Capps, Benjamin
Summary: When her parents are killed in a raid, 11-year-old Helen Morrison and her younger sister Katy are kidnapped by a band of Comanches. Given the name Tehanita, Helen vows to maintain her white identity and clings tightly to her only possession--the dress she was wearing when captured. She is appalled by Katy's quick adjustment to her new home and family. Helen resists assimilation but she must...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAPSummary: An intimate portrait of job-seekers desperately chasing the broken American Dream to the tiny oil boom town of Williston, North Dakota. With the town lacking the infrastructure to house the overflow of migrants, a local pastor starts the controversial 'overnighters' program, allowing down-and-out workers a place to sleep at the church. His well-meaning project immediately runs into resistance...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OVEMore, James F.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mika Studio 1972
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 971.6 MORBitori
Contents: Bitori Nha Bibinha -- Rabelado -- Cruz Di Pico -- Cabalo -- Munana -- Natalia -- Julinha -- Didi Di Réz.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN BITBunker, Mary Powell
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: J. Munsell's sons 1895
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3 POWSummary: More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: "Provides a comprehensive history of the 175 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-American Member, including notables such as Hiram R. Revels, Joseph H. Rainey, Oscar De Priest, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins, and Barbara Jordan. Individual profiles are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Government Publishing Office 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73092 BLADorsey, Tim
Summary: "Serge A. Storms is back on the road in the latest zany Florida caper from the "wickedly funny" (Entertainment Weekly) Tim Dorsey"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DORSummary: The war of the sexes, like any war, needs leaders and followers. Using a military-style competition between male and female test subjects, this program examines the different ways in which men and women exercise power, set goals, construct hierarchies, and perform teamwork. A chain of command, incorporating clearly defined roles and responsibilities, quickly materializes among the male...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Packing the trunk, finding the right road, parking in a tight spot-are these masculine tasks, best accomplished with a man's mechanical aptitude and spatial reasoning? This program resists broadly brushed stereotypes, but does identify disparities in the ways men and women operate machines, manipulate tools, focus on tasks, and navigate. Accompanying two teams as they race to organize and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Dorsey, Tim
Summary: "After a long and arduous COVID-19 quarantine, Serge A. Storms is fully vaccinated and ready to hit the road. Along with his condo neighbors, he cooks up a wild plan to celebrate in true Serge fashion: each week, they rent a shuttle van and head out for funky Florida road trips and some serious revelry. Meanwhile, a CIA revenge operation down in Honduras goes very, very wrong. The local liaison...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents the basic text of the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous, intended for addicts seeking recovery, explaining what the Narcotics Anonymous program is and how it works, explaining the twelve traditions of Narcotics Anonymous, and including the stories of selected members.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Narcotics Anonymous World Services 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 NAR1 available in Reference, Call number: R 362.29 NAR
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.29 NARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.831 PETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R NarcoticsSummary: Looks, personality, intellect, bank account-the reasons for attraction can't be predicted. Or can they? This program investigates ways that men and women evaluate potential lovers and life partners, and shows how male and female criteria may be more similar than many think. Creating a relaxed, club-like setting in which a small group of singles meet, flirt, and discuss their goals, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Why do girls demonstrate greater reading and writing ability than boys? Is the female brain hardwired for faster verbal development? Should men let women do the talking? This program studies language differences between the sexes and explores the possibility that many communication skills are gender-specific. Following two teams of well-educated adults as they undergo a crash course in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When asked to describe birth from a baby's perspective, a group of women talk about fear, elation, and other feelings-while their male counterparts summon only physical sensations. What causes such a contrast? This program explores the divergent emotional tendencies of men and women, throwing gender differences into bold relief through spontaneous theatrical exercises and expert commentary....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Lambdin, Dewey
Summary: "In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Big 'taters in the Sandy Land (Jackson; Jim Herd, guitar) -- Darkies' dream (G. Goforth; Bob Skaggs, Lonnie Goforth, guitars; Cecil Magness, bass) -- Boatin' down the river (G. Goforth; Mark Wilson, guitar) -- Uncle Henry ; Rose Nell (Hensley; Sandra Flagg, guitar; Lewonna Nelson, jawbone) -- Wabash foxtrot (H. Teague; Gordon McCann, guitar; Sean Teague, traps) -- White River (H. Teague; Larry...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Select 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY TRAContents: Frisky Jim / Dean Johnston -- Minnie, put the kettle on / Ray Curbow -- Oklahoma quickstep / Ray Curbow -- Spotted pony / Earl Ball -- Helen's waltz / Earl Ball -- One old Indian, two old squaws / Bill Graves -- Pickin' cotton down south / Lacey Hartje
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records Corp 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY TRAFraley, J. P.
Contents: Cluckin' Hen -- Going back to Kentucky -- Birdie -- The red headed Irishman -- Mud fence -- Swing nine yards of calico -- Run, Johnnie, run -- Wild rose of the mountain -- Miller's reel -- Little Liza Jane -- Granny, take a look at Uncle Sam -- Sail away ladies -- Forked deer -- The Roosian rabbit -- White rose waltz -- Dusty miller -- Going down the river -- The fun's all over -- One morning...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK FRAMichaels, Fern.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MICGregorich, Barbara.
Summary: Sometimes you never know who is your friend's friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: School Zone Publishing 1985
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Place a hold to request this item.Palmer, Diana.
Summary: Top detective Rick Marquez had never met a case he couldn't solve -- or a woman he couldn't charm. In the midst of one of the toughest cases he's ever worked on, he's confronted by the one woman who just might be able to rein in this smooth-talking Romeo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PALChilds, Laura
Summary: "Theodosia's outdoor tea party was an elegant affair set in Charleston's new Petigru Park. But when a shot rings out, Osgood Claxton III, candidate for state legislature, falls to the ground--dead. Holly Burns, the gallery owner who asked Theodosia to cater the tea, begs Theodosia to run a shadow investigation and help restore her gallery's good name. Theodosia questions everyone that had a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: By applying her deep knowledge of the Quran and the U.S. Constitution to issues involving democracy and women's rights, Azizah al-Hibri has been instrumental in nurturing an urgently needed interfaith dialogue both at home and abroad. In this program, Bill Moyers and Dr. al-Hibri explore her role as a bridge builder between Muslims and non-Muslims as she advocates conflict resolution through...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005