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Summary: "In March of 2017, a team of FBI agents arrested Juan Granda, Samer Barrage, and Renato Rodriguez, or as they called themselves, "the three amigos." The trio--first identified publicly by the authors of this book-- had built a $3.6 billion dollar businessin metals trading, mostly illegal Peruvian gold. Their arrests and subsequent prosecution laid bare more than a corrupt finance firm, though....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 WEATurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools had to allow Black students to attend previously all-white schools. On September 4, 1957, nine Black students were set to attend Little Rock Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. But when they arrived, an angry mob of white people spat at them and hurled racist insults. They were also prevented from entering the school by the National Guard....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 379.2 TURTurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate States were legally free. But word traveled slowly during the Civil War. It wasn't until June 19, 1865--more than two months after the war ended--that the good news finally reached Galveston, Texas. From that moment forward, June 19 became a day to celebrate freedom--first in Texas and then across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.263 TURJ & W Kerr J Gorney
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Chappell 1949
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMContents: Disc one, Bossa Nova Brasilia. Desafinado / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Joao Gilberto) (2:00) -- Dindi / A.C. Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveira (Sylvia Telles) (2:36) -- One Note Samba / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Antonio Carlos Jobim) (3:20) -- Chega De Saudade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Elizete Cardoso) (3:29) -- A Felicidade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Agostinho Dos Santos) (2:47)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BOSJ & W Kerr J Gorney
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Chappell 1949
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRAJ & W Kerr J Gorney
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Chappell 1949
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMTurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Join Princess Nella, a girl who saves the citizens of her parents' kingdom by turning into a princess knight whenever there is trouble, as she goes on eight royally awesome quests with her friends Trinket, Sir Garrett, and Clod.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV NELSummary: Three stories of women on their way to life-changing crossroads. One is a battered wife fleeing her husband, one is a young woman dealing with feelings of infidelity and the third is a pregnant woman trapped in a relationship she doesn't want.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PERKnausgård, Karl Ove
Summary: In Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as he waits for the birth of his daughter. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it as if for the first time. In his inimitably sensitive style, he writes about the moon, water, messiness, owls, birthdays-to name just a handful of his subjects. These oh-so-familiar objects and ideas he fills with new meaning,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KNASummary: Based on the true story of Bill Porter, a man with cerebal palsy. With little hope of getting a real job, Bill asks to take on the position of salesman in the most unwanted and difficult territory. He gets the job and makes his rounds, impacting the lives of his customers during his nearly 50-year career that often found him at the top of his company's sales charts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DOOSummary: Miracle Workers follows Craig, a low-level angel responsible for handling all of humanity's prayers, and Eliza, a recent transfer from the Department of Dirt. Their boss, God, pretty much has checked out to focus on his favorite hobbies. To prevent Earth's destruction, Craig along with Eliza, must achieve their most impossible miracle to date.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MIRKira Kira
Contents: Call it music -- Warmer than the sun -- Blue my mind -- Laniakea -- Beautiful time -- Suikinkutsu -- Puretone -- Magic acid -- Space elevator
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arabesque
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC IRRSummary: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has an offbeat personality, uses a tough-as-nails approach, and has a track record as one of the country's leading investigators. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detective squad, which handles high-profile cases of a sensitive nature, is a tenuous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CLOSummary: A tough, CIA-trained detective with Southern charm has been brought from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up the Priority Murder Squad, a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. With her offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one of the country's leading investigators, Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a force to reckon with.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CLOSummary: The LAPD is looking for a new chief and Will Pope thinks he has the inside track. He soon has an unexpected rival for the job: Brenda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CLOSummary: "At work, L.A. Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson is a woman in charge. Got a suspect to grill, a case to crack, a murderer about to walk? Call Brenda in and watch the fireworks. But at home ... well, that's another story ... As a cop, Brenda takes on everytihing from a corpse that comes COD to a serial killer to Sharon Raydor, an internal affairs officer as tough as she is. As a civilian, Brenda...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CLOSummary: The biggest cases demand the best cops, so when a little girl goes missing or a Homeland Security official takes a long drive off a short cliff or a '90s serial killer revives his career in the 21st century, the LAPD knows to call Brenda Johnson and her crack team from the Priority Homicide Division.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Wilson, Karma
Summary: Just as Lewis the mouse is settling into his near-perfect home for the winter, still wondering what is missing, he hears noises and must roar to scare away whatever horrid creature is scratching and tapping at his tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILJourney
Contents: Lights -- Feeling that way -- Anytime -- La do da -- Patiently -- Wheel in the sky -- Somethin' to hide -- Winds of March -- Can do -- Opened the door.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOUKnausgaard, Karl Ove
Summary: In the second in a planned four-part autobiographical series, the author "waits for the birth of his daughter. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it as if for the first time, [writing] about the moon, water, messiness, owls, birthdays--to name just a handful of his subjects. These oh-so-familiar objects and ideas he fills with new meaning, taking nothing for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KNAUSGAARD, KARL OVE KNASummary: Miracle Workers goes back in time to the middle ages for its next installment, as a group of medieval villagers try to stay positive in an age of extreme income inequality, poor healthcare and widespread ignorance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020