Summary: ATL refers to the airport designation for Atlanta. That's where orphaned 17-year-old Rashad lives with his younger brother Anton and uncle George. They're poor like most Southside families, but they're making ends meet, caring for each other and forging life-long friendships with guys like the smart, ambitious Esquire, transplanted New Yorker Brooklyn, and likable homeboy Teddy. On Sunday...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD ATLSummary: The award-winning feature documentary tells the inspiring journey of Cliff, Ahmani, and Nicholas, three underserved teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: Affable Jim Williams is hosting one of the most important parties of the Savannah Christmas season. John Kelso is a magazine reporter who finds himself amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on the party. His curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDSpilling, Michael
Summary: "Georgians enjoy life in proximity to mountains and the curative properties of the Black Sea. Exploring the strong presence of song, dance, and other cultural influences, this book brings Georgia into great focus. This volume explains the geography and people of Georgia, and is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning more about this former Soviet republic."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 947.58 SPIAllen, Rachael
Summary: "The moment Spencer meets Hope the summer before seventh grade, it's ... something at first sight. He knows she's special, possibly even magical. The pair become fast friends, climbing trees and planning world travels. After years of being outshone by his older brother and teased because of his Tourette syndrome, Spencer finally feels like he belongs. But as Hope and Spencer get older and life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALLSwift, Earl
Summary: On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRIGeiger, Linda A. Woodward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2011
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3758 GEIHall, Brianna
Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the Georgia Colony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.8 HALSlaughter, Karin
Summary: On a serene summer Sunday, a routine admission for a run-of-the-mill surgery at Atlanta's Emory Hospital goes tragically wrong, setting off a catastrophic wave of destruction that sends the facility and the surrounding area into lockdown. One of the city's largest and most prestigious institutions, Emory is situated near the Centers for Disease Control, the FBI counter-terrorism headquarters,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M SLAEverhart, Donna
Summary: It takes courage to save yourself...In the dense pine forests of North Carolina, turpentiners labor, hacking into tree trunks to draw out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname, and hauling the resin to stills to be refined. Among them is Rae Lynn Cobb and her husband, Warren, who run a small turpentine farm together.Though the work is hard and often dangerous, Rae Lynn, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC EVEContents: Run to Jesus for refuge (Charles Barnett) -- Joe Turner (Ed Young & Hobart Smith) -- The Titanic (Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & the Georgia Sea Island Singers) -- Witness for my Lord (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- Dark day (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- The very same God (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- Gospel train (Silver Leaf Quartet) -- I got a home (Nat Rahmings, Hobart Smith & Ed Young) -- Hey, hey, honey...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS SOUMwai, Melissa H.
Summary: "Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first African American to lead in the House of Representatives. Find out about Stacey Abram's life, achievements, and the challenges...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MWAHale, Grace Elizabeth
Summary: "In Cool Town, Grace Elizabeth Hale examines the town's flourishing as a Southern alternative culture mecca, emerging out of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and early 1970s to become home for a set of artistic, social, and political alternatives to northern liberalism or urban punk on the left and Sunbelt Republicanism on the right. In this moment of cultural flourishing, Hale argues, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HALStrong, Karen
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sarah is finally in charge. At last, she can spend her summer months reading her favorite science books and bossing around her younger brother, Ellis, instead of being worked to the bone by their overly strict grandmother, Mrs. Greene. But when their cousin, Janie arrives for a visit, Sarah's plans are completely squashed. Janie has a knack for getting into trouble and asks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STRLanier, Virginia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANO'Connor, Barbara
Summary: Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. His big brother, Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn't know how to see the world without him. But then he meets the brash, brave new girl next door named Posey, as well as an eccentric man named Banjo who's off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of mishaps, mayhem, strange quests, and strong friendships.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD O'COSlaughter, Karin
Summary: Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home FoxfireBradwell, Isaac Gordon
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercer University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7458 BRATieck, Sarah
Summary: Explore Georgia in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers learn about the state's history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A Tour Book spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Georgia. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.8 TIEWestover, Tim,.
Summary: Dr. Waycross knows bleeding and blistering, the best scientific medicine of 1822. He arrives in the Georgia mountains to bring his modern methods to the superstitious masses. But the local healers, the Winter sisters, claim to treat yellow fever, consumption, and the hell-roarin' trots just as well as he can. Some folks call the sisters herb women; some call them witches. Waycross calls them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Westover 2019Summary: Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and the lives of their families. Earn Marks is a young manager trying to get his cousin's career off the ground. Alfred is a new hot rapper trying to understand the line between real life and street life. Darius is Alfred's right-hand man and visionary. Van is Earns best friend and the mother of Earn's daughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ATLAndrews, Mary Kay
Summary: "A witty, wisecracking tale of divorce, revenge, and great antiques, set in sultry Savannah"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016