Ackerman-Leist, Philip
Summary: Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote--making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ACKMahoney, Jerry
Summary: While eleven-year-old Maddie McMatthew's stepbrother Holden has been a little more tolerable since their first adventure, at the Halloween party he breaks another fairy tale by saying Beauty would never have fallen for the ugly Beast--and once again the two children find themselves sucked into another story and faced with having to set things right if they want to get home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAHRusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of trust. With questions and educational guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 RUSJackson, Anthon.
Summary: "The Rough Guide to Naples and the Amalfi Coast" is the second edition of this best-selling guide. Now in full colour, the book covers both the city of Naples and the surrounding region in equal detail. It includes a detailed account of the city itself, with in-depth reviews of all the sights, the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife, as well as all the colour maps you need to get around. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2018
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Summary: Make your trip to southern Italy unforgettable with illustrated features, 14 maps, and nearly 200 color photos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPEBraun, Eric
Summary: In this You Choose adventure Little Red Riding Hood can be a girl in an urban park, a boy in the middle of a war, or the more traditional girl in the forest--the choice is up to the reader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BRAGuillain, Charlotte.
Summary: A simplified version of the familiar tale featuring a little duckling who meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2013
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Summary: This You Choose adventure is told from three different perspectives--White Snow is a secret agent in Good Prince's army, looking for a computer with secret codes for a bomb; Mrs. White desperately searches for her runaway daughter Snow; and Charming, towed by his seven loyal sleddogs, goes to rescue his friend and mentor Meteorologist Snow-White, who is trapped in a raging blizzard in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUNDe Giovanni, Maurizio
Summary: This is Naples as you've never seen it before. A chaotic, shadowy city full of ominous echoes and dark alleyways where each inhabitant seems too absorbed by his or her own problems to give a damn about anybody else. And that is exactly what makes it possible for a cold, methodical killer to commit his atrocious crimes largely undisturbed, to merge with the crowd as if he were invisible. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEGSummary: A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology utilized for mass production.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OURCalvino, Italo.
Summary: The last of Italo Calvino's works to appear during the author's lifetime, Collection of Sand is a group of essays never before published in English, discussing subjects ranging from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 850 CALHofstadter, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.573 HOFFrampton, Otis
Summary: Little Ruby Topper has a crimson cloak and hood that turn the ten-year-old into a superhero--and now she must use her powers to rescue the president, her grandmother, from mad Professor Grimm and his wolf-bot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FRAFerrante, Elena
Summary: Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; many of life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship has remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up -- a prison of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FERMayes, Frances
Summary: The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country's offerings. In See You in the Piazza, Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat and drink their way through thirteen regions--from Friuli to Sicily. Along the way, she seeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.093 MAYBrox, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.272 BROFerrante, Elena
Summary: The brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery uncontainable Lila have made life's great discoveries, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up-- a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Now, in a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous-- and in a world undergoing epochal change-- Lila and Elena clash,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2015
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERBrox, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 974.272 BROFleischman, Sid
Summary: Three humorous adventures on McBroom's wonderful one-acre prairie farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1992
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FLECarlisle, Liz.
Summary: The story of the Lentil Underground begins on a 280-acre homestead rooted in America’s Great Plains: the Oien family farm. Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness told small farmers like the Oiens to “get big or get out.” But twenty-seven-year-old David Oien decided to take a stand, becoming the first in his conservative Montana county to plant a radically different crop: organic lentils....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.4 BROWard, Logan.
Contents: Goodbye, New York -- Old year's eve -- Expedition to nowhere -- How I learn to drive -- Waiting for rain -- Picking, cleaning, shelling, shucking -- News from the future -- Under fire -- Home for the holidays -- Winter -- Breeding season -- Back to the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 975.5 Ward 2009Summary: In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2002