Shulman, Alix Kates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 SHUSummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMSummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 EAVSummary: A sequence of exercises that stretches muscles, improve posture and increases the range of motion in you joints and helps free the body and mind of the tension accumulated throughout the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2002
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Summary: Explains in simple terms how science really works and offers stories of ingenuity and endeavor that convey the sense of wonder that inspired great scientists past and present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 AVESummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILFair, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem FairGair, Angela
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Holland 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.426 GAIOakes, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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Summary: By 1910, the forest region of the Great Lakes states was largely denuded, logged over by industrialists who coveted its timber, particularly the giant white pine. After unsuccessful attempts to farm this "cutover" region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, a group of visionaries began to dream of restoring the North Woods as a place of solace and beauty, of recreation and retreat, for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.956 KAT1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 634.956 KAT
Oakes, James
Summary: "An award-winning scholar uncovers Lincoln's strategy for abolishing slavery in this groundbreaking history of the sectional crisis and Civil War. Some celebrate Lincoln for freeing the slaves; others fault him for a long-standing conservatism on abolition and race. James Oakes gives us another option in this brilliant exploration of Lincoln and the end of slavery. Through the unforeseen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 OAKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 OAKBair, Julene
Summary: "Julene Bair has inherited part of a farming empire and fallen in love with a rancher from Kansas's beautiful Smoky Valley. She means to create a family, provide her son with the father he longs for, and preserve the Bair farm for the next generation, honoring her own father's wish and commandment, 'Hang on to your land!' But part of her legacy is a share of the ecological harm the Bair Farm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAIR, JULENE BAITorrent, Lair
Summary: "The Practice of Love brings together concepts and tools to help couples heal for the long haul"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 TORRogue Wave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ROGOakes, James.
Summary: This is a book about two towering figures in our nation's history. It is a moving story about an improbable friendship, and an important story about an equally improbable alliance. [In the book, the author] has written a ... narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America. -Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7114 OAKBair, Diane.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics and habits of bears, different species, and how to safely observe them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Books 2000
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Summary: Collects authentic, easy-to-prepare recipes focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai cuisine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 HAINir, Yehuda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 NIRSummary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COMOakes, James.
Summary: Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.714 OAKMir, Saira
Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRWhite, David Fairbank
Summary: "The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022