Wilson, Douglas L.
Summary: Abraham Lincoln now occupies an unparalleled place in American history, but when he was first elected president, literary ability was the last thing the public expected from the folksy, self-educated "rail-splitter." Yet the forceful qualities of Lincoln's writing eventually surprised his supporters and confounded his many critics. In this study, Lincoln scholar Wilson tells how Lincoln...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 WILJefferson, Thomas
Summary: HIST Thomas Jefferson, best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and as our third president, was an extraordinarily accomplished man with wide-ranging interests. From 1784 to 1789, he was America's envoy to France, during which time he also traveled widely on the European continent. From his extensive writings during these years, editors Wilson and Stanton (both with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 JEFSummary: Collection of four film adaptations of classic English literature. Includes a printed set of replica memorabilia from the lives of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2012
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLASummary: There's a brand new dostor in the Tardis and a whole new set of spellbinding adventures across time and space! In some of the most electrifying stories yet, the Doctor attempts to rescue a rebel ship surrounded by a Dalek fleet, visits Sherwood Forest, attempts to rob the most dangerous bank in the universe, and more, all while his companion Clara struggles to recognize the man she thought she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: A married Broadway director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress and works to help her advance her career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Granite 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SHECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHEGibson, Douglas
Summary: Isaac Thompson and his friends, Max and Emma, go to Castle Elementary, which is a school in a creepy castle--but when Isaac's little sister Lily goes missing in the basement, things get positively dangerous, because the three friends discover that underground is a world inhabited by a human-sized bat, and an army of spear-wielding rats, and somehow Isaac and his friends must find Lily and get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016