Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUElkin, Stanley
Contents: Her sense of timing -- Town crier exclusive, confessions of a Princess manqué -- Van Gogh's room at Arles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELKElkin, Lauren
Summary: The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of Elkin. She takes us on a cosmopolitan jaunt that begins in New York, where Elkin grew up, and transports us to Paris via Venice, Tokyo, and London, all cities in which she's lived. Elkin creates a mosaic of what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 ELKDakin, Karla.
Contents: Sources of inspiration -- Shapes and patterns -- Creating living spaces -- Wildlife friendly spaces -- Plant-driven environments -- The predesign phase -- Site analysis -- Program -- Master planning and conceptual design -- Design development and construction documents -- Contracts, construction, and maintenance -- The evolving frontier of landscape design.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9671 DAKEbuehi, Benjamina
Summary: "Put flavor first with 60 easy, stylish cakes. Unlock a whole new world of flavor with Benjamina Ebuehi's signature cakes. Inspired by her journey to The Great British Bake Off and beyond, Benjamina's groundbreaking recipes put flavor at the forefront by letting the star ingredients--toasted nuts, fragrant spices, bold herbs and ripe fruit--do all the work. Creations like Plum & Black Pepper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Bake EbuehiElkin, Stanley
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 ELKWilkomirski, Binjamin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 WILEldin, Peter
Summary: An introduction to performing magic, with instructions for fifteen magic tricks using a deck of playing cards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Beech Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.85 ELDMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 McDWebster, Rachel J.
Summary: "A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEBStein, Ellin.
Summary: Goes behind-the-scenes at the start-up of the humor magazine "The National Lampoon" and travels through the publication's growth as it captured and transformed American culture with a unique, biting brand of subversive humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 STECohen, Benyamin
Summary: "Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 ElkEllin, Abby
Summary: Abby Ellin was shocked to learn that her fiancé was leading a secret life. But as she soon discovered, the world is full of people who aren't what they seem. From Abby Ellin's first date with the Commander, she was caught up in a whirlwind. Within six months he'd proposed, and they'd moved in together. But soon, his exotic stories of international espionage began to unravel. Finally, it all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 ELLBenjamin.
Summary: "Her name is Orange. She's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the empty promise of love. Her head filled with morbid fantasies of suicide, Orange finds herself standing at the edge of her rooftop when the drunken, enigmatic young man, Dashu, enters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ORAElgin, Kathy.
Summary: Find out how the clothes and fabrics found in Italy are coveted worldwide and how the Roman Catholic Church has influenced clothing and culture in Italy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Clubhouse 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 391.009 ELGBelkin, Lisa
Summary: The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police officer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 BELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mur BelkinElgin, Kathy.
Summary: France's rich cultural heritage has often expressed itself through fashions for any occasion. Find out what men and women in France wear for work and relaxation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Clubhouse 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.009 ELGNetanyahu, Binyamin
Summary: "From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled with purpose. Born in the wake of the Holocaust at the dawn of Israel's independence and raised in a family with a prominent Zionist history, they understood that the Jewish state was a hard-won and still precarious gift. All three studied in American high schools--where they learned to appreciate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NETANYAHU, BINYAMIN NETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B NETANYAHU NETElgin, Duane.
Contents: Cool lifestyle for a hot planet -- Pioneers of green living -- Living voluntarily -- Living simply -- The world at the tipping point -- Deep simplicity and the human journey -- Living in a green world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.9 ELGElgin, Kathy.
Summary: In the subcontinent of India, the varied climates and colorful culture have affected the types of clothing people wear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Clubhouse 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.009 ELGElkind, David
Summary: Charts the baby-boom generation's obsession with raising successful children and the adverse results experienced by youngsters asked to do too much too soon, and offers advice on avoiding this syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Pub. 2001