Norman, Andrew
Summary: Looks at the life of Charles Darwin, and how the young man who liked to avoid controversy came to formulate one of the most controversial theories in history, with a focus on the years he spent developing his thinking on natural selection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES NORSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Deceived by flight) the Clarets XI old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSSummary: Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PAWCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAWSummary: A collection of essays by regional journalists, academics, and religious and community leaders commemorates the October 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue while describing how neighbors are working together to heal and help preventfuture tragedies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 BOUSummary: A characterized parody look at the Walking Dead television program .
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After being brutally forced to fall under Negan's will, Rick now understands Negan can't be reasoned with, and any day could be the survivors' last. The communities join forces in the last stand against the Saviors as all-out war unfolds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WALSummary: The survivors encounter a terrifying new threat. Everything they thought they knew about survival in this post-apocalyptic world will be challenged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WALSummary: Season six starts with Alexandria's safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors' hardness while many of Rick's people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they've needed to embrace. These reversals won't happen easily or without conflict. But now Rick's group is fighting for something more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WALSummary: Picking up immediately after the thrilling cliff-hanger, Negan forces Rick and the group to fall under his will, brutally convincing them to live by his rules. To prevent further bloodshed, Rick genuinely believes they can make life under Negan, however terrible, work. But he soon learns that Negan can't be reasoned with, and they must prepare to go to war now. Victory will require more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WALSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Neuman, Andres
Summary: Playful, philosophizing, and gloriously unpredictable, Andrés Neuman's short stories consider love, lechery, history, mortality, family secrets, therapy, Borges, mysterious underwear, translators, and storytelling itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Letter 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEUNorton, Andre.
Summary: "Two masters of epic fantasy have combined in this brilliant collaboration to create a rousing tale of the sort that becomes an instant favorite. This is the story of Shann, a halfbreed born of the forbidden union of an Elvenlord father with a human mother. Her exiled mother dead, she was rescued and raised by dragons, a proud, ancient race who existed unbeknownst to elven or humankind." --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORAndrews, Colman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5946 ANDNorton, Andre.
Summary: Young Wisteria draws on all of her magical abilities, which link her to the mysterious powers of nature, as she ventures into the wilderness seeking revenge on the nobleman who had destroyed her village and killed Lady Ewaren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORNorton, Andre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORNorton, Andre.
Summary: Young Sarah Cunningham arrives in England in 1805 in search of a new life, only to be waylaid by magic and thrust into a parallel universe where she has been called to take over the life of her double, Lady Sarah Roxbury, a woman embroiled in the machinations of court intrigue and scandal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NORAndrews, Colman.
Contents: Soups : the warmth of the hearth -- Eggs and cheese : farmhouse basics -- Fish : the generous waters -- Shellfish : the pick of the sea -- Salmon : the magical fish -- Savory pies -- Poultry : fit for a feast -- Pork : the favored meat -- Beef and lamb : from the rich pastures -- Game : wild Ireland -- Offal -- Potatoes : the definitive food -- Vegetables : treasures from the garden -- Bread :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle 2009
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Summary: "A searing family drama from one of Latin America's most original voices One trip. Two love stories. Three voices. Lito is ten years old and is almost sure he can change the weather when he concentrates very hard. His father, Mario, anxious to create a memory that will last for his son's lifetime, takes him on a road trip in a truck called Pedro. But Lito doesn't know that this might be their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEUNeuman, Andrés
Summary: "Un viajero enigmático. Una ciudad en forma de laberinto de la que parece imposible salir. Cuando el viajero está a punto de marcharse, un insólito personaje lo detiene, cambiando para siempre su destino. Lo demás será amor y literatura: un amor memorable, que agitará por igual camas y libros; y un mundo imaginario que condensará, a pequeña escala, los conflictos de la Europa moderna."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Debolsillo 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC NEUAndrews, Colman.
Summary: The Taste of America is a compendium of the best food in the USA. From the finest artisan cheeses to the fieriest chili sauce to the juiciest oysters, it is a celebration of the very best food produced in America, selected by renowned food expert and passionate eater, Colman Andrews. It covers 250 of the most exceptional food products manufactured and on sale in the USA (whether on a small or a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press 2013