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American essays 21st century Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character) Drama Board books Carson, Rachel 1907-1964 Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Environmentalists United States Biography Naturalists United States Biography Nature (Aesthetics) Oliver, Mary 1935- Pesticides Environmental aspectsOliver, Mary
Summary: "Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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Summary: In this collection of 43 new poems the author grapples with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over forty years. She strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress, grief as part of loving and not it end. She also chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work for four decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1994
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Summary: One of the astonishing aspects of [Oliver's] work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets. . . . These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1992
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Summary: A collection of essays follows the author as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor; her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her; and the responsibility she has inherited from the great thinkers and writers of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1998
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Summary: In A THOUSAND MORNINGS, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifes work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, Oliver shares the wonder of dawn, the grace of animals, and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog, Percy, she is ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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Summary: Presents a lyrical and personal collection of essays and poetry that covers a variety of subjects including her own literary endeavors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Historical Society of Michigan 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 921 MILSummary: Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAC NOT RATEDSummary: The story of the five Bennet sisters living in early 19th century England. Their mother is scheming to make prestigious marriages for them. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennet, who mistakenly finds the rich Mr. Darcy an oaf, even as he sets all the other fair maidens' hearts aflutter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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Summary: Introduces human anatomy using the monster from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: [Disc 1]. The inheritance (1997; 93 min.) / a Kraft Premier movie ; Alliance Atlantis Communications presents an Alliance Atlantis Communications/Cosgrove Meurer/Televest production ; producer, Ed Self ; teleplay by Maria Nation ; directed by Bobby Roth -- Love among the ruins (1975; 103 min.) / ABC/Circle Films ; produced by Allan Davis ; directed by George Cukor ; written by James Costigan....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BrSummary: Based on real events that occurred in between 1980 and 1982. Dan Mahowny is a quiet, unassuming assistant manager at a bank in Toronto. He is a compulsive gambler and runs up a massive debt with his bookie. Dan's bank responsibilities include approving loans. Needing to cover his debts, Dan starts approving loans to non-existent clients and adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003