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1) Fences
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1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson -- bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues -- is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating...
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Five-year-old Jack is very busy exploring his new neighborhood which includes a truck farm. He wonders if a truck farm actually grows trucks? Surely that would be odd! One day, Silas moves into the neighborhood. Jack is anxious to see what his new neighbor is like. It turns out that they have much in common, especially their curious natures, and the two soon become great friends. Every day is an adventure as they create a witches' den in Silas' cellar,...
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• Revised and expanded, with new full-color photographs
• Steps for planning and locating a fence, setting posts, creating infill, and attaching gates
• Techniques for building the fence you want
• Advice on tools, materials, foundations, and special features
• Easy-to-use patterns
• Foldout of full-size pickets
• 130 designs included
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Whether it is for aesthetics, security, or simple privacy, no project is more important to a landscape than its vertical boundary structures-the fences, walls, screens, and retaining wall terraces. This book includes classic favorites, like picket fences and panel fences, but also includes interesting regional variations, like Virginia split rail fences and dry-fit stone garden walls. Also included here are the latest materials, such as new variations...
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"The Tales of Ruby & the Boys: Ruby & the Fence" is a fun children's book that tells the story of Ruby and her friends. Unfortunately, when Ruby gets into a pickle her friends think that butter and oil can help. Come with Ruby and the boys to discover their exciting adventures, and misadventures, which impart essential lessons and fun for children of all ages!
10) The Drift Fence
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Business ain't easy when the locals stand to lose it all.
"Molly conceived a resentment against the rich cattleman who could impose such restrictions and embitter the lives of poor people. And as for Traft's tenderfoot nephew, who had come out of Missouri to run a hard outfit and build barbed-wire fences, Molly certainly hated him."
Although he doesn't know cattle or cowboys, Missourian Jim Traft finds himself as the foreman of a tough Arizona outfit...
11) Over the fence
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Neighbors volume 2
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Alabama, 1937. Bootlegging was Milton and Yvonne Hamilton's ticket out of poverty, prison time, and plain bad luck. Now they've moved on -- to a bigger, richer pool of clientele -- right in their own respectable new middle-class backyard. And their growing friendship with seemingly-perfect couple Joyce and Odell Watson is proving golden in more ways than one. As Milton soon learns, Odell is hiding an outside family and dubious business dealings. It's...
12) Mending Fences
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Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him. Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, Luke must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt--a four-page, single-spaced list. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to...
13) Fences
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Fences (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by August Wilson
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.
Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis
*explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*a review quiz and essay topics
Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night...
14) Fences
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Poems that explore the experience and challenge of life. One step at a time, day by day, month by month, year by year.
Poems that explore the experience and challenge of life. One step at a time, day by day, month by month, year by year. Journey through the fences of time!
Dream, hope, and celebrate! Flying high above the trees is the music of life. It can be seen as well as heard, tasted, felt, and eaten. Every sense caresses our body and our soul....
15) The Fence Mender
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Fourteen-year-old Blue MacGregor has been wheeled into the Raven Hills Regional ER. Why is he so badly hurt, barely clinging to life? What happened to him? Some of the ER staff dismissively refer to Blue as 'poor white trash' from Ergo Estates, a local trailer park. However, Dr. Vera Drake, the ER physician in charge, is intrigued. Blue reminds her of Marshal, her grandson. Dr. Vera learns that Blue is one of the last purveyors of a dying art –he...
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White Picket Fences is a heartfelt family drama fueled by an honest story of motherhood, written for those of us caught up in our own self-searching journeys. The one thing Julie Cahill knows because of her transitory upbringing as a military brat is that she never had a hometown. So she has made sure her kids would grow up in one forever home, in a forever neighborhood, with lots of forever friends. Yet her dream of a permanent hometown has her feeling...
17) Breaking Fences
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Brad runs because it's the one thing in his life he can do right. And what makes it better is he can see Beauty, the white pony he's befriended, every day.
But when Beauty goes missing after a storm, can Brad find her? Or will his past behaviour put the pony's safety — and her life — in danger?
18) Mending Fences
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Harry Sullivan hasn't seen his son Drew in thirteen years, and now Drew is coming to Harry's Saskatchewan ranch for a visit. This poignant comedy tells the story of two men who are too stubborn to give in to feelings of the heart.
19) Fixing Fences
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A piece of history revealed.
A friendship mended.
A life at stake.
Rachel spends time with Joe's mom and learns some area history, but doesn't know just how big a part it will play in her life.
Abby and Rachel rebuild the burned bridges, and their friendship is rekindled. Misunderstandings are forgiven and they put the past behind them.
Life isn't without challenges, and Tray finds himself fighting for his life. After an initial assumption, an...
20) Building Fences
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When Caroline's car is mistakenly stolen in a prank gone wrong, love is the last thing on this single mom's mind. She's on her way to meet the birth mother who gave her up thirty-five years ago, and she needs to reach her destination as soon as possible. She wants nothing to do with Levi, the handsome prankster responsible for her delay, but his offer to make amends by driving her seems the quickest option.
Unexpected circumstances further delay...
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