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Carter, John Cook, William Corbett, Stephen. Freeman, John Gill, John Freeman Parker, CharlieFreeman, John
Summary: "A book of twenty-six essays defining the current state of American politics"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD x FSG Originals/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 FREFreeman, John
Summary: Freeman takes an entertaining look at the nature of correspondence through the ages, considers the consequences of email overload, and enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 FREFreeman, John
Summary: National book critic John Freeman pulls together his very best profiles (many of them new or completely rewritten for this volume) of the very best novelists of our time, including such international stars as Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, and Mo Yan, to established American lions such as Don DeLillo, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, John Updike,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 FREGill, John Freeman
Summary: In 1974, with both his family and his city fracturing, Griffin Watts is recruited into his estranged father's illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business. Small and nimble, Griffin is charged with stealing exuberantly expressive architectural sculptures, gargoyles, right off the faces of unsung tenements and iconic skyscrapers. As his father explains it, these gargoyles, carved and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2017
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2 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GILSummary: "This kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today--Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor--to give voice to the unthinkable grief and hopeful possibilities born in an era of revolution and change." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 THESummary: "In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TALCook, William
Summary: An expert practical guide to the essential restoration techniques for antique tables, shown in unique step-by-step photography. Includes how to dismantle, reassemble, repair, restore, polish, wax and stain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690 COOCorbett, Stephen.
Summary: This is the complete practical woodworking book - a definitive reference guide for the beginner and the accomplished woodworking enthusiast alike. It is shown in 1200 photographs and diagrams, with clear and easy-to-follow instructions. It is packed with information including a guide to timber, directions on buying and using hand and power tools, and advice for setting up your workshop. It...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.08 CORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 684.08 CORSummary: "Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.83 TALCarter, John
Contents: In the vineyard (10:30) -- Karen on Monday (6:50) -- Sticks and stones (6:17) -- The village dancers (8:50) -- Seeking (6:31) -- Song for the unsung (7:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hat Hut Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ CARSummary: Based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Offers a revealing study of the housewife's plight during the Eisenhower era, along with an inspiring tale of tenacity and survival against formidable odds. Evelyn is a cheerfully strong-willed mother of ten who compensates for the failings of her alcoholic husband by becoming the most successful "contester" in the country. Between the mid-1950s and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRI1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PRI
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PriCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PrizeSummary: Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie War 2005Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI WARParker, Charlie
Contents: Disc one: 52nd street theme (5:23) -- Koko (2:32) -- Groovin' high (5:02) -- Big foot (4:44) -- Ornithology (5:44) -- Slow boat to China (5:20) -- Hot house (4:25) -- Salt peanuts (3:52) -- Chasin' the Bird (4:26) -- Out of nowhere (3:19) -- How high the moon (2:58) -- Half Nelson (4:45) -- White Christmas (5:10) -- Little Willie leaps (3:54) -- Jumpin' with Symphony Sid ; Be-bop (5:04) -- Slow...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy Jazz 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ PARContents: Special stream line (Bukka White) (2:53) -- Railroadin' some (Henry Thomas) (3:15) -- How long has that evening train been gone (Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) (2:50) -- Riding the blinds (Eddie Mapp) (2:45) -- Midnight special (Leadbelly) (2:02) -- I hate that train called the M & O (Lucille Bogan) (3:07) -- That lonesome train took my baby away (Charlie McCoy) (2:59) -- Spike driver blues...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023