Yared, Christine A.
Summary: "Gerry Crane had hit his stride. A talented high school music teacher, he was loved by students and parents--lauded as one of the best teachers at his school. Gerry had reconciled his conservative religious upbringing with his identity as a gay man, finding an affirming spiritual home in a local church. He enjoyed a close circle of loving friends and had found the love of his life. In October...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penning History, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Soc Pol YaredBaier, Molly J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lost Coast Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 BAIMarkus, Peter
Summary: For over twenty years, award-winning short story writer and novelist Peter Markus has made his living teaching creative writing in the Detroit Public Schools. As a teaching artist with Detroit's longest enduring literary non-profit — InsideOut Literary Arts Project — Markus has inspired thousands of students to become believers in the power of words, armed with nothing but an ordinary pencil —...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKUS, PETER MARHarrison, Lisi.
Summary: At the elite Alpha Academy, where every girl is used to being the best, Charlie's efforts to encourage Allie and Darwin's romance backfire, while Skye finds it increasingly difficult to focus on dance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HAR(SHAKIR, M. H., TRANS.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A tough outer layer can come in handy, but the strongest defense isn't always the thickest. This program explores all kinds of bodily protection, from animal hides and shells to artificial armor to human skin-showing how anatomy and technology have evolved to guard against potential dangers. Viewers meet sea and land creatures with sophisticated protective suits, including lobsters, snails,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Gos, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.596 GOSPatterson, James
Summary: "In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade "Grandma's Boy" whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATKlein, Rebecca T.
Summary: Whether a reader s passions fall in library science, genealogy, history, writing, or research, he or she will find something of interest in this extensive career guide. There are many, many career options under the broad scope of the fields of writing and research, and many of them don t require higher education. This guide breaks down these options, offering a long list of online and off-line...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 KLESummary: In 1900, 6% of America's children graduated from high school; by 1945, 51% graduated and 40% went on to college. This program recalls how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the explosive growth of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education. Also explored are the impact of John Dewey's progressive ideas as well as the effects on students of controversial IQ tests,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Virji, Ayaz
Summary: In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIRJI, AYAZ VIRMachajewski, Sarah.
Summary: Young people who love to cook for friends and family and explore new ingredients and flavors in the kitchen may find that a career in the food industry is the perfect fit. The author presents a variety of exciting careers in which one can cook or eat for a living: cook, personal chef, caterer, and food photographer or stylist are just a few delectable choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 MACRoza, Greg
Summary: All wordsmiths, both technically savvy and not, will find a foothold in this inclusive writing careers guide. Every chapter provides a specific career path and all of the information a job seeker would need to pursue it, including websites, organizations, additional reading materials, and first-person accounts from working writing professionals. And every included career path can be pursued...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 331 ROZSummary: "Kids will strategize, think, and play their way through a variety of games, puzzles, and adventures to boost their critical thinking skills. Enhance memory skills; Increase problem-solving speed; Improve strategic thinking; Develop precision and reflexes."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD THITEBBEL, JOHN
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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Place a hold to request this item.St. John, Warren.
Contents: Hallways on wheels -- Untold sacrifices -- Van Tiffins and Bama bombs -- Coach Bryant's gone -- Worthless shirts -- Stray bullets and snot-nosed kids -- The man I hold so near -- Fighting Gators, crash landings, and Fireman Mike -- Hawgs and lost causes -- John Ay-ud -- Getting some damn where -- LSU, SAE's, GDI's, and pink panty pulldowns -- The era of crowds -- Chief got wet! -- Muckety-...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 STLarsen, Ward.
Summary: A top-secret drone crashes in the Horn of Africa and prized aircraft ends up in the hanger of a company named Fly by Night Aviation. Jammer Davis is called to investigate a plane a plane crash in the Sudan and discovers a conspiracy that will threaten America like nothing before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LARSummary: The award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson's hero's journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth. He's not only a farmer, he's an artist too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Media 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REASummary: George Riley has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Three couples react to the news with various degrees of emotion. The women are each separately invited to a seaside resort by Riley, and hidden resentments and insecurities in each relationship bubble to the surface, causing a re-evaluation of each couple's love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIFTheiss, Eric
Summary: "Chef Eric Theiss will help you get more out of your air fryer! Try over 110 new and easy recipes all 'pounded with flavor!' Included are such restaurant favorites as cider house wings, sweet & sour meatballs, fried nacho cheese balls, and stuffed mushrooms, along with fresh new ideas from breakfast to dessert. Try loads of main dish meals using easy-to-find and time-saving ingredients"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.77 THEHiggins, George V.
Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Brad Pitt Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan gets to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012
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Summary: Modern-day Christmas classic set in the picturesque Smoky Mountains, telling the story of a family's journey to save their historic berry farm against all odds during one fateful holiday season.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015