Sperry, Armstrong
Summary: Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 1971
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Sperry 1971Sperry, Kip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everton Publishers 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3745 SperrSperry, Kip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everton Publishers 1980
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3746 SperrSperry, Kip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.1 SPESperry, Kip.
Summary: This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents; provides samples of alphabets and letter forms; defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records; and, furthermore, presents numerous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 427 SPESummary: Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, and outdoor activities, along with suggested itineraries and an overview of the history and culture of Portugal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications Pty. Ltd. 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.8 STESummary: Documents the obscure country blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist, Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. Director Terry Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, this is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOUClark, Jerry
Summary: Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as "a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer." She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted in one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's strangest cases: the Pizza Bomber case, in which a pizza...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 CLASkerry, Brian.
Summary: "You're deep inside an endangered habitat. In the blue waters of southern Florida you come face to face with nature's gentle giant. Meet the manatee. He's playful, sometimes clumsy, and he rolls around when he's happy. Hear that?! He just squealed with delight. Learn why his world is under threat from pollution and development, and what young environmentalists can do to protect that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.55 SkeSperka, Marie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9676 SPEAnderson, Sparky
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ANDAnderson, Sparky
Summary: BLESS YOU BOYS chronicles the incredible 1984 season of the Detroit Tigers--from opening day, to clinching the American League East Division, to winning the American Pennant, straight through to beating the San Diego Padres in five games to become the 1984 World Champions. Sparky Anderson, the Tigers' colorful manager and 1984 American League Manager of the Year, tells all in this, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ANDBagge, Sverre
Summary: "Christianity and European-style monarchy--the cross and the scepter--were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieval historian. Sverre Bagge shows how the rise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.023 BAGVryonis, Speros
Summary: "On the night of September 6-7, 1955, the Greek community of Istanbul was violently struck throughout the expanse of Turkey's most important metropolis. Within hours, businesses, homes, and even the churches of the Greeks were in ruins, with the British press calculating the damage at $100 million. It was the beginning of the end for the ethnic descendants of the city's founders, who had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greekworks.com 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.61 VRYSiberry, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SIBThomas, Sherry (Sherry M.)
Summary: "A most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes's doorstep: Moriarty himself. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter and wants Charlotte to find out the truth. Charlotte and Mrs. Watson travel to a remote community of occult practitioners where Moriarty's daughter was last seen, a place full of lies and liars. Meanwhile, Charlotte's sister Livia tries to make sense of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorrndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M THOStorry, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mayflower 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952 STOGarland, Sherry.
Summary: An illustrated collection of Vietnamese folktales with explantory notes following each story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GARShahan, Sherry.
Summary: "This photo essay takes kids behind the scenes at a community zoo to see what and how their favorite animals eat."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN SHASherry, Kevin.
Summary: "When a silly prank lands Squizzard in deep trouble, he comes down with a case of the barnacle blues. Instead of going to the Coral Carnival with his friends, he'll have to do the swim-possible and turn Seaweed Elementary's junk-filled basement into an activity room for after-school clubs. But there just may be hidden treasures to discover if Squizzard can stop all the funny business long...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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Summary: In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 TURPeary, Danny
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4375 PEAPeary, Danny
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1998