Wiggins, Bradley
Summary: On July 22, 2012, Bradley Wiggins made history as the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later, at the London Olympic Games, he won the time trial to become his country’s most decorated Olympian. In an instant, “Wiggo”—now Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins—became a British hero. Two years previously, however, Wiggins had been staring into the abyss. His much-hyped attempt to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WIGGINS, BRADLEY WIGSummary: 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 2010Hale, Nathan
Summary: Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books 2021
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Summary: On a sunny fall morning, Shannon Blaine sets off on a jog along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New York. It's her usual routine after dropping the kids off at school ... except on this day she never returns. The residents in the idyllic town are stunned. Could Shannon have just taken off, overwhelmed with the pressures of being the perfect wife and mother? Did a stranger snatch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M WHIWhite, Kate
Summary: A friend from college asks Bailey for help solving the murder of her family, leading to an investigation that uncovers shocking secrets about the victims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY WHIHolub, Joan
Summary: Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOLConant, Jennet
Summary: "Marguerite Higgins was both the scourge and envy of the journalistic world. A longtime reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she first catapulted to fame with her dramatic account of the liberation of Dachau at the end of World War II. Brash, beautiful, ruthlessly competitive, and sexually adventurous, she forced her way to the front despite being told the combat zone was no place for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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Contents: Introduction -- Elizabeth Fry -- Florence Nightingale -- Sarah G. Bagley -- Mother Jones -- Summary -- Other important figures -- Women in the industrial revolution : timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist Wom HubbaAbbe, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1970
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.53 ABBWhite, Kate
Summary: Sassy writer turned amateur sleuth Bailey Weggins investigates the death of a supermodel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIWhite, Kate
Summary: True crime writer Bailey Weggins heads to Lake George to investigate the disappearance of Shannon Blaine, a case that appears to be straightforward until Bailey uncovers the work of a serial killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M WHIWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISBradley, Omar N.
Summary: D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory - Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our century: the tremendous manpower at work, the unprecedented stakes, the snafus that almost led...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 BRAMarkel, Howard
Summary: "A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA's structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it-and why were they the ones who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572.8 MARWood, Naomi.
Summary: Based upon actual love letters and telegrams, describes fictionalized accounts of the lives and thoughts of each of Ernest Hemingway's four wives, describing what it was like to be loved by the adventurous novelist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P WOOContents: I Can Feel It(4:58 min) -- Bahari Boys: Simba Yuna Nguruma(4:11 min) -- Celina, Kamaru: Mukurara Nake / Kamaru Celina Band(3:29 min) -- Orchestre Conga Internationale: Nakupenda Sana(4:43 min) -- The Rift Valley Brothers: Mucang'ang'o Ugiraga Mukindirio(4:52 min) -- L'Orchestre Central International: Jane Jaber(4:37 min) -- The Lulus Band: Daina(4:36 min) -- Les Mangelepa: Nseya / Orchestre Les...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soundway Records 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KENSimeti, Mary Taylor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.804 SIMContents: Los Royal's de Pucallpa: Descarga Royal(3:29 min) -- Sonido Verde de Moyobamba: La Cervecita(2:08 min) -- Los Zheros: Selva Virgen(2:39 min) -- Grupo Siglo XX: Moyobambina(2:43 min) -- Humo En La Selva(2:57 min) -- La Hamaca(2:53 min) -- Cumbion Universal(3:34 min) -- La Trochita(2:40 min) -- La Bola Buche(3:20 min) -- Bailando En El Infinito(2:56 min) -- Safari En La Selva(2:52 min) -- Baila...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Analog Africa 2022
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Summary: Offering an intimate journey into the lives of eight legendary actresses whose stories help chart the course of the enigmatic director's career, this mesmerizing account takes a modern look at both the enduring art created by a man obsessed-and the private toll that fixation took on the women in his orbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LEARay, Janisse
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.8784 RAYSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREWatson, Doc.
Contents: Black mountain rag -- Windy & warm -- June apple -- Doc's guitar -- Stone's rag -- Victory rag -- Nashville pickin' -- Medly: fiddler's dram/whistling Rufus/Ragtime Annie (Raggedy Ann) -- Billy in the lowground -- Rainbow -- Dill pickle rag -- Salt river/Bill Cheatham -- Lonesome banjo -- Texas gales -- Tucker's barn -- Cannonball rag.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sugar Hill Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK WATFain, Sammy
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1945