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The national best-seller A Drinking Life is a poignant memoir of a boy growing up in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II. The son of Irish immigrants, Pete Hamill is raised by his supportive mother, but feels overlooked by his crippled, alcoholic father. In a captivating narrative, Hamill reflects on his early experiences with alcohol and considers the personal implications of the American culture of drinking.
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316 pages : map ; 22 cm
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English
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"Paris, Spring 1892. Intrepid bookseller Victor Legris stumbles upon a new case to investigate when his business partner Kenji Mori's apartment is burgled. Curiously, the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people who were connected to the goblet have been murdered, Victor becomes convinced of its secret significance. He launches himself into the investigation, which takes him through the underbelly of...
5044) Muckers
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274 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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"Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town"--
5045) Cabaret
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sally Bowles, an American cabaret singer in 1930s Berlin, becomes involved in the rise of the Nazi party.
5047) Betty before X
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Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
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355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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On a treeless, windswept moor in eastern North Carolina, the Chevy is open to the rain. Birds nest in its seats. Officials of the surrounding county consider it junk. To Tommy Arney, it's a fossil of the twentieth-century American experience, a piece of history. We follow his struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy while financial ruin, government bureaucrats and the FBI close in on him.
Chronicles Tommy Arney's efforts to restore a rusted old Chevy...
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305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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The name means chocolate to America and the world, but as author D'Antonio reveals, it also stands for an inspiring man and a uniquely successful experiment in community and capitalism that produced a business empire devoted to a higher purpose. Milton S. Hershey brought affordable milk chocolate to America, creating and then satisfying the chocoholic urges of millions, and pioneering techniques of branding, mass production, and marketing. But as...
5052) El color de las nubes
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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An old carpenter and furtive fisherman find smuggled drugs, a young girl who sells environmental products, a lawyer who falls in the girl's snares, a Spanish boy who pretends he is from Bosnia and a drug trafficking gang in a small Spanish town of Cantabro.
5055) The Bay of Pigs
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xvi, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Eisenhower's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
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1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Program waits with a group of geologists as they monitor the signs from Mount Pinatubo and examines the methods volcanologists use to make their predictions. Then, stick around with the scientists who remain behind when the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo erupts and see astonishing footage of the world's largest volcanic eruption in 80 years.
5057) Simone de Beauvoir
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"When Simone de Beauvoir was a little girl, her father would proudly boast that she had the brain of a man. But later, after years of studying, Simone would write a book that challenged the role of women in society, sending show waves around the world."--Back cover.
5058) Breakfast at Tiffany's
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. Her next-door neighbor, a writer, is "sponsored" by a wealthy patroness. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy; seeing just how romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of the film.
5059) Queendom of Chaos
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FEW SURVIVE THE PALACE OF VENOM AND THORNS
Sam and Annabelle, an interracial couple navigating life in the Deep South of 1905, plan to escape for the chance of a peaceful life together. On the eve of their departure, Sam vanishes in a flash of magical light. He reappears under a fog of amnesia, haunted by the Dark Queen.
Embarking on a journey for survival, lines between realms blur as Sam uncovers the Dark Queen's sinister plans. Pulled...
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This early work by Charles L. Graves was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Mr. Punch's History of the Great War' is a classic work of intelligent and witty satire. It is complete with wonderful cartoon illustrations and tells the story of Mr. Punch's exploits during the Great War. This is perfect for anyone with a love of the 'Punch' series. This book is part of the World War One Centenary...
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