Dennison, Maureen
Summary: From one of our finest literary biographers comes a brilliant biography of Roald Dahl: the much-loved author and creator of countless iconic literary characters. Roald Dahl was one of the world's greatest storytellers. He conceived his vocation as that of any fearless explorer and, in his writing for children, he was able to tap into a child's viewpoint throughout his life. He crafted tales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAHL, ROALD DENSummary: An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and politics, La Syndicaliste follows the true story of Maureen Kearney, the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secrets that shook the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Deadpool organizes a team to protect a mutant boy from a time-traveling cyborg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DEACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEASummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHEDennison, Hannah
Summary: "When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on Honeychurch Hall, suspicion about his unusual demise naturally falls on the folks in the village. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line built in their front yard? News of the murder soon reaches our heroine Kat Stanford's nemesis Trudy Wynne. A ruthless tabloid journalist and the ex-wife of Kat's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DENDennison, Matthew
Summary: "Inspired by the twenty-three "tales," Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multifaceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable country woman. This dramatic narrative charts her transformation from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTER, BEATRIX DENDennison, Matthew.
Summary: "A dazzling new biography of Vita Sackville-West, the 20th century aristocrat, literary celebrity, devoted wife, famous lover of Virginia Woolf, recluse, and iconoclast who defied categorization. In this stunning new biography of Vita Sackville-West, Matthew Dennison traces the triumph and contradictions of Vita's extraordinary life. His narrative charts a fascinating course from Vita's lonely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SACKVILLE-WEST, VITA DENDennison, Matthew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEATRICE, PRINCESS 1857-1944 DENSummary: The story is simple: a quartet of college kids head out to a cabin in the woods and stumble across a dusty old manuscript that conjures demons. "Equinox" is noteworthy as a missing link of sorts between the fantastic cinema of "Jason and the Argonauts" and "Star Wars," marking the transition from artisans like Harryhausen to a new breed of special effects artist. Made by in 1967 for a mere...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR EQUDennison, Matthew
Summary: "A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GRAHAME, KENNETH DENDenniston, Paul
Summary: "Use yoga movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering without expectation or judgment and to reconnect to life, love, and strength. Grief Yoga is a concentrated and gentle opening and stretching of the body with a deep connection to the breath. Through meditations, clear compassionate instruction, and informative photographs, Healing Through Yoga helps readers process their grief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Prism 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 DENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Grief DennistonDinnison, Kris
Summary: Maggie Bowers thinks she knows what to expect her junior year of high school, but when she and her out-of-the-closet best friend Nash have feelings for the same boy she wonders if winning someone's heart means losing her soul mate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The TARDIS lands on the Northumbrian coast, where new companion Steven discovers a Viking helmet and the Doctor deduces they must have arrived in the 11th century. Steven remains skeptical, especially when he and Vicki encounter what appears to be a Saxon hunter with a modern wristwatch. Investigating a monastery, the Doctor discovers further anachronisms. Who is the mysterious monk observing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continues to enchant millions of children daily and his lyrics are filled with positive messages. Enjoy the songs of 'America's favorite neighbor' as you've never heard them before. Includes a bonus DVD.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Songs from the Neighborhood 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV SONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile music CD, Call number: J CD Music Songs 2005Denniston, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Courage 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 797.51 DENJennison, Christopher
Summary: Vintage magazine covers from Railroad, The New Yorker, and The Saturday Evening Post and original Lionel Train advertisements dating from the 1950s are only a few of the nostalgia-filled images, many never before published, that illustrate this Yuletide anthology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 JENKennison, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KENTennyson, Alfred Tennyson
Summary: A brief profile of the nineteenth century English poet, Alfred Tennyson, accompanies selections from some of his best known works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.8 TENBennison, Vicky
Summary: Inspired by the hugely popular YouTube channel of the same name, Pasta Grannies is a wonderful collection of time-perfected Italian recipes from the people who have spent a lifetime cooking for love, not a living: Italian grandmothers. Featuring easy and accessible recipes from all over Italy, you will be transported into the very heart of the Italian home to learn how to make great-tasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Deniston, Natalie
Summary: "Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Pandas, emergent readers learn how pandas live, eat, and play in the wild. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Pandas includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.789 DENTenneson, Joyce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 779 TENMauleón, Daniel
Summary: Pablo, twelve, and his younger brother Alex find a book on extreme weather, only to discover the book does not just discribe weather, it creates it--and only the Librarian can control the book's power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAUKenison, Katrina.
Summary: An author and editor offers observations on life, making changes, and embarking on spiritual journeys as she experiences and accepts a new reality of living alone after her children have grown and moved out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 KENOwen, Marleen.
Summary: Presents dialogues providing the Dutch needed to speak and understand, and teaches the skills needed for listening and understanding.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2005