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Summary: n 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts, began to wonder if the Buddhist hermit tradition still existed in China. At the time, it was believed that the Cultural Revolution had dealt a lethal blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines, and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2009
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Contents: Gloria's step / Scott LaFaro (6:07) -- My man's gone now / George & Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (6:24) -- Solar / Miles Davis (8:54) -- Alice in Wonderland / Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard (8:34) -- All of you / Cole Porter (8:17) -- Jade visions / Scott LaFaro (3:46) -- Jade visions [alt tk] / Scott LaFaro (4:11).
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaxTime 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Rough and rocky road ; What are they doing in heaven ; Flying saucers ; When the pearly gates unfold ; Cool by the riverbanks ; Looking for that city called heaven (the Mello-Tones) -- Run on for a long time ; Touch me Jesus ; You ain't got faith (till you got religion) ; Lord, I've tried ; Troubled, Lord I'm troubled (Bill Landford & the Landfordaires) -- Devil is no relation to me (Brother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS THESummary: 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 RANSummary: "With the Army of the Dead--led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon--bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMBilal, Parker
Summary: When a surveillance job leads private investigator Makana to the murder of a teenage girl, he and a woman named Zahra search for justice in a country where the authorities can be willing to turn a blind eye to apparent honor killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBilal, Parker
Summary: In Cairo, private investigator Makana is called into the office of his new client, a powerful art dealer known as Kasabian. Kasabian wants him to track down a famous painting that went missing from Baghdad during the US invasion. All the dealer can tell Makana is that the piece was smuggled into Egypt by an Iraqi war criminal who doesn't want to be found. The world of art is a far cry from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBilal, Parker
Summary: Hired to investigate the disappearance of a university student who may have become involved in political activities, Makana is drawn by a gruesome murder into an ethnic rivalry and gang war among young men from South Sudan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILSummary: Set 5: With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-buried secrets can fester, and where people can disappear in the blink of an eye. Makana, a former Sudanese police inspector forced to flee to Cairo, is now struggling to make ends meet as a private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILContents: disc 1. Casey Jones (Billy Murray) -- Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson) -- Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James) -- Steamboat Bill (Arthur Collins) -- Casey and Bill (Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band) -- Steamboat Bill boogie (Delmore Bros.) -- Red wing (Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr) -- Red wing (Doc Williams & the Border Riders) -- Just break the news to mother (George J. Gaskin) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PROCotter, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COTBilal, Parker
Summary: When the Coptic community of Cairo is implicated in a series of child murders in the summer of 2001, Sudanese private investigator Makana fears an increase in religious tensions and identifies links to a woman with a dangerous secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILCotter, Bill
Summary: The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Vox Books, produced by Cinnabar Media Ventures] 0150
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Summary: When Larry the monster turns into a chicken, he asks the reader to help him change back to normal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2024
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Summary: The incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner shares his life story of coming of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle and how unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PORTER, BILLY PORPorter, Billy.
Contents: But The World Goes 'Round (3:45) -- Everything's Coming Up Roses (3:54) -- Don't Rain On My Parade (2:56) -- On The Street Where You Live (4:06) -- I've Gotta Be Me (5:03) -- I'm Not My Father's Son (6:13) -- Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy (3:52) -- Luck Be A Lady (6:18) -- Take The Moment (5:56) -- I Am Changing (3:59).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Concord Records 2014
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Summary: "This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love - proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise, and some good old-fashioned blackmail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Brother and sister Chance and Pauline must risk it all to return to the magical realm that exists deep below the ground to warn its inhabitants about a miner threatening to destroy their world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COTPorter, Billy
Contents: Broke a sweat -- Children -- Black Mona Lisa -- Stranger things -- Not ashamed -- Fashion -- Baby was a dancer -- More to learn -- New shoes -- Funk is on the one -- Audacity -- Children (What time it is).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2024
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Summary: It's easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Actor and survivor Billy Porter shares his life story in his own words.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 PORTER, BILLY PORCotter, Bill
Summary: The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2015
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRDCotter, Bill
Summary: Larry encourages readers to push the button, shake the book, and blow on the book, while the Easter Bunny is not looking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2019