Colton Price, who seems determined to despise her, must uncover buried institutional secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDJensen, Jamie.
Summary: The official tie-in to the Grateful Dead's landmark 1990 world tour--and a chronicle of 25 years with one of rock's longest-living legends. This oversize, fully illustrated book, which includes more than 120 spectacular 4-color photographs, pays homage to the band and their fans--known as "Deadheads"--a unique treasury reflecting on the rock & roll life of an incredible band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume Book 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 JENSavit, Gavriel
Summary: A historical fantasy that follows Eastern European teens Yehuda and Bluma on a journey through the Far Country, the Jewish land of the dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SAVTroy, Sandy.
Summary: "Captain Trips depicts the life, work, and philosophy of this nonconformist rock legend, counterculture hero, and symbol of the Sixties. It contains exclusive interviews with Phil Lesh, David Nelson, Rock Scully, Jorma Kaukonen, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia (Jerry's second wife and perhaps closest friend), Jerry himself, and many others. As lead guitarist of the Dead, Garcia has played before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GARCIA, JERRY TROGrushkin, Paul.
Summary: Presents a look at the relationship between fans and the Grateful Dead as illustrated in the decorated envelopes, artifacts and memorabilia received from them. Includes illustrations arranged by theme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 GRUHutchinson, Shaun David
Summary: Dino doesn't mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He's just not used to them talking back. Until Dino's ex-best friend July dies suddenly and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and July attempt to figure out what's happening, they must also confront why...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HUTMafi, Tahereh
Summary: Laylee, thirteen, is nearly worn out from washing and packaging corpses for the Otherwhere and being shunned by villagers when two strangers, Alice and Oliver, arrive determined to help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books Young Readers/Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAFRuhlmann, William.
Summary: Presents a decade-by-decade view of the career of the distinctive American musical group, describes a typical concert, and discusses the way of life and world view of the musicians and their loyal followers
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 782.42 RUHSebela, Christopher
Summary: Three ghosthunting brothers attempt a publicity stunt at a famous haunted location and find proof of an afterlife -- when they are killed and come back as ghosts themselves! When a one-year anniversary broadcast is planned, the Ghostbros intend to prove to the world once and for all that the paranormal is real...and to save the world from armageddon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Westerfeld, Scott.
Summary: In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WESCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WESSummary: Examines the long career of the Grateful Dead featuring new interviews with the surviving members of the group and never-before-seen footage of the group's performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GRASummary: Ten years ago, Phoebe Maybury's hateful husband David disappeared from Streech Grange. Now, a naked, unidentifiable corpse has been discovered in the icehouse on the Grange and Inspectors Walsh and McLoughlin have to decide whose it is, whether he was murdered; and who killed him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ICESummary: Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse names Manny washes up onshore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SWIDalglish, David
Summary: "When ancient magic suddenly returns to his land, a warrior priest must protect his world from monsters that were once only legend in the second book of David Dalglish's epic fantasy trilogy. Magical creatures are attacking the capital city, seeking to retake what was once theirs, and no one is safe. Ancient cultists have cursed the highest members of the Church, turning them into twisted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DALFerguson, Chris
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Ferguson 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.5 FERSummary: Still grieving the death of nine-year-old Alice who was killed by a savage dog, Pat and Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree to the terms with the village's leader, a far bigger question looms: what will they do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reel Entertainment 2011