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41) Fast Food Nation
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
If it's true that we are what we eat, then how do we even know who we are? Don Anderson is trying to balance his search for the truth with an apparent desire not to do anything that might hurt his career. Raul and Sylvia, having crossed the border illegally, take up dangerous, stomach-turning jobs at the meat-processing plant. Amber is a teenage burger-slinger who wants to both change the world and get out of town. These two desires--to fight the...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Give young fans the crucial facts about all 30 pro hockey teams, including their current stars and legendary players, triumphs and turning points, and memorable stats and trivia. Packed with must-know info and action photos, this guide puts the biscuit in the basket."--Publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
2008
Description
Bill Shakespeare saddles up and rides west for this rough-and-tumble iambic adaptation of A Midsummer Nights Dream. Rival brothers Douglas and Lester fight for the delicate hand of Henrietta until trickster Coyotes magic flute makes them sweet on Henriettas best friend Helen. Lost in the woods and led astray under the spells, the four young lovers squabblethe love-struck boys fight over Helen, jealous Henrietta boils with anger and hapless Helen is...
Pub. Date
℗♭2009
Description
Bent's Fort was the largest trading post for hundreds of miles. It was a crossroads of culture for the Indians of the Plains, the trappers of the mountains, and the traders of the Southwest. Yet, in August of 1849, this guiding light of western expansion burned out. What happened to Bent's Old Fort - the fur trading empire that helped fuel the flow of commerce on the Santa Fe Trail? What kind of legacy did it leave behind for the American West - and...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"The upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to Arkansas City, just above the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Max McCoy embarked on a trip of 742 miles in search of the river's unique story. Part adventure and part reflection, steeped in the natural and cultural history of the Arkansas Valley, Elevations is McCoy's account of that journey. Going by kayak when he can--by...
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Pub. Date
2022
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"Boo was a predominantly white Australian shepherd. Her only handicap, aside from bone-headed bravery, was deafness in one ear. Deafness is a common disability for the lethal white variety of this breed. She was found alone in a city park, brought to an animal shelter, and ended up with a man who had never owned a dog. For fifteen years the man and dog enjoyed dog-sports, adventure, friendship, mishaps, law breaking, and (unofficial) law enforcement....
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Make Something Up is a compilation of 21 stories and one novella (some previously published, some not) that will disturb and delight. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display: In "Zombies," the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators. In "Knock, Knock," a son hopes to tell one last off-color joke to a father in his final moments,...
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Pub. Date
©2007
Description
Wolfkiller is the remarkable life story of a Navajo herdsman and plant-gatherer who lived in the Monument Valley region of Navajo country, along the Utah/Arizona border, from about 1855 until 1926. Raised by his grandfather and mother, Wolfkiller learned the ancient wisdom of his people. He grew up seeing the beauty in nature and discovering how to face the wind, storms, cold, and even death with optimism and courage. Through his embrace of the natural...
53) Fast food nation
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
If it's true that we are what we eat, then how do we even know who we are? Don Anderson is trying to balance his search for the truth with an apparent desire not to do anything that might hurt his career. Raul and Sylvia, having crossed the border illegally, take up dangerous, stomach-turning jobs at the meat-processing plant. Amber is a teenage burger-slinger who wants to both change the world and get out of town. These two desires--to fight the...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Provides statistics on every National Hockey League player and goaltender up through the 1999-2000 season, as well as many non-NHL players, and describes the history of hockey, the state of the game at the end of the twentieth century, and more than one hundred other facets of the sport, including international play.
55) Western legends
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Features fifty full length westerns starring John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Jane Wyatt, Hoot Gibson, Rita Hayworth, and others.