Pierce, Douglas
Summary: Includes: 1 full-length simulated TOEFL iBT; practice drills for the speaking, listening, reading, and writing sections; detailed answer explanations for all practice questions; grammar review to brush up on the basics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.0076 PIESummary: "An anthology of short stories about the North American wilderness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren't sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love--and a lot of what they fear--through a twisted blend of horror...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amberjack Publishing 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALLPinon, Dominique
Summary: In a rickety apartment building, a sweet-natured clown becomes the catalyst in the lives of the unusual tenants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DELSummary: Based on the publishing phenomenon, Percy Jackson and other young demigods continue to fight, but this time in the sea, to fulfill their destinies. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: New Year is a coming of age comedy about death, pregnancy, and a big party! The random murder of a gas station attendant is the catalyst for lovers Jason, a student who lives at home, and Allison, an unemployed graduate, to take stock of their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doublesee Productions, Inc. 2012
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Summary: A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISummary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPSummary: A quiet, timid file clerk whose unremarkable life begins to be increasingly overshadowed with dread and fear after he moves into his new home - an apartment building with an unhappy past. Adding to his paranoia are the building's other occupants, who do nothing to alleviate his growing obsession with the untimely, tragic fate of the apartment's previous tenant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TENBierce, Ambrose
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio State University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 BIEPiercy, Marge.
Summary: Brings together a collection of poems, recipes, personal reminiscences, and an insightful new interpretation of the rituals and symbols of the seder in a guide to creating a meaningful Passover for the entire family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.4 PIESummary: The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2013Summary: Superman, the movie: As an infant, Superman is sent to earth from the doomed planet Krypton. As he grows up, he learns he has super powers which he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. But the time comes when Superman's powers for good are revealed to the world. Superman battles with supercriminal Lex Luthor and his cohorts as they attempt to destroy California by activating the San...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video [distributor] 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SUP RATED PGPeace
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Publisher / Publication Date: Traffic Entertainment Group 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PEASummary: Reaching for the moon: A daydreaming clerk discovers that he's of royal blood; A modern musketeer: Ned Thacker is born during a Kansas cyclone and is thus imbued with the spirit of adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley 2008
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MODSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANPiercy, Marge.
Contents: To be of use (2:01) -- No one came home (6:25) -- Choices (1:49) -- Sneak and peek (3:01) -- If they come in the night (1:45) -- What's that smell in the kitchen? (1:21) -- Rape poem (2:45) -- Woman in the shoe (1:33) -- The good old days (2:11) -- The perpetual migration (2:46) -- The market economy (1:04) -- The nine of cups (2:53) -- The token woman (2:13) -- Right to life (3:59) -- For two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leapfrog Press 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN PiercSummary: Based on the true story of the infamous Bondurant brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic outlaw tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LAWCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LawlessDouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 DOUBierce, Ambrose
Contents: The death of Halpin Frayser -- The secret of Macarger's Gulch --One summer night -- The moonlit road -- A diagnosis of death -- Moxon's master -- A tough tussle -- One of twins -- The haunted valley -- A jug of syrup --Staley Fleming's hallucination -- A resumed identity -- A baby tramp -- The night-doings at 'Deadman's' -- Beyond the wall -- A psychological shipwreck --The middle toe of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildside Press 1909
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIEBierce, Ambrose
Summary: A veteran of some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce went on to become one of the darkest and most death haunted of American writers, the blackest of black humorists. This volume gathers the most celebrated and significant of Bierce's writings. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), his collection of short fiction about the Civil War, which includes the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIEPiercey, Rachel
Summary: "Throughout the woodland, someone kind has hidden one hundred eggs to find . . . Join Bear and his friends as they set off to find and count one hundred eggs. A delightful board book, perfect for the youngest nature spotters."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Cat 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Piercy, Marge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1988