Frazier, Charles
Summary: After marrying a Mississippi landowner in hopes of living a life of security, Varina Howell finds her expectations upended when her husband is appointed as the leader of the Confederacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018
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Summary: "Arky Levin has reached a creative dead end. Guilty and restless after an unexpected separation from his wife, almost by chance he stumbles upon an art exhibit that will change his life. Based on a real piece of performance art, the installation that the fictional Arky Levin discovers is inexplicably powerful. Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art sit across a table from artist Marina Abramović...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P ROSKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: Police Detective Harry Lyon is a perfectionist who likes his files error-free. To Harry's dismay, his partner, Connie Gulliver, embraces chaos, urging him to "get in touch with the rhythms of destruction." But when Harry and Connie have to kill in the line of duty, the ensuing surreal nightmare makes Connie's cynical world view seem all to accurate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KOOFrazier, Charles
Summary: Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history—culpable regardless of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION FRAFrazier, Charles
Summary: "Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Frazier 2018Summary: The relationship between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud is torn apart when Sabina Spielrein, a troubled but beautiful young woman, comes between them and forever changes the face of modern thought.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2012
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVDSummary: A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOTAlvarez, Julia.
Summary: A best-selling, Latin-American author living in Vermont, Alma stays behind when her husband travels to the Dominican Republic to help fight AIDS. She needs the time to work on her latest book, but she has terrible writer's block. Soon, her focus is diverted to an entirely new story, that of the early 19th-century anti-smallpox expedition of Dr. Francisco Balmis. Accompanying Dr. Balmis was Doa...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC AlvAlvarez, Julia.
Summary: Latina novelist Alma Huebner is suffering from writer's block and is years past the completion date for yet another of her best-selling family sagas. Her husband, Richard, works for a humanitarian organization and wants her help on an AIDS assignment in the Dominican Republic. But Alma begs off joining him--her publisher is breathing down her neck. She promises to work hard and follow him a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALVPronzini, Bill
Summary: "The latest Carpenter & Quincannon mystery: "Attractive characters, a finely tuned plot, and fascinating snippets of California history. Who could ask for more?"-PublishersWeekly on The Stolen Gold Affair Quincannon's pursuit of two con men who have absconded to Hawaii with a considerable sum of his employer's assets dovetails nicely with Sabina's vision of a second honeymoon. But neither is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2021
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Summary: In response to a string of gold thefts in a Mother Lode mine, former Secret Service agent John Quincannon goes undercover as a newly hired miner to identify and capture the men responsible. Meanwhile, Sabina Carpenter finds herself not only making plans for her and Quincannon's wedding, but also investigating both an audacious real estate scam and an abusive young man's villainous secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PROKhadivi, Laleh
Summary: "Laguna Beach, California, 2009. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza--now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KHAEisner, Will.
Summary: Comics luminary Will Eisner takes on literary giant Charles Dickens, in this fascinating retelling of the life of Oliver Twist's Fagin! Imagining Fagin's impoverished childhood in the slums of London and his initiation into the criminal underworld, Eisner's story counters the anti-Semitism of Victorian literature as his gorgeous brushwork creates an evocative portrait of the era. Now with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Harrison, Nicola
Summary: 1942: Hazel Francis leaves Wichita, Kansas, for California to do her part in the war effort. At Douglas Aircraft she helps construct bombers for the U.S. military. But when the war is over, Hazel is dismissed: expected to return home and become a wife and mother. Staying on the West Coast, Hazel finds herself in Laguna Beach and answers an add for a model/assistant to artist Hanson Radcliff. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twentysomething best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Now, in his high-octane prequel, The Kings of Cool, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, it is a tale of family in all its forms--fathers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An untested American submarine captain teams with US Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HUNTraviss, Karen.
Summary: Jacen Solo's shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TRA LF 8Rand, Johnathan.
Summary: Leah Warner and her friends discover that giant spiders lurking beneath the city of Saginaw have plans to take over the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AudioCraft Pub. 2005
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Summary: "Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Mom's a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother's fighting in Nam . . . and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PARSummary: Vietnam war drama which begins with a depiction of the brutality of Marine Corps training and then shifts to Vietnam, focusing mainly on a group of Marines responding to the Tet Offensive of 1968.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA FULBowen, Rhys
Summary: Lady Georgiana Rannoch won't deny that being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne has its advantages. Unfortunately, money isn't one of them. And sometimes making ends meet requires her to investigate a little royal wrongdoing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M BOWSummary: After the daring rescue of a spider, a young boy named James gains possession of some magic crocodile tongues. When James spills them in the garden, out sprouts an enormous peach! Climbing inside, he meets an astonishing cast of characters and embarks on a magical odyssey full of thrills and adventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2010
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Summary: After a terrible summer with the Dursleys, Harry is ready to begin the fourth course of study at Hogwarts, the famous school of magic and sorcery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salamandra 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Spanish J468 RowTelgemeier, Raina.
Summary: From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2010