Summary: Selected war time short stories read aloud by an assortment of distinguished actors.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Symphony Space 2007
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Summary: "No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Or, as celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P. J. O'Rourke put it in his endorsement of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton: "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 OROShort, Philip.
Contents: A family apart -- The captive -- Schisms of war -- Loose ends, new beginnings -- The staircase of power -- Requiem for empire -- Crossing the desert -- De Gaulle again -- Union of the left -- Politics is war -- The novitiate -- The sphinx -- The Florentine -- The monarch -- The survivalist -- The testament -- Acronyms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MITTERRAND, FRANCOIS SHODaughton, J. P. (James Patrick)
Summary: "The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.096 DAUFraley, J. P.
Contents: Cluckin' Hen -- Going back to Kentucky -- Birdie -- The red headed Irishman -- Mud fence -- Swing nine yards of calico -- Run, Johnnie, run -- Wild rose of the mountain -- Miller's reel -- Little Liza Jane -- Granny, take a look at Uncle Sam -- Sail away ladies -- Forked deer -- The Roosian rabbit -- White rose waltz -- Dusty miller -- Going down the river -- The fun's all over -- One morning...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK FRATillman, J.
Contents: Year in the kingdom -- Crosswinds -- Earthly bodies -- Howling light -- Though I have wronged you -- Age of man -- There is no good in me -- Marked in the valley -- Light of the living.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Western Vinyl 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TILO'Rourke, P. J.
Contents: Juvenilia delinquent : "underground" press, 1970-1972 -- The truth about the sixties and other fiction -- Days of wage : National lampoon, 1971-1981 -- Drives to nowhere : automotive journalism -- Essays, prefaces, speeches, reviews, and things jotted on napkins -- Current and recurrent events. -- Bad sports.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 O'ROHollander, Stuart J.
Summary: "Whether you're a parent planning to pass on a cottage to your children, someone who has inherited a cabin with your siblings or other relatives, or someone who is thinking about buying a vacation home, you want to know how to keep the property in the family--and avoid squabbles over it. This book tells you how. You'll find out how to:. Prevent a family member from forcing a sale of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business HollanderGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GRESummary: As controversy swirls around the issue of same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples in North America and abroad are speaking out for the right to marry. Filmed in British Columbia after the legalization of same-sex unions, this program introduces the victorious litigants, who share their views on marriage, religious and political opposition, child adoption, and, most of all, love. Interviews...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Bach, P. D. Q.
Contents: Opening & introduction (4:50) -- Short-tempered clavier : preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys except for the really hard ones : S. easy as 3.14159265 (31:47) -- Introduction (3:16) -- Little pickle book (9:59) -- Introduction (1:16) -- Sonata da circo = Circus sonata : S. 3 ring (8:43) -- Calliope frustration (:42) -- Introduction (1:07) -- Three chorale-based piecelets : S. III...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BACJance, J. A. (Judith A.)
Summary: Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement--doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. But then his past comes calling. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M JANEvery Mothers' Son (Musical group)
Contents: Come on down to my boat (2:33) -- I won't (2:29) -- For Brandy (2:35) -- Didn't she lie (2:07) -- What became of Mary (3:07) -- Ain't it a drag (2:21) -- Allison Dozer (2:57) -- I believe in you (2:31) -- Ain't no use (2:34) -- Sittin' here : (Peter's tune) (2:45) -- Come on Queenie (2:45) -- Bonus tracks: Put your mind at ease (2:34) -- Pony with the golden mane (2:08) -- No one knows (2:59).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Collectables Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK EVEMaster P.
Contents: Bout It, Bout It II (5:09) -- Make 'Em Say Uhh (5:04) -- How Ya Do Dat (4:31) -- Bounce Dat Azz (5:26) -- Thug Girl (3:12) -- I Got The Hook Up (4:17) -- Hot Boys & Girls (5:24) -- Souljas (3:32) -- Mr. Ice Cream Man (5:08) -- My Ghetto Heroes (4:44) -- Bout Dat (3:21) -- Step To Dis (2:50) -- Break 'Em Off Somethin' (4:42) -- Burbons And Lacs (4:10) -- Goodbye To My Homies (4:15) -- I Miss My...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Priority Records 2005
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Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: "Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult BrookingSinger, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.04 SINKotter, John P.
Summary: In his international bestseller "Leading Change," Kotter provided an action plan for implementing successful transformations. Now, he shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.406 KOTKent, Timothy J.
Summary: When Cadillac departed from Montreal in June 1701, he led an expedition of 100 voyagers and soldiers in 25 birchbark canoes. Sent by King Louis XIV, he had been ordered to establish Fort Pontchartrain at Detroit as the new center of fur trade and military power in the interior regions. This reference work will appeal to historians, archaeologists, curators, and enthusiasts of the fur trade era,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2001
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Gibson, Clare (Clare K.)
Summary: "The Complete Book of Birthdays explores the complex array of birth influences that have been recognized within astrological traditions and related systems of prediction since time immemorial. Discover your potential, confront your fears and weaknesses, and learn to appreciate your strengths and vulnerabilities-- and those of your loved ones and peers-- through the day-by-day revelations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellfleet Press 2016
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Summary: "Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 SINMorton, P. J.
Contents: Dad's interlude: welcome (feat. Bishop Paul S. Morton) -- Don't let go (feat. Kim Burrell) -- Repay you (feat. J Moss) -- Gotta have you (feat. Kirk Franklin, Jermaine Dolly and Lena Byrd Miles) -- Over and over (feat. Commissioned) -- Dad's interlude: origin (feat. Bishop Paul S. Morton) -- So in love (feat. Darrel 'MusiqCity' Walls & Zacardi Cortez) -- All in his plan (feat. Le'Andria Johnson...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MORTONShort, Martin
Summary: The Cat in the Hat, Sally and Nick learn about a variety of insects.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ncircle Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CATO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: P.J. O'Rourke reads and interprets Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2007