Summary: 15-year-old Brandon has a dream to have a pair of Air Jordans, because they aren't just shoes, they mean something to him. However, soon after he saves up enough money and gets them, they're stolen by a local hood, causing Brandon and his two friends go through dangerous measures to retrieve them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KICCasciotta, CJ
Summary: "Casciotta outlines nine beatitudes for living in this unrivaled age, charting a new path forward for those tired of feeling like their devices own them and their loved ones, and helps rewrite the narrative for anyone concerned about where this is all heading"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books 2023
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Summary: "CJ Hauser expands on her viral essay sensation, "The Crane Wife," in a brilliant collection of essays that echo the work of Cheryl Strayed in their revelatory observations of romantic love. CJ Hauser uses her now-beloved title essay as an anchor around which to explore the narratives of romantic love we are taught and which we tell ourselves, and the need to often rewrite those narratives to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAUSER, C.J. HAUWray, CJ
Summary: Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child's favorite ice princess. By the neon night glow of the Sunset Strip, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating her misanthropic literary heroes. But when Gideon Green - her best friend's brother - moves to town, he awakens something dangerous within her, and the world she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: "The true story of socialite spy Marguerite Harrison, who slipped behind enemy lines in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Foreign correspondent. Author. Filmmaker. Spy. Marguerite Harrison was born into Gilded Age American privilege and launched a successful career as a culture writer for the Baltimore Sun as a young widow. But when America entered World War I,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, MARGUERITE WALRoney, Wallace.
Contents: Vater time (8:52) -- Children of the light (5:22) -- Inflorescent (6:29) -- Fela's shrine (4:59) -- Nia (9:18) -- Revolution: resolution (5:29) -- Her story (5:46) -- Stand (10:58) -- Un poco loco (7:49).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighNote 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ RONWallance, Gregory
Summary: "After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day. In a book that ranks with the greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Stockholm, Sweden to collect his Nobel Prize in Literature, American writer Andrew Craig stumbles across a plot to kidnap a fellow Nobel laureate. On arrival at the hotel, he meets physicist Prof. Max Stratman. They have a pleasant conversation and agree to meet for drinks the next day. When they meet again however, the Professor acts as if he's never met Craig. With his propensity for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THESummary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRESummary: An adventure set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful U.S. mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. His romance with the boss's daughter only complicates matters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TYCWallach, Tommy.
Summary: The lives of four high school seniors intersect weeks before a meteor is set to pass through Earth's orbit, with a 66.6% chance of striking and destroying all life on the planet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WALPalace, Alice
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearpaw Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PalacTallack, Peter.
Summary: "An illustrated journey from conception to birth, based on the latest research and featuring images created with newly developed, state-of-the-art 3D and 4D ultrasound technology"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 TALSissoko, Ballake
Contents: Niandou -- Passa quatro -- Balazando -- N'kapalema -- Diabaro -- Super etoile -- Prelude -- Samba tomora -- Musique de nuit.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SISSissoko, Ballake
Contents: Chamber music (5:31) -- Oscarine (5:41) -- Houdesti (8:52) -- Wo ye n'gnougobine (5:51) -- Histoire de Molly (5:31) -- "Ma-ma" FC (5:12) -- Regret - Kader Barry (3:45) -- Halinkata djoub (5:08) -- Future (3:15) -- Mako mady (6:06).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Six Degrees 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SISSissoko, Ballake
Contents: Ta nyé (4:30) -- Izao (8:18) -- Amenhotep (5:15) -- Orient express (5:52) -- La chanson des égarés (7:00) -- Esperanza (3:47) -- Dou (6:08) -- Nomad's sky (5:11) -- Time bum (2:35) -- Banja (5:45).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Summary: The Malian kora master finds room for classical, hip-hop and pop on this haunting, hypnotic album.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SISPalace, Alice.
Summary: "Little Marvin is in the loft of his cabin late at night, looking out the window, dreaming he's living and playing with his wildlife friends" -- p. [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearpaw Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PALPalace, Alice.
Summary: Little Marvin dreams of being a lighthouse keeper and playing with his Lake Superior wildlife friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearpaw Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PALStroby, Wallace.
Summary: "It's been a year since professional thief Crissa Stone last pulled a job, and she's spent that time under the radar, very carefully not drawing attention to herself. That kind of life is safe, but it's boring, and it's lonely, and it's not very lucrative. So when Crissa starts to get antsy--and low on funds--she agrees to act as a thief-for-hire, partnering with a wealthy art collector to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015