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Summary: "A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call them DREAMers: young people who were brought or sent to the United States as children. They attend our local schools; work jobs that contribute to our economy. Some apply to attend university here,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.7 WIDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.7 WIDSummary: Takes you from the terrifying monstrous waves of Oahu's North Shore to the Texas waters of the Gulf of Mexico (where waves are created by massive oil supertankers) to the shores of Ireland and Rapa Nui. Told trough the voices of legends, pros, and everyday surfers alike, it is not a film just for surfers, but for anyone with an appreciation for sport and an inkling of what it means to be "stoked."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STEWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 FIC WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: "Collects all of the essays by Laura Ingalls Wilder that originally appeared in the Missouri Ruralist between 1911 and 1924, offering Wilder's unique perspective on life and politics during the World War I era and her comments on the challenges of surviving and thriving in Missouri's rustic Ozark hill country"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.52 WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay WilderWilder, Laura Ingalls
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Publisher / Publication Date: T. Nelson Publishers 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A collection of articles, essays, poems, and other writings which shows that the author known for her Little house books was a prolific and talented writer all her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 813.522 WilderWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Articles and fictional works by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, some of which were published in magazines of an earlier era, create a chronological account of their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1962
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Summary: Presents Laura Ingalls Wilder's unedited, and unpublished, draft of her autobiography that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for her popular Little House on the Prairie series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: South Dakota Historical Society Press 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, LAURA INGALLS WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILDER HILWilder, Laura Ingalls
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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Summary: After Almanzo helps with the chores on his family's farm in the New York countryside, he joins his parents, brother, and sisters for dinner and a winter evening at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: This recipe collection introduces Laura Ingalls Wilder as homemaker and hostess with anecdotes about her homespun charm and her life at Rocky Ridge Farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5 WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A selection of letters by Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband in which she describes the highlights of her visit to the West Coast in 1915.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a vibrant, deeply personal portrait of this revered American author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and dealings with family, friends, and fans as never before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILDER WILWilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WILSummary: Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELISummary: For this book, Larry King asked many people who knew Diana, some officially and some more personally, for their favorite memories. Some of these recollections are warm and intimate, celebrating Diana for her ability to make a human connection with everyone she met, others are perceptive and revealing, even about her human failings and frailties. Together, they coalesce into a multifaceted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES KINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.0850 KINSummary: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BECSummary: In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WASWINGS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WINDeGrazia, Laura Murphy
Contents: Introduction: History and settlement; Migration; Economy; Jurisdictional changes -- Archives, Libraries, and societies: National Archives at New York City; New York State Archives; New York State Library; New York City Department of Records: Municipal Archives; New York Public Library: Research libraries; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B); Local and special interest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2013