Demetrios, Heather
Summary: "To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 GOIDemetrios, Heather
Summary: Two sisters struggle with the secrets brought to light in the aftermath of their parents' sudden death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DEMFlanery, Patrick
Summary: "A mesmerizing novel about memory, privacy, fear, and what happens when our past catches up with us. After a decade living in England, Jeremy O'Keefe returns to New York, where he has been hired as a professor of German history at New York University. Though comfortable in his new life, and happy to be near his daughter once again, Jeremy continues to feel the quiet pangs of loneliness. Walking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLALook, Lenore.
Summary: When second-grader Alvin Ho is invited to a birthday party given by a girl, his fear of everything causes him to dread going.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOLook, Lenore
Summary: Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOFleury, Hervé
Summary: This authoritative reference book covers 250 core techniques in extensive, ultra-clear step-by-step photographs. These techniques are then put into practice in 70 classic and contemporary recipes, designed by chefs. With over 1,800 photographs in total, this astonishing reference work is an essential guide for any serious cook, professional or amateur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 INSSummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILChu, Lenora
Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUTodaro, Lenora
Summary: "What would happen if people all around the world stayed inside, away from animals' habitats? Twelve fascinating real-life stories of creatures around the globe who reclaimed their habitat during the COVID-19 quarantine show animal lovers and aspiring citizen scientists how to help wildlife by fighting habitat loss"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: minedition 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.7 TODSummary: Charles and Ray Eames are American designers of the 20th century, best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts. They were also prolific filmmakers. The legacy of the husband and wife team includes more than 100 short films that reflect the breadth and depth of interests and the integrity of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005
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Summary: When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2009
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Summary: A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Collects three graphic novels featuring stories of Geronimo Stilton's time traveling adventures, as he visits the Coliseum, the Sphinx, and the discovery of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIBorja, Lenore
Summary: "Alice Daniels has a problem. Her reflection keeps misbehaving when she looks in the mirror--and the longer she ignores it, the harder it tries to get her attention. On her eighteenth birthday, she learns why: she is a huntress, someone gifted with the power to enter mirrors and the magical world that exists beyond. But with this power comes immense responsibility, for in the Mirror Realm lurks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkPress 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BORLook, Lenore.
Summary: A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend passes away and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOFlory, Chris.
Contents: Scam (6:46) -- Willow weep for me (7:20) -- Bernie's tune (4:49) -- I've got a right to sing the blues (5:01) -- Shine (3:34) -- Blue bossa (4:51) -- Please send me someone to love (5:09) -- If dreams come true (4:27) -- Blues in my heart (5:10).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Stony Plain 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES FLOFlory, Neil
Summary: When Boba tries to take a group photograph of the tallest animals in the world, he has trouble fitting Geri, the shortest giraffe who ever lived, into the picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Co 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981.1 POPSweeny, Lenora Higginbotham.
Summary: Contains history and lists of the Committee of Safety, Minute men, county militias, and other military units. Includes information on the disbursements to soldiers' wives, widows and orphans; claims for property impressed or taken for public service; and applications for soldiers' pensions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1951
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 SWEFleury, Barbara Frances
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1942
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLESummary: The new season finds Lucas, having escaped detection after being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Racine, with his hands fuller than ever as sheriff, dealing with (among other things) the murder of a Kinaho tribe girl, the continuing escalation of tensions between Amish overlord Kai Proctor and Kinaho tribe leader Alex Longshadow, as well as the unwelcome appearance of a surprise visitor: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BANFlory, J. Kelly.
Summary: "This comprehensive reference book details every model from each of the major manufacturers. Year by year, it provides an overview of the industry and market and an individual report on each company: its news, production figures, market status, powertrain offerings, paint colors and major options along with body styles, prices, dimensions and weights, standard equipment and production...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland & Company 2008