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[2017] | Rowman & Littlefield | xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 977.311 HAZEL |
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"William Elliot Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed the Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as Prohibition was repealed. He also details the story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the ideals of the World's Fair with her own rags-to-riches story and brought sex...
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[2019] | Ten Speed Press | 153 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm | English | Available
Westover - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 HOFFM |
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A hip, accessible guide to batch cocktail-making for entertaining, with 65 recipes that can be made hours--or weeks!--ahead of time so that hosts and hostesses have one less thing to worry about as the doorbell rings. As anyone who has hosted a dinner party knows, cocktail hour is the most fun part of the evening for guests--but the most stressful for whomever is in charge of keeping the drinks flowing. The solution, though, is simple: batch it! In...
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[2019] | First Diversion Books edition. | Diversion Books | x, 389 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 345.771 BATCHE |
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On the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act comes the epic, definitive story of the man who cracked the Prohibition system, became one of the world's richest criminal masterminds, and helped inspire The Great Gatsby. Love, murder, political intrigue, mountains of cash, and rivers of bourbon ... The tale of George Remus is a grand spectacle and a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition. Yes, Congress gave teeth to Prohibition in October 1919, but...
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Discreet Retrieval Agency mysteries volume 1
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©2015. | First edition. | Minotaur Books | 307 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Aurora Hills - Adult Detective 1 available D CHANC |
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"31-year-old society matron Lola Woodby has survived her loveless marriage with an unholy mixture of highballs, detective novels, and chocolate layer cake, until, her husband dies suddenly, leaving her his fortune...or so Lola thought. As it turns out, all she inherits from Alfie is a big pile of debt. Pretty soon, Lola and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta, are reduced to hiding out in the secret love nest Alfie kept in New York City. But when rent...
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©2016. | First edition. | Saga Press | viii, 422 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Science Fiction 1 available SF KELLY |
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"Washington, DC, 1926. While sorcery opponents have succeeded in passing the 18th Amendment, the Prohibition of magic has only invigorated the city's underworld... Joan Kendrick, a young sorcerer from the back woods of Norfolk County, accepts an offer to work for DC's most notorious crime syndicate, The Shaw Gang, when her family's home is repossessed. Alex Danfrey, first-year Federal Prohibition Unit trainee with a complicated past and talents of...
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2018. | The Experiment | 143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | English |
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Festive, sophisticated cocktails for everyone? Yes, please! With alcohol-free options so refreshing to drink, simple to make, and for any season or occasion, going dry has never been easier. Celebrate Dry January in style with an Espresso Mint Martini; Spoil yourself at breakfast with a Blood Orange Sunrise; Toast the mother-to-be with a bubbly Paloma Fizz; Keep your summer picnic kid-friendly with a refreshing Raspberry and Lavender Shrub; Thank...
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[2019] | First edition. | Crown | xviii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 3 available 345.771 ABBOT Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 345.771 ABBOT |
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2019 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2020. | Large print edition. | Thorndike Press | 651 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm | English |
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"The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers,"...
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2004, c1925 | Scribner trade pbk. ed. | Scribner | 180 p. ; 21 cm. | English | Available
Central - Adult Fiction 1 available F FITZG |
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[2013] | Unabridged. | Brilliance Audio | 4 audio discs (approximately 291 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Westover - Adult Audiobooks 2 available CD F FITZG |
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A true classic of twentieth-century literature, this edition has been updated to include the author's final revisions and features a new introduction by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously...
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously...
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641.874 HOWTO
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641.874 HOWTO
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[2019] | America's Test Kitchen | ix, 262 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available
Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 HOWTO Westover - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 HOWTO |
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2019 | OverDrive | America's Test Kitchen | English | Available Online
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All the kitchen secrets, techniques, recipes, and inspiration you need to craft transcendent cocktails, from essential, canonical classics to imaginative all-new creations from America's Test Kitchen.
Cocktail making is part art and part science—just like cooking. The first-ever cocktail book from America's Test Kitchen brings our objective, kitchen-tested and -perfected approach to the craft of making cocktails. You always want your...
Cocktail making is part art and part science—just like cooking. The first-ever cocktail book from America's Test Kitchen brings our objective, kitchen-tested and -perfected approach to the craft of making cocktails. You always want your...
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[2017] | The Cleveland Museum of Art | xix, 379 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 709.73 COFFI |
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An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor. Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era's jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American taste and style during the golden age of the 1920s. Following the destructive years of the First World War, this flourishing decade marked a rebirth of aesthetic innovation that was cultivated to a great extent by American talent and patronage. Due...
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2018. | First edition. | Berkley | 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 394.13 AMBRO |
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The passage of the 18th Amendment (banning the sale of alcohol) and the 19th (women's suffrage) in the same year is no coincidence. These two Constitutional Amendments enabled women to redefine themselves and their place in society in a way historians have neglected to explore. Liberated Spirits describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two remarkable women in particular. With fierce...
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2019. | Page Street Publishing Co | 192 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm | English | Available
Westover - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 JACOB |
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"From seasoned New York City bartender Natalie Jacob, founder of the blog Arsenic Lace, comes timeless cocktail recipes from the '40s, '50s and '60s, revamped with delightful contemporary flourishes. These unique recipes perfect midcentury and tiki-bar classics, while sprinkling in Natalie's cutting-edge twists to create heavenly cocktails that marry new and nostalgic flavors. Whether you're new to bartending, a seasoned professional or simply looking...
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Moonshine volume 1
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[2017] | Image Comics, Inc | 1 volume (unpaged) : color ; 26 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Graphic Novel 1 available GRAPH MOONS |
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"Set during Prohibition, and deep in the backwoods of Appalachia, Moonshine #1 tells the story of Lou Pirlo, a city-slick "torpedo" sent from New York City to negotiate a deal with the best moonshiner in West Virginia, one Hiram Holt. Lou figures it for milk run -- how hard could it be to set-up moonshine shipments from a few ass-backward hillbillies? What Lou doesn't figure on is that Holt is just as cunning as ruthless as any NYC crime boss and...
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©2019. | Ten Speed Press | xi, 259 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm | English | Available
Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 ROBIT |
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An illustrated collection of nearly 300 cocktail recipes from the award-winning NoMad Bar, with locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Originally published as a separate book packaged inside The NoMad Cookbook, this revised and stand-alone edition of The NoMad Cocktail Book features more than 100 brand-new recipes (for a total of more than 300 recipes), a service manual explaining the art of drink-making according to the NoMad, and 30...
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2010. | Penguin Press | 319 pages ; 24 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 614.1 BLUM Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 614.1 BLUM |
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[2010] | Unabridged. | Tantor Media, Inc | 8 audio discs (approximately 10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult Audiobooks 1 available CD 614.1 BLUM |
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2010 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Tantor Media, Inc | English | Available Online
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2011 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —The New York Observer
“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times
“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense,...
“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times
“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense,...
16) Prohibition
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[2011] | PBS Home Video | 3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Adult DVD 1 available DVD 363.4109 PROHI |
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This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....
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2018. | Oxford University Press | viii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 363.41 RORAB |
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"From 1920 to 1933 Americans were generally barred from making, transporting, or selling alcoholic beverages. While this attempt to impose prohibition did not last long, drinking habits did change dramatically. In this elegant and accessible introduction, W.J. Rorabaugh, the leading historian of American drinking patterns, explains how and why Prohibition came about, how it worked (and failed to work), and how it gave way to strict governmental regulation...
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2018. | Kensington Publishing Corp | vi, 296 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 2 available 364.1092 DESTE |
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"The definitive book on the ultimate mob boss--featuring new FBI revelations, rare family photos, and never-before-published material . . . The press nicknamed him "The Prime Minister of the Underworld." The U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Narcotics described him as "one of the most powerful and influential Mafia leaders in the U.S." But to friends and associates, he was simply "Uncle Frank." Who was Frank Costello really? That's the question Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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2020. | Centennial edition. | Quarry Books | 1 volume : illustrations ; 20 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Nonfiction 1 available 641.874 HAIGH |
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2010. | First Scribner trade paperback edition. | Scribner | 312 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Adult Fiction 1 available F BONDU |
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OverDrive | Unabridged | Blackstone Publishing | English | Available Online
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[2009] | Thorndike Press | 521 pages (large print) ; 23 | English | Available
Westover - Adult Large Type 1 available LT F BONDU |
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The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. Howard, the eldest brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; Forrest, the middle brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; and Jack, the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven...