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Summary: "Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers--the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle--to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's, Press 2023
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Summary: "Written by mortician and forensic expert Carla Valentine, The Science of Murder explores the real-life cases that inspired Agatha Christie and shows how the great mystery writer may have kept up to date with the latest developments in forensic science, from ballistics to blood-splatter analysis. Valentine examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, impressions, and toxicology in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 823 VALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823 VALValentine, Edward Pleasants
Contents: v. 1. Allen-Gray.--v. 2. Hardy-Pleasants.--v. 3. Povall-Woodson.--v. 4. Valentine and Smith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1979
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3755 ValenSchrier, Allyson Valentine.
Summary: "Describes safe online gaming and ways to avoid dangerous situations, such as identity theft, cyberbullying, or predators"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J794.8 SCHStaff, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 268 STAMcGee, Randel.
Summary: "Explains the significance of Valentine's Day and how to make Valentine's Day-themed crafts out of paper"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2008
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Summary: Organised according to the Jewish calendar, The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen combines the modern focus on fresh foods with ancient roots and recipes. These dishes are lighter and brighter, reflective of the flavours of the Jewish Diaspora. It's Jewish cooking for a new generation, featuring everything from traditional brisket, chicken soup, gefilte fish, and the best-ever potato latkes to more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Epicure 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 SALSummary: "In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more! Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms! There are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 392.36 FIVBerlitz, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.94 BERStarhawk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper San Francisco 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 STABerlitz, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chivers Large Print 1996
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 001.94 BERRaiford, Matthew
Summary: "From the Carolinas to Georgia and Florida, this is where descendants of enslaved Africans came together to make extraordinary food, speaking the African Creole language called Gullah-Geechee. In this groundbreaking and beautiful cookbook, Matthew Raiford pays homage to this cuisine that nurtured his family for seven generations. In 2010, Raiford's Nana handed over the deed to the family farm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a Division of W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 RAIKarl, Michele.
Summary: When Saint Valentine was a priest during the third century in Rome, Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage. Despite the emperor's decree, Saint Valentine continued to perform marriages until Claudius finally put him to death. Today, Valentine's Day celebrates Saint Valentine's sacrifice and love's triumph with delicate valentines, bright flowers, and tasty candies. In this exhaustive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.2 KARSelby, Scott Andrew.
Summary: The authors uncover how a group of thieves stole over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds from an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 SELEstleman, Loren D.
Summary: "Film detective Valentino is summoned to the estate of Ignacio Bozel to collect a prized donation to the university's movie library: Bleak Street, a film from the classic noir period, thought lost for more than sixty years. Bleak Street was never released. Its star, Van Oliver, a gifted and charismatic actor with alleged ties to the mob, disappeared while the project was in post-production,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Estleman 2020Summary: "A groundbreaking and must-read young adult fiction anthology written by adoptees of all backgrounds, for adoptees, that inclusively represents diverse experiences of youth adoptees..."
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, and aided by women, slaves, and children who spied on the Confederacy and provided food and shelter, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River. There,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 BYNEstleman, Loren D.
Summary: Enter Valentino, a mild-mannered UCLA film archivist, who buys a decrepit movie palace and uncovers a skeleton in the secret Prohibition basement. He then makes a second discovery: long-lost, priceless, reels of film: Erich von Stroheim's infamous Greed. The LAPD wants to take the reels as evidence, jeopardizing the precious old film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ESTPoe, Edgar Allan
Summary: Presents a selection of critical writings, short fiction, and poetry by American author Edgar Allan Poe, including the title story in which a visitor to a gloomy mansion finds a childhood friend dying under the spell of a family curse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Iran's interaction with its neighbours is a topic of wide interest. But while many historical studies of the country concentrate purely on political events and high-profile actors, this book takes the opposite approach: writing history from below, it instead focuses on the role of everyday lives. Modern Iranian historiography has been dominated by ideas of nationalism, modernization, religion,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: I.B.Tauris 2018