Clery, Val.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 CLECoelho, Joseph
Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COEShang, Wendy Wan Long
Summary: Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHALevy, Shawn
Summary: "Today, women are ascendant in standup comedy, even preeminent. They make headlines, fill arenas, spawn blockbuster movies. But before Amy Schumer slayed, Tiffany Haddish killed, and Ali Wong drew roars, the very idea of a female comedian seemed, to most of America, like a punchline. And it took a special sort of woman-indeed, a parade of them-to break and remake the mold. In on the Joke is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 LEVLevy, Shawn.
Summary: In "Paul Newman: A Life," film critic and pop culture historian Shawn Levy gives readers the ultimate behind-the-scenes examination of the actor's life, from his merry pranks on the set to his lasting romance with Joanne Woodward to the devastating impact of his son's death from a drug overdose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 791.4302 NEWLevy, Shawn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEWIS, JERRY LEVArthur, Nan Kene
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dogwise Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 ARTWoerden, Henk van
Summary: Publisher description: If ever one individual could be said to have embodied the tragedy of apartheid, Dimitri Tsafas would be that man. At a time when color was all, Tsafas, bastard son of a Greek father and an African mother, was untouchable -- too black for the whites and too white for the blacks. Stateless, homeless, and loveless, on September 6, 1966, he entered South Africa's Parliament...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.31 WOEBane, Jenn
Summary: "With eight billion people in the world, why is it so hard to meet and make new friends? Making friends as an adult is not easy. Keeping friends isn't easy, either. There are legitimate obstacles in our way: we're busy, we're anxious, and too often, we'refar away. Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano, hosts of the feel-good podcast Friendshipping, know this better than anyone, and they've distilled the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177 BANSummary: Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, who was a small-time imposter. Bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LETLevy, Alan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 LEVSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become icons, glorified by musicians who praise their fame and success. In this new constituency, they represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by money, drugs, and violence. The film is an explosive look at the drug cartels' pop culture influence on both sides of the border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NARSummary: "An astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHIVan Ekeren, Glenn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.88 Van EVan Ekeren, Glenn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.882 VANYan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANVan der Vat, Dan.
Contents: Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mère-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5421 VANStark, James Henry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. M. Kelley 1972
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3744 StarkSummary: In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surfer Ian Walsh, as he sets mind and body in motion to redefine the upper limits of what's considered 'rideable.' With massive El Niño powered swells building across the Pacific, Ian, Shaun, D.K. and Luke Walsh band together in the way only brothers can on a quest to progress surfing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DISLucas, S. Emmett (Silas Emmett)
Contents: v. 1. Being some of the legal records of Columbia, Hancock, Jefferson, and Warren counties, Georgia -- v. 2. ... of Clarke, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, and Greene counties, Georgia -- v. 3. ... of Bibb, Butts, Fayette, Henry, Monroe, and Newton counties, Georgia -- v. 4. ... of Burke, Butts, Columbia, Emanuel, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, and Richmond counties, Georgia -- v. 5. ......
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Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Historical Press 1977
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3758 LucasShaw, Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Glance Books 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 391 SHAVan Dyke, Henry
Contents: Other wise man.--Christmas in the heart.--First Christmas tree.--Keeping Christmas.--Even unto Bethlehem.--Birth of Jesus.--Lost word.--Hero and the tin soldiers.--Christmas prayer for the home.--Sad shepherd.--Christmas angel.--Prayer for Christmas morning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harold Shaw Publishers 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 VANDBeneduce, Ann Keay.
Summary: A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1999