Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham.
Summary: Contains history and lists of the Committee of Safety, Minute men, county militias, and other military units. Includes information on the disbursements to soldiers' wives, widows and orphans; claims for property impressed or taken for public service; and applications for soldiers' pensions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1951
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 SWEVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TROHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: Explains that although many adults do not care to admit it, color does still matter in the United States; discusses racism and the fight against it; and argues that bias is a problem for whites, but that white people do not have to accept it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dottir Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8009 HIGChu, Lenora
Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUHigginbotham, Adam
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.33 HIGTodaro, Lenora
Summary: "What would happen if people all around the world stayed inside, away from animals' habitats? Twelve fascinating real-life stories of creatures around the globe who reclaimed their habitat during the COVID-19 quarantine show animal lovers and aspiring citizen scientists how to help wildlife by fighting habitat loss"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: minedition 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.7 TODHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: "This exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger and confusion that a child feels around death while offering possibilities for celebrating life and love. This is the second book in the series, Ordinary Terrible Things, following the first installation, Divorce is the Worst"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at City University of New York 2016
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Summary: ""How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"-Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience divorce. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.8 HIGHigginbotham, Adam
Summary: Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.17 HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ HigginbothamHigginbotham, Susan
Summary: "As the Civil War cracks the country in two, Mary Lincoln stands beside her husband praying for a swift Northern victory. But as the body count rises, Mary can't help but fear each bloody gain. Because her beloved sister Emily is across party lines, fighting for the South, and Mary is at risk of losing both her country and her family in the tides of a brutal war... Emily Todd Helm has married...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGLook, Lenore.
Summary: When second-grader Alvin Ho is invited to a birthday party given by a girl, his fear of everything causes him to dread going.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOLook, Lenore
Summary: Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOBernstein, Leora
Summary: George, Allie, and Bill want to practice gymnastics every day, so they decide to turn the backyard into a gym.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR SPANISH BERLepora, Nathan
Summary: Explores how robots function and are made, looking at their computing components and how engineers design them with specific capabilities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 LEPWeen.
Contents: Happy colored marbles -- The stallion (parts 1-5) -- Demon sweat -- Cover it with gas and set it on fire -- Awesome sound -- Cold blows the wind -- Pollo asado -- Reggaejunkiejew -- Tried and true -- Mononucleosis -- Stay forever -- Where'd the cheese go?
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chocodog 2003
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Summary: Enjoying gymnastics class so much, George, Allie, and Bill want to practice every day and decide to turn the backyard into a gym.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BERSeny
Summary: "The Initiation Exam throws an unexpected curveball at young Saigami candidates, including Ayumi, who has arrived in this strange fantasy world under mysterious circumstances. While these young, powerful teenagers have no way of knowing, the contest strings are being pulled from the shadows, putting their future careers--and their lives--in jeopardy. Ayumi and the others will have to act fast,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockport 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SAILook, Lenore.
Summary: When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOLook, Lenore.
Summary: A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LOOSweeney, Joan
Summary: Contains an introduction to the concept of measurement, in simple text with illustrations, and includes information on the units of measure, such as how much, how many, how heavy, how tall, and how far.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Dragonfly Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530.8 SWEWeen.
Contents: Disc 1 Buckingham green -- Spinal meningitis -- Stallion pt 3 -- Bananas and blow -- Mister Richard smoker -- Fat Lenny -- Even if you don't -- Voodoo lady -- HIV song -- Marble tulip juicy tree -- Back to basom -- Captain fantasy -- Sketches of winkle -- Mister would you please help my pony? -- Ocean man
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chocodog 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WEEBorja, Lenore
Summary: "Alice Daniels has a problem. Her reflection keeps misbehaving when she looks in the mirror--and the longer she ignores it, the harder it tries to get her attention. On her eighteenth birthday, she learns why: she is a huntress, someone gifted with the power to enter mirrors and the magical world that exists beyond. But with this power comes immense responsibility, for in the Mirror Realm lurks...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: SparkPress 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BORLook, Lenore.
Summary: A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend passes away and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade 2011