Summary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESCMcDonald, 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 McDOlson, Donald
Summary: In The California Garden Tour, veteran travel writer Donald Olson highlights 50 outstanding public gardens and provides all the information you need to make the most of your visit. From San Francisco and the East Bay to Palm Springs and San Diego, Olson includes iconic gardens like the Getty Center, new favorites like Alcatraz, and uniquely Californian destinations like Lotusland and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 CALOlson, Donald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kidsbooks, Inc. 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.1 OLSMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9344 ORTMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden In McDonaldMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635.9312 MCDMcDonald, 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 MCDBalson, Ronald H
Summary: "Lena Woodward, an elderly woman, enlists the help of both lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart to appraise the story of her harrowing past in Nazi occupied Poland. At the same time, Lena's son Arthur presents her with a hefty lawsuit under the pretense of garnering her estate--and independence--for his own purposes. Where these stories intersect is through Lena's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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Summary: "From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award-Ronald H. Balson's An Affair of Spies tells of a spy mission to rescue a defector from Germany and prevent the Nazis from creating an atomic bomb. Nathan Silverman grew up in Berlin in the 1920s, the son of a homemaker and a theoretical physicist. His idyllic childhood was soon marred by increasing levels of bigotry against his family and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALDonald, Alison
Summary: "When the children discover a bear at the librarian's desk at story time, they think he's the new librarian. He's not!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONDonald, Alison
Summary: "The inspiration behind this book...This story was inspired by Eleanor "Ellie" Foraker. Eleanor was born in Kenton, Delaware and worked at ILC Dover for 43 years. A talented seamstress and manager, Ellie was truly dedicated to the making of spacesuits. She also helped make gas masks, underground inflatable oil tanks, and landing bags for Mars missions."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Arts Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONBalson, Ronald H.
Summary: Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart investigate a German violin prodigy's handwritten records from Berlin's interwar period to resolve a land dispute between a powerful corporation and a woman facing the loss of her Tuscan hills home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALBalson, Ronald H.
Summary: "A "fixer" in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later-by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras-Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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Summary: "The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust. Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, "the butcher of Zamosc." Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P BALBalson, Ronald H.
Summary: "Jack Sommers was just an ordinary accountant from Chicago-that is, until his wife passed away, his young daughter was kidnapped, and he became the main suspect in an $88 million dollar embezzlement case. Now Jack is on the run, hoping to avoid the feds long enough to rescue his daughter, Sophie, from her maternal grandfather, a suspected terrorist in Palestine. With the help of investigative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BALBalson, Ronald H.
Summary: The newest novel from Ronald H. Balson, the international bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers , finds private investigator Liam Taggart returning to his childhood home for an uncle's funeral, only to discover his death might not have been natural. When his uncle dies, Liam Taggart reluctantly returns to his childhood home in Northern Ireland for the funeral--a home he left years ago...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M BALDavis, Ronald D. (Ronald Dell)
Summary: This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9144 DAVSummary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDFranklin, Aretha.
Contents: Jumpin Jack flash (feat. Keith Richards) -- Sisters are doin' it for themselves (feat. Eurythmics) -- I knew you were waiting (for me) (feat. George Michael) -- What now my love (feat. Frank Sinatra) -- Put you up on game (feat. Fantasia) -- What y'all came to do (feat. John Legend) -- Never gonna break my faith (feat. Mary J. Blige and Harlem Boys Choir) -- Through the storm (feat. Elton John)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arista Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FRASummary: "Michael Curtiz brings a master skipper's hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywood's second crack at Ernest Hemingway's To Have And Have Not. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, take on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: A place in the sun / feat. Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga -- Sonny days ahead / Sonny Landreth -- All you need is love / feat. Ziggy Marley -- Why not / feat. Kenny Loggins -- Smokin' strings / feat. Billy Strings -- Find yourself / feat. Lukas Nelson -- On the road to freedom / feat. Warren Haynes -- Come Monday / feat. Jimmy Buffett -- Something / feat. Vince Gill and Amy Grant -- Two high /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SHICharles, Ray
Contents: Here we go again / with Norah Jones -- Sweet potato pie / with James Taylor -- You don't know me / with Diana Krall -- Sorry seems to be the hardest word / with Elton John -- Fever / with Natalie Cole -- Do I ever cross your mind? / with Bonnie Raitt -- It was a very good year / with Willie Nelson -- Hey girl / with Michael McDonald -- Sinner's prayer / with B.B. King -- Heaven help us all /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Concord Records/Hear Music 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CHASummary: Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII. A spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005