Summary: In Barcelona, Spain during the last decade of the Cold War, Ted Boynton, the Spanish representative for a Chicago electric engine firm, plays host to his cousin, Fred Boynton, a lieutenant in the Navy. Ted is earnest and ambitious, but not a typical American salesman. Fred is an advance man for the Sixth Fleet's upcoming shore leave. They are smart but somewhat naive white-collar workers, who...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2002

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Hemingway, Ernest

Summary: Barnes, Hemingway's narrator with a mysterious war wound that has left him sexually incapable, is the heart and soul of the book. Brett, the beautiful, doomed English woman he adores, provides the glamour of natural chic and sexual unattainability. Alcohol and post-World War I anomie fuel the plot: weary of drinking and dancing in Paris cafš, the expatriate gang decamps for the Spanish town of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1996

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Hemingway, Ernest

Summary: A story of expatriate Americans and British living in Paris after the First World War.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2006

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Summary: Rose, a demure and prim governess, arrives in Marrakesh, Morocco to begin a new job as a paid companion to a wealthy English expatriate. As she explores the exotic environs of her new home, she is seduced by the men, music, and mystery of Morocco.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2007

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Williams, John A.

Summary: Set in Amsterdam in 1964, the story of Max Reddick, an American Negro writer dying of cancer; of thirty years which have been determined by his race, and of his inner struggle to affirm his own identity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2023

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Hemingway, Ernest

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1994

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Hemingway, Ernest

Summary: "This paperback edition of Hemingway's second novel reprints the corrected text from the Library of America omnibus Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings 1918-1926. In an appendix it gathers writings related to The Sun Also Rises-a short selection of journalism and letters"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2022

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Shephard, Ben

Summary: At the end of World War II, long before an Allied victory was assured and before the scope of the atrocities orchestrated by Hitler would come into focus or even assume the name of the Holocaust, Allied forces had begun to prepare for its aftermath. Taking cues from the end of the First World War, planners had begun the futile task of preparing themselves for a civilian health crisis that, due...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SHE

Summary: The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2009

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Felch, Jason.

Summary: Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and frank interviews, Felch and Frammolino give a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum and tell the story of the Getty's dealings in the illegal antiquities trade. Fast-paced and compelling, "Chasing Aphrodite" exposes the layer of dirt beneath the polished facade of the museum business.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011

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Contents: Black princess -- Natty Dread a de President -- Leggo the youths -- Rock you -- Sweet reggae music -- No more tribal -- Set jah jah children free -- Repatriation is a must -- Fire keep burning -- Dry up your tears -- Lorretta -- Let's seek truth and rights -- Cocaine business (a money business) -- Rock the beat -- Lorretta -- Let's seek truth and rights (version) -- Cocaine business (a money...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Burning Sounds 2018

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Benedict, Jeff.

Summary: When he's not at a notorious crime scene or a mass disaster, Doug Owsley is entering tombs and crypts, unwrapping mummies, or climbing into caves to unlock the secrets of bones. In No Bone Unturned, investigative journalist Jeff Benedict not only unveils a compelling portrait of the man behind America's most notorious cases but also gives us a fascinating look inside the world of forensic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003

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