Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine
Summary: Presents the history of the Internet forum Reddit, whose intensely-engaged users have changed the culture of the Internet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.302 LAGSummary: One day in the life of Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, she, and viewers, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ASSSummary: As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RSummary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RATED PG-13Trent, Chistine.
Summary: Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian London, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. She is empathetic, well-versed in funeral fashions, and comfortable with death's role in life--until its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2013
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Barberich, Christene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 749.8 BARChaffin, Tom
Summary: Thomas Jefferson first met the Marquis de Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The two could not have seemed more different. When Jefferson moved to Paris three years later as a diplomat, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 CHACanton, Chamein.
Summary: Three friends over forty still wait for Prince Charming in the form of their favorite Austen character, Mr. Darcy. Not quite ready to turn in their hot chick cards for the hot flashes of menopause, they'd like to find a man who is charming, smug, intelligent and cute to share the primes of their lives with (even if one of them doesn't know she's looking). Together they navigate this brave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genesis Press, Inc. 2009
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Hynde, Chrissie
Summary: Pretenders singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde tells exactly where she came from and what her crooked, winding path to stardom entailed. Her All-American upbringing in Akron, Ohio, a child of postwar power and prosperity. Her soul's capture, along with tens of millions of her generation, by the gods of sixties rock who came through Cleveland -- Mitch Ryder, David Bowie, Jeff Back, Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HYNDE HYNKrebs, Chrissie
Summary: A bear reluctantly becomes a wizard when a magic wand crashes into his head, and he uses his powers to protect the forest animals from an evil wolf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KRE (Graphic novel)Daugherty, Christi
Summary: "Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty's Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain's heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city's towering oaks, surrounded by graceful mansions. Instead, she's hiding miles away on Tybee Island after a mysterious voice on the phone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DAUAndrews, Christiane M.
Summary: "A young shepherdess, her wolf companion, and a young oracle-apprentice must stop a king's reign of terror after he receives a frightening prophecy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANDChaplin, Amy
Summary: "Eating whole foods can transform a diet, and mastering the art of cooking these foods can be easy with the proper techniques and strategies. In 20 chapters, Chaplin shares ingenious recipes incorporating the foods that are key to a healthy diet: seeds and nuts, fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and other plant-based foods. Chaplin offers her secrets for eating healthy every day: mastering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.3Cordell, LaDoris H.
Summary: Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible. Cordell takes you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CORDELL CORMangan, Christine (Christine Rose)
Summary: "A suspenseful, transporting literary thriller about a British novelist who heads to Venice after a public breakdown, by Christine Mangan, the bestselling author of Tangerine. It's 1966 and Frankie Croy needs a break. Having achieved success with her debut bestseller, she's been trying desperately to live up to the high expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new book....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MANAlger, Cristina
Summary: On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALGHenríquez, Cristina
Summary: "A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HENBrennan, Kristine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2001
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HILLARY BREChapin, Tom
Summary: Using the lyrics to Tom Chapin and Michael Mark's "The Library Song," this picture book celebrates the magic of reading and of libraries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CHAGolden, Christie.
Summary: The Jedi Order is in crisis. The late Jacen Solo's shocking transformation into murderous Sith Lord Darth Caedus has cast a damning pall over those who wield the Force for good: Two Jedi Knights have succumbed to an inexplicable and dangerous psychosis, criminal charges have driven Luke Skywalker into self-imposed exile, and power-hungry Chief of State Natasi Daala is exploiting anti-Jedi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2009
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Cognevich, Christie
Summary: "Teens today are dealing with stress at an unprecedented level, but they are not alone. This valuable resource offers practical coping strategies, useful resources, and insight from fellow teenagers to help young adults recognize and manage stress factors in their lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 155.9 COGMatheson, Christie
Summary: Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MATDay, Christine
Summary: After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021