Elder, John
Summary: Following the Brush is the engaging story of an American's experience as a student and observer of traditional Japanese culture. A professor of English, John Elder lived for a year with his family in Kyoto. As a cultural outsider and devoted amateur, Elder brings a distinctive and sympathetic eye to arts and institutions that are, as the author points out, peopled by Japanese who are these days...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.04 ELDRobison, John Elder.
Summary: John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HORSummary: "A deadly epidemic is spreading through the remote Cornish village of Clagmoor Heath. As darkness falls its victims are found foaming at the mouth with savage wounds upon their necks. After his brother becomes another fatality, Harry Spalding travels to Clagmoor to investigate his sibling's mysterious death. With little help from the superstitious locals, Harry follows a trail of macabre...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR REPHillary, Peter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 HILSummary: This is the story of Harriet Ross Tubman, founder of the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Xenon Pictures 2001