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Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Language
English
Description
The Karuk, Yurok, and Hoopa peoples live along northern California's Klamath River, and each tribe's ancient culture revolves around the majestic Pacific salmon. Today, four large hydroelectric dams have made salmon extinction a real and frightening possibility. This case study follows tribal members as they confront the owners of the dams-specifically, a global energy giant in Scotland which is subsequently bought out by Warren Buffett's corporate...
1302) Garden of the midnights
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The accidents are not a matter of chance. They are deliberate. As English gentleman William Kensley becomes aware of the danger at Rosenleigh Manor, he pleads for the truth of his past from the only man he can trust--until that man is murdered. As the secrets unfold into scandal, William's world is tipped into destitution, leaving him penniless and alone. His only comfort is in the constant friendship and love of Isabella Gresham. If he does not...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious,...
1304) The twelve-mile straight
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Cotton County, Georgia, 1930: in a house full of secrets, two babies-one light-skinned, the other dark-are born to Elma Jesup, a white sharecropper's daughter. Accused of her rape, field hand Genus Jackson is lynched and dragged behind a truck down the Twelve-Mile Straight, the road to the nearby town. In the aftermath, the farm's inhabitants are forced to contend with their complicity in a series of events that left a man dead and a family irrevocably...
1306) The house is on fire
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When the daughter of a well-respected family is being poisoned, Rosalind Thorn and Bow Street officer Adam Harkness work together to solve this dangerous case that is rife with politics, jealousy, jewel thieves--and a romance between them that would be frowned upon by society"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience,...
1312) Cowboys & longhorns
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A look at the true story of how Texas longhorn cattle were driven from Texas to Kansas so the beef could be shipped to eastern United States.
1313) Gods and goddesses
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A fascinating journey to discover the truth behind compelling mythoogical tales of gods and goddesses. These tales have been passed down by storytellers and interwoven into traditions and philosophies for generations, even before Biblical times.
Author
Series
Lady's guide novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"England, 1865: As one of England's most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power. And she's determined to inform and educate the ladies of London on the nefarious-and deadly-criminals who are praying on the fairer sex. When her reporting leads to the arrest of a notorious killer, however, Katherine flees to a country house party to escape her newfound notoriety-only to witness a murder on her very first night....
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream-and they ended up disrupting popular...
1316) Breakfast at Tiffany's
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A romantic comedy about an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazillian millionaire and her next-door neighbor, a writer who is sponsored--and stifled--by a wealthy woman.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this ... expansion of their ... Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material"--
1319) Life on a wagon train
Author
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about life on a wagon train.
1320) Comfort food the cowboy way: backyard favorites, country classics, and stories from a ranch cook
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The stars of the YouTube channel Kent Rollins Cowboy Cooking and the authors of the hit cookbook A Taste of Cowboy share over 125 recipes of comfort food for the family, with true chuck wagon stories While real-life cowboy Kent Rollins and his wife Shannon sure have a busy life on the range, slinging hash, beating Bobby Flay on Food Network, and running their YouTube channel, the Cowboy Kent Rollins Cooking Channel, they never forget to take a moment...
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