Glubok, Shirley.
Summary: A survey of American art from 1940 to the present which includes "white writing," action painting, abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, stabiles, and kinetic sculpture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1976
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 709 GLUSummary: The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SECShipley, Ely
Summary: A new cross-genre collection that engages historical and personal explorations of gender and self. Aligned with queer theories of temporality, fragments of memoir rub against the language of psychiatric and medical regimes at the site of a body that does not conform to a gender binary. Some Animal draws out dream-like and supernatural resonances between the literature of pathology and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nightboat Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 SHIKobliner, Shirly
Summary: "Engage with everyday expressions in a completely different (and fun!) way, with this entertaining and interactive book of common phrases that can turn a humdrum gathering into a raucous game night. We use expressions all the time. When you feel sick, you're "under the weather." When you feel great, you're "on top of the world." You may be fine with "half a loaf," or you may insist on "the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word KoblinerContents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FIRMcCoy, Shirlee
Summary: "Returning to their hometown isn't something the Bradshaw brothers ever thought they'd do. But a family tragedy has reunited them in Benevolence, Washington--where second chances, reignited dreams, and real love are never far away. Texas rancher Flynn Bradshaw has his work cut out for him. His sister-in-law, Sunday, is finally home after the car crash that killed her husband and left her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCoy, Shirlee
Summary: "Sullivan Bradshaw never dreamed of returning to his hometown of Benevolence, Washington, but when a car crash kills his brother and critically injures his sister-in-law, the die-hard bachelor returns to care for the couples six children and the ancestral farm. The nanny he hires will change everything he ever thought he wanted"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCShipley, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.224 SHIShipley, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.224 SHIBusbee, Shirlee.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BUSBusbee, Shirlee.
Summary: Returning to her hometown after her brother's suicide, a young woman tries to heal the shattered past and face the questions that remain unanswered.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BUSMcCoy, Shirlee
Summary: "For the Bradshaw brothers, coming back to their hometown is the last thing they wanted. But to cope with family tragedy, they're reuniting in Benevolence, Washington--a place of hope, caring, and ever-surprising love"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCShipley, Jocelyn
Summary: "After his girlfriend's accidental death by overdose, Kipp has been living on the streets, overwhelmed by his grief. He wants to honor her memory and finds help to get clean, but just when he feels like he's getting his life together, everything comes crashing down. He gets fired from his job and kicked out of his rented room on the same day. So when Reba, a friendly woman he met at the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHIShipley, Neil
Summary: Sweden is a strikingly beautiful country with a reverence for the natural environment. Its extremes in geography, climate, and history have given rise to a population that values honesty, self-sufficiency, and harmony. Swedes are a rights-driven, modern, and tech-savvy people who also retain a deep respect for their own cultural legacy. A good background knowledge of the beliefs and values that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.85 SWEShipley, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.224 SHIObuobi, Shirlene
Summary: For fans of Grey's Anatomy and Seven Days in June, this dazzling debut novel by Shirlene Obuobi explores that time in your life when you must decide what you want, how to get it, & who you are, all while navigating love, friendship, and the realization that the path you're traveling is going to be a bumpy ride.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBUThorley, Addie
Summary: "Before the massacre at Nariin, Enebish was one of the greatest warriors in the Sky King's Imperial Army: a rare and dangerous Night Spinner, blessed with the ability to control the threads of darkness. Now, she is known as Enebish the Destroyer--a monster and murderer, banished to a monastery for losing control of her power and annihilating a merchant caravan. Guilt stricken and scarred,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOSharlet, Jeff
Summary: "As a journalist suddenly skeptical of the power of words to tell the deepest truths of other people's stories, Jeff Sharlet turned to taking snapshots and posting them on Instagram- images that he then reflected on in words of extraordinary intimacy and power. A visionary work of radical empathy, this collection of images and reflections is framed by the two years between his father's heart...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 SHAFairley, Kim
Summary: "Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern -- his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile -- made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she'd imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAIRLEY, KIM FAISharkey, Alix
Summary: In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journalist reflects on his own journey to come to terms with his brothers terrible crimes - and to find justice for the young girl he killed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHARKEY, ALIX SHASharpley, G.D.A
Summary: A guide to learning Latin offers lessons on Latin vocabulary and grammar, with practice exercises, reading selections, and suggestions for students.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 478.2421 LATThinley Norbu.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.344 THIShippey, Tom.
Summary: "The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J. R. R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.912 SHIHarper, Charley
Summary: Simple text and colorful artwork illustrate the concept of color for young children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008