Adams, John
Summary: "Traces John Adams's career from his leading role in the debate over independence, [...] to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the filed, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe [...]. It includes his hightly influential 1776 pamphlet Thoughts on Government, dozens of his characteristically frank and revealing personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ADARutland (Mass. : Town)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Franklin P. Rice 1978
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1Brookfield (Mass. : Town)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Franklin P. Rice 1976
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3744 VITAdams, John
Contents: Love sweetens life, October 1762-July 1774 -- The decisive day is come, August 1774-December 1775 -- We are determined to foment a rebelion, January-October 1776 -- Kind providence has preserved to me a life, January-November 1777 -- I cast my thoughts across the Atlantick, February 1778-April 1782 -- A signal tryumph, July 1782-March 1788 -- The most insignificant office, December 1788-January...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2007
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Summary: "... includes the complete newspaper exchange between Novanglus (Adams) and Massachusettensis (loyalist Daniel Leonard), as well as extensive diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters"--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ADASummary: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now, in this first volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 AMEAdams, Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, HENRY ADABrooks, Terry.
Summary: As humans and elves face annihilation from Void demons and other creatures, the last Knights of the Word, Logan Tom--who leaves Seattle--and Angel Perez--who encounters the Elves of Cintra--swear to protect innocent children; and Hawk, a human-shaped gypsy morph, along with Tessa, meets the King of the Silver River.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2007
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Summary: A novel of evil and magic in a land where magic has been forbidden but now must be used again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROAdams, Henry
Contents: Contains the last two parts of History of the United States of America during the first administration of James Madison, and History of the United States of America during the second administration of James Madison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1986
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Contents: Contains the first two parts of History of the United States of America during the first administration of Thomas Jefferson, and History of the United States of America during the second administration of Thomas Jefferson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 ADABrooks, Terry
Summary: "The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from one of the all-time masters of fantasy. The Four Lands has been at peace for generations, but now a mysterious army of invaders is cutting a bloody swathe across a remote region of the land. No one knows who they are, where they come from, or what they are after--and most seem content to ignore these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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Summary: "In this, the third stand-alone Shannara novel in the Defenders of Shannara series (following The High Druid's Blade and The Darkling Child), the daughter of a reviled sorcerer, Leofur is nothing like her dreaded father. When her life-partner, Paxon Leah, leaves on a dangerous mission, Leofur protects Paxon's sister. When she is abducted Leofur is forced to choose between saving Paxon from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRO DS 3Brooks, Terry
Summary: "Escape to worlds full of adventure and magic in the first-ever Terry Brooks short story collection, featuring both new and fan-favorite stories from all three of his major literary worlds: Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and The Word & The Void. The first short story collection from Terry Brooks offers readers both new and long-forgotten glimpses into all of Terry's most beloved worlds, plus one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2020
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Summary: The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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Summary: The crew of the magnificent airship "Jerle Shannara, " on a quest to win control of an ancient magic, must first defeat the forces of Morgawr, master of the Ilse Witch and devourer of souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SF Brooks 2002Brooks, Kim
Summary: One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals , Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or profound than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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Brooks, Terry
Summary: "The riveting conclusion not only to the Fall of Shannara but to the entire Shannara series--a truly landmark event, twenty-nine books and forty-three years in the making. Bringing a conclusion to an epic that has spanned centuries is a vast undertaking, but Terry Brooks is entirely equal to the challenge. As the Four Lands reels under a brutal invasion from across the sea, spearheaded by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2020
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Summary: Described by gay scholar Jonathan Katz as "willfully cacophonous, a chorus of voices untamed," The Right Side of History sets itself apart by starting with the turn-of-the-century bohemianism of Isadora Duncan and the 1924 establishment of the nation’s first gay group, the Society for Human Rights; it also includes gay activism of labor unions in the 1920s and 1930s; the 1950s civil rights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cleis Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 BROBrooks, Ben
Summary: "An inspiring collection of 76 stories of famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, who went on to make the world a better place through compassion, generosity, and self-belief*. *No action heroes or knights in shining armor here."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2018
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Summary: "Following The Black Elfstone, the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre. Tensions in the Four Lands are high. The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. While some gain a new understanding of the invaders and what they are after, others continue their existing quests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2018
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Brooks 2018Brooks, Ben
Summary: Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster ... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. But what if you're the introvert kind? What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you're...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 305.31 BrooksAdams, Max
Summary: "The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's 'Dark Ages' can still be explored through material remnants but above all, landscapes. In the Land of Giants explores Britain's lost medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill and field. From York to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld AdamsAdams, Bryan
Contents: Best of me (3:33) -- Can't stop this thing we started (4:29) -- I'm ready (4:29) -- Summer of '69 (3:34) -- Let's make a night to remember (6:19) -- All for love / (With Rod Stewart and Sting) (4:36) -- Have you ever really loved a woman (4:48) -- Run to you (3:54) -- Cloud number nine (4:11) -- (Everything I do) I do it for you (6:34) -- Back to you (4:30) -- When you're gone / (featuring Mel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&M Records 2002