Vallejo Moreu, Irene
Summary: "Papyrus is an enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions. Long before books were mass-produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 002.09 VALMosel, Arlene.
Summary: This folktale explains why Chinese people no longer choose long names for their children.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc 1974
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Mosel, Arlene.
Summary: When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MOSMosel, Arlene.
Summary: When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt and Co. 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOSMosel, Arlene.
Summary: While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MOSCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOSMosel, Arlene.
Summary: When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE TIKSummary: Archie is the brains of a society of thugs in sport coats called the Vigils. The Vigils have gained power over their fellow students and faculty by using intimidation. They meet their match in new student, Jerry Renault. Jerry refuses to participate in the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale event. Brother Leon, the school's sadistic headmaster, makes a pact with the Vigils to sell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHOIrons, Maya Moore
Summary: "A journey for justice turned into a love story when Maya Moore, one of the WNBA's brightest stars, married the man she helped free from prison, Jonathan Irons. Jonathan was only sixteen when he was arrested for a crime he did not commit. Maya Moore's family met Jonathan through a prison ministry program in 1999 and over time developed a close bond with him. Maya met Jonathan in 2007, shortly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andscape 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 IROGottschalk, Louis Moreau
Contents: Le banjo : fantasie grotesque, op. 15 (3:12) -- Bamboula : danse de nègres, op. 2 (9:20) -- Le bananier : chanson nègre, op. 5 (2:44) -- La savane : ballade créole, op. 3 (7:01) -- Tremolo : grande étude de concert, op. 58 (3:54) -- La jota aragonesa : caprice espagnol, op. 14 (2:57) -- Manchega : étude de concert, op. 38 (3:03) -- Souvenirs d'Andalousie : caprice de concert sur la caña, op. 22...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL GOTTSGottschalk, Louis Moreau
Contents: The banjo : fantasie grotesque : opus 15 (3:22) -- La scintilla = The spark : mazurka, opus 20 (2:56) -- Ojos criollos = Les yeux creoles, or, Danse cubaine : opus 37 (2:15) -- Marche funèbre : opus 64 (posthumous) (5:28) -- Bamboula : danse des nègres : opus 2 (7:12) -- Souvenir de Porto Rico : marche des Gibaros : opus 31 (5:10) -- The dying poet = Le poète mourant : méditation (5:00) -- Le...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL GOTSummary: Join Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom for another season of the classic sitcom. This time around Mary deals with more adventures, both in the newsroom and with her romantic life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARSummary: Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BARSidman, Joyce
Summary: "Poems addressed to the earth itself explore scientific concepts including plate tectonics, water cycles, and the creation of tides"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811 SIDSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Deceived by flight) the Clarets XI old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSSummary: Three years after Noah's shocking admission of guilt at the murder trial of Scott Lockhart, he attempts to restart his life, but the damage wrought by his past decisions has made him a ghost of his former self. Alison has been raising daughter Joanie alongside Cole and Luisa in Montauk, but Alison's past continues to rear its ugly head as Cole and Luisa attempt to build their own future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AFFObama, Michelle
Summary: Protagonista de una vida plena y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa función, contribuyó a que la Casa Blanca alcanzara sus mayores cotas de apertura y pluralidad de la historia; se erigió en destacada defensora de las mujeres y las...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plaza Janés 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 OBASummary: They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: For Tom, it was love at first sight when Summer Finn walked into the greeting card company where he worked. Summer is the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knows that Summer is the woman with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer does not believe in relationships or boyfriends, Tom and Summer become more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY FIVSummary: Inspector Morse is a melacholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his consideralbe intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSContents: Heaven and all (Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes) -- Time slowing down (Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk) -- You can't fix this (Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee) -- The man that never was (Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear) -- Your wife is calling (Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Roswell Records/RCA 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SOUVallejo, César
Summary: Throughout his life, César Vallejo (1892–1938) focused on human suffering and the isolation of people victimized by inexplicable forces. One of the great Spanish language poets, he merged radical politics and language consciousness, resulting in the first examples of a truly new world poetry. The Black Heralds is Vallejo’s first book and contains a wide range of poems, from love sonnets in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Latin American Literary Review Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 VALSummary: Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Relativity Media LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the drug war, there are no rules, and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious Alejandro, whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin₂s daughter to inflame the conflict. But when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018