Hales, Dianne R.
Summary: "A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. No face has ever captivated so many for so long. Every year more than nine million visitors trek to her portrait in the Louvre. Yet while everyone recognizes her smile, hardly anyone knows her story. This book rests on the premise that the woman in the Mona Lisa is indeed the person identified in its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 HALChace, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHKiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIEIsrael, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 IsraelAmes, Louise Bates.
Summary: Discusses the behavior, health, intellectual development, and personal relationships of seven-year-old children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.124 AMEAmes, Louise Bates.
Summary: Describes typical characteristics of nine-year-olds and suggests solutions to behavior problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Trade Paperback 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.124 AMESummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMSummary: The epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Kevin Pearce and Shaun White is documented in this exhilarating ride into the world of extreme snowboarding. With both practicing more and more breathtaking and dangerous tricks leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, everything suddenly changes for Kevin when a horrific crash leaves him fighting for his life. When he recovers, all he wants to do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRAWhite, Jamie.
Summary: Martha the talking dog engages in such adventures as competing in a dog show, protecting a butcher from strays, and meeting a canine television star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Annikin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Annikin is sent with Amidala to Naboo. While Annikin and Amidala are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD StHaley, James L.
Summary: The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The arrival of the first missionaries marked the beginning of the struggle between a native culture with its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 996..9 HALWHITE, JAMES
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Publisher / Publication Date: TORBH 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHISummary: Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, but failing to get any information from her, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Anakin is sent with Amidala to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STAContents: More distance from your driver -- Maximum power -- The all important routine -- Troublesome trees -- Flop shots -- Wet ground conditions -- Match play tips -- Chipping techniques -- Elements of a great putting stroke -- Pre-game putting warm-up -- Putting practice
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Publisher / Publication Date: PGA
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 PGAHall, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 HallHaley, Neale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. S. Barnes 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.2 HALMiller, James A. (James Andrew)
Summary: A history of cable sports channel ESPN, based on interviews with nearly five hundred current and former employees, announcers and analysts, as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning, and Jeff Gordon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 384.55 MILInglis, James Gale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Letter Press 1974
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 917.74 INGContents: Practice for success -- Warming up and getting loose -- Proper pitching -- Driving for distance -- Mastering fairway woods -- Long iron techniques -- Full swing short irons -- Chipping essentials -- Sand shot success -- Perfecting your putting
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Publisher / Publication Date: TNM 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 PGAContents: Gaining distance off the tee -- Par 3 efficiency -- Creating muscle memory -- Trouble shots -- Perfeting your pitching -- Feet outside the bunker shot -- Distance control on long putts -- Making more putts -- Practice game: putts with break -- Off season training
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Publisher / Publication Date: PGA of America
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 PGAHurston, Zora Neale.
Summary: The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.675 HURSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILHall, James W. (James Wilson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2002