Smyth, Denis
Summary: In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SMYSmith, Mychal Denzel
Summary: "We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SMIGiancola, Donato
Summary: "Classical realism unites with contemporary storytelling to bring JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga to life. More than 170 works of art by Donato Giancola explore the mythic grandeur and the iconic characters of the series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 700.92 GIAMack Smith, Denis
Summary: A political history of modern Italy, tracing events from 1861 when Count Camillo Cavour proclaimed a united Italian kingdom, to the formation of a Second Republic after the 1992 revolt of the electorate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.08 MACKMenzel, Peter
Summary: "A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of thirty families from twenty-four countries surrounded by a week's worth of food"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Material World Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.3 DALD'Aluisio, Faith
Summary: A companion to the best-selling Material World: A Global Family Portrait, this unique book is a multicultural odyssey in words and 350 stunning images that illuminates the hopes, dreams, joys, and sorrows of women the world over. A testament to the imdomitable power of the human spirit, Women in the Material World portrays the startling differences and striking similarities in women's lives at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.42 DALMenzel, Peter
Summary: "A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Material World Books 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 394.1209 MENMenzel, Peter
Summary: "A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J641.3002 MENTran, Thi Minh Phuoc
Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRASummary: Part 4 covers the period during the 17th and 18th centuries that saw widespread questioning of religious and other traditional authorities, growing faith in science, and early responses to the budding industrial revolution. This period marks the intellectual flowering that led to the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREMalhotra, Smita
Summary: A practical weekly handbook for the first 3 months of parenthood - from a pediatrician and parent. The old saying "babies don't come with a manual" may be true - but this is a good place to start. Parenting is a process of phases and milestones. Each new stage, as important as the last, serves as a building process for years of parental education and care. The Newborn Handbook will gently and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.12 MALSmyth, Katharine
Summary: Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death--a calamity that claimed her favorite person--she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Smyth's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMYTH, KATHARINE SMYDenvir, Bernard
Summary: Explains the movement, its artists, and the era in which they worked.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mallard Press 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.054 DENWenzel, Angela.
Summary: Presents information about thirteen mysteries from the art world, including questions about the Mona Lisa, van Gogh, and the street artist Banksy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759 WENDengel, Tobias
Summary: "Voice is the next technology--remarkably similar in potential impact to the Internet and mobile computing--poised to change the way the world works. Tobias Dengel is in the vanguard of this breakthrough, understanding the deep, wide-ranging implications voice will have for every industry. And here he connects the dots about this emerging paradigm to vividly illustrate how business leaders can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.409 DENDenzer, Kiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hand Print Press 2000
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Summary: "The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi was born in India to a prominent Hindu Brahmin family. At the age of six he began having visions of a snowy mountainous region in which men with shaved heads, in robes the color of sunset, wandered about. "It was as vividas if I were watching a scene from life," he writes. At the age of ten, he ran away from boarding school to find this place, taking a train to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TENZIN PRIYADARSHI TENCooper, James Fenimore
Summary: Retells, in comic book format, the story of a wilderness scout and his Mohegan companions who accept the dangerous task of transporting two young women to Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War and protecting them from an evil Huron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COODanzig, Allison
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1972
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.8153 SMIEdith
Summary: A beautiful adaptation of the classic novel. Renowned graphic novel artist, Edith, has created an enchanting version of the classic Tom's Midnight Garden. This is a new and special way to read and share one of the best-loved and most enduring children's stories of all time. A story with a special place in the hearts of grandparents, parents, and children everywhere, this wonderful graphic novel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 EDIDanzig, Dianne.
Summary: A straightforward, reassuring book aimed at children awaiting the arrival of a new baby in the family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2009