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Byrd, Ayana D Choir of Young Believers Martinez-Neal, Juana Nyad, Diana. Ryan, DianeNyad, Diana.
Summary: "On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve whatshe couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NYAD, DIANA NYAContents: Disc one : Do you believe / Melanie -- Blessed are /Joan Baez -- Light flight / Pentangle -- Foolish season / Dana Gillespie - Someone to talk my troubles to -- Auntie aviator / John & Beverley Martyn -- Flying away / Serpent Power -- It could have been better / Joan Armatrading -- Morning Morgantown / Jude -- If not by fire / Mandy More -- Upstairs by a Chinese lamp / Laura Nyro -- I thought I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK MILSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: A chronicle of black hair in America looks back at the styles, myths, and grooming techniques adopted by African Americans throughout their history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 BYRSummary: The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Alma es conocida por sus icónicas rayas, ¡pero hay más que le gustaría mostrarte! Tiene brazos, manos y dedos para acariciar a un pájaro como mascota, además de piernas, pies, dedos de los pies y un adorable vientre. debajo de su corazón siempre presente" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MARSummary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2017
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GHOMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Conozca la familia de Alma...¡en dos idiomas!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARRyan, Diane
Summary: Your baby has many wants and needs. Some you can figure out. Others need a little more patience. While your baby learns to make their requests verbally, you can teach them gestures and signs that will help bridge the gap of understanding. Baby Sign Language offers the tools and techniques you need to teach sign language to your baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK, Dorling Kindersley Limited, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419.1 RYAContents: Prayer for peace = Harachaman : Hebrew (by Rebbe Soul) (4:26) -- Lake of exploits : Hindu (by Jai Uttal) (4:32) -- Shaman : Sikh (by Lorellei, Singh Kaur) (6:09) -- Kalamune : Islamic (by Musa Dieng Kala) (4:29) -- Hanacpchap cussicunin : Catholic (by Savae Vocal Ensemble) (3:25) -- Praise to Tara : Tibetan Buddhist (by Nada Shakti) (5:00) -- Hare Krsna maha mantra : Krsna (by Krsna Prema Das)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soundings of the Planet 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS PRAMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: When Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott Martinez-NealMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Alma quiere saber por qué su nombre es tan largo, así que Papi le cuenta a su pequeña la gran historia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHSummary: Americans have been taken hostage in Iran, but in the seedy dying discos of 1979 Los Angeles, a naive young immigrant is hostage to his own American dream. Houshang, or "Hank" when he is pretending to be Italian to get past prejudiced doormen, sees the disco club circuit as his ticket to a better life. Houshang's ambition leads to a chaotic and desperate journey of lost identity, forbidden love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinéma Libre Distribution 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMESummary: With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, this television program became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. In these episodes, when Victoria Winters searches the Old House for David Collins, she is abducted and held captive by Matthew Morgan, the Collinses' fugitive caretaker who is hiding following the death of family friend Bill Malloy. A massive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DARSummary: Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing McKinley High's Glee Club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential. Going up against McKinley's cruel high school caste system and facing harsh criticism from everyone around him, Will becomes determined to prove them all wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GleeSummary: From Ryan Murphy, the creator of "Nip/Tuck" comes a musical comedy that follows an optimistic high school teacher as he tries to transform the Glee Club and inspire a group of outcasts to make it to Nationals. Includes the episodes from the second half of season one and bonus features.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GleeSummary: A widowed professor, trying to raise his overachieving teenage daughter on his own, learns about relationships from a former student and an unexpected visit from his brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SMASummary: Featuring a stellar cast, the 13 part mini-series traces the extraordinary life of Charles Dickens from his penniless childhood in Chatham and London during the 1820s to the unprecedented success he later enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DICChoir of Young Believers
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tigerspring 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHOSummary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESSummary: Sondra Wellington is bossy, controlling, and extremely unpleasant but eveything changes when she's transformed into a chihuahua and her real body is in a coma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2011