Weiss, Mitch
Summary: An investigation into the Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader, Jane Whaley, is a master of manipulation. Starting in 1979 with a small group of followers, the group has expended to include thousands of congregants across three continents. Gives the story of a singular femlae cult leader, a terrifying portrait of life inside the cult, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 209.0973 WEIBenjamin, Melanie
Summary: "A novel about New York's "Swans" (socialites) of the 1950s--and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BENTaliaferro, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.802 TALGeorge, Erica
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Cor Cabot navigates first love and the loss of her best friend, all while working on her summer internship to save whales on Cape Cod.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poppy, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GEOBenjamin, Melanie
Summary: When Truman Capote gains access to New York high society, he builds an unlikely friendship with socialite Babe Paley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Benjamin, Melanie
Summary: Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley and her friends, the alluring socialite Swans. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate woman, desperately longing for true love and connection. Enter Truman Capote. Through Babe, Truman gains unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe's powerful circle. Babe never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 MorriCossins, Annie.
Summary: In October 1892, a one-month-old baby boy was found buried in the backyard of Sarah and John Makin, two wretchedly poor baby farmers in inner Sydney. In the weeks that followed, 12 more babies were found buried in the backyards of other houses in which the Makins had lived. This resulted in the most infamous trial in Australian legal history, and exposed a shocking underworld of desperate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 COSPallotta, Jerry
Summary: Contains facts about whales and giant squid, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALJordan, Christina.
Summary: A young boy imagines how different his life would be if he were a humpback whale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC JORLarson, Erik.
Summary: Dual stories of two disparate men, one a genius, and the other a killer. The geuius is Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless communication. The murderer is the notorious Englishman, Dr. H. H. Crippen. Their lives intersect during the criminal chase.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 LARLarson, Erik.
Summary: In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. - goodreads
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime LarsonTaylor-Butler, Christine
Summary: Did you know that the tongue of blue whale can weigh as much as an elephant? How about that blue whales' songs can be louder than the engine of a jet plane? Or that, with the right equipment, you can hear a blue whale's heartbeat two miles away? Perfect for all animal lovers--and blue whale fans in particular--this book is filled with all the facts you need to know to become a blue whale...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.5 TAYGrann, David
Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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Contents: Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.61 KANHansen, Grace
Summary: "Readers will learn about the impressive migration of North Pacific humpback whales. The title will cover information like why and when they migrate, how far they migrate, and where they migrate. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO." - Abdo Publishing website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.5 HANLehr, Dick.
Summary: Whitey Bulger was the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. This is a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BULGER, WHITEY LEHCullen, Kevin
Summary: This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger -- a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 BULPallotta, Jerry
Summary: This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two unlikely animals: a blue whale and a mosquito! Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the killer whale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SeaStar Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.5 SIMCantor, Rachel Anne
Summary: "In this book, readers will learn about the weird but cute Beluga Whale"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.1 DEAVlahos, Hadley
Summary: "Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Nurse Hadley shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments, offering powerful lessons on facing death, recovering from loss, and how to live your life in this deeply personal memoir. Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in popular culture, even in the medical field. Our understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023