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Kertzer, David I.

Summary: Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome. His mother is so distraught that she collapses and has to be taken to a neighbor's house, but her weeping can be heard across the city. With this terrifying scene...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred Knopf 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 KER

Kertzer, David I.

Summary: Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification of Italy and to seize control of Rome and the Papal States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.63 KER

Contents: Rarest rockabilly & hillbilly boogie. Nothin' but a nuthin' (Jimmy Stewart & his Night Hawks) -- Darlin' ; Baby doll (Jimmie Dale) -- Pretending is a game (Sleepy Jeffers & the Davis Twins) -- Don't sweep that dirt on me (Buddy Shaw) -- My baby left me (Rock Rogers) -- Little dog blues (Mel Price) -- Henpecked daddy (Ralph Johnson & the Hillbilly Show Boys) -- Umm boy you're my baby (Bill...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 1991

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RAR

Summary: Unknown forces conspire to erase photographer Thomas Veil's identity and without warning, every aspect of his life is erased during the course of one evening: his wife acts as if he's a stranger, his credit cards are suddenly invalid, his keys no longer fit the door to his home and in one way or another, his family and friends are silenced. Completely alone, Veil sets out on a desperate...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NOW

Summary: This complete collection follows the daring journeys and action-packed escapades of the action hero Darkman as he assumes alternate identities to battle evil. Darkman introduces Dr. Peyton Westlake, on the verge of a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when a gang obliterates his lab and changes his life forever. In Darkman II: the return of Durant, the crime-fighting master of disguise...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DAR

Dakin

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 0000

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Dauwd

Contents: Macadam therapy -- Leitmotiv -- Murmure -- Glass jelly -- Analogische memories -- Unconscious -- Theory of colours

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Technicolour 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DAU

Summary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005

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Hentzel, Erin

Summary: "Classic A-lines, sleeveless summer dresses, and party frocks--learn to sew eighteen-inch doll dresses for every occasion. This huge collection of over forty miniature dress designs includes twenty-eight complete patterns, plus thirteen bonus looks created from mix-and-match elements. Richly photographed, stylish dress projects are paired with sewing tutorials aimed at intermediate and advanced...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.592 HEN

Summary: Daisy Kenyon is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men-- one she loves but cannot have and one whose love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O'Mara, who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning Army sergeant Peter Lapham-- a decent and gentle man who instantly falls in love with her. Although she...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAI

Herthel, Jessica.

Summary: Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014

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Summary: Manhattan melodrama: Two brothers, orphaned by a steamship disaster, grow up on different sides of the law. Evelyn Prentice: A woman, hurt by the inattention of her lawyer husband, begins a flirtation of her own, with disastrous consequences. Double wedding: A romantic comedy featuring Powell as a Bohemian artist who becomes involved with a would-be actress and her uptight, domineering sister....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MYR

Morosinotto, Davide

Summary: "Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. With little notice, the city's children are evacuated on trains that are meant to take them to safety. Shockingly, Viktor and Nadya are separated, and disaster befalls them both. As the terrible confilect rages, each embarks on a desperate race across snow and ice, struggling through the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOR

Hertel, Robert.

Summary: Describes the events involved in the shipwreck of the iron-ore freighter S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in the icy waters of Lake Superior on November 10, 1975, and subsequent expeditions to the wreck site to uncover clues to the mysterious disappearance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: River Road Publications 1998

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 910.9 HER

Heltzel, Anne

Summary: "Spine-chilling and sharp, Just Like Mother is a modern gothic from a fresh new voice in horror, and "is set to be one of the year's most talked-about books" (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author). A girl would be such a blessing... The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped the cult they were raised in. For the past two decades, Maeve has worked hard to build a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEL

Ovid

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 873.01 OVI

Ovid

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 1957

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 871.2 OVI

Sierakowiak, Dawid.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SIE

Davids, Sharice

Summary: Rich, vivid illustrations by Ojibwe Woodland artist Pawis-Steckley are delivered in a graphic style that honors Indigenous people. The bold artwork adds impact to the compelling text. (Kirkus starred review) The prose is reminiscent of an inspirational speech ("Everyone's path looks different"), with a message of service that includes fun biographical facts, such as her love of Bruce Lee....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Davids, Kenneth

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3373 DAV

Longo, Davide

Summary: In this dystopian, post-apocalyptic literary novel, Italy is on the brink of collapse: borders are closed, banks are refusing to distribute money to their clients, the postal service is shuttered, and food supplies are running short. Armed gangs of drug-fueled youth rampage through the countryside as the nation descends into chaos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MacLehose Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LON

Ovid

Summary: Ovid's poem brings together an array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best known myths and legends of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: 871.01 OVI

Davidi, Guy

Summary: Bil'in villager Emad Burnat documents the Palestinian struggle when he buys a camera to record the birth of his youngest son and he then films the turmoil and destruction happening around him as his village is threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIV
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FIV

Davids, Sharice

Summary: This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAV

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAV

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