Author: Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965, author.
Published: 2019 1987
Call Number: PB JACKSON
Format: Books
Summary: "The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly place called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a chilling encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own."--Publisher.
Author: Loeb, Jeph, writer. Lee, Jim, 1964- penciller, cover artist. Williams, Scott, 1960- inker, cover artist. Sinclair, Alex, colourist, cover artist. Starkings, Richard, letterer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y GN LOEB
Format: Books
Summary: "Gotham City's worst criminals--Joker, Riddler, Ra's al Ghul, Clayface and others--have emerged to throw Batman's life into utter chaos. However, these villains are part of a much more elaborate, sinister scheme to destroy the Dark Knight once and for all, one headed by a mastermind much closer to Bruce Wayne than any foe before... Gotham City is infected by a crime epidemic and all of Batman's enemies have emerged to throw his life into utter chaos. But little do they know that they're all pawns of the villainous Hush in an elaborate game of revenge against Bruce Wayne. Pushed past his breaking point, Batman will need to use more than the world's greatest detective skills to uncover the true identity of this mysterious mastermind before it's too late."--
Author: Schmidt, Eric, 1955 April 27- author. Rosenberg, Jonathan, author. Eagle, Alan, author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: 338.7
Format: Books
Summary: "Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut was once the essential primer for managers, but today's leaders need a new playbook. In HOW GOOGLE WORKS, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg distill their decades of working in the high-tech industry into a practical and fun-to-read guide for those who want to succeed in an ever-changing business landscape. The book offers how-to advice on strategy, corporate culture, talent, decision-making, innovation, communication and dealing with disruption. The authors explain how the confluence of three seismic changes--the internet, mobile, and cloud computing--has shifted the balance of power between consumer and corporation. The companies that thrive will be the ones that create superior products and attract a new breed of multi-faceted employees whom the authors dub "smart creatives." The management maxims are illustrated with previously unreported anecdotes from Google's corporate history. "Back in 2010, Eric and I created an internal class for Google managers focusing on the lessons the management team learned the hard way," says Rosenberg. "The class slides all said 'Google confidential' until an employee suggested we uphold the spirit of openness and share them with the world. This book codifies the recipe for our secret sauce: how Google innovates and how Google empowers employees to succeed.""--
Author: Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 1958- author. Quindlen, Anna, writer of afterword.
Published: 2013
Call Number: B BOYLAN
Format: Books
Summary: This is the author's memoir about gender and parenting, including incredible interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for ten years, a mother for eight, and for a time in between, neither, or both ("the parental version of the schnoodle, or the cockapoo"), she has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide."
Author: Garfield, Simon, author.
Published: 2012 2010
Call Number: 686.221 GARGIELD
Format: Books
Summary: Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. Bu where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the businesslike subtlety of Times New Roman, the cool detachment of Arial, or the maddening lightness of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Simon Garfield embarks on a mission to answer these questions and more, and reveal what may be the very best and worst fonts in the world. Typefaces are no 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago, when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Garfield unravels our age old obsession with the way our words look. Just My Type investigates a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seemingly ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters and what makes a font look presidential, male or female, American, British, German, or Jewish. From the typeface of Beatlemania to the graphic vision of the Obama campaign, fonts can signal a musical revolution or the rise of an American president. This book is a must-read for the design conscious that will forever change the way you look at the printed word.
Author: Kate, Lauren, author.
Published: 2012
Call Number: Y KATE
Format: Books
Summary: While searching for the place where the angels fell to earth to stop Lucifer from erasing the past, Luce and Daniel make a startling discovery about their love.
Author: Hearn, Chester G., author.
Published: 2011
Call Number: Y 973.7 HEARN
Format: Books
Summary: Looks at the war from the perspective of the forty-five states and territories that existed during the period. It looks at the politics of each; the battles fought; the regiments raised; the famous people, soldiers, sailors and very occasional airmen who played their part.
Author: Brown, Dale, 1956-
Published: 2006
Call Number: F BROWN
Format: Books
Author: Paolini, Christopher.
Published: 2005
Call Number: Y PAOLINI
Format: Books
Summary: After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
Author: Larsen, Nella author.
Published: 2003
Call Number: F LARSEN
Format: Books
Summary: Two light-skinned African American women try to pass for white to escape racism, and Clare Kendry cuts her ties to the past and to Irene Redfield, ignoring the fact that that racism exists. -- Novelist.
Author: Moll, Lucy.
Published: 1995
Call Number: 641.5636
Format: Books
Call Number: R 973.734
Format: Books
Call Number: 973.7 GAR
Format: Books
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