Perkins, S. C. (Stephanie C.)
Summary: S.C. Perkins' Murder Once Removed is the captivating first mystery in the Ancestry Detective series, in which Texas genealogist Lucy Lancaster deals with murders in both the past and present. Except for a good taco, genealogist Lucy Lancaster loves nothing more than tracking down her clients' long-dead ancestors, and her job has never been so exciting as when she discovers a daguerreotype...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M PERSummary: Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenged his unbelief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 2009
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Summary: Indexes by bride, groom & others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tazewell County Genealogical Society 1982
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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
Summary: Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works, The Reading Life provides guidance and reflections on the love and enjoyment of books. Engaging and enlightening, this well-rounded collection includes Lewis' reflections on science fiction, why children's literature is for readers of all ages, and why we should read two old books for every new one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne / HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028 LEWPerkins, David C.
Contents: v. 1. 1827-March 1838.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tazewell County Genealogical Society 1980
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377354 Perkins Vol. 1Summary: At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's clergyman was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2010
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AFRHarwood, Laurence
Contents: Introduction -- Friends at Oxford -- Lovers of literature -- Walking tours -- Friendship after Oxford -- Godfather Jack -- My letters from my godfather -- My mother's death -- My failure at Oxford -- Jack's illness and marriage to Joy Davidman -- Jack's last years -- Jack's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 HARSummary: 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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Summary: Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LUCSummary: Claire Smythson, wife of the famous abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his last show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ARTSummary: "Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. Now meet C.S. Lewis, an extraordinary creative force, in this engaging true life story!"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC C.SCutler, Laurence S.
Summary: "J. C. Leyendecker captured lifestyles with superior technical skills, with an imaginative use of subject, and with an originality that many have sought to imitate. Dubbed the "Master of the Magazine Cover" by Norman Rockwell - who modeled both his technique and his career on his mentor - Leyendecker created illustrations that graced the covers of all the leading magazines, including Collier's,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.6 LEYENDECKER, J.C., CUTGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: A historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2010
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 978.004 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: "S.C. Gwynne's Hymns of the Republic addresses the period from Ulysses S. Grant's appointment as general of all Union armies in March 1864 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox a year later."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: "New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 GWYGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, even Robert E. Lee, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures. His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, STONEWALL GWYContents: Preface / David Haynes -- Introduction: A Festschrift for Professor Magnaghi -- Story maps / Robert Archibald -- An immense world of delight: The U.P. in prose / Ted Bays -- Witness to five centuries: The history of Ste. Anne's Parish, Mackinac Island / Steven C. Brisson -- Hungarians in Michigan's Copper Country / Bernard Cook -- "A most unpleasant circumstance" : Personality and provocation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native GwynneGwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)
Summary: "The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty's Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.12 GWYJenkins, Joseph C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jenkins Pub. 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper/Collins 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4572 JENPerkins, Stephanie
Summary: "Hawaii-born Makani Young's new life in Nebraska is thrown into chaos when a serial killer begins to target her fellow high school students"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PERChallinor, C. S. (Caroline S.)
Summary: Christmas is murder-- when you're stranded in East Sussex with a killer. When guests at a secluded Victorian hotel start dying, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2008