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Anne Bishop’s “erotic, fervently romantic, [and] superbly entertaining” (Booklist) novel Sebastian introduced readers to the realm of Ephemera. Now, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author continues her tale of light and darkness...
The Eater of the World is casting its shadow over the landscapes of Ephemera, tainting people’s souls with doubts and fears....
The Eater of the World is casting its shadow over the landscapes of Ephemera, tainting people’s souls with doubts and fears....
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Others invites you enter the realm of Ephemera, a place that is ever-changing, caught between the Light and Dark forces of the heart...
Long ago, Ephemera was split into a dizzying number of magical lands—connected only by bridges that may take you where you truly belong, rather than where you had intended to go. In one such land, where night reigns...
Long ago, Ephemera was split into a dizzying number of magical lands—connected only by bridges that may take you where you truly belong, rather than where you had intended to go. In one such land, where night reigns...
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An original Ephemera novella from the New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Others.
In a small village outside the city of Vision, the people know no sorrow or grief. But this seemingly idyllic community is hiding a terrible secret. As a young child, Nalah did not know why she was told to bring a cake to the mute girl known as the Voice whenever she was upset, only that doing so made her feel better. Now grown,...
In a small village outside the city of Vision, the people know no sorrow or grief. But this seemingly idyllic community is hiding a terrible secret. As a young child, Nalah did not know why she was told to bring a cake to the mute girl known as the Voice whenever she was upset, only that doing so made her feel better. Now grown,...
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Return to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s Ephemera, a world of strange and magical landscapes connected only by bridges—bridges that may transport you where you truly belong, rather than where you wish to go.
When wizards threaten Glorianna Belladonna and her work to keep Ephemera balanced, her brother, Lee, sacrifices himself in order to save her—and ends up an Asylum inmate in the city of Vision,...
When wizards threaten Glorianna Belladonna and her work to keep Ephemera balanced, her brother, Lee, sacrifices himself in order to save her—and ends up an Asylum inmate in the city of Vision,...
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Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a painted palette of warmy, earthy tones, it is a quiet book...
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Abstract: Consisting of rare and unique items that give historical sketches of race relations in the south, civil rights, school integration, segregation, race riots, economic discrepancy among southern African Americans and civil rights legislation. Materials in the collection were donated or purchased through the Robin and Bill King Foundation and are part of the Civil Rights Collection of the Nashville Public Library Special Collections Division....
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Scope and content: A variety of material by and about women and women's issues. Materials focus upon women and girls, and within that focus, cover a wide range of subject matter. Generally, items included are not easily catagorized in any other way. Quantity of materials is usually one to three items. May contain some photocopies.
Materials include: an illustrated booklet, circa 1920, about a girls' camp, Camp Bon Air, located on the Cumberland...
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Scope and content: Includes programs, brochures, essays, flyers, and other documents relating to various aspects of African-American history in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, dated from 1972 to 2009. Quantity of materials typically is one or two items for each subject. Some items are photocopies. The most abundant material documents the annual Afro-American Culture and History Conference from 1981 to 2009, and includes programs for the conference...
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Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Early Nashville - Special Collections Topics
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Scope and content: Collection contains a wide variety of publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, most published in Nashville, Tenn. Types of periodicals include women's magazines, religious publications from the Methodist Publishing House, literary and educational magazines, magazines including articles about Nashville, the Tennessee Centennial, and others.
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Scope and content: Arranged into the following subject categories: Birds; Elephants; and Plants. Items include a booklet entitled "A Checklist of Birds of the Tennessee Valley" (1974); a single issue of "Trunklines" (Summer 2007) from the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.; a single newsletter from the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council (2007); and a poster featuring photographs of "Tennessee's Rare Plants in Need of Protection" (1999).
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Scope and content: Includes programs, brochures, reports, self-guided tours, a few building plans, and other documents concerning individual buildings in Nashville, spanning from 1902 to 2010. Some buildings are noted as tourist attractions, and their documentation is primarily in the format of tourist-oriented brochures. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several folders. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a...
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Scope and content: Variety of materials documenting events, celebrations, and observances related to various holidays. Quantity of materials ranges from a single item to several. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item.
Holidays represented include: Christmas; Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead, also known as All Souls' Day); and Easter. Christmas materials include a few booklets of Christmas carols, some of which...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials relating to ghosts in Tennessee. Contents include: "The Spirit of Red River," which are two essays about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tenn. written by Jack Cook in 1992 and revised in 1993; and a small batch of brochures relating to ghost tours in the early twenty-first century in Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.
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