Smith, Courtney E.
Summary: Smith explores what music can tell women about themselves-- and the men in their lives. From romantic soundtracks to the evolution of girl bands, she shares stories from her own life that shed light on the phenomenon of guilty pleasures and the incredible power of an "our song."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 SMISmith, Courtenay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728 SMISmith, Courtenay
Summary: Featuring nineteen home-building and design strategies that are direct, original and often surprisingly simple, this inspirational sourcebook presents a mix of new technology and time-tested vernacular methods that will change the way we think about 'home'. With strategies and houses that span the globe, including developing regions in Asia, Africa and South America, the book shines a spotlight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.047 SMISummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUE Lockhart E Seitz
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Chappell 1919
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMAckerman, Courtney E.
Summary: "Think you don't have time to meditate? Think again! Instead of trying to carve out a designated daily meditation time, learn to make the most of the boring, mindless tasks you have to complete throughout the day! From the two minutes you spend brushing your teeth to the time it takes you to eat your lunch, you can turn those moments into a quick and easy opportunity for relaxing meditation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 ACKMartin, Courtney E.
Summary: "From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began. Learning in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 MARSummary: At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele (The Angel of Death), forced her to dance for his amusement. This dance saved her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "Are we living the good life-and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off". The New Better Off puts a name to the American phenomenon of rejecting the traditional dream of a 9-to-5 job,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business MartinSummary: Major Sinclair Yeates is a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in pre-independence West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where the inevitable never happens, but the improbable frequently does.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV IRISmith, E E
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Books 1977
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SmithNesbit, E. (Edith)
Summary: After the presumed death of their long-absent father, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden and moves with his sister Elfrida into the decrepit family castle where they find an ancient spell that conjures up the magical Mouldiwarp and, with his help, set off on a journey through time in search of the lost Arden treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Children's Collection 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Set Classic Nesbit 2006Summary: Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUSte. Anne de Detroit Roman Catholic Church (Detroit, Mich.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custombook 1976
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377434 DetroitSteele, 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 STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 362.2 STENesbit, E. (Edith)
Summary: When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane accidentally destroy a carpet in their London home with fireworks, their parents replace it with a second-hand one. Upon unfurling it, the children find an egg inside, and, when one of them accidentally drops it into the fire, it hatches into a magical golden phoenix, who tells them that he can take them on the carpet to any location they wish. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alma Classics 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NESJourney
Contents: Lights -- Feeling that way -- Anytime -- La do da -- Patiently -- Wheel in the sky -- Somethin' to hide -- Winds of March -- Can do -- Opened the door.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOUSmith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Old Earth Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SmithNesbit, E. (Edith)
Summary: When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NESNesbit, E. (Edith)
Summary: After climbing to the top of a huge beanstalk, a boy uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and gain a fortune for himself and his mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006