Browne, Christopher H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 BROSummary: During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Teach your child how to express feelings, likes, and dislikes, and develop his or her communication skills at an early age-- as early as seven months-- using a form of sign language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.238 FANAchen, Christopher H.
Summary: Achen and Bartels argue that democratic theory needs to be founded on identity groups and political parties, not on the preferences of individual voters.Democracy for Realists provides a powerful challenge to conventional thinking, pointing the way toward a fundamentally different understanding of the realities and potential of democratic government. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 ACHSummary: In his final film as director, Gordon Parks turned the camera upon himself and created a deeply personal and remarkably poetic self-portrait. Moments Without Proper Names blends Parks's striking photographs with newly-shot footage of the artist, his own musical compositions, and personal reminiscences performed by a trio of esteemed actors: Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOMBrown, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 BROJordan, June
Summary: "A collection drawn from June Jordan's previous books"-- This collection of poems-- some previously unpublished-- provides a distillation of Jordan's very best works over a long career. Her poems arose out of the crises of their eras, but timelessly address subjects such as police brutality, systemic racism, and the struggle for global solidarity among marginalized people. -- adapted from back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 JORBrown, Skila
Summary: A collection of poems celebrates trains, describing the different types of trains, working in a train yard, and the joy of railroad travel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BROSummary: Traces the history of black America back to ancient African civilization, examining attempts by the white establishment in the U.S. to conceal this knowledge as a means of undermining African American identity. Presents theories of scholars and social commentators which comprise a history in which African Americans have been systematically oppressed as a people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDBrown, Brene
Summary: In Braving the Wilderness, author Brene Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 BROAndré, Christophe
Summary: Introduces a technique for practicing mindfulness and achieving increased mental clarity through observing works of art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 ANDSummary: When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAYSummary: "Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHONiemann, Christoph
Summary: What can you do with a word? Read it, spell it, say it, picture it, understand it, make a sentence with it, tell a story with it, share it with a friend. Everything starts with a love of words! More than 300 words inspired by Dr. Edward Fry’s list of sight words are paired with striking and playful illustrations by internationally renowned designer and artist Christoph Niemann to deepen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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Summary: Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father's atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture--from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2014
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Contents: Preparing for pregnancy -- Your prenatal care -- Your developing baby -- Your changing body -- Staying fit and healthy -- Issues in pregnancy -- Labor and birth -- The first six weeks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 LEESummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROThayer, Ernest Lawrence
Summary: "And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out." Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill, c1974. 1974
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperEntertainment 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BROBrowne, Mike
Summary: "Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time favourite stories of true crime and dark history from Canada and around the world. Divided into four sections --Murders with a Twist, Perpetual Puzzles, The Madness of Crowds and Notable Disasters -- all the stories in this collection (except two) are brand new and haven't been covered by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2021