Knoop, Savannah
Summary: The JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT's fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with the fact that the gay-male-ex-truck-stop-prostitute-turned literary-wunderkind was really a girl from San Francisco, whose sister-in-law wrote the books. Girl Boy Girl...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KNOOP, SAVANNAH KNOSummary: Affable Jim Williams is hosting one of the most important parties of the Savannah Christmas season. John Kelso is a magazine reporter who finds himself amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on the party. His curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDO'Connor, Ryan P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 578.74 OCOHoose, Phillip M.
Summary: Chronicles a year in the life of rufa red knot B95, also called Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and discussing the environmental problems that caused the rufa population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.072 HOOAndrews, Mary Kay
Summary: "A witty, wisecracking tale of divorce, revenge, and great antiques, set in sultry Savannah"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ANDClaridge, Laura P.
Summary: "Left off her company's fifth anniversary tribute but described by Thomas Mann as "the soul of the firm," Blanche Knopf began her career when she founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915. With her finger on the pulse of a rapidly changing culture, Blanche quickly became a driving force behind the firm. A conduit to the literature of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Blanche...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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Summary: Explores the African savanna ecosystem, plants that grow there, animals it is home to, the climate of the area, and how people live there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.4 GRESummary: There's humor, heartbreak and nail-biting tension as new characters move in and familiar faces continue their stories: Bakari the baboon struggles with family life; Kali the lioness makes a difficult decision; a family of leopards arrives and the adorable and adventurous cubs test their mother's patience as they get used to their new home. Immerse yourself in the complex relationships,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Biomes are home to unique animals and plants. Introduce beginning readers to the African Savanna biome! Readers will get an up-close look at the characteristics of the land and weather and how zebras, lions, giraffes, and other animals have adapted to life in this amazing biome"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.74 SCHBerendt, John.
Summary: An account of life in Savannah, interwoven with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case, and peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 1997
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 975.8724 BERCannon, Janell
Summary: Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CANHogan, Christa C.
Summary: "With fun facts and real-life connections, shares goofy knock knock jokes"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2018
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Summary: "Here's a collection of knock-knock jokes that is both hilarious and wholesome. This collection provides fun for the whole family and includes bonus Q & A jokes and riddles too."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Berendt, John.
Summary: "Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "From the town squares of the famous Historic District to its salty, untamed coastal edges, Wildsam Savannah is a time capsule mixing the city's deep history and vibrant present. Inside this guide exploring one of America's most fascinating Southern cities, you'll find stories about Gullah/Geechee culture, motorcycle riding, lemon meringue pie, oyster farming, and the secrets behind Savannah's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.587 SAVANNAH WILMaddox, Jake
Summary: "Tobias Wilson has a secret. For the past two years, since attending a Choctaw Nation powwow with his family, he's been teaching himself how to hoop dance. But when his best buddy Declan discovers him dancing, it isn't long before his whole class knows. Once the secret is out, Tobias has the opportunity to share his dancing at the spring talent show, but he's not sure he wants that. Is he ready...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADKnopp, Lisa
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.2 KNOCahalan, Susannah.
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records, chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all, showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Only weeks earlier, Susannah had been on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.832 CAHHunter, Erin
Summary: "For generations, the Silverback troop has lived in peaceful seclusion high above the plains, but when a new evil descends on their home, one young gorilla must venture into the unknown to prevent darkness from taking hold of all they hold dear"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HUNKerr, Christiane
Summary: "Follow lion as he learns 13 easy yoga poses with the help of his friends on the savanna. Lion will practice first, and then it's your turn! look at the pictures, then follow the instruction to learn the poses. See lion wake up like wildebeest, stretch like aardvark, and jump like gazelle - can you do it, too?"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.7 KERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Mindful KerrBreslin, Susannah
Summary: "What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you're a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of over a hundred children who are research subjects in an unprecedented 30-year study of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRESLIN, SUSANNAH BRECahalan, Susannah.
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CAHALAN, SUSANNAH CAHBaeten, Marja
Summary: Meet the nicest wild animals of the savanna. Learn funny and interesting facts, followed by double pages of action-packed photographs and illustrations. Facts and fiction are combined in special cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund. Kids will love getting to know more about their favorite animals! In this title, readers will learn about the wild animals of the savanna (such as the zebra,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 BAEEvans, Richard Paul
Summary: "A romantic holiday story about two romance writers who are searching for the kind of love that, so far, they have only written about"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016