Aira, César
Summary: "In César Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general-"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"-is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia. He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRAira, César
Summary: "An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to record the spectacular landscapes of Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Rugendas did in fact become one of the best of the nineteenth-century European painters to venture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRSummary: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Although the Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda waits 10,000 days demanding orders direct from his CO before he stops fighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONOKara, Jessica
Summary: A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the best in him, Gage doesn't know who he is. He likes working as a fry cook and loves his small-town friends and family, but they weren't in the wreck and he can't tell them how much he's still hurting. He just wants to forget all his pain and move on. So when his stepdad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publising Co. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KARLaReau, Kara
Summary: Frieda and Boffo Clown's baby cries loudly, all the time, no matter what his parents and the other circus performers do to calm him down and keep him quiet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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Summary: "Louie and Ralphie Ratso and the rest of the Big City Scouts are going camping for the first time. And they have a special guide: Grandpa Ratso! Grandpa teaches everyone the Scouts oath, which says Scouts are always able to solve problems without asking for help. But the Scouts soon discover that figuring out how to pitch a tent, make a fire, and find their way is tough to do by themselves. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LARLissy, Kara
Summary: "As the child of a parent or caregiver with an alcohol use disorder, you may still feel in many ways the impact of your experiences. Take the next steps on your healing journey with this up-to-date workbook full of therapeutic techniques, journal prompts, quizzes, and other short exercises and activities to empower you. This self-guided approach allows you to work at your own pace as you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R LissyWest, Kara
Summary: "With help from her best friend and the super academy's most talented flier, Mia learns how to fly!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESBaird, Laura
Contents: Wind, wind -- Dreadful wind and rain -- Cuckoo -- Love song from the earth to the moon -- Pretty Saro -- Bats -- Did you come here alone? -- Pretty Polly -- Hay in the wagon -- Home is where you are -- Poor orphan child -- Twin sisters
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ba Da Bing! 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BAIAlaimo, Kara
Summary: "In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls--from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Over the Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought--whether you're constantly connected or have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcove Press 2024
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Summary: After a century of service to goblin lord Soren, Janneke, seventeen, the only mortal in the Permafrost, clings to her humanity as she faces difficult choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BARLaReau, Kara
Summary: Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LARLaReau, Kara
Summary: When Louie and Ralphie Ratso see their friends singing and dancing on the run-down band in the Big City Park, Louie gets one of his big ideas. They'll put on a concert to raise money to improve the park! Ralphie, Tiny, Velma, and Millicent are practicing songs from their favorite pop group, the Critter Kidz, wen Chad Badgerton says that singing and dancing in glittery things? And why do some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LARMcGuire, Kara.
Summary: Provides a comprehensive guide for teenagers to saving, spending, and earning money, and includes information on starting a business, preparing for interviews, opening a bank account, and purchasing car and property insurance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332 MCGSwisher, Kara
Summary: "Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Summary: For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption. Reporter Lee Ellerin's investigation into a young woman's unsolved murder gained national attention--only for her to lose everything due to a tragic mistake. After being publicly ridiculed for causing a suspect's death, Lee is forced to leave her career behind. Five years later, pregnant college student Amanda...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2024
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Summary: Unable to control her super-strength, Mia accidentally causes mayhem at school and must rely on her friends to help her repair things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESWest, Kara
Summary: "When Mia first learned she had superpowers, there was one ability that always came rather naturally: freezing time and people! So, when she finally learns the secret to controlling it, she's excited to put her new skills to the test. But when she ends upaccidentally freezing the entire town, will she find a way to make the clock start ticking again?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WESSummary: Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it feels like a vacation until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! With All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD CRECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDGoucher, Kara
Summary: "Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age, and though she was confronted with serious challenges including the death of her father and struggles with disordered eating, her prospects were bright. She won high school cross country championships in Minnesota, NCAA track and field championships at the University of Colorado, and when she graduated from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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Summary: What happens when two baby chickens find themselves in a nest with a hawk? Don't hawks usually eat chickens? Sunshine, a red-tailed hawk, can no longer fly free. But her instinct to be a mother is so strong that she builds a nest in her aviary every spring and lays two infertile eggs. One year, Kara, her caretaker, decides to try something different. She gives Sunshine two chicken eggs. Join...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Web of Life Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAGHoppe, Kara
Summary: "A new baby can turn your life-and your romantic relationship-upside down. Baby Bomb is the resource parents need to integrate life with baby so they can co-parent and co-partner as a solid and supportive team, while also cultivating mad love for each other. The book gives moms and dads more than just "tips" for better parenting and partnering; it gives them a science-based understanding of why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 HOPJackson, Kara
Contents: Recognized -- No fun/party -- Dickhead blues -- Therapy -- Pawnshop -- Brain -- Free -- Lily -- Rat -- Why does the earth give us people to love? -- Curtains -- Recognize reprise -- Liquor.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023