Hindman, Jessica Chiccehitto
Summary: When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble in New York City, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group "performs," the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD. The mastermind behind this scheme is a peculiar and mysterious figure known as The Composer, who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio HindmanSummary: Arlen Faber is the reclusive author of 'Me and God,' a book that has redefined spirituality for an entire generation and has been translated into over 100 languages. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of his still wildly popular book, Arlen is still sought after as the man who has all the answers. His life collides with Elizabeth, a single mom raising her seven-year-old son, and Kris, a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ANSSummary: Examines "hyper-masculinity" as a destructive force in the personal development and socialization of boys and young men. Discusses the roles of popular culture and peer pressure in influencing boys to adopt a masculine pose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MASSummary: "Widely considered to be the last of his solo plays, 'The Tempest' is Shakespeare's final masterpiece, a tale of 'forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment' in which Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, conjures up a storm to lure his perfidious brother to the enchanted island on which he and his daughter Miranda have spent 12 years in exile"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: After being bitten by a stolen radioactive spider, grade-school student Miles Morales becomes the new Spider-Man, but, even with powers uniquely his own, he will find Peter Parker's legacy difficult to live up to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPISummary: Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is fragile. When a British college student falls for her American classmate, they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated by circumstances beyond their control. Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIKDaly, Jessika.
Summary: When Turkey shares his enthusiasm for Thanksgiving with Mr. Bear, he learns that he has no idea what that holiday really means. With wild ideas about birthday cake, fireworks and stockings hung by Santa, he soon finds out what Thanksgiving is all about. What does that mean for Turkey?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yourmom206 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC DALBagley, Jessixa
Summary: Vincent lives on a cargo ship. His paws have never touched land. He spends his days chasing seagulls and eating fresh fish, and at night he stares at the stars that chart his ship's course.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAGBagley, Jessixa
Summary: Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BAGBagley, Jessixa
Summary: When Bea's best friend, Henry, seems sad and stops talking to her, she gently tries to find out what is wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAGFleck, Jessika
Summary: During a civil war on her island of Bellona, Veda Adeline joins in the fight against the ruling Imperi, but she is conflicted when her childhood friend, Nico is named heir to the Imperi ruler and is taken hostage by her friends in the resistance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FLEHinman, Bonnie
Summary: "What did pioneers eat on the wide-open frontier as they made their way west? What kinds of clothes did people wear during the Civil War? What was school like in colonial America? Daily Life in US History answers all of these questions and more. Take a trip to the past to learn what everyday life was like in the different eras of US history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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Summary: When sixteen-year-old Veda's grandfather is chosen as the next sacrifice in their sun-worshipping society, Veda begins questioning what she has been taught and forces herself to look at the injustice in her world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FLEFleck, Jessika
Summary: When the Twin Towers fall on September 11, 2001, blocks from her school, twelve-year-old Molly, unable to reach her dads or Gran, must find her seven-year-old sister, Adi, and get her safely home. Includes author's note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FLEKingman, Peg
Summary: "What is your name? Where did you come from? And where are you going? In this immersive novel set in the 1840s Britain and France, these questions probe at the essence of what it means to be human. A wet nurse in a lively Scottish household goes by an assumed name but longs to know the identity of her father. A quarryman furtively extricates a remarkable fossil from an island on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINKinsman, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Gallery of Australia 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 769.922 KINLandman, Annlee.
Summary: Demonstrates traditional quilting skills through twelve progressive, step-by-step projects, and provides information about fabric selection, machine- and hand-sewing techniques, assembling layers for quilting, and finishing touches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 LANZinoman, Jason
Summary: A definitive account of the life and career of comedic talk show host David Letterman evaluates how his ironic style transcended traditional television and how his remote and reclusive personality contrasts with his widely misunderstood achievements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LETTERMAN, DAVE ZINHinman, Bonnie
Summary: "The names of the Wild West's top lawmen have become famous. Famous Lawmen shows how Wyatt Earp, "Wild Bill" Hickok, and many others worked to enforce the law in a nearly lawless frontier."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 978 HINBagley, Jessixa
Summary: Leaving her best friend is difficult for a young hedgehog whose family is moving, but everyone assures her that things will be alright.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BAGBagley, Jessixa
Summary: "Two bored badgers have run out of things to do until their mom suggests they help with the laundry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAGHardman, 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 HARZinoman, Jason.
Summary: Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, "New York Times" film critic Zinoman delivers the first definitive account of horror's golden age--the 1970s, when such directors as Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma redefined the genre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2011