Jones, Rachel Pieh
Summary: "Somalia's Mother Teresa chose love over fear. Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa, what difference could one woman make? "I am nobody," she always insisted. Yet by the time she was killed for her work three decades later she had not only developed an effective cure for tuberculosis among nomadic peoples but also exposed a massacre,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plough Publishing House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TONELLI, ANNALENA JONSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANSummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STAJonat, Rachel.
Summary: A happier, more serene life is just moments away. From your home to your finances, this straightforward guide teaches you how to scale back your possessions and commitments to just what you really need. With hundreds of ways to minimalize your life, you'll quickly uncover the joys and rewards of paring down. Helps you rediscover the simple moments that have been buried beneath the piles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 JONJones, Razel
Summary: Wounds: A Collaborative Memoir in Stories is about the triumphs and the pains experienced in Razel Jones, (African American) and Daniel Abbott's (Caucasian) collective journey toward cross-cultural navigation. Jones and Abbott explore the concepts of Race, Difference, and Cross-Cultural navigation through stories beginning with their youthful experiences in rural northwestern Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summer Camp Publishing 2020
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Summary: They started out as the "misfit moms"—the trio of less-than-conventional parents at their sons' tony private school. They've shared everything. Or so they thought. Now, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City, they'll sightsee, they'll shop, they'll catch a few Broadway shows. They'll tell all… After seventeen years as a single parent, Neve will reveal a past sin that could destroy her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
Yazbek, David
Summary: With a cast that includes Katrina Lenk and Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub, this musical has become one of the most acclaimed new Broadway productions of 2017. It includes music from three-time Tony Award nominee David Yazbeck.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghostlight 2018
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BANPiehl, Janet.
Summary: Describes cars driven in Formula One races, including their history and development through the years, including information on the tracks, race rules and culture, and famous drivers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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Summary: Answers questions about mosquitos such as where female mosquitos lay their eggs and why mosquitos bite people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.772 PIEPiehl, Janet.
Summary: Gives an overview of Formula One cars, including their design, parts, races, and drivers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.72 PIEBiehl, Janet
Summary: "In the summer of 2012 the Kurdish people of northern Syria set out to create a multiethnic society in the Middle East. Persecuted for much of the 20th century, they dared to try to overcome social fragmentation by affirming social solidarity among all the region's ethnic and religious peoples. As Syria plunged into civil war, the Kurds and their Arab and Assyrian allies established a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 BIESummary: Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLEContents: Blue disc: Dive / Steven Curtis Chapman -- Holy / Nichole Nordeman -- I can only imagine / Mercy Me -- In Christ alone / Brian Littrell -- One of these days / FFH -- Big enough / Chris Rice -- Lead me on / Amy Grant -- Place in this world / Michael W. Smith -- Gather at the river / Point of Grace -- Redeemer / Nicole C. Mullen -- Testify to love / Avalon -- Awesome God / Rich Mullins -- On my...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Provident Label Group 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWArnold, Caroline
Summary: Inspired by the logs and adventures of Juliet Fish Nichols, a female lightkeeper who kept the light shining through the fog following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake,
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNSummary: A retired safecracker thought his criminal past was behind him for good, but when his witless son-in-law fails to repay a ruthless loan shark, violent threats force him to take on one last job to protect his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Video 2006
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DEBSturm, James
Summary: Presents a fictionalized version of the life of Satchel Paige, who began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s and who, although kept out of the major leagues for years by Jim Crow laws, went on to become a world-class athlete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Jump at the Sun 2019
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Summary: This book serves as an update of the author's successful Collecting Toy Soldiers (Collins, 1987; pb edition, New Cavendish, 1991). In it, James Opie gives the collector the benefit of thirty years experience as the world's leading authority on traditional toy soldiers (as opposed to model soldiers used in wargaming, etc) and a lifetime as a collector himself. This book combines authoritative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.72 OPIContents: Rough and rocky road ; What are they doing in heaven ; Flying saucers ; When the pearly gates unfold ; Cool by the riverbanks ; Looking for that city called heaven (the Mello-Tones) -- Run on for a long time ; Touch me Jesus ; You ain't got faith (till you got religion) ; Lord, I've tried ; Troubled, Lord I'm troubled (Bill Landford & the Landfordaires) -- Devil is no relation to me (Brother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS THESummary: When Nate is invited to a big family reunion in Missouri, he sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged wife and growing children. Nate takes delivery on an expensive new SUV, persuades his wife, Dorothy, to tag along, and packs up his three kids for what he thinks will be a leisurely drive from L.A. to St. Louis. However, between his wary wife, arguing kids, angry police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JOHSummary: Harold wants to take a walk in the moonlight, so he draws a moon with his purple crayon. Next Harold wants a picture for his room, soon he's bigger than a mountain. Then with his crayon, Harold takes a trip through the enchanted garden where he meets a King, a giant witch, and a fairy with one magic wish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A short-order cook is hopelessly in love with a waitress who barely knows he's alive. Enter the Devil, who grants him seven wishes in order to win her over, but his efforts are hampered by the Seven Deadly sins including the insatiable Lillian Lust!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEDSummary: The movie is based on the 1951 novel by Daphne Du Maurier and tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007