Veronesi, Sandro
Summary: "Marco Carrera is 'the hummingbird,' a man with an almost supernatural ability to remain still amid the chaos of an ever-changing world. Though his life is rife with emotional challenges-suffering the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; caring for his elderly parents; raising his granddaughter when her mother, Marco's own child, is no longer capable; loving an enigmatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERManuro
Summary: "This new middle-grade graphic novel series features an interactive pick-a-path storyline, full of puzzles, treasures, fantasy creatures, and gameplay you can enjoy again and again! Enter a world inspired by favorite fairy tales, complete with gingerbread houses, a girl dressed in red, and seven brothers lost in the woods. Readers can play as Hocus (a girl) or Pocus (a boy), choose a magic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MANKhandro
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.374 RINManuro
Summary: Siblings Hocus and Pocus, students at a magical school, investigate the strange disappearance of Snow White's seven cousins, in a book where the reader's decisions determine the end of the story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MANPerri, Sandro
Contents: Time (you got me) -- Floriana -- God blessed the fool -- Back on love -- Wrong about the rain -- Soft landing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PERMonetti, Sandro.
Summary: Mickey Rourke: Wrestling With Demons is an intimate and revealing portrait of a complex man who happens to be one of the most intriguing actors of our time. Written with passion, insight and expertise by respected entertainment journalist Sandro Monetti, this is the compelling story of how Mickey Rourke wrestled his demons and won. Diner, Rumble Fish, 9½ Weeks, The Pope of Greenwich Village,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Transit Publishing Inc. 2010
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Perri, Sandro.
Contents: Changes -- Love and light -- How will I? -- Futureactive kid (part I) -- Futureactive kid (part II) -- Wolfman -- Impossible spaces.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Constellation 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PERVeronese, Keith
Summary: "How will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would falter, and laptops fail. Tantalum is not alone. Rhodium. Osmium. Niobium. Such refugees from the bottom of the periodic table are key components of many consumer products like cell phones,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 VERLinklater, Andro.
Summary: Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LINLinklater, Andro.
Summary: Historian Linklater relates how the borders and boundaries that formed states and a nation inspired the sense of identity that has ever since been central to the American experiment. Linklater opens with America's greatest surveyor, Andrew Ellicott, measuring the contentious boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia in the summer of 1784; and he ends standing at the yellow line dividing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 911.73 LINDandro, Travis
Summary: "From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro would temper the tension of his every day with flights of fancy, finding refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than the unpredictable adults around him. Dandro perceptively details the effects of poverty and addiction on a family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 DANSandri, Barbara
Summary: Welcome to the wonderful world of chickens! This beloved barnyard bird is full of surprises. Did you know some chickens are so small they can perch in the palm of your hand, and others have feathers that look like a beard? Chickens can learn to count up to four and have excellent hearing--many even like to listen to music! Chickenology takes young readers on a fascinating and informative tour...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2021
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Summary: It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations: Who's the best? Of the more than 25,000 men who have suited up during the NFL's century of existence, which ones stood head and shoulders above all others? At The Athletic, home to the best newsroom in sports, this question would become a labor of love for dozens of the best football writers on the planet, including Mike Sando...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023
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Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDSandas, Ilyne.
Summary: This Everything guide presents a balanced approach to treating children with anxiety--from traditional to nontraditional drug and behavior therapies to relaxation tricks and meditation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.928 SANSandin, Joan.
Summary: Carl Erik journeys with his family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row, Publishers 1986
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE SANStoddard, Sandol.
Summary: Climbing into bed, a young child is reminded of the habits of her pet turtle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1995
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Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Landra, Maie
Summary: A collection of 30 magnificent shawls, all knit with Koigu. With patterns in all weights, from ultra-luxe lace to popular bulky yarns, every knitter will find a perfect project!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth&Spring Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 LANMitchell, Saundra.
Summary: In 1917, Kate Witherspoon, who has lived a bohemian life with her artist parents, goes to Los Angeles where she meets crippled midwestern farm boy Julian Birch, another runaway, and together they realize they have the ability to triumph over death and time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MITRoy, Sandip
Summary: In a boxy apartment building in an Illinois university town, Romola Mitra, a newly arrived young bride, anxiously awaits her first letter from home in India. When she accidentally opens the wrong letter, it changes her life. Decades letter, her son Amit finds that letter and thinks he has discovered his mother's secret. But secrets have their own secrets sometimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROYSandke, Randy.
Summary: Examines the origins of jazz and argues that African-American musicians were influenced by a variety of traditions in American culture in creating this art form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scarecrow Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 SANSantoro, Marisa
Summary: "peak up with clear communication and intention, thrive when taking consistent measured risk in your career-and become the influential and confident leader you know you can be. Too often, we become stuck in our own head, focus on our fears, and fail to breakthrough to our goals. To become an effective leader, you need to silence the self-sabotaging thought patterns and learn to trust yourself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SANZandri, Vincent
Summary: Ike, a demolition expert, is targeted by a brilliant psychopath who is bent on destroying his life. In order to prevent this, he uses every resource in his arsenal.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019