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Jones, Charlotte Foltz Jones, Charlotte Foltz. L'Engle, Madeleine Rodgers, RichardJones, Charlotte Foltz
Summary: "Do you know how many things in your daily life were invented by accident? SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and needed to keep one hand free. POTATO CHIPS were first cooked by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Coca-Cola, Silly Putty, and X rays have fascinating stories behind them too!...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 JONJones, Charlotte Foltz.
Summary: Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609 JONSummary: What will become of Phil, the baby elephant seal, after a storm pushes him out to sea? Far from his mother and friends for the first time, he's lost. A heart-warming and absolutely true underwater rescue adventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD FINL'Engle, Madeleine
Summary: "This powerful collection of short stories traces an emotional arc inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's early life and career, from her lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mother in small-town Connecticut. In a selection of eighteen stories discovered by one of L'Engle's granddaughters, we see how L'Engle's personal experiences and abiding faith informed the creation of her many cherished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC L'ENCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC L'ENRodgers, Richard
Contents: Overture (4:51) -- Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (2:35) -- The surrey with the fringe on top (4:52) -- Kansas City (2:34) -- I cain't say no (3:09) -- Many a new day (3:08) -- People will say we're in love (4:20) -- Poor Jud is dead (4:15) -- Out of my dreams (2:23) -- The farmer and the cowman (2:57) -- All er nothin' (2:58) -- Oklahoma (3:16).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway/Angel Records 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On the streets of seventeenth century Paris, law and order is an idea more than a reality. In addition to being King Louis XIII's personal bodyguards, Athos, Aramis, Porthos, and their new friend D'Artagnan, stand resolutely for social justice, honor, valor, love, and for the thrill of it all. They must fight to maintain order and protect their King and Queen against the worst intentions of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUSSummary: A fly-on-the-wall insight into the world of trauma cleaning through the journey of charming transgender business owner Sandra Pankhurst and the lives of a motley crew of workers at Frankston's Specialised Trauma Cleaning Services (STC).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023