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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Contemporary Christian music Geothermal resources Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography Great Britain Politics and government II, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth 1926- Monarchy Queens Great Britain Biography Renewable energy sourcesSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Kessler, David A.
Summary: "Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 613.2 KESHardiman, Rebecca
Summary: "When Kevin Gogarty's irrepressible eighty-three-year-old mother, Millie, is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker to keep an eye on her. Kevin, recently unemployed, is already at his wits' end tending to a full house while his wife travels to exotic locales for work, leaving him solo with his sulky, misbehaved teenaged daughter, Aideen, whose troubles escalate...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Greece and Rome, including peasant, slave, Olympic pankratist, laborer, fuller, gladiator, and soldier.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Egypt, including bleacher, embalmer, quarry worker, paint mixer, farmer, housewife, brick maker, and miner.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 HARFeather, Leonard
Summary: "This book is based in part on Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of jazz, The new encyclopedia of jazz, The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixties, and on a subsequent work by Mr. Feather and Ira Gitler, The encyclopedia of jazz in the seventies"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 FEAHardman, Robert
Summary: "On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer, and peace-broker. She has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HARFeather, Jane.
Summary: With a brief touch of his hand and one glance of his knowing gray eyes, Lady Philippa Nielson felt a connection to the dark stranger who should have been her greatest enemy, the man who had been appointed guardian of both Pippa and the secret she unknowingly bore.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FEAFeather, Jane.
Summary: Livia Lacey accepts Prince Alex Prokov's marriage proposal, but once she learns his reason for marrying her, will she feel wickedly betrayed?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FEAReacher, Jack
Summary: Collects advice and rules for life from Jack Reacher, the maverick former army cop.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIWeather Station
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WEAFeather, Jane.
Summary: Hugh de Beaucaire is sent to investigate Lady Guinevere Mallory, a beautiful young widow who, at age twenty-eight, has married and buried four wealthy husbands under suspicious circumstances, to determine whether or not she is guilty of murder. .
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FEAHardyman, Robyn
Summary: "In this . . . science book readers will find out why we burn fossil fuels, the harm it is causing, and why evolution in the geothermal industry could make it a powerful weapon in the fight to create a sustainable future."--Google books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cheriton Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.44 HARHaldeman, Joe.
Summary: Drafted into the ranks of Earth's interstellar warriors, private William Mandella finds his fight against the Taurans secondary to the side-effects of faster-than-light space travel, which affects the rate at which he ages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EOS 1991
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Summary: This memoir by Dan Rather—one of the most pre-eminent journalists of our time—is told in a straightforward and conversational manner and narrated by Rather himself. Rather—who has won every prestigious journalism award in his distinguished career—discusses all the big stories from his decades of reporting. This very personal accounting includes (but is certainly not limited to) his dismissal...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: AudioGO 2012
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Hardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in medieval times, including peasant, bog iron collector, woad dyer, fuller, barber-surgeon, and plague doctor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Find out more about democracy, which countries use it to govern, and learn some positives and negatives about this type of government.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 HARWeather Station
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WEANordeman, Nichole.
Contents: Brave -- What if -- Someday -- Real to me -- Crimson -- Hold on -- Lay it down -- No more chains -- Gotta serve somebody -- Live -- We build.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS NORRather, Dan
Summary: "Brought to life in stunning color by artist Tim Foley, What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel takes apart the building blocks of this country, from the freedoms that define us, to the values that have transformed us, to the institutions that sustain us. Rather's vast experience and his unique perspective as one of America's most renowned newscasters shed light on who we were and who we are today,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Books Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.65 RATFeather, Jane.
Summary: In the "Brides" trilogy, three unconventional women vow never to marry, only to find themselves overtaken by destiny. The least likely bride is shy, bespectacled scholarly Olivia Granville, who is abducted by a ruthless privateer--and discovers love, adventure, and passion in his arms during the tense reign of Charles I of England.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEAFeather, Jane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FEAFeather, Jane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FEANordeman, Nichole.
Contents: Holy -- Mercies new -- Healed -- Legacy -- I am -- In your eyes -- Even then -- Never loved you more -- Take me as I am -- Doxology -- My offering -- Gratitude.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow 2002