Langley, Sharon
Summary: "When Sharon Langley was born, amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed in. This picture book tells how a community came together--both black and white--to make a change. In the summer of 1963, because of demonstrations and public protests the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time. Sharon and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 LANSummary: Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV, could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? As of 2019, in the US, there were only 34,000 new cases of the disease, a feat that once seemed near-impossible to achieve.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ENDSummary: "Every year, over a million babies are born worldwide with a hereditary disease; most are serious, and many are fatal. For most of the history of medicine, doctors could only treat symptoms. Now an elite cadre of pioneers, gene doctors, is starting to target root causes. Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, the film takes viewers to the frontlines of a medical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GENSiamon, Sharon.
Summary: Text and photographs describe paleontologists and their fossil discoveries in Canada's Red Deer River Valley, also known as Dinosaur Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dk Pub. 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SIASummary: Documentary about a community of homeless people living in a train tunnel beneath Manhattan. Depicts a way of life that is unimaginable to most of those who walk the streets above: in the pitch black of the tunnel, rats swarm through piles of garbage as high-speed trains leaving Penn station tear through the darkness. For some of those who have gone underground, it has been home for as long as...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RYKO Distribution 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARSandler, Martin W.
Summary: This book features photographs taken for the Farm Security Administration by ten renowned photographers, featuring scenes from regions throughout the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 770 SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 770 SANWatts, Shannon
Summary: The founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America traces the story of how her rallying call to action grew into a powerful women's movement for protecting children from gun violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 WATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Politic WattsLangley, Andrew
Summary: Stunning photographs help take readers into the world of natural disasters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.34 LanLangley, Andrew
Summary: More than 75 million people fought in World War II nearly all of them men. Who was going to produce the weapons and the food, and do countless other vital jobs? The answer was women. Millions stepped forward to take on work they had rarely done before, such as fighting fires, ploughing fields and cracking codes. These are the stories of four trailblazers who achieved amazing things in difficult...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 LANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist Wom LangleyBangley, Bernard
Contents: January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Patron saints.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 BUTApelfeld, Aharon
Summary: "A poignant, heartbreaking new work by "one of the best novelists alive" (Irving Howe)--the story of a lonely older man and his devoted young caretaker who transform each other's lives in ways they could never have imagined. Ernst is a gruff seventy-year-old Red Army veteran from Ukraine who landed, almost by accident, in Israel after World War II. A retired investment advisor, he lives alone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC APPBackus, Sharron.
Summary: Explains the rules and fundamental skills of softball, shows how players can improve their skills, and discusses team and individual strategies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1979
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Summary: An illustrated look at various aspects of life in medieval Europe, covering everyday life, religion, royalty, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909.07 LANLangley, Andrew.
Summary: A light-hearted approach to what life was like as a Viking explorer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 948 LANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set You Wouldn't 948.022 LangleyLangley, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1998
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Summary: Discusses the voyages of Columbus across the Atlantic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Juniors 1994
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Summary: Describes the events surrounding the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, discussing the long term repercussions and the overall results from a military standpoint.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5425 LANLangley, Andrew
Summary: An illustrated look at various aspects of life in medieval Europe, covering everyday life, religion, royalty, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 LANLangley, Andrew
Summary: An illustrated look at various aspects of life in medieval Europe, covering everyday life, religion, royalty, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 1988
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 940.1 LANLangley, Myrtle.
Summary: Offers a revealing and enlightening look at the religions of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 200 LANLangley, Andrew.
Summary: An overview of the photography, inventions, art, government, religion, and daily life of the Renaissance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEOLangley, Jonathan
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Sharot, Tali
Summary: "We all have a duty to affect others--from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts--from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control--are ineffective, because they are incompatible with how peoples minds operate. Sharot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 SHANewman, Sharan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2005