Summary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WASMoniz, Sammy
Summary: "Based on Sammy Moniz's popular Instagram page, Feeding the Frasers is a book that any CrossFit aficionado-or just someone curious about how to cook with whole foods without sacrificing the world-will want to get their hands on. Filled with 100 terrific recipes of high quality delicious food that promote balance, togetherness, indulgence, and athletic recovery. Sammy Moniz is well known in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 MONMuntz, Kendra
Summary: "Introduction to different types of tropical fish using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.17 MUNSummary: Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known today as a painter, but his reputation was in fact established through his prints, which were central to his creative process. His printmaking was experimental and innovative, and he continually revisited the subjects of his paintings in striking prints, in which he evoked a wide range of emotion and mood through the use of varied techniques. Munch's early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.81 EDVSharma, Nik
Summary: "In this groundbreaking book, Nik Sharma, scientist, food blogger, and cookbook author, guides home cooks on an exploration of flavor via 125 recipes. He demonstrates how to convert approachable spices, herbs, and commonplace pantry items into tasty, simple dishes, providing inspiration and knowledge to both home cooks and seasoned chefs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SHAVink, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 VINVink, Amanda
Summary: Though Europe does not boast a large land area, it contains some of the most distinct and well-known cultural histories in the world. Throughout the continent's long history, borders between countries have been drawn and redrawn countless times, resulting in a unique record of cross-cultural exchange that will captivate the imagination of your readers. Use this book to introduce them to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940 VINLik, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press (Peter Lik Publishing) 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 919.4 LIKMeijer, Fik.
Summary: Overview: Meijer traces the origins of the gladiators over 2,500 years, from the initial belief that their blood spilled on a grave would sustain the dead on its journey to the underworld. Yet, as centuries passed and the Roman Empire grew, gladiators became part of vaster, more brutal entertainments staged by successive emperors eager to manipulate the public with "bread and circuses" and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 MEIVij, Vikram
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Publisher / Publication Date: Douglas & McIntyre 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 VIJAlbertine, Viv
Summary: "At the launch party for her memoir in 2014, Viv Albertine received the news her mother was dying. She left the party immediately and spent a few final hours with a woman who had been an enormous presence and force in her life. In the weeks that followed, Viv was left with the task of sorting through her mother's affairs. In that process she came across one fatally curious item: a bag labelled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBERTINE, VIV ALBBleidner, Via
Summary: "If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now is an insider's collection of funny and warmhearted stories about coming of age in the Los Angeles suburb famed for birthing the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bling Ring. For Via Bleidner, transferring to Calabasas High from the private Catholic school she's attended since second grade is a culture shock, not to mention absolutely lonely. Suddenly thrust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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Summary: Covers all 2WD and 4WD models with a gasoline engine of Nissan/Datsun pick-up trucks 1980 through 1996, and Pathfinder 1990 through 1995, for model years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Pub. Group 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Nissan Pick-upsVink, Amanda
Summary: Sea stars are well known for their ability to regenerate their arms. What's less apparent is that they accomplish this task without a brain. This book focuses on the sea star's simple nervous system, and it explores some of the interesting things a sea star does without a brain. Readers will be enthralled to learn that a sea star pushes its stomach outside of its body in order to consume its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 593.9 VINKunin, Vladimir.
Summary: This book is an autobiographical prose work by the well known Russian modern writer Vladimir Kunin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bereg 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 FIC KUNLunis, Natalie.
Summary: Visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House, a vice-president who still hurries to his office in the Capitol building, and a First Lady who has found a quiet and peaceful home, years after her death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.1 LUNRahwan, Dunia
Summary: "In this beautifully illustrated guide, discover fascinating and unusual information about animals from all around the world. A delightfully quirky system of organization introduces the reader to the superlatives of the animal kingdom, from "super predators" to "expert architects." A must-have encyclopedia for any animal enthusiast!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2020
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Summary: An illustrated history of the day-to-day lives and customs of the various Indian tribes inhabiting North America before the arrival of the Europeans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.1 TUNEichler, Vic.
Summary: "Where, when and how to find morels, how to pick, preserve, cook and enjoy morels, detailed nutritional information"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shantimira Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food EichlerFoerster, Vic
Summary: "Essays regarding natural features of Isle Royale National Park and other locations pertaining to trees and nature."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2017
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Word FoersterHood, Vic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Chapel Pub. Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.4 HOOAndrews, Munya
Summary: The history, legend and mythology of a star cluster associated with women for aeons of human history. Munya captures the richness of the mysterious constellation Pleiades and explains the recurring significance of these celestial sisters who animate the myths of cultures as diverse as Classical Greece and Aboriginal Australia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spinifex Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202.12 ANDKunitz, Daniel
Summary: A fascinating cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the “big-box gym” and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise has changed over time—and what we can learn from our ancestors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 KUNMinicz, Elizabeth.
Summary: Literacy level workbook and teachers edition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Readers Press 2004
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 MINCall number: 428.24 MIN Workbook