Snow, Richard
Summary: "By the early 1950s Walt Disney's great achievements in animation were behind him, and he was increasingly bored by the two-dimensional film medium. He wanted to work in three, to build an entirely new sort of amusement park, one that relied more on cinematic techniques than on thrill rides, one from which all tawdriness had been purged. He achieved it, but just barely: he ran out of money, had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.06 SNOSnow, Richard
Summary: "On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harmless exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie came ashore saying he had narrowly prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 SNOSnow, Sara.
Contents: My story -- In the kitchen -- In the bathroom -- In the bedroom -- In the nursery -- In the living room -- In the laundry room -- In the office -- Outdoors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 648 SnoWildsmith, Snow
Summary: "This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Coast Guard. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for basic training, and learning what to expect at basic recruit training"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland & Co. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363.286 WILSnow, Peter
Summary: Chronicles the burning of Washington, DC at the hands of the British during the War of 1812, documenting the escape of the first family and the Battle of Fort McHenry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 SNOSnow, Shane
Summary: Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time by employing what psychologists call "lateral thinking" to rethink convention and break "rules" that aren't rules.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 SNOSnow, Constance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 SNOWildsmith, Snow
Summary: "This book is for the young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join the military, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for and learning what to expect at basic recruit training"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland & Co. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 359.96 WILHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: "The story of Dr. John Snow, who traced London's cholera outbreak to a single water pump"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9 HOPRilke, Rainer Maria
Summary: In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet 23, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. Two others followed. In these "Schmargendorf" and "Worpswede" diaries, Rilke began to reach toward other people - among them the sculptor Clara Westhoff,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RILKE, RAINER MARIA RILRilke, Rainer Maria
Summary: Over the last fifteen years, in his two volumes of New Poems as well as in The Book of Images and Uncollected Poems, Edward Snow has emerged as one of Rainer Maria Rilke's most able English-language interpreters. In his translations, Snow adheres faithfully to the intent of Rilke's German while constructing nuanced, colloquial poems in English.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 RILRilke, Rainer Maria
Summary: "With more than two hundred and fifty selected poems by Rilke, including complete translations of the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies, The Poetry of Rilke spans the arc of Rilke's work, from the breakthrough poems of The Book of Hours to the visionary masterpieces written only weeks before his death. This landmark bilingual edition also contains all of Snow's commentaries on Rilke, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 RILSummary: "This practical guide covers every aspect of gardening, no matter where you live or what you want to grow, and easy-to-understand tips and colorful photos make this a great guide for beginners as well as those who want to expand their gardening skills. Dedicated chapters on flowers, fruits and vegetables, herbs, shrubs, houseplants, and garden decor provide practical advice on how to care for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2022