Summary: The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SECRobertson, Debora.
Summary: A collection of projects--such as chamomile bubble bath and scented room spray--using plants and produce that can be easily grown in your garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 ROBVogrig, Debora
Summary: Line goes straight on her way, while Scribble wanders and zigzags, but they are still best friends and can work together with their individual perspectives to make art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VOGIvanov, O. (Olga)
Summary: This tail-wagger of a picture book shows different kinds of dogs doing what dogs love to do best - go for a ride! Buckle up and get ready to ride through adorable illustrations and rhymes: You'll meet all different kinds of dogs who love to go for rides in all kinds of different vehicles. There's the K9 dog who sniffs out crime and there's the sports car pup who likes to ride curvy, swerve-y,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IVAIvanova, Katina
Summary: A tiny fairy lives with her friends in and around a huge lake with thousands of pink lotus flowers. She meets a boy with a magical bamboo flute and they set out on a quest to rescue a baby dragon. Later, they learn about flowers from bees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Erik Istrup Publishing 2022
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Summary: "For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood. One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ransom, and then left to die as an ice storm descended...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARDING, DEBORA HARPearson, Debora.
Summary: Follow these load 'em up trucks as they perform their daily jobs. Watch and talk about them as they tow cars, move bricks or load up with boxes of toys.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEAMackenzie, Debora
Summary: Over the last 30 years we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks-- and we heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. MacKenzie lays out the full story of the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 MACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.2 MACPearson, Debora
Summary: A poetically told immigration story that fosters understanding and beautifully articulates how the desire to belong and the need for human connection are universal highlights the character education traits of resilience, kindness, and empathy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEAPhillips, Debora.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4182 PHIFranov, Alejandro.
Contents: Micerino alap -- Micerino tema -- Shumba -- Gandanga -- Pasando el mar -- Khali -- Sumatra -- Luxor -- Isis -- Nyamaropa -- Sudan -- Cuentos -- Karigamombe.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nature Bliss 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN FRAIvanoff, Pierre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 MAYZack, Devora.
Summary: "Professional success, more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and personalities?all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming deadlines. Not exactly what you had in mind, is it? Don?t panic. Devora Zack has the tools to help you succeed and even thrive as a manager. Drawing on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 ZACTrump, Ivanka
Summary: The daughter of Donald Trump and founder of her eponymous fashion brand counsels women on how to achieve maximum success in all areas of life through a strategic prioritization that includes family, friends, and creative pursuits, as well as career ambitions. "I believe that when it comes to women and work, there isn't one right answer. The only person who can create a life you'll love is you....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 TRUSummary: The heart-warming true story about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ODDFarley, Robin.
Summary: "Mia's big sister, Ava, is the star of a real ballet----and Mia's dance class is going to visit her!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN FARChubbuck, Ivana.
Summary: A Hollywood coach introduces a twelve-part acting method that draws on the traditions of performance masters and explains how to apply her techniques to create genuine characters and audition effectively.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 CHUDibra, Bashkim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7088 DIBBanov, Michael.
Summary: "In this book, triple board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Michael Banov walks the reader through a personalized process to help them make the right choice about starting antidepressants, staying on antidepressants, and stopping antidepressants. He includes specific guidelines on how to safely reduce and ultimately stop taking antidepressants, if it is appropriate to do so. Readers will learn how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sunrise River Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.78 BANInnov Gnawa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN INNMeyers, Dvora.
Summary: In The end of the perfect 10, Dvora Meyers provides an account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes to the scoring system, and what these changes mean for the future of American gymnastics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 MEYTanov, Erica
Summary: "The first design book that translates elements of nature--flora, water, and wood--into elements of decor for beautiful, lived-in, bohemian interiors, from acclaimed designer and tastemaker Erica Tanov"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 TANDibra, Bashkim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal Pet DibraDebord, Matthew
Summary: "In January, 2015 at the Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled a new car and the automotive world lost its collective mind. This wasn't some new Explorer or Focus. Onto the stage rolled a supercar, a carbon-fiber GT powered by a mid-mounted six cylinder Ecoboost engine that churned out over 600 horsepower. It was sexy, jaw dropping, but more than that, it was historic, a callback to the legendary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017