Summary: Based on a true story of a daring young girl who will stop at nothing and fear no one. In 1943, thirteen-year old Fanny and her younger sisters were sent from their home in France to an Italian foster home for Jewish children. When the Nazis arrive in Italy, their caretakers desperately organize the departure of the children to Switzerland. When they are suddenly left on their own, these eleven...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FANSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Kepel, Gilles
Summary: In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of Nice, and two weeks later an elderly French priest was murdered during morning Mass by two ISIS militants. Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 KEPSummary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 708.4 MUSCall number: DVD 708.4 MUS
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 MuseumJanine
Contents: Let It Run (4:04) -- Dark Mind (4:16) -- Hold Me (3:35) -- Little Bit (3:55) -- Bullets (3:37) -- Hold Me (feat. Pusha T) (4:08).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Mixtape Records/Atlantic 2014
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Contents: The daughter of the confederacy : Winnie Davis -- The conqueror's son : Tom Sherman -- The general's last battle : Ulysses S. Grant -- The diarist : Mary Boykin Chesnut -- The crippled knight : John Bell Hood -- That devil Forrest : Nathan Bedford Forrest -- The mad woman : Mary Todd Lincoln -- The good hater : Joseph E. Johnston -- The legend : Robert E. Lee -- The turncoat : George H. Thomas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US HardinKerbel, Deborah
Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021
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Summary: A young boy demonstrates that while Dad differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier he is a superhero of a different kind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2010
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Summary: A child demonstrates that while Mom differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier, she is a hero of a different kind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Children's Pub. 2013
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Summary: When homicide investigator Lucinda Pierce has to break the news to a thirteen-year-old boy that his parents have been murdered, he claims that his father is not only still alive but also immortal, leading Lucinda to believe that this is a family with something major to hide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FANLanting, Frans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.32 LANHardin, David
Summary: "A brief, elegant memoir of the author's work as a Red Cross volunteer delivering emergency water to residents of Flint, Michigan, Standpipe sets the struggles of a city in crisis against the author's personal journey as his mother declines into dementia and eventual death. Written with a poet's eye for detail and quiet metaphor, Standpipe is an intimate look at one man's engagement with both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belt Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARDIN, DAVE HARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI South HardinHandlin, Oscar
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 HandlDuwicquet, Faustine
Summary: "New to the world of punch needle embroidery, or an expert crafter looking for a fresh challenge? Punch Needle Friends is the perfect guidebook for both beginners and expert level needle crafters and the ideal introduction to a fun and new embroidery lesson: learning how to create 20 different contemporary animal motifs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 DUWFontaine, Brigitte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [s.n] 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FONHall, Tarquin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2767 HALHardman, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HARArduini, Paolo.
Summary: Discusses the science, evolution, and history of fossils and describes how they are formed, where they can be found, and what people can learn from them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 ARDLaurain, Antoine
Summary: "Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it belongs to, although there's all sorts of other things in it. Laurent feels a strong impulse to find the owner and tries to puzzle together who she might be from the contents of the bag. Especially a red notebook with her jottings, which really makes him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallic Books 2015
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Summary: Terrance barely escapes a bowling ball that falls from the sky, only to find himself in the hands of a strange benefactor who claims time travel is to blame. Soon, Terrance is fleeing through time and space, in an epic battle for his freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aspilos Books 2021
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Summary: Teddy Bear learns that although there are many different kinds of kisses, the best ones come from the people you love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MANRankine, Claudia
Summary: "At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, how can humans best approach one another across our differences? Taking the study of whiteness and white supremacy as a guiding light, Claudia Rankine explores a series of real encounters with friends and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 RANBanting, Erinn
Summary: Raina Telgemeir's books are loved by children around the world. She writes about things that are difficult to discuss with others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 0000
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Summary: Harry Lipkin, the world's oldest private investigator, takes on the case of Norma Weinberger, a wealthy woman whose belongings are being pilfered by one of her staff, people she employs, trusts, cares for, and treats like family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012