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Aquatic animals France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Refugees French Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 18th century Graphic novels Oceanography Parent and infant Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions 18th century Picture dictionaries, French Political refugees France History 18th century Political refugees Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 18th centuryFrenkel, Françoise
Summary: "In 1921, Franc̦oise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-fulfills a lifelong dream. She opens Berlin's first French-language bookshop, La Maison du Livre, attracting artists, diplomats, celebrities, and poets. The shop soon becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. But as the occupation intensifies and politics darken, Frenkel's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 FREFrenkel, Françoise
Summary: In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin's first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRENKEL, FRANOISE FREMalby-Anthony, Françoise
Summary: ""Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." -Publishers Weekly A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 MALBrunetti, Ivan
Summary: "Cartoonist Ivan Brunetti teams up with editor Françoise Mouly to create a comprehensive Comics how-to booklet, geared towards parents, teachers, librarian, and children alike"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.5 BRUDavies, Helen
Summary: Labeled drawings provide the French equivalent for two thousand basic English words and phrases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J FRENCH 443.21 DAVSummary: Recounts the true tale of two English baby girls exchanged by mistake in a maternity home and raised to adulthood by the "wrong parents." Instead of seeking to fix responsibility, the film recalls -- through interviews that are sometimes sad and occasionally lunatic -- how the six people most concerned were affected by, and dealt with the situation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Antenne 2 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIXSummary: A collection of comics drawn from Golden Age comic books from the 1940s through the early 1960s features selections from such comics as Captain Marvel, Pogo, Donald Duck, and Dennis the Menace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOOWare, Chris
Summary: "A flabbergasting experiment in publishing hubris, Monograph charts the art and literary world's increasing tolerance for the language of the empathetic doodle directly through the work of one of its most esthetically constipated practitioners. For thirty years, writer and artist (i.e. cartoonist) Chris Ware (b. 1967) has been testing the patience of readers and fine art fans with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WARSummary: A collection of comics drawn from Golden Age comic books from the 1940s through the early 1960s features selections from such comics as Captain Marvel, Pogo, Donald Duck, and Dennis the Menace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ToonCoudray, Philippe
Summary: Benjamin Bear can always surprise his friends, whether it's by walking on his hands during a snowstorm or by using tree as a parachute.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2015
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Summary: ""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy S Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Graphics 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 978.78 SMIFREEDMAN, FRANCOISE
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796 FREEDGilot, Francoise
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.4 FURCouperin, François
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keats Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.632 COUPayard, François.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 PAYRobert, François
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 ROBVigneault, François
Summary: "When MNGR First Class João da Silva arrives on the moon of Titan to take charge of Homestead Station, he finds the massive mining colony plagued by tensions between the giant, genetically-engineered Titan workers and the Terran management. As anger mounts, what began as a routine posting quickly turns into something far more dangerous. Phoebe Mackintosh thought she left her fighting days...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Lion Forge Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VIGFurstenberg, François
Summary: Relates how a group of five French aristocrats sought refuge in the United States, a republic whose Enlightenment ideals mirrored their own, and spent the French Revolution in Philadelphia before eventually becoming involved in Franco-American diplomacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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Summary: The intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 's "Officer Clemmons," a Grammy Award-winning artist who made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children's television program
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEMMONS, FRANCOIS CLEFrançois, Bill
Summary: "Bill François' Eloquence of the Sardine is a charming narrative nonfiction book about the secret lives of fishes. If we listen to the ocean, what do we hear? What can it teach us? How can it change us? Written by a marine scientist (and winner of French eloquence competitions), this work of narrative non-fiction blends Bill François' personal story with that of sea creatures to create an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 578.77 FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 578.77 FRADaulte, Francois.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 1982
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 DAUFurstenberg, François.
Summary: Relates how a group of five French aristocrats sought refuge in the United States, a republic whose Enlightenment ideals mirrored their own, and spent the French Revolution in Philadelphia before eventually becoming involved in Franco-American diplomacy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014