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Black people Relations with Indians Creek Indians Mixed descent Emperor of Rome Nero 37-68 Emperors Rome Biography Feature films Forecasting Self-reliant living Handbooks, manuals, etc the Great Alexander 356 B.C.-323 B.C Uncertainty (Information theory) Social aspects Video recordings for the hearing impairedEverett, Caleb
Summary: "A guide to how languages around the world differ from one another far more than we realize and point to fundamental differences in how people conceive of everything from time to color to smell"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.44 EVESummary: When a new crime scene looks like the carbon copy of a case from her past, forensic pathologist Dr. Nikki Alexander hunts for clues to the connection before the evidence gets too hot to handle. Join Nikki and her London colleagues, Doctors Thomas Chamberlain, and Jack Hodgson, in their better-late-than-never efforts to pry secrets from victims₂ remains and catch the killers. Did a gunman target...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SILSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Still reeling from the sudden death of Dr. Thomas Chamberlain and the shock departure of colleague Clarissa Mullery, Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson returns to the Lyell Centre. A case at a high-security prison stirs disturbing memories for Nikki. Recruit Adam causes friction with his impetuous desire to impress. Forensic ecologist Simone's unique knowledge helps solve the murder of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SILSummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLContents: Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by, Robert Buckner ; lyrics and music by, George M. Cohan ; directed by, Michael Curtiz -- This is the Army / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon ; music and lyrics by, Irving Berlin ; produced by, Jack L. Warner and Hal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GREContents: It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) ; Jumpin' at the Woodside (3:33) -- Bounce me brother (with a solid four) (2:32) -- Two and four ; Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce (3:48) -- Rhythm ; Throw that girl around ; Show me what you got (8:32) -- Bli-blip (4:27) -- Harlem nocturne (2:41) -- Kitchen mechanics' night out ; Shout and feel it (4:49) -- Boogie woogie bugle boy...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SWIWarnock, Caleb (Caleb J.)
Summary: Bestselling author Caleb Warnock is back with a new collection of skills to help your family gain independence and self-reliance. Learn about self-seeding vegetables, keep chickens without ever buying feed, collect water from rain and snow, find wild vegetables for everyday eating, and even make your own laundry soap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 WARDalek
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DALWarnock, Caleb (Caleb J.)
Summary: Using truly simple techniques cultivated by the early Mormon pioneers, the author presents a guide to self-sufficient living with an emphasis on homegrown food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonneville Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 WAREveritt, Anthony.
Summary: In this biography Anthony Everitt brings to life the world of ancient Rome in its glorious heyday. Cicero squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was the master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for exposing his opponents' sexual peccadilloes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CICRodriguez, Cindy
Summary: "On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 RODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.522 RODTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 155.24 TALJohnson, Caleb (Caleb Rick)
Summary: "Wedged between the bluffs and the river for which it's named, there's a small and all-but-forgotten town. Janie Treeborne lives on an orchard at the edge of Elberta, Alabama, and in time, she has become its keeper. A place where conquistadors once walked, and where the peaches they left behind now grow, Elberta has seen fierce battles, violent storms, and frantic change--and when the town is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2018
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Summary: "A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.004 GAYMagyar, Caleb
Summary: Offers brief profiles of over one hundred male leaders, legends, scientists, and artists who shaped history, including King Kamehameha, B.B. King, and Isaac Newton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.71 MAGWilde, Caleb
Summary: The story of one man learning how death illuminates and deepens the meaning of existence, insights that can help everyone pursue and cherish full, rich lives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 WILDE, CALEB WilCarr, Caleb
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike/Windsor/Paragon 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M CARKlauder, Caleb
Contents: Coming on strong -- Been on the rocks -- Last time I saw you (C'est le moment) -- No one dear but you -- You're the one -- I'd jump the Mississippi -- New shoes -- Montana cowboy -- Just a little -- Innocent road -- There goes my love -- Chalk up anotherone -- Stepping stones.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY KLATaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Not all swans are white, and not all events are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 003.54 TALEveritt, Anthony
Summary: "The Roman emperor Nero has long been the very image of a bad ruler--cruel, vain, and incompetent. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. He supposedly set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. Afterward he cleared the charred ruins of the city center and, in their place, built a vast palace. Historians of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NERO EVEEveritt, Anthony.
Summary: He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations for all of Western history to follow. Yet despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUGUSTUS EveEveritt, Dick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Marine Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.88 EVETaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012