Schreckinger, Ben
Summary: An exploration of Joe Biden as told through his extended family. In November 2020, Americans did not just elect Joe Biden: they got a package deal. The entire Biden family are sure to play a defining role in his presidency, just as they have in every one of his endeavors. Schreckinger believes the best way to understand Biden-- his values, fears and motives-- is to understand his family. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SCHMen
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MENBei Bei.
Contents: Into The Wind -- Hot Thursday -- East -- Make Me Stronger -- Little Sunrise -- Bei's Bossa -- Whisky Walts -- Willingness -- Tiger -- Master Room -- Ambush -- Blue Grotto.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ubiquity 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BEISummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky, the film is written for the screen by the show's Tony winner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS DEASummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONCBorgeson, Bet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.24 BORCho, Zen
Summary: "In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite... The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty's lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman--a freed slave who doesn't even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHOLiu, Bin
Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUMcMaster, Bec.
Summary: A brilliantly creative debut where vampires, werewolves, and clockwork creatures roam the mist-shrouded streets of London... When Nowhere is Safe Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it's the last safe haven. But at what price? Blade is known as the master of the rookeries-no one dares cross him. It's been said he faced down the Echelon's army single-handedly,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2012
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Contents: Francisco Guayabal -- Elige tu que canto yo -- Tratame como soy -- No hay tierra como la mia -- Compay Jose -- Cienfuegos -- Santa Isabel de las lajas -- Manigua -- Corazon rebelde -- Que bueno faila usted -- Dolor y perdon -- El agarrao.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BMG Music 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MORSummary: In a period of great conflict, a group of unlikely heroes led by Jyn Erso, a daring fugitive, and Cassian Andor, a rebel spy, band together on a desperate mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Rogue 2017Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STAAlexander, Eben.
Summary: A Harvard-trained neurosurgeon's minute-by-minute account of his own near-death experience, and what he discovered in the heavenly realm beyond life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2012
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 133.901 ALEXANDER, EBEN ALEBrazelton, Bev
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702.81 BRACho, Zen
Summary: "A reluctant medium is about to discover the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power . . . . When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she's moving back to Malaysia with her parents - a country she last saw when she was a toddler. She soon learns the new voice isn't even hers, it's the ghost of her estranged grandmother....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHOHen Ogledd
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HENKaufman, Bel.
Summary: A young high school teacher relates the frustrations and challenges of teaching through fictitious memos, letters, papers, and student comments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAUSen, Paul
Summary: "Einstein's Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. Thermodynamics-the branch of physics that deals with energyand entropy-is the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences. It governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 536 SENSmith, Bren
Summary: "Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement, Smith introduces the world of sea-based agriculture, and advocates getting ocean vegetables onto American plates (there are thousands of edible varieties in the sea!). Here he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, BREN SMIFarthing, Pen.
Summary: Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 FARHen Ogledd
Contents: Love Time Feel -- Sky Burial -- Problem Child -- First Date -- Gwae Reged o Heddiw -- Dyma Fy Robot -- Tiny Witch Hunter -- Transport & Travel -- Welcome to Hell -- Etheldreda
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Domino recording Co.
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HENMarshall, Bev
Summary: "Though the women are as different as water and wine?Icey is feisty, hot-tempered, and impulsive, while Tee Wee is more submissive and disciplined?both are driven by a passionate determination to give their children a better life. Through trying times, they are the pillars, fierce and resilient; yet they celebrate life with a love of food, music, and family that makes even the most traumatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2005