Mercer, Abbie
Summary: Bloody sacrifices, disgusting diets, and shocking religious rituals are some of the gruesome aspects of the totally gross history of Mesoamerica. Concise and entertaining, this text covers some of the more nauseating facts about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (the region spanning Central America). The gruesome details about the Mesoamerican diet, religion, and medicine will shock readers. But beyond...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972 MERSummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORISummary: Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PARMeyer, David
Summary: New for 2020, this paperback edition of The Total Cat Manual brings over 200 invaluable tips from David Meyer, Abbie Moore and Dr Pia Stalk, operators of Adopt-A-Pet.com, the world's largest non-profit pet adoption website. Whether a long time or first time cat owner, this 224 page guide will walk you through how to prepare your home, yourself and your family for your new best friend. Get ready...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen International 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.8 MEYWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINVarious artists
Contents: Skating on the Harbourfront / Chris Coole -- Mama Tried / Bob Smakula -- I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Mike Seeger -- The Buffalo Girls/Puncheon Floor / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer -- My God the Spring of All My Joys / Dan Gellert -- Sally Anne / Daniel Koulack -- Florida Blues / Gordy Hinners -- Old Skeddadalink / Kate Brett -- Paddy on the Railroad / Leonard Podolak -- Shoo Fly / Paul Brown --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounderl Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OLDMelzer, Werner
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 MELSummary: Samantha Abbott is a dedicated and passionate teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school. Just as she is coming to terms with her school closing, Samantha faces some life-changing and unexpected news: she is pregnant. After breaking the news to her live-in boyfriend John and opinionated mother, Samantha learns that one of her most promising students, Jasmine, has landed in a similar but very...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alchemy 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNE RATED RBoswell, Addie K.
Summary: "Young dancer Sofia wakes up to a quiet, white world--it's a snow day! She makes her way outside to the neighborhood park, where a field awaits her, white and shining and open. It isn't long before the rest of the neighborhood wakes its sleepy head-and the other kids make their way to the park, scattering all of Sofia's beautiful silence. But with the help of a new young friend, Sofia is ready...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOSContents: Okolona River Bottom Band (Norah Jones) (4:37) -- Big boss man / Dixon, Smith (Hope Sandoval) (3:25) -- Reunion (Rachel Goswell) (2:22) -- Parchman Farm / Mose Allison (Carice van Houten) (3:47) -- Mornin' glory (Laetitia Sadier) (3:22) -- Sermon (Margo Price) (4:31) -- Tobacco road / John D. Loudermilk (Susanne Sundfør) (2:51) -- Penduli pendulum (Vashti Bunyan w/ Kaela Sinclair) (3:11) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MERSummary: A comprehensive documentary about the mingling of cultural and social influences that have made basketball what it is today. Appropriate credit goes to the game's official inventor, Dr. James Naismith. Also explores the YMCA's early role as a "pipeline for spreading basketball over the world". Pays tribute to the old Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors legends, among others, who comprise...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONESummary: American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUDSummary: Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRASummary: "The Doctor and his companions are lost in time. Expecting to be reunited with the TARDIS following a secret mission for the Time Lords, they instead find themselves on a plague-stricken space station orbiting the remnants of Voga, Planet of Gold. The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane have stumbled into the last battle of an ancient conflict between humankind and one of its most terrifying foes -...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCZabar, Abbie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 ZABGreaves, Abbie
Summary: "By all appearances, Frank and Maggie share a happy, loving marriage. But for the past six months, they have not spoken. Not a sentence, not a single word. Maggie isn't sure what, exactly, provoked Frank's silence, though she has a few ideas... Then Frank finds Maggie collapsed in the kitchen, unconscious, an empty package of sleeping pills on the table. Rushed to the hospital, she is placed in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREKozolchyk, Abbie
Summary: "For Valentine's Day, National Geographic reveals 50 gloriously romantic vacations in this inspirational planner for weddings, honeymoons, anniversaries, and other amorous special occasions. Filled with more than 200 color photographs of dreamy places--from secluded beaches to exotic jungles to luxurious spas--this book offers the perfect passionate escape to those who have just found love or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 KOZHeadon, Abbie
Summary: "Discover the power of YES and all the amazing things it can do for you. So often we are afraid of failure, of disappointment, of being vulnerable, and we settle for 'no'. The practical tips and inspirational advice within these pages will help you embrace positivity and find a new sense of freedom in each area of your life, from your career, to your relationships, to your dreams and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ilex, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HEAHoffman, Abbie.
Contents: Contents: From Revolution for the hell of it -- From Woodstock Nation -- From Steal this book -- New writings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.484 HOFGreaves, Abbie
Summary: "A poignant and thrilling love story about one woman's decade-long search to reconnect with the love of her life who disappeared without a trace--a stirring and heartfelt page-turner from the critically acclaimed author of The Silent Treatment. The straphangers of Ealing Broadway station are familiar with Mary O'Connor, the woman who appears every day to watch the droves of busy commuters. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRESummary: Acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, who lived unarmed among grizzlies for 13 summers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRI1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GRI