Woodward, John.
Summary: Provides detailed descriptions of a wide variety of topics from sedimentary rock to the stratosphere, in a lavishly illustrated introduction to the planet and its role in the solar system that pairs example photographs with accessible captions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 550 WOOBrett, Simon
Summary: "Once again, the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess, so - unusually for her - she gives her blessing for Blotto to take part in the 'Great Road Race' in his beloved Lagonda ... so long as he wins. The first prize of 10,000 pre-War sovereigns will help towards repairing the leaky ancestral home.Blotto elects to take chauffeur Corky Froggett as his spare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRELewis, Stephen
Summary: In the summer of 1895, Woodruff Parmelee, the son of a well to do farmer on Old Mission Peninsula, was tried for the murder of Julia Curtis, his pregnant girlfriend. On the day the verdict was announced a large and menacing crowd gathered in and around the courthouse demanding that justice be done. Parmelee’s defense rested on his alibi. He claimed that he was clearing brush for a new road...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2005
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction LewisCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI FIC LEWLewis, Stephen
Summary: "In Murder Undone, master craftsman and storyteller Stephen Lewis guides the reader through a richly woven tapestry of time, place, and character. This historical narrative set in the early 20th century transports the reader from northwest lower Michigan through the halls of power in Lansing, the prison yard in Jackson, LaSalle Street law offices, lumber camps, and Michigan’s copper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction LewisGrafton, Sue.
Summary: "J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead for five years. Or so it seemed until he's spotted in the bar of a dusty resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Having just paid his wife $500,000, Jaffe's insurance company wants the truth and is willing to hire a private investigator to dig it up. As Kinsey Millhone pushes deeper into the mystery, she explores her own past. In family matters as...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 1994
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRALin, Grace
Summary: "Identical twins Ling and Ting like to be silly, tell jokes, and laugh together"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE LINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LINSchreier, Iris.
Summary: Presents detailed instructions for twenty-five projects for creating a variety of shawls, scarves, cowls, and capes, with advice on techniques and finishing details.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Crafts 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 SCHPatrick, Renee
Summary: Los Angeles, 1937. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl...until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate, Ruby Carroll. Party girl Ruby died wearing a gown she stole from the wardrobe department at Paramount Pictures, domain of Edith Head. Edith has yet to win the first of her eight Academy Awards; right now she's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATSummary: The death of Queen Elizabeth foreshadowed a power struggle between parliament and the monarchy. This program begins with the crowning of James I-whose policies made the confrontation inevitable-and documents five generations of tumultuous Stuart governance. Sifting through the complex mixture of financial crisis and mounting religious factionalism that characterized Jacobean England, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: At what point did England's Norman rulers begin to think of themselves as English? This program addresses that question as it surveys the history of the monarchy from Henry III to the birth of Henry Tudor. Recounting the scramble for power that followed the death of King John, the program explores the little-known rule of Louis-the French king "imported" by ambitious barons, then ousted when he...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Ferris, William
Summary: Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Now, Give My Poor Heart Ease puts a searing selection of the artistically and emotionally rich voices from this invaluable documentary record....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 FERSummary: How has the importance of English royalty evolved over the past two centuries? This program examines the passage of the monarchy into figurehead status, tracing the line of descent from Queen Victoria to the current ruling family. Recounting Victoria's bereaved isolation and her son's rejection of her standards of propriety, the program reflects on English rule through two world wars, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Gardner, Sally.
Summary: Nine-year-old Emily and her friends at the fairy detective agency, Wings & Co, face their most complicated case yet when a giant leaves his six-year-old, six-foot-tall daughter with them before disappearing, then a surprise visit to the seaside uncovers amurder and a stolen diamond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GARSummary: A modern day, alternate-reality drama about a hero who rises to become the King of his nation, based on the biblical story of King David. King Silas Benjamin rules the kingdom of Gilboa with steely determination unmatched by any rival. During a tense battle with the neighboring nation of Gath, David Shepherd, an idealistic young soldier from the countryside, heroically crosses over dangerous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KINSummary: As the 18th century dawned, foreigners continued to dominate the English royal line. This program profiles the four Kings George and William IV, and their significance in the German House of Hanover. Beginning with the rancorous relationship between George I and II, the program explores the origin of the position of Prime Minister, the courtly rivalry between George II and his son...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: To William, the Duke of Normandy, England was "Angleterre" or the Old French equivalent-and in 1066 the country became as French as William could make it. This program describes the Norman invasion that ended Anglo-Saxon rule, summarizes William the Conqueror's transformative reign, and profiles the six rulers who followed him. How Henry I wrested the crown from his brothers and solidified...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With a French princess and Welsh courtier as its progenitors, the Tudor dynasty continued England's tradition of rule shaped by outside influence. This program examines the saga set in motion by Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, illustrating the events that led to the coronation of Henry Tudor and shedding light on the entire succession of Tudor monarchs. With the murderous power-grab of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Smith, Jeff
Summary: Introduces the Bone series by explaining the characters and mythology of Bone, conversations with Jeff Smith and Steve Hamaker about the making of Bone, explaining how Bone is colored, a cover gallery and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMClark, Mindy Starns.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAGardner, Sally
Summary: Nine-year-old Emily Vole and her friends at Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency have their hands full with the sudden and mysterious death of local landowner Sir Walter Cross, devastating losses suffered by tailor Mr. Rollo, and the ruin of Pan Smith's wedding preparations the night before her big day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GARSmith, Jeff
Summary: "For the youngest fans of the bestselling graphic novel series BONE, Jeff Smith has created two hilarious tales to delight beginning readers. In Finders Keepers, the Bone cousins find a coin -- finders keepers! -- but the boys can't agree on how to spend it. Fone Bone wants an apple and bananas they can share. Smiley Bone wants an ice cream cone with a pickle on top. And Phoney Bone wants to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMISmith, Jeff
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartoon Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SMIGardner, Sally.
Summary: "When Emily Vole inherits an abandoned shop, it is up to her to battle a fairy-snatching witch and get to the bottom of Operation Bunny"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GARCopeland, Cynthia L.
Summary: A young boy, catching a glimpse of different construction vehicles as they approach their work site, urges each to get busy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2003