Summary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STAClark, Yvette
Summary: "Allie is British and dreams of being a spy. Sage is an only child from sunny California. They meet when their families swap houses for the summer. Though they're polar opposites, Allie and Sage quickly realize that they're both dealing with family issues--Sage's parents may be on the brink of divorce, and Allie's struggling to feel heard in her big family. It may take a trip around the world...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLAYvette, LaTonya
Summary: "With bold, colorful graphics and poetic rhyme, this is a stunning tribute to every kind of hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2022
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Summary: 'Have to keep that smile,' Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time, Wright spent his evenings waiting tables for whites at a local restaurant and his mornings running his own business. The ripple effect from his remarks would cement Booker as a civil rights icon because he did the unthinkable: before a national audience, Wright described what...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, YVETTE JOHReid, Yvette
Summary: "Weaning doesn't have to be all tears, tantrums, and heart ache. It can bew an exciting, heartwarming, and beautiful experience to treasure. A chance to celebrate a milestone reached, honour the journey thus far, and acknowledge this special time for both mother and child. Most weaning storybooks introduce the concept that breastfeeding will be ending soon. Booby Moon does that, but so much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Young ReidDionne, Evette
Summary: "In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIONNE, EVETTE DIODionne, Evette
Summary: Describes a history of the role of African American women as a significant force in the suffrage movement and their efforts to be accepted as equal partners by their fellow activists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.3 DIOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.3 DIOSoler, Ivette.
Summary: A plan for mowing less and growing a beautiful and bountiful garden. Plans and suggested items to recreate your front yard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2011
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Summary: "Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants--and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CORPORON, YVETTE MANESSIS CORLa Pierre, Yvette
Summary: Describes the daily life and activities of Mexican Americans in New Mexico during the early 1800s including information about their homes, community, and links to Spain and Mexico.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: 978.9 LAPCorporon, Yvette Manessis
Summary: Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants—and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness. Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family—a tailor...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CORPORON, YVETTE MANESSIS CORCorporon, Yvette Manessis.
Summary: "A richly-told debut novel of one woman's journey to her grandmother's home in Greece, where the past and present collide and a fateful decision must be made"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CORCorporon, Yvette Manessis
Summary: "Two young friends are separated by unspeakable tragedy during the Greek Civil War, haunted by a vow to return to one another and their home on the island of Corfu where queens, villagers, and goddesses come together to prove there is no force more powerful than the magic of a mother's love"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORMarquez-Sharpnack, Yvette
Summary: "Taste your way through a year of holidays with Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack, creator of the popular food blog Muy Bueno. You'll discover how to show your love on Valentine's Day with Heart-Shaped Berry Empanadas, celebrate Mother's Day with Guava Mimosas, whip up Chile Braised Pork Ribs for Día de los Muertos; make a big batch of Red Chile and Chicken Tamales for the December holidays, and much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weldonowen, an imprint of Insight Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 MARLaVette, Bettye
Contents: I do not want what I haven't got -- Joy -- Down to zero -- High road -- On the surface -- Just say so -- Little sparrow -- How am I different -- Only time will tell me -- Sleep to dream.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti, Inc. 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES LaVetWilliams, Odette
Summary: A nostalgic ode to the joy of homemade cake, beautifully photographed and with easy mix-and-match recipes for a sweet lift any day of the week--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 WILWynette, Tammy.
Contents: Apartment #9 (2:56) -- Don't come home a drinkin' (with lovin' on your mind) (2:04) -- Don't touch me (2:43) -- There goes my everything (2:38) -- Send me no roses (2:56) -- Your good girl's gonna go bad (2:01) -- Walk through this world with me (2:42) -- I'm not mine to give (2:14) -- I would easy (but I heal fast) (2:23) -- Almost persuaded (2:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY WYNLaVette, Bettye
Contents: I still want to be your baby (Take me like I am) -- Choices -- Jealousy -- You don't know me at all -- Somebody pick up my pieces -- They call it love -- The last time -- Talking old soldiers -- Before the money came (The battle of Bettye LaVette) -- I guess we shouldn't talk about that now.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES LAVLaVette, Bettye
Contents: Everything is broken -- I'm not the one -- Dirty old town -- The more I search (the more I die) -- I'm tired -- Crazy -- Yesterday is here -- Thankful n' thoughtful -- Fair enough -- Time will do the talking -- Everybody knows this is nowhere -- Dirty old town.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES LAVWilliams, Odette
Summary: Making homemade pasta simple, enjoyable, and delicious, this cookbook showcases the endless possibilities for creating pasta dishes that are singular and memorable.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.822 WILWarshaw, Brette
Summary: "Everything you ever wanted to know about culinary terms that the foodie is afraid to ask: Based on Brette Warshaw's eponymous newsletter, What's the Difference? Is an essential guide that explores all of the differences between kitchen essentials and cooking terms that even non-foodies are too embarrassed to ask about"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3001 WARAvett Brothers
Contents: Open ended life (4:51) -- Morning song (3:54) -- Never been alive (3:11) -- Another is waiting (2:08) -- Bring your love to me (3:44) -- Good to you (4:25) -- Part from me (5:07) -- Skin and bones (3:57) -- Souls like the wheels (3:58) -- Vanity (2:49) -- The clearness is gone (4:53).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AVEEason, Lynette
Summary: ""A heart-stopping, breath-stealing masterpiece of romantic suspense!"-- Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author ***EMS helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to high stress situations, but being forced to land on a mountain in a raging storm with a critical patient--and a serial killer on the loose--tests her skills and her nerve to the limit. She survives with FBI Special Agent Holt...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC EASEvans, Lynette.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010