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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation's most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st United States ed.
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 566 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway.
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Series
Puffin modern classics
A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics volume Volume One
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne's Pooh classics volume 1
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A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics volume Volume One
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne's Pooh classics volume 1
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English
Description
Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders'. Curl up with a true children's classic by reading A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie-the-Pooh may be a bear of very little brain, but thanks to his friends Piglet, Eeyore and, of course, Christopher Robin, he's never far from an adventure. In this story Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a Woozle and...
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Language
English
Description
"After four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War. The daughter of a vicar, she has always been determined to dedicate her life to helping others. Moving to busy Liverpool, she throws herself into her work with those most in need, only tearing herself away for the lively dinners she enjoys with the women at her boarding house. Just as Charlotte begins to settle into her new circumstances,...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
161 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Zorrie Underwood's hardscarbble Indiana county was all she knew until the death of her parents, in the midst of the Depression, sent her westward. She survived on odd jobs, slept in barns and under the stars, and eventually found a position painting clock faces at a radium plant. At the end of each day, the girls at her factory glowed from the radioactive material. Then Indiana called Zorrie home. Spanning a lfie convulsed and transformed by the...
7) World War I
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
New edition, American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A close-up study of World War I takes readers on a gripping journey into the heart of the war where they will witness life in the trenches, the devastation of Europe by the Great War and much more, in a visual account that features photographs, maps and an abundance of information, releasing to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict.
Provides an eyewitness account of the war that devastated Europe, from the assassination...
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Language
English
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Description
With the warmth, humor and compassion we've come to expect, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic, and agrees to take it on for a year. Before long it is an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave this place...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full...
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Language
English
Description
"A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties -- the Jazz Age -- has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland...
13) Buried prey
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in 1985, two girls disappeared, and fledgling cop Lucas Davenport couldn't get over it, even when his boss declared the case closed. Now a house has been torn down, the bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic have been found, and Davenport is back on the case.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A novel about an artist trying to outrun his past. Years ago, a well-known expressionist painter named Jim Stegner shot a man in a bar. The man lived, Jim served his time, and he has learned to live with the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Jim enjoys a quiet life in the valleys of Colorado. He works with a lovely model, he doesn't drink, he goes fly fishing in the evenings. His paintings fetch excellent prices at a posh gallery in Santa...
17) Falling out
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 20 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Friendship plays such an important role for children that an inability to socialize can lead to all sorts of problems. Learning to get on with others starts early and an essential part of this process involves learning to deal with conflicts. Clashes are very frequent for the under 5's and adults often find fighting children hard to cope with, moving in and breaking up conflicts so denying children the essential experience of learning to deal with...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (1,327 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Experience the fun, intellectual challenge, and practical benefits of learning Spanish, one of the world’s most useful and beautiful languages. In this brilliantly designed course, you’ll get “under the hood” of the language, using an approach your teacher has refined for over 20 years to empower adult learners.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Green Interview features Franke James, a rabble-rousing artist and activist who uses her art- a signature style of lively drawings mixed with photos and hand drawn text -- and her written work to campaign for social and environmental justice. She has over 20 years' experience as a creative designer and marketing professional and most recently, she made headlines when she discovered through access-to-information requests that the...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
173 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On his travels through the U.S., Maigret stops in Tucson, Arizona at the guidance of his FBI friend Harry Cole, who leaves him one day to observe a coroners inquest. The body being examined is that of Bessie Mitchell, a young girl who died under suspicious circumstances--she spent a night drinking and driving with five young Air Force men and was found the next morning on the tracks, run over by a train. Maigret quickly becomes engrossed in the hearing...
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