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Summary: Presents basic writing strategies and tools for the composition of impressive and effective sentences, drawing on examples from authors who are masters of the form.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 LANLandon, Brooks.
Contents: Pt. 1. Lecture 1. A sequence of words -- Lecture 2. Grammar and rhetoric -- Lecture 3. Propositions and meaning -- Lecture 4. How sentences grow -- Lecture 5. Adjectival steps -- Lecture 6. The rhythm of cumulative syntax -- Lecture 7. Direction of modification -- Lecture 8. Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns -- Lecture 9. Coordinate cumulative sentences -- Lecture 10. Subordinate and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808.042 LAN PART 1Call number: CD 808.042 LAN PART 2
Summary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: Shows you how to make the most of your favorite houseplants through simple, beginner-friendly propagation techniques, as well as resourceful DIY projects including homemade rooting mediums, seed-bombs, and a self-watering plant pot.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quadrille 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Gardens In LangtonSummary: Traces the history of black America back to ancient African civilization, examining attempts by the white establishment in the U.S. to conceal this knowledge as a means of undermining African American identity. Presents theories of scholars and social commentators which comprise a history in which African Americans have been systematically oppressed as a people.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDCook, Langdon
Contents: Among the recreationals -- The circuit picker -- Kings for a day -- The buyer -- New frontier -- Autumn aroma -- Winging it all the way -- The discreet charm of the chanterelle -- Ingredients as art -- Sex, love, and truffles -- Winter pick -- Into the fire.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.6 COOCook, Langdon
Summary: Foraging is not just a throwback to our hunter-gatherer past; it's a way to reconnect with the landscape. And Langdon Cook is not just your typical grocery cart-toting dad. For him, gourmet delicacies abound, free for the taking if we just open our eyes. As a result, he finds himself free-diving in icy Puget Sound in hopes of spearing a snaggletooth lingcod, armed with nothing more than a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skipstone 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 COOLangdon, Philip.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grayson Publishing 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 LANBroome, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 1993
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GREHughes, Langston
Summary: A board book adaptation of Langston Hughes's beloved poem celebrates the endearing love between a mother and a baby and is complemented by painted collage illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HUGBroome, Brian
Summary: "A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROOME, BRIAN BROHughes, Langston
Summary: A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.52 HUGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.52 HUGHughes, Langston
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5209 HUGBrookes, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 BrookesBrookes, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Kindersley 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.98 BROBrookes, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1994
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635.9 BROCall number: OVS 635.9 Bro
Brook, Henry
Summary: "Where can drones fly that no human would dare? Why do engineers turn to nature to design new flying machines? Could a drone space rover reveal the secrets of distant planets? How can a fire rescue drone save lives? Fast, agile and cheap to build, drones offer all the benefits of flight with no risk to any pilot. Already vital tools for the world's armed forces, drones in our towns and cities...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2016
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Summary: "Who were the original Commandos? How do ordinary soldiers become Special Forces? How do troops communicate without speaking? What's the difference between HALO and HAHO? Meet the best of the best, the elite soldiers who have been through the toughest training on earth, ready to take on missions in any climate, against any enemy with no fear"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 356 BROBroome, John
Summary: Discusses the climate change debate, including the science of greenhouse gasses, offsetting carbon emissions, and the choices facing policymakers by filtering the issues through the universal philosophical standards of goodness and justice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.1 BROCook, Langdon
Summary: "From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food : salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild--thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant menu, or a deep red fillet at the market. For others still, it's the jolt of adrenaline on a successful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639 COOHughes, Langston
Summary: Presents a collection of letters exchanged over the course of four decades between poet Langston Hughes and his mentor, Carl Van Vechten, offering an incisive look at current events and issues.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5209 HUGHughes, Langston
Summary: "This unprecedented collection of Langston Hughes's letters is arranged by decades, with helpful interstitial material and notes throughout to guide us through Hughes's journey in all its aspects: literary, personal, political, practical. His correspondents include such luminaries as Carl Van Vechten, Blanche Knopf, Ezra Pound, Countee Cullen, Paul Robeson, and Richard Wright. The letters tell...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUGHES, LANGSTON HUGSancton, Julian
Summary: "The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter-in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton Sides. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8904 SANBrook, Henry.
Summary: Traces the history of fighter planes from the dogfights of World War I to the missions flown by modern stealth fighters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2012