Summary: "Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge's Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star. She began as Matangi. Daughter of the founder of Sri Lanka's armed Tamil resistance, she hid from the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MAT

Hamalainen, Karina

Summary: "Learn about the history of animation and find out how animated films are made today"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 777 HAM

Cizek, Katerina

Summary: "From the multi-story dwellings of Ancient Rome to the soaring glass skyscrapers of today, for thousands of years humans have used highrises to house the poor, protect the rich and sometimes narrow the gap between the two. Highrise first examines the history of vertical living in a chapter on the origins, technological triumphs, social failures and future of the highrise. The book then invites...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 307.76 CIZ

Dhilawala, Sakina

Summary: "Armenia is a unique country that draws influences from Eastern Europe and Asia. This book provides a careful study of the country, in particular, its history, traditions, people, government, language, and geography, and seeks to educate young readers on its place in the global community." -- Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 947.56 DHI

Latta, Sara L.

Summary: Mary Edwards Walker was a Civil War surgeon, a spy captured by the Confederacy, and the only woman to have ever been awarded the Medal of Honor. But she was erased from history, in part because her ideas didn't fit with the mainstream suffrage movement. Latta introduces readers to Walker's remarkable life and accomplishments. She shows how Walker continued to break gender norms and speak out...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 WAL

Barbero, Alessandro

Summary: "Dante brings the legendary author--and the medieval Italy of his era-- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANTE ALIGHIERI BAR

Baldwin, James

Summary: First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2019

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.8 BAL

Summary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHE

Yasuda, Anita

Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the United States' northwestern coast, including the Tlingit, Nuu-chah-nulth, Makah, Haida, Chinook, Nisga'a, Puyallup, and Tsimshian nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.5 YAS

Croll, Jennifer

Summary: "Covering everyone from Louis XIV to Prince, Bad Boys of Fashion looks at men across history who have broken the rules both in fashion and in life."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CRO

Birmingham, Maria

Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines how humans have navigated the world over time."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9 BIR

Nelson, Maria

Summary: No road in the United States is more iconic than Route 66. From a song named after the route to being a setting in famous books On the Road and The Grapes of Wrath, Route 66 has made an impression on American popular culture. Through this lens, readers are introduced to the almost 100-year old highway as well as the many fun road trip stops along its length. Fun fact boxes offer interesting...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.3 NEL

Popova, Maria

Summary: "Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries, beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Stretching between these...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.43 POP

Masilamani, Mike

Summary: "A darkly satiric account of childhood in times of war, violence and refugee camps. Set in Sri Lanka, the scenes that unfolds in this powerful vignette of children caught in the crossfire of civil war could equally happen elsewhere-- in all places where human deaths are reduced to numbers and guns do not differentiate between adults and children"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tara Books Private Limited 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAS

Summary: Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels? The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for classical German music. The world-famous conductor made a pact with...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MUS

Lauer, Amanda

Summary: "The Civil War rages around her, yet Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father's property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner's memory. The beautiful fraulein who nurses him back to health steals something even more important--his heart. For political and societal reasons, Brigid and Dominic must go their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Full Quiver Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAU

Summary: "In the spring of 1789, a ship left port in London bound for the Botany Bay penal colony in Australia. The ship carried precious cargo - women, sent to keep the desperate male colonists from engaging in what their governor called 'gross irregularities.' But these women were hardly quiet homemakers - they were a hardy raucous lot rounded up from London's notorious Newgate prison and other jails...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VOY

Lanser, Amanda.

Summary: "Describes aspects of the American Revolution using numbers, stats, and infographics"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 LAN

Vink, Amanda

Summary: What's better than experiencing history first-hand?! Team Time Machine goes on another adventure in this exciting book. This time, Mia, Ben, and Sam meet General George Washington on the night he prepares his troops to cross the Delaware River. Readers join the team as they find out more about the American Revolution through first-hand accounts and by experiencing personally the icy waters that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 VIN

Daynes, Katie

Summary: "Who were the ancient Romans? Where did they go to eat, shop and wash? What did they do for fun? In this book you'll find the answers and lots more about life in Roman times."--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around Usb Daynes

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAY

Summary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIL

Brunner, Bernd

Summary: "Humans have always had a special appreciation for fruit that grows on trees. Could it be because orchard fruits grow closer to heaven than other plant products do as some poets have suggested? Or could it be because the places where these fruits grow are alive with light and shadow and redolent of sweet scents, offering us sanctuaries where we can retreat from the cares of daily life? Where...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634 BRU

Summary: A love letter to all things great and British, from castles, Shakespeare, aristocrats, classic cars to quirky traditions and self-deprecating sense of humor

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUI

Summary: A three-part documentary event. Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ABR