Summary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Contents: Preface / David Haynes -- Introduction: A Festschrift for Professor Magnaghi -- Story maps / Robert Archibald -- An immense world of delight: The U.P. in prose / Ted Bays -- Witness to five centuries: The history of Ste. Anne's Parish, Mackinac Island / Steven C. Brisson -- Hungarians in Michigan's Copper Country / Bernard Cook -- "A most unpleasant circumstance" : Personality and provocation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. NorthernSummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The cast includes John Le Carre, psychologist Kay Jamison, critic David Lodge, Time correspondent Bernard Diederich, former CIA Inspector General Fredrick Hitz, and Greene's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DANHume, David
Contents: Book 1. Of the understanding.--Book 2. Of the passions.--Book 3. Of morals.--Abstract of the treatise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Merchant Press 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 192 HUMPyles, Lise
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 PYLOhler, Norman
Summary: Harro Schulze-Boysen and Libertas Haas-Heye met in the summer of 1935, and soon the two lovers were leading a network of antifascist fighters that stretched across Berlin's bohemian underworld.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 OHLOhler, Norman
Summary: "Berlin 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use-long kept under control by the Nazis' strict anti-drug laws-is rampant throughout the city. Split into four sectors, Berlin's drug policies are being enforced under the individual jurisdictions of each allied power-the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the US. In the American zone, Arthur J. Giuliani of the nascent Federal Bureau of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Taylor, A. J. P. (Alan John Percivale)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5 TAYTaylor, A. J. P. (Alan John Percivale)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.3 TAYLlewellyn, A. Bronwyn (Anita Bronwyn)
Summary: "Going green just isn't about recycling anymore. With this comprehensive guide, you can be sure to find the job of your dreams--and sleep better at night!"--Cover, P. [4].
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 LLEBuchanan, Keith M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 BUCAdler, David A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB CROCKETT ADLHolman, Olmar
Summary: Omar Holmon’s debut book We Were All Someone Else Yesterday is a book of poems and essays that are drenched in both sadness and unmistakable humor. These works urgently embrace growth in the face of grief. After the loss of his mother, Holmon loses touch with reality until he re-learns how to live by immersing himself in popular culture. Teeming with references that are palpable, and emotions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 HOL(POWELL, LYMAN P., ED.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1901
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 978 HISOpler, Paul A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.789 OPLWiest, Andrew A.
Contents: Coming of age in a time of war -- A war transformed: battle, politics and the Americanization of the war, 1963-1966 -- Fighting two wars: years of attrition and pacification, 1966-1967 -- A time for heroes: the Tet Offensive -- After Tet: the year of hope -- Hamburger Hill: the untold story of the battle for Dong Ap Bia -- A war transformed: Vietnamization, 1969-1970 -- Shattered lives and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 WIEAdams, Charles C. (Charles Christopher)
Contents: Pt. I. Ecological papers. 1. Isle Royale as a biotic environment, by C.C. Adams. 2. The ecological relations of the invertebrate fauna of Isle Royale, Michigan, by H.A. Gleason. 3. The ecological distribution of the birds of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, by Otto McCreary. 4. The fall migration of birds at Washington Harbor, Isle Royale, Lake Superior, by M.M. Peet. 5. The ecological succession of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford co., state printers 1909
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 574.50977 ADAParker, Emese C.
Summary: "To Carry Wonder" is a curated blend of story and evidence-based insight--a nurturing companion and guide for mamas and mamas-to-be. Keeping mothers' unique and varied needs in mind, Parker draws from her own personal and clinical experiences with pregnancy, providing practical support via candid memoirs and conversational heart-to-hearts. In each chapter, she weaves art with science and humor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Larkwell Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.24 PAR(POWELL, LYMAN P., ED.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1900