Robinson, Steve
Summary: In Victorian England, a mother is on the run from her past - and the truth about what she did. Birmingham, 1880. Angelica Chastain has fled from London with her young son, William. She promises him a better life, far away from the terrors they left behind. Securing a job as a governess, Angelica captures the attention of wealthy widower Stanley Hampton. Soon they marry and the successful future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ROBSummary: The true story of William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force medic who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FULLSummary: A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SHE NOT RATEDRonson, Mark
Contents: Uptown's first finale (1:38) -- Summer breaking (3:07) -- Feel right (3:43) -- Uptown Funk (4:30) -- I can't lose (3:16) -- Daffodils (4:58) -- Crack in the pearl (2:26) -- In case of fire (4:34) -- Leaving Los Feliz (4:18) -- Heavy and rolling (3:58) -- Crack in the pearl pt. II (2:16).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RON POP/ROCKContents: Money (That's What I Want) (2:36) -- Shop Around (2:48) -- Please Mr. Postman (2:28) -- Do You Love Me (2:52) -- Stubborn Kind Of Fellow (2:43) -- You've Really Got A Hold On Me (2:50) -- Fingertips (3:10) -- Heatwave (2:43) -- My Guy (2:51) -- Baby I Need Your Loving (2:45) -- Where Did Our Love Go (2:29) -- Dancing In The Street (2:38) -- Baby Love (2:35) -- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strategic Marketing 2008
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Summary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ATWSummary: Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1998
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COO RATED PGSummary: Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUL RATED PG-13Tiwary, Vivek J.
Summary: The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles-from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of "The Man Who Made The Beatles," The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Joinson, Suzanne.
Summary: It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient city of Kashgar on the Silk Road. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar , she is ready for adventure. In present day London, a young woman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012
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Mistry, Rohinton.
Summary: With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010
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Ronson, Jon.
Summary: In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Steele, Earle E
Summary: From horse-drawn wagon rides to school through five decades of tending majestic trees at the gothic Traverse City State Hospital, Earle Steele colorfully and compassionately shares tales of life and how it was lived at The Asylum, a city-within-a-city that once housed 3000 mentally ill patients.Steele's first affiliation with the hospital was at age nine when his father began employment at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Denali 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 STEStrebe, Jenny
Summary: This essential resource for little girls and their parents features 50 fun styles to wear to school, parties, and playdates. Each style is accompanied by chic photography, easy-to-follow illustrations, and cross-references to other similar styles to try. This comprehensive guide also includes tips for junior hair care and advice on accessories such as clips and ribbons. From a Minnie Mouse bun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 646.724 STRHenderson, Stevie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling/Lark Publishing Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 684.1 HENRobson, Jennifer
Summary: "Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford, has struggled against both her mother's expectations and the restrictions early 20th-century British society imposes upon women of "gentle breeding". Lilly longs to make a difference, to have a life of substance and meaning. Only one person other than her beloved brother Edward ever listened to what she really wanted-Robert Fraser, Edward's best friend. But that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P ROBSteves, Rick
Summary: Wander the lavender fields of Provence, climb the steps of the Eiffel Tower, and bite into a perfect croissant: France is yours to discover with Rick Steves!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2019
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Summary: A series of self-guided tours around the city of Rome including the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica, and the ancient ruins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel 2019
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Summary: While sitting inside their car, two children enjoy the soapy sights and watery sounds of the car wash.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STESterer, Gideon
Summary: An evocative wordless picture book conveys the story of how a magical fairground comes to life far outside the city before wild animals emerge from a nearby woodland and share an exuberant night of rides, snacks, and prizes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE STERobinson, Fay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROBRobinson, Jeremy.
Summary: Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu's pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter's sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the collision crashes into Earth's Arctic ice shelf carrying extraterrestrial microbial life. The first man to come into contact with the microbes hears voices—and then dies. After determining the meteorite originated from Europa, the Global Exploratory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Springbrook Digital 2010
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Steves, Rick
Summary: From the top of the Eiffel Tower to the ancient catacombs below the city, explore Paris at every level with Rick Steves!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPEReeve, Philip
Summary: Zen Starling, a small-time thief, and Nova, an android girl come from the Network Empire, whose stations are scattered across the galaxy and linked by the K-gates and the sentient trains travel at light speed between them--but the gate through which they just passed was a new one, and they have no way of knowing into what danger it might have led them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Switch Press, a Capstone imprint 2017