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Dating (Social customs) Comic books, strips, etc Duchess of Sussex Meghan 1981- Friendship Comic books, strips, etc Pilates method Prince, Duke of Sussex Harry 1984- Princes Great Britain Biography Schulze-Boysen, Harro 1909-1942 Schulze-Boysen, Libertas 1913-1942 Windsor, House of Biography World politicsHarari, Yuval N.
Summary: "How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari's [book] is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.82 HARSummary: In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto, a new Minion...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: After Virgil Hawkins reveals his secret identity as Static to his girlfriend, Daisy, she breaks up with him, leaving him free to go to a big music festival with his best friend Richie Foley (also known as superhero Gear), but they soon run into girls who each have secret identities of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 GILHavard, Micki
Summary: No matter your age, race, size, gender, or physical ability, there are 50 exercises that you can practise, even from the comfort of your own home. Every exercise uses the essential elements of Pilates to ensure you can gain all the physical and mental benefits, but each exercise also comes with at least three variations to help you find the right modification. All the talented models in Pilates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 HAVDuval, Kathy.
Summary: After taking a walk on Christmas Eve while their freshly baked gingerbread cools, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear arrive home to encounter another "trespasser," who does not have golden hair but wears a red suit and leaves presents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2005
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE DUVHarrar, George.
Summary: Red Paint calls itself "the friendliest town in Maine," a place where everyone knows one another and nothing too disturbing ever happens. Native son Simon Howe is a sturdy family man--a good father and husband--and owner-editor of the town's newspaper. Because there's rarely any real news, he runs stories about Virgin Mary sightings, high school reunions, and petty criminals. One day Simon's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2013
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Jones, Tayari.
Summary: With the opening line of Silver Sparrow , "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families—the public one and the secret one. When the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books 2011
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Asim, Jabari
Summary: A biography of the former slave and inspiring educator describes the hardships he overcame in youth, the circumstances that challenged his efforts to learn how to read, and his triumphant pursuit of a college education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WASHauri, Peter.
Summary: Suggests safe, natural ways to overcome insomnia without drugs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8498 HAUJones, Tayari
Summary: "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated byforces beyond their control"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONSummary: Dre Parker finds himself in China after his mother's latest career move. He and classmate Mei Ying immediately fall for each other, but cultural differences make this friendship impossible. Even worse, his feelings make an enemy of class bully, Cheng who is quite adept at kung fu. Dre turns to maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master and learns that kung fu is not about punches...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV KARDuvall, Robert
Summary: When talented young golfer Luke Chisolm blows his shot at making the professional tour, he escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself stranded in Utopia, Texas, where he meets rancher Johnny Crawford who helps him see life from a new perspective.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ARC Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SEVMurakami, Haruki
Summary: "The debut short novels--nearly thirty years out of print-- by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly retranslated and in one English-language volume for the first time, with a new introduction by the author. These first major works of fiction by Haruki Murakami center on two young men--an unnamed narrator and his friend and former roommate, the Rat. Powerful, at times surreal, stories of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURMurakami, Haruki
Summary: An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURMurakami, Haruki
Summary: "The much-anticipated new novel from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Killing Commendatore is an epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art--as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby--and a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers"-- A painter retreats into a solitary house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURHarry
Summary: Before losing his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. Because he blamed the press for his mother's death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. From the beginning, his romance with Meghan was preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Here Prince Harry tells...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HARLemoine, Yvan.
Summary: "[Mr. Lemoine's] desserts . . verge on spectacular." — The New York Times Whip up a quick dessert to celebrate Coconut Torte Day on March 13! Stock up on vermouth to celebrate Dry Martini Day on June 19! Up for fried seafood? October 2 is National Fried Scallops Day! With this fabulously fun cookbook, every day is a holiday—that is, a national food holiday! In this book, acclaimed chef and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: F+W Media, Inc. 2010
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Murakami, Haruki.
Summary: "Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves." -- The New York Times Book Review The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Summary: After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARBernstein, Sara Tuvel.
Summary: Told with the same old-fashioned narrative power as the novels of Herman Wouk, The Seamstress is the true story of Seren (Sara) Tuvel Bernstein and her survival during wartime.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2011
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Maclean, John N.
Summary: "A universal story about the power of place to shape families: In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It, comes John N. Maclean's meditation on fly fishing and life along Montana's Blackfoot River, where four generations of Macleans have fished, bonded, and drawn timeless lessons from its storied waters"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MACGuillain, Charlotte
Summary: A book made up of one long page explores each layer of the Earth's crust, revealing what can be found underneath the feet of readers in urban and rural areas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Words & Pictures, part of the Quatro Group 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 551.1 GUISummary: In the summer of 2001, 47 Iranian women neither affiliated with nor supported by any political party registered themselves as candidates for the presidential elections. Due to the Guardian Council's interpretation of a clause in the constitution, none of the women were allowed to run. This documentary presents the thoughts and opinions of six female candidates who agreed to be interviewed,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006