Thayer, Ernest Lawrence

Summary: "And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out." Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.52 THA

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN Caldecott Thayer

Summary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000

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Walkinshaw, Lawrence H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cranbrook Institute of Science 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.8 WAL

LAWRENCE, D. H

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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lawrence 1997

Lawrence, H. Lea

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.215 LAW

Johnson, Lawrence H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1990

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 JOH

Summary: This incisive and entertaining portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and others reveal a rich mélange of characters and events that unfolded in postwar America. In 1953 Ferlinghetti opened City Lights Bookstore, which quickly evolved into an iconic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FER

Fanta, Christopher H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.238 FAN

Achen, Christopher H.

Summary: Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters.Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government. --Publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016

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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Duckworth 1995

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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.912 LAW

Summary: "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

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Publisher / Publication Date: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1930

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.433 HIS

Various authors.

Contents: To the lighthouse / Virginia Woolf. -- The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka. -- The prussian officer / D. H. Lawrence. -- The waste land / T.S. Eliot. -- Mourning becomes electra / Eugene O'Neill. -- The great gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald. -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner. -- Mother courage and her children / Bertolt Brecht. -- The short happy life of Francis Macomber / Ernest Hemingway. --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: EncyclopŒdia Britannica 1990

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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC Lit

Summary: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, 95 min.): After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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Summary: Famed street photographer Ricky Powell made a name for himself taking wild portraits of New York City's who's who in the 80s and 90s. From the Beastie Boys to Basquiat, Powell's lens captured the grit and glamour of the city's downtown scene like never before. Powell and some of his notable subjects reflect on his fascinating life and work as well as the demons that shaped him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIC

Summary: Insiders' observations of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation, featuring commentary from high-ranking officials, Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the U.S. policy decisions surrounding the invasion and their consequences in Iraq, including such issues as low U.S. troop levels, the uncontrolled looting of Baghdad, the purging of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007

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Contents: "Old" is not a disease -- How to make sure you're choosing the right diet -- Five common medical conditions of the older dog -- Protecting joints stops pain -- Fighting canine cancer -- Heart disease: not about holding the butter -- When the kidneys start giving out -- The price of aging gracefully -- Might the changes you're seeing be dementia? -- Changing the environment to suit the dog --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 GOO

Nelson, Miriam E.

Summary: Provides advice on diet, exercise, weight loss, stress reduction, and other strategies that may help prevent or reverse heart disease, and addresses patients' risks and treatment options.

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.12 NEL

Summary: "This meditation on cinema's past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brough 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017

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Sontag, Sherry

Summary: Describes America's cold war efforts to gather Russian intelligence through Naval submarine operations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 1998

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 359.9 SON

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.984 SON