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Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 New York (N.Y.) Moral conditions History 19th century New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century Pirates Africa, North History 19th century Police administration New York (State) New York History 19th century Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 Naval operations United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 Underground movements Vice control New York (State) New York History 19th centuryOaks, Rebecca.
Summary: Coppicing is an ancient method of enhancing woodland biodiversity, and coppice woodlands are to be found all over Britain and parts of Europe. The key to successful coppicing is to nurture the new coppice shoots. In return, a coppice will provide an endless supply of wood for a wide range of articles. The authors present detailed instruction on how to produce many kinds of woodland products...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowood 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 OAKSabky, Rebecca Munsterer
Summary: "A former Ivy League admissions officer shares her stories from the frontlines of the admissions wars and offers advice on how to stand out, get in, and, most importantly, stay true to yourself as you prepare for college"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 SABSummary: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BECLicks
Contents: DISC v. 1: Comments from: Paul McCartney -- James Jamerson Jr. -- Will Lee -- "Chili" Ruth and Joe Weaver -- John Entwistle -- Gerald Veasley -- Phil Chen -- Martha Reeves -- Pino Palladino -- Geddy Lee -- Joe Messina -- Chuck Rainey -- Wah Wah Watson -- Philadelphia Intl. Rhythm Section -- Joe Hunter -- "Ready" Freddy Washington -- Garry Tallent -- Dennis Coffey -- Allen McGrier -- Gil Askey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dr. Licks Pub. 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 787.87 LICSummary: At 14, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Ludlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the 'demigods of Canadian metal,' releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VH1 Films 2009
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ANV1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ANV
Sacks, Janet.
Summary: Information about various topics related to dinosaurs, birds, marine life, and other animals forms the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2002
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 745.5 SACKSSacks, Jonathan
Summary: "In Morality, the distinguished religious leader and philosopher Rabbi Jonathan Sacks diagnoses our troubled times as a period of 'cultural climate change.' Delivering an insightful critique of our modern condition, and assessing its roots and causes fromthe ancient Greeks through the Reformation and Enlightenment to the present day, Sacks argues that there is no liberty without morality, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 SACSacks, Oliver
Summary: "Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SACSacks, Oliver
Summary: "In July 2013, Oliver Sacks turned eighty and wrote [a] ... piece in The New York Times about the prospect of old age and the freedom he envisioned for himself in binding together the thoughts and feelings of a lifetime. Eighteen months later, he was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer--which he announced publically in another piece in The New York Times. Gratitude is Sacks's meditation on why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.9 SACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SACKS, OLIVER SACSacks, Oliver
Summary: Inside this Instaread of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: - Overview of the book - Important People - Key Takeaways - Analysis of Key Takeaways
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Publisher / Publication Date: iDreamBooks Inc 2015
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Contents: Disc One -Episode one: A necessary war -- Disc Two -Episode two and three: When things get tough; Deadly calling -- Disc three -Episode four: Pride of our nation -- Disc four -Episode five: Fubar -- Disc six-Episode seven: World without war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WARStack, Jack
Summary: "This revised and updated edition ... lays out an entirely different way of running a company. It wasn't dreamed up in an executive think tank or an Ivy League business school or around the conference table by big-time consultants. It was forged on the factory floors of the heartland by ordinary folks hoping to figure out how to save their jobs when their parent company, International...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2013
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 650.1 STASacks, Oliver
Summary: Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 SACSacks, Janet.
Summary: Information about various topics related to weather and weather forecasting forms the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2002
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: 551.5 SACKSSacks, Oliver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.759 SACSummary: "Time to hit the books in THE LOUD HOUSE! Join Lincoln, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily as they attempt to understand the secrets of the universe, or at least the secrets to surviving school. The Louds are adjusting to not only advancing a grade, but Lincoln's gone from being the Man with the (Meal) Plan in elementary school to the new kid without a hall pass in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LOUZacks, Richard.
Summary: An unforgettable snapshot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 363.2 ZACZacks, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 ZACSack, Rebekah
Summary: Preparing for interviews in the job market is something seldom learned in classrooms but is overwhelmingly important for long-term success. Learning the skills necessary for getting the job is something you can start now. Learn all the tips and tricks you need in order to land the summer job you've had your eye on or to get that camp counselor position you've always wanted. Inside, you will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650 SACZacks, Richard.
Summary: Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses, and after-hours saloons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.23 ZACZacks, Richard.
Summary: After Tripoli declared war on the United States in 1801, Barbary pirates captured three hundred U.S. sailors and marines. President Jefferson sent out navy squadrons, but he also authorized a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. He chose an unlikely diplomat, William Eaton, to lead the mission. But before Eaton departed, Jefferson grew wary of the affair and withdrew his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.47 ZacksSachs, Jeffrey
Summary: [The author] sets the stage by drawing a ... conceptual map of the world economy and the different categories into which countries fall. Then ... he explains why, over the past two hundred years, wealth has diverged across the planet in the manner that it has and why the poorest nations have been so markedly unable to escape the cruel vortex of poverty. The groundwork laid, he explains his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.46 SACZacks, Richard.
Summary: In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out in 1805 on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, but at the last moment he grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government, and Eaton set off without national support. Short on supplies, given...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2005