Summary: Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power on Capitol Hill. His humble origins have forever linked him to those whose voices often go unheard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHKing, Kathleen
Summary: "The founder of the world-renowned Tate's Bake Shop shares how her obsession with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie as a child led to her starting a cookie company that grew into a multimillion-dollar empire"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINPowder
Contents: The hidden operator/Samo DJ -- Open door/Tornado Wallace -- Release/Acid Pauli -- Southern Shore/Don't DJ -- When you love someone/Daphne -- Untitled II/Vedagor -- The party (Bluntman deejay's mould meditation)/Second Language -- Roy Brooks/Tiago -- Ton 10/Karamika -- Ancient echoes/The Sun God -- Gift/Powder -- The water margin/Vertigo Inc -- Saxopetu/K-LINE -- New tribe/Powder -- Just for a...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC POWRicketson, Kathreen.
Summary: "Inside, you'll find 12 projects derived from 20th-century art movements. To set the context, each project begins with an overview of its historical period. Ricketson guides you through the process of creating and personalizing your own innovative quilt using 4 aesthetic elements: line, color, motif, and text"--P. [2] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 RICDowley, Tim
Summary: "Author Tim Dowley crafted this charming Bible with only one or two sentences per page, bringing favorite stories from both Old and New Testaments down to size for early readers. Each text is cleverly integrated with memorable color illustrations and fullpage artwork by imaginative children's illustrator Roger Langton."--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 220.95 DOWDowden, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960.32 DOWSchine, Cathleen.
Summary: In the Greenwich Village of 1964, eleven-year-old Fin moves in with his glamorous, careless older sister, and it's hard to tell who's raising whom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P SCHSchine, Cathleen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHDowney, Robert
Summary: "What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This ... book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the supermarket, in your kitchen, and in the world--to reduce your environmental impact. Hundreds of cool foods exist, but until now have gone largely uncelebrated for their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2024
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Summary: Two kittens were abandoned in a park. The women who found them were about to head off on a mountain trek. And the animal shelter was closed. The cats seemed game so their intrepid rescuers brought Bolt and Keel (so named) along for the adventure. It was the first of many. Kayleen VanderRee, an avid photographer, chronicled their trips on Instagram,and soon the cats’ adventures went viral. Stars...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 VANGay, Kathlyn
Summary: Discusses the myths and misconceptions surrounding epilepsy, and offers medical information, advice on dealing with the disorder, and candid stories from teens living with epilepsy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.853 GAYDowney, Kirstin.
Summary: Drawing on new scholarship, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Woman Behind the New Deal presents a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ISABELLA I, QUEEN DOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ISABELLA DOWDowney, Tom.
Summary: Examines one of the nation's most elite firehouses--New York's Rescue 2 unit--introducing the humor, camaraderie, and grit that make these men true American heroes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.37 DOWFollansbee, Cathleen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiderweb Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 FOLRountree, Cathleen.
Contents: Liz Smith -- Doris Lessing -- Elizabeth (Betita) Martinez -- Inge Morath -- Anna Halprin -- Ruth Asawa -- Madeleine L'Engle -- Elinor Gadon -- Enola Maxwell -- Marge Frantz -- June Singer -- Mitsuye Yamada -- Betty Friedan -- Lee Robins -- Betye Saar -- Leah Friedman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass Publishers 1999
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Summary: The United States is often called a nation of immigrants, so a deeper understanding of the history of immigration is critical for a deeper understanding of American history as a whole. Readers are encouraged to develop this deeper understanding through detailed text that provides a comprehensive overview of the history of immigration. Engaging sidebars and full-color photographs accompany the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.8 SMASmall, Cathleen
Summary: The borders between the United States and foreign countries are important locations. Goods and people cross them constantly as they move from one nation to another. Readers discover what happens at these borders and how they are protected through enlightening main text and sidebars that provide additional information. Full-color photographs are also included, helping readers visualize the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363 SMADowney, Tika.
Summary: Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.4 DOWDowney,Connie
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Trafford Publishing 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 DOWDOWNEY, FAIRFAX
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1958
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.734 DOWBarnhart, Cathleen
Summary: Told in two voices, middle-schoolers Sammie and David's long-term friendship is endangered when new student Luke begins flirting with Sammie just when David decides to confess his crush on her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARSchine, Cathleen
Summary: Julian Künstler comes from New York City to L.A. like many a lost twenty-something: to find a job writing in the entertainment industry. But this is 2020 and his temporary visit turns into an extended stay, trapped by the lockdown in a little house in Venice with his glamorous, eccentric, and ancient grandmother. Ninety-three-years old, Mamie came to Los Angeles from Vienna at eleven with her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchine, Cathleen
Summary: "Joy Bergman is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would prefer. She won't take their advice, and she won't take an antidepressant. Her marriage to their father, Aaron, has lasted through health and dementia, as well as some phenomenally lousy business decisions. The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchine, Cathleen.
Summary: Canine companions compel their masters to go outside themselves, take part in the Manhattan community they live in, make friends, and fall in love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007