Klein, Carol Swartout.
Summary: "Painting for peace in Ferguson is the story of a community coming together, hundreds of artists and volunteers, black and white, young and old, to bring hope and healing to their community using the simplest of all tools- a paintbrush. Written in child-friendly verse, the actual artwork painted on hundreds of boarded up windows in Ferguson, South Grand and surrounding areas illustrates the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Treehouse Publishing Group, an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC 2015
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Summary: Hollywood diva Jessica Gray is finishing the last leg of her one-woman show in St Louis, Missouri, and the nearby town of Chouteau Forest is dazzled. During the show she humiliates three homeless women, fires her entourage and makes a bitter enemy of the town's powerful patriarch. She collapses at an after-show party and is rushed to the hospital, but she ignores the advice of her doctors and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIESummary: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband, Russ' conviction. When his conviction was overturned, the crime set off a chain of events that exposed a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV THIJohnson, Ron
Summary: On August 14, 2014, five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown ignited race riots throughout the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the nation found an unlikely hero in Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Charged with the Herculean task of restoring peace between a hostile African American community and the local police, Johnson, a 30-year law enforcement veteran and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, RONALD JOHSummary: Rich Hill, Missouri (population 1,393) could be any of the countless small towns that blanket America's heartland. But to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it's home. They are like millions of other boys coming of age the world over, but face unfortunate circumstances an imprisoned mother, isolation, instability, and parental unemployment. Adolescence can be a day-to-day struggle just to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Passion River] 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RIC
Veit, Quentin F.
Summary: "Part memoir, part how-to manual, The Bumpy Road paints a vivid picture of life on the farm during the Great Depression. The author, recounting stories from his boyhood, brings to life the everyday trials and tribulations of his family and neighbors as they struggle to survive under daunting economic conditions. The hard work they put in was a given (to them), and their solutions to everyday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willow Bend Press 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VEIT VEISummary: A documentary that chronicles the history of westward expansion and the construction of the largest stainless steel structure ever built, the Gateway Arch. Featured are newly discovered construction footage, rare photographs of westward expansion and early conceptual drawings by architect Eero Saarinen. Dozens of interviews include World Trade Center Master Plan architect Daniel Libeskind and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.7866 GATTwain, Mark
Summary: Set in a 19th-century town along the Mississippi River, Mark Twain's classic and much-loved novel presents a young and mischievous boy, Tom Sawyer, and his numerous antics. Through adventures and a cast of colorful characters, Tom learns much about becoming a young man even while clinging to his boyhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION BERHilty, Steven L.
Summary: With very few people engaged in agriculture today, it is no surprise that most Americans have little understanding of the challenges that modern farmers face. This book provides readers a glimpse into life on a modern Missouri farm where a variety of grains, grass seed, corn, and cattle are produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363 HILGeist, William
Summary: Before there was 'tourism' and souvenir ashtrays became 'kitsch,' the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that television host Bill Geist spent summers in the sixties during his school and college years, working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation GeistBush, Cori
Summary: Embodying a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of the most politically vulnerable, the first black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress presents a powerful and empowering memoir that is both a personal account and a fierce call to action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUSH, CORI BUSMurray, Julie
Summary: Explore Missouri in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers learn about the state's history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A Tour Book spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Missouri. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.8 MURViets, Elaine
Summary: "Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk - a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene.Terri Gibbons, the popular Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been found strangled. Could a message...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIEBerg, Elizabeth
Summary: Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BERCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Berg 2018Berg, Elizabeth
Summary: A novel about surprising friendships, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change a life. Lucille is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur, she has begun to teach baking classes. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. In these difficult times, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2018
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BERContents: Don't let your love fade away (Gene Williams) -- I'm gonna get your thing (Lee Harris) -- I'm gonna get you (Tear Drops) -- Hen, part I (Louis Chachere) -- Cry night and day (the Fantasticks) -- I've lived the life (Marva W. Taylor) -- Mini, mini afro twist (the Fabulous Rhythm Makers) -- I'll never be satisfied (Tony Ashley & the Delicates) -- You confuse me baby (the Rayons) -- Baby your love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Numero Group 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES ECCMcCaskill, Claire.
Summary: Missouri's first woman senator recounts her coming-of-age in a political family at a time when women were held back from their ambitions, describing her failed first marriage, her unconventional choices in office and her relationships with fellow politicians. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCASKILL, CLAIRE MCCWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1962
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Summary: In the all-white Missouri town of "Calico Springs, Willie's life has been defined by two powerful forces: God and the river. The 'miracle boy' died for five minutes as a young child, and ever since, Willie is certain he survived for a reason, but that purpose didn't become clear until he found the Game. The Game is called Manifest Atlas, and the concept is simple: enter an intention and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC MILEverett, Percival
Summary: "From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC EVELynch, Sean
Summary: "A young man coming of age in the Civil War, riding tall with the Texas Rangers, and becoming one of the greatest gunfighters of his time"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LYNTwain, Mark
Summary: Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypal American maverick. Fleeing the respectable society that wants to "sivilize" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An intimate coming of age story which illuminates the challenges that many black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018