Anderson, Sparky
Summary: BLESS YOU BOYS chronicles the incredible 1984 season of the Detroit Tigers--from opening day, to clinching the American League East Division, to winning the American Pennant, straight through to beating the San Diego Padres in five games to become the 1984 World Champions. Sparky Anderson, the Tigers' colorful manager and 1984 American League Manager of the Year, tells all in this, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ANDSorell, Traci
Summary: "The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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Summary: Now playing on different teams, twelve-year-old cousins--and best friends--Carter and Liam must compete against each other at the Little League World Series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHRHerman, Gail
Summary: Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport What HermanSummary: "Chronicles the landmark moments from every era in World Series history" using interviews with players, managers, writers and broadcasters, with digitally restored film from the Major League Baseball Productions archives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Q Video 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ONEJones, Chipper
Summary: "Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones--one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history--shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JONES, CHIPPER JONMantle, Mickey
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 MANRichter, Sviatoslav
Contents: Sonata no. 60 in C, H. XVI/50 / Haydn -- Scherzo no. 4 in E, op. 54 ; Ballade no. 3 in A-flat, op. 47 ; Etudes, op. 10. No. 10 in A-flat ; No. 12 in C minor : Revolutionary ; Mazurka in C, op. 24 no. 2 / Chopin -- Preludes. Op. 23 no. 1 ; Op. 32 nos. 9, 10 and 12 / Rachmaninoff -- Jeux d'eau ; La vallee des cloches / Ravel -- Sonata no. 6 in A, op. 82 ; Visions fugitives, op. 22. Nos. 3, 4, 5,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Red Seal 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL RichtKelly, David A. (David Andrew)
Summary: Cousins Mike and Kate investigate when someone tries to stop the Cooperstown team from participating in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BPMSSSummary: 10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Everyone'sRaven, Margot Theis.
Summary: Recounts the true story of spirit and determination from America's early civil rights history and the Cannon Street all-stars who were not allowed to play in the World Series game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Sports RavenSummary: The tragedy and horror of the 9/11 attacks triggered a host of changes in America, including a reassessment of the role of sports and its accompanying hero-worship. Batting averages and home run totals were no longer paramount, particularly in New York, but in the Fall of 2001 baseball played a significant role in the city's recovery efforts. Revisits that remarkable and inspiring phenomenon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2005
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Summary: A history of baseball's World Series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHRSummary: After Cesar's major league career is cut short, he returns to his native Monterey, Mexico. Once back home, a group of impoverished baseball-loving kids recruit him to coach their ragtag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PERSummary: A man travels the Mississippi on a steamboat, making money to hire a lawyer to clear his nephew's name; upholding the law in a small southern town, Judge Billy Priest also plays matchmaker for his nephew; a country doctor upsets his small town when he has an affair with a widow; a young man's efforts to become a hero are thwarted when he joins the Armed Forces but is posted in his home town;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JOHRachmaninov, Sergie (1873-1943)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polygram Records, Inc. 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CL Rachmaninov 1998Kocsis, Zoltan.
Contents: Lyric pieces, op. 43 / Edvard Grieg -- Romanian folk dances / Bela Bart?ok -- Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este / Franz Liszt -- Deux Arabesques ; D'un cahier d'esquisses ; Suite bergamasque ; L'isle joyeuse ; Estampes / Claude Debussy -- Piano concerto no. 4 in G minor, op. 40 ; Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 ; Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by Zoltan Kocsis) / Sergei Rachmaninoff --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philips Classics 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL KOCWolk, Lauren
Summary: Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her rural Pennsylvania town. Until the day Betty Glengarry moves to town. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying at first seems isolated, things quickly spin out of control, escalating until Betty mysteriously disappears. As the town searches for Betty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WOLBrady, Tim
Summary: General Omar Bradley said of him, "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt's son Ted seemed born to live in his father's shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In the First World War, Ted braved gunfire and gas attacks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE BRAWard-Perkins, J. B. (John Bryan)
Summary: Here in 450 plates--50 in full color--is the life and art of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae, the ancient Roman towns buried by a catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius for more than sixteen centuries until their discovery and excavation. This volume brings together more than 300 murals, sculptures, and artifacts recovered from the ashes and ultimately housed in the National Archaeological Museum...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.7 WARSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSBorodin Quartet
Contents: Notturno : andante : from String quartet no. 2 / Alexander Borodin (8:37) --Scherzo : from Quartet no. 5 : "Slavonic" : op. 33 / Vissarion Shebalin (3:10) -- Romance : from String quartet no. 1 / Sergei Rachmaninov (6:08) -- Visions fugitives : op. 22. No. 16, Dolente ; no. 10, Ridicolosamente ; no. 17, Poetico ; no. 14, Feroce / Sergei Prokofiev ; arr. Rudolf Barshay (5:26) -- Intermezzo :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BorodSummary: Set over a tumultuous ten-year period in the early 20th century, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of a privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian society. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, nobleman Christopher Tietjens puts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013