Summary: To prove that one bad day can make any man as insane as he is, the Joker wages a psychological war on Batman that catches Commissioner Gordon and his daughter in the crippling crossfire and leaves scars on the Dark Knight that even time won't heal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Drawing on memories of growing up in Detroit with Caribbean roots, Hernandez reveals a hidden community that craves sun and saltwater, dances to calypso, and makes callaloo, bakes, buljol, sanchocho, and pelau in their kitchens. Making Callaloo in Detroit explores questions of how we assimilate and retain identity, how families evolve as generations pass, how memory guides the present, and how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2014
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Summary: "These twelve stories bring to life the people who populated Detroit's Clark Street Cadillac factory until its last smokestack was airlifted out in 1994. Each story is a tribute to the grit, passion, and bravado that transformed Detroit into the Motor City and the Cadillac into America's premier luxury car."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2004
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Summary: "The intertwining stories of two Louisiana families--three generations of African-American men--and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2007
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Summary: Buying his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian wars, Cow Tom builds a remarkable life and legacy that is sustained by his courageous granddaughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2014
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Summary: Follows four generations of African American women, from slavery to the early twentieth century, as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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Summary: The "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick--the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family's ancestral past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2001
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Molina, Juana.
Contents: Un da̕ -- Vive solo -- Lo dejamos -- Los hongos de Marosa -- Quiň? (suite) -- El vestido -- No llama -- Dar (Qu ďifc̕il).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Domino 2008
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Summary: When Leora Ebersole sees the small plane crash in her Old Order Mennonite community, she has no idea it’s a foreshadowing of things to come. When the young pilot, Moses Hughes, regains consciousness, they realize his instruments were destroyed by the same power outage that killed the electricity at the community store, where Englischers are stranded with dead cell phones and cars that won’t...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETChesnakova, Polina
Summary: "In Everyday Cake, the recipes are easy, relatively quick to prepare and bake in one pan, and use ingredients that are readily available"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 CHELelito, Larry
Summary: True hard is an outstanding telling of the life of a Marine Sniper -before, during, and after combat in Vietnam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parkhurst Brothers Publishing 0000
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Summary: Raised in an Old Order Mennonite community, Rachel Stoltzfus is a strong-willed single woman, content living apart from mainstream society until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life. Refusing to repent and name the partner in her sin, Rachel feels the wrath of the religious sect as she is shunned by those she loves most. She is eventually coerced into leaving by her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Tells about the birds who return to the mission on the same day every springtime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1949
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Summary: Bestselling cookbook author and food columnist Lovina Eicher brings together the best of Amish cooking in The Essential Amish Cookbook: Everyday Recipes from Farm and Pantry. Join Eicher as she shares traditional Amish recipes along with her own kitchen tips and secrets. Growing up, Eicher learned to cook and bake at an early age alongside her mother, longtime columnist and Amish cookbook...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herald Press 2017
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Summary: "Leila is crushed when Dev, her boyfriend of four years, breaks up with her right before graduation. Just when she's thinking she wasted her entire high school experience on a dead-end relationship, her best friend Bree reminds her that Last Chance Dance is just around the corner. A high school tradition, the Last Chance Dance gives all the students one last opportunity to find love before they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WILBolina, Jaswinder
Summary: Warm tenderness and fiery critique sit side-by-side in Bolina's English as A Second Language, a collection that skewers, laments, and celebrates America with intelligence, humility, and a disarming sense of humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2023
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Summary: When an African American family decides to spend the summer in a small beach town, they discover that they are being stalked by evil doppelgängers of themselves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Paul Getty Museum 2009
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Contents: Star wars, main title / Williams (3:04) -- Space fantasy / R. Strauss ; Wagner ; Tomita (9:12) -- The unanswered question / Ives (6:19) -- Peer Gynt. Solveig's song / Grieg (4:48) -- Hora staccato / Dinicu ; Heifetz (3:28) -- The sea named Solaris / J.S. Bach ; Tomita (12:26).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Records 1978
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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Contents: Also sprach Zarathustra : opening / Strauss (2:13) -- The planets : Saturn, the bringer of old age / Holst (3:49) -- The rite of spring : dance of the young girls / Stravinsky (3:13) -- Cranes in their nest (Japanese traditional) (4:36) -- Daphnis and Chloe suite no. 2 : general dance / Ravel (3:50) -- The lark ascending / Vaughan Williams (7:15) -- Close encounters of the third kind / Williams...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Red Seal 1985
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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Summary: When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019