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Summary: Have you ever created art based on a TV show or game? Dressed up as your favorite character? If so, you've entered fandom. Tour fandom's history and meet creators who shape fan communities online and in real life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 302.23 DIPStavrakopoulou, Francesca
Summary: "An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231 STAWade, Francesca
Summary: "In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WADFiorani, Francesca
Summary: A new biography of the artist behind the Mona Lisa distinguishes between his life as an artist and as an inventor and discusses how he used his understanding of optical science to perfect his painting techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.5 FIOBianchini, Francesco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1976
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 581.632 BIABrickell, Francesca Cartier
Summary: "The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon - as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives." -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BRIRoyster, Francesca T.
Summary: A professor of English literature presents a memoir of family, identity, and acceptance that examines the messiness and complexity of adoption and parenthood from a black, queer, and feminist perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROYSTER, FRANCESCA T. ROYFrances, Allen
Summary: It is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception -- not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul. What does it say about us, that we elected someone so manifestly unfit and unprepared to determine mankind's future? Trump is a symptom of a world in distress, not its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.6 FRAGies, Frances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 GIEMayes, Frances.
Summary: The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. This book is a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. She rents houses among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 914.04 MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 MAYWood, Frances
Summary: "Great Books of China invites readers to discover--or rediscover--some of the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. The literature of China remains largely unknown in the West, yet it offers much insight into Chinese life. The long continuity of Chinese culture means that texts created more than two thousand years ago are still part of the education and background of today's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BlueBridge 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 890 WOOBackhouse, Frances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitecap Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.91 BACDinkelspiel, Frances
Summary: "On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately set by a passionate oenophile named Mark Anderson, a skilled con man and thief with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 338.4 DINGies, Frances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.65 GIEHill, Frances
Summary: "An entertaining and suspenseful drama that is also a cautionary tale for our times."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.744 HILMcDonnell, Frances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2000
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3411 McDonnellWelch, Frances
Summary: "Told with humor, intrigue, and a shrewd eye for detail, this riveting short biography sheds much-needed light on the life of nineteenth-century Russian icon Grigory Rasputin. Grigory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant turned mystic and court sage, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, 'I don't even know the ABC.' But,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marble Arch Pr. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RASPUTIN WELWilson, Frances
Summary: An account of the Titanic's sinking focuses on the story of the ship's owner, revealing the reasons behind his jump and the reprecussions of his actions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 WILAmbler, Frances
Summary: "Trace The Story of Bauhaus through the 100 personalities, designs, ideas and events that shaped this monumental movement. Learn about leaders Paul Klee, Walter Gropius, Anni Albers and Wassily Kandinsky; witness wild parties and groundbreaking events that would revolutionise contemporary design; and discover a range of innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ilex 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 707.1 AMBBackhouse, Frances
Summary: "Part of the Orca Wild series, this nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the important role beavers play as a keystone species. They were nearly driven to extinction for their furs, but today beavers are valued for their role as habitat creators and water stewards."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.37 BACMayes, Frances
Summary: "A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYES, FRANCES MAYMayes, Frances.
Summary: The celebrated "bard of Tuscany " (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle. Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 945.5 MAYNagle, Frances
Summary: "When you see flashing lights and hear a siren, better move out of the way! An ambulance is on its way to an emergency situation. Ambulances are emergency vehicles many children are familiar with. But who operates them and where exactly are they going so quickly? This book introduces one of the most recognizable emergency vehicles to young readers in an engaging and age-appropriate way....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.18 NAGNagle, Frances
Contents: Caterpillar conquest -- Wicked wasps -- Laying the eggs -- A nasty exit -- Zombie guards -- What's going on? -- Infected! -- It's catching -- Using parasites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016