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Community life Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896-1940 Ghost stories Horror tales Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Social life and customs John J. Harvey (Fireboat) Man-woman relationships Social change Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History Work Social aspects Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) HistorySummary: "Red Without Blue is the groundbreaking documentary about the indestructible ties of family. This visually arresting film chronicles the close, yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair. Captured over a period of three years, RWB documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farleys' struggle to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REDFordham, Fred
Summary: The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC LEEHanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Priv. Print. [J.J. Little & Co.] 1900
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977 HannaMiller, Judith
Summary: "In post-Civil War West Virginia, Ewan needs to overcome a bad business deal to save his West Virginia brickmaking operation-- and win the heart of the former owner's daughter"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a diviion of Baker Publishing Group 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MILWeir, Alison.
Summary: Reexamines the relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her ambitious second husband, Lord Darnley, and investigates Darnley's 1567 murder to assess Mary's possible involvement and to solve this four-hundred-year-old mystery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARMcMurtry, Larry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 McMurMcMurtry, Larry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 MCMIrving, Washington
Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION IRVRay, Janisse
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.8784 RAYSummary: Little ones can’t wait to get their hands inside this adorable box…and find out exactly what’s inside! The soft, machine-washable box is packed with 10 different sensory objects for kids to feel and explore—like a pretty butterfly with crinkly wings, a cute lion with a corduroy coat, a shiny frog for tots to squeak and more. Plus, a big 4" opening on top makes it extra-easy for tots to reach...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Lakeshore 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Cares Kits, Call number: CARES KIT 1Taylor, Kendall
Summary: Explores Zelda Fitzgerald's affair with French aviator Edouard Jozan, the man on whom F. Scott Fitzgerald based his famous character Jay Gatsby.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TAYFitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
Summary: "It was Gatsby that solidified his reputation as the chronicler of the Jazz Age and established him as one of the leading American novelists of his generation. Perhaps no other novel of the twentieth century makes a greater claim to being our Great American Novel--for its poetic prose, its exploration of the broad, intertwined themes of money, class, and American optimism (Daisy Buchanan's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITHanson, Shelayne
Summary: "An alphabet book focusing on the Scottish Gaelic langauge and culture of Nova Scotia. Each letter of the English alphabet features a corresponding English word that relates to an aspect of Gaelic culture, an explanation of the concept or story behind the word, the equivalent word in Scottish Gaelic with phonetic pronunciation, and a full-page or two-page colour illustration."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J WLD Culture Hanson 2020Summary: An adaptation of Walter Farley's classic children's novel, in which an American boy is rescued after a shipwreck off the coast of North Africa by a seemingly untamable wild horse. After surviving together, they develop a bond and begin training to race once they are rescued.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLADias, Marley (Marley Emerson)
Summary: The young organizer of the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign explores the power of activism, drawing on her personal experiences to counsel readers on how they can work together to make positive changes in their communities in the areas of literacy and diversity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DIABieker, Chelsea
Summary: A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to salvage her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIEMowat, Farley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roberts Rinehart 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 MOWLoesser, Frank
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Frank Music Corp. 1951
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMDuLong, Jessica.
Summary: DuLong brings her two worlds vibrantly to life in this memoir that evokes the vitality of New York City's bygone working waterfront and the Hudson River, a birthplace of American industry. Blending four centuries of Hudson River history with unforgettable present-day characters and events, DuLong offers a porthole-view narrative of the river and its social tapestry as a microcosm of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.47 DULMacLeod, Alistair.
Summary: Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds still face seemingly unmitigated hardships and cruelties of life. Alexander, orphaned as a child by a horrific tragedy, has nevertheless gained some success in the world. Even his older brother, Calum, a nearly destitute alcoholic living on Toronto's skid row, has been scarred by another tragedy. But, like all his clansman,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACDobson, David
Summary: "Scottish Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond is the culmination of over fifty years of historical and genealogical research by Dr. David Dobson in archives and libraries throughout Scotland. As one would expect in a Scottish genealogy guidebook, the publication identifies the major sources and repositories for those just getting started on their research. But what makes this book stand out from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.1 DOBSummary: Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CURFitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
Summary: A novel of sordid living and violent death in Long Island society of the 1920's. The recording includes a selection of letters written by Fitzgerald to his editor, agent and friends and associates.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Charles Scribner 1994
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FITDuLong, Jessica.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009