Niven, Catherine Simmons
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Deer College Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NIVNixey, Catherine
Summary: Offers a history of the rise of Christianity in the classical world that focuses on its terrible cost, in terms of violence and dogmatic intolerance, that helped bring upon the dark ages. "A bold new history of the rise of Christianity, showing how its radical followers ravaged vast swathes of classical culture, plunging the world into an era of intellectual darkness. In Harran, the locals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 NIXRaven, Catherine
Contents: Welcome to the forest planet -- Tree talk: the physiology of how trees grow -- The kings: forest gymnosperms -- Trouble in the forest: angiosperms -- The forest family tree: intra-forest dynamics -- Thinking like a forest: ecology -- Forest animals -- Fire in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2006
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Summary: After receiving her PhD in biology, Raven lived in an isolated cottage in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes in Yellowstone National Park. Her only regular visitor was a fox, with whom she developed a friendship and from whom she learned about growth, loss, and belonging.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAVLe Nevez, Catherine
Summary: Lonely Planet's Best of Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Promenade down the Champs Elysees, lose yourself in the Louvre and work your way through a feast of food and wine - all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Paris and begin your journey now!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as 'Grimms', charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Inspired by a true story, follow the British Royal Navy's perilous voyage into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, it highlights all that can go wrong when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TERSammons, Albert
Contents: Bagatelle, op. 3 -- Plantation dance : op. 24 -- Lullaby -- Canzonetta, op. 20 -- Roumanian air and gipsy dance : op. 23 -- Petite chanson -- Intermezzo, op. 21 -- BourrGee, op. 12 -- Rpeve d'enfant : op. 10 -- Dance caprice : op. 15 -- Berceuse, op. 6 -- SGerGenade de printemps : op. 5 -- Humoreske, op. 13, no. 2 -- A song without words : op. 13, no. 1 -- Cradle song -- PensGee capricieuse :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SAMSummary: A family of scientists is on the brink of a powerful discovery when a mysterious force suddenly abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Years later, April carries on her family's research in secret with her cat, Darwin, but soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy conspiracy and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered airships, and cyborg rat spies!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN APRSummary: Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. Regina has ensnared Bligh patriarch and political aspirant George in marriage, but she continues to plot against Sarah, exploiting the rising fear of Communism to target her rival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Pl 4Summary: Aurelio Zen is a formidable detective, but he's always put honesty before advancement. The arrival of clever and ambitious Tania to the team sees Zen's vigor reawakened. Driven by romance, re-energized, and armed with a new confidence, Zen's investigations take him from crowded Rome to the spectacular Italian countryside as he negotiates a complex string of murder cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ZENSummary: A must have, one of a kind, definitive space opera anthology with 15 new stories by top contemporary authors in top franchises as well as classic genre defining tales dating back over 60 plus years. With an introductory essay on space opera by Grand Master Robert Silverberg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INFSummary: In Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4, Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William 'The Duke' Wellington builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "All Stu Manning ever wanted was to protect his city. But a terrible incident on his first patrol as a rookie cop left him disgraced and barely clinging to sanity. Now Stu is on the streets again, as a private detective with one hell of a trick up his sleeve...and a monster under his skin. When the city's largest crime boss claims the one person who helped him survive this far, Stu is prepared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TKO Studios 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NILSummary: The pups are ready for more mighty action in these six Mighty Pups: Super Paws episodes, including two double missions! When Mayor Humdinger's kittens get mighty powers, a super-thief steals Adventure Bay's treasures, and Harold puts the town under a deep freeze, it's up to the Mighty Pups and their new friends the Mighty Twins, to save the day. Plus, everyone gets a BIG surprise when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2020
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv PaGiven-Wilson, Rachel
Summary: "People all over the world rely on plumbers to install and maintain piping systems in homes, offices, factories, and other buildings. For those interested in a career as a plumber, this straightforward title offers a detailed look at the day-to-day work of professionals in the industry, including opportunities for specialization and advancement. Sidebar profiles of real-life plumbers offer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Jobs Given-WilsonSummary: In 1933 on a German luxury liner sailing from Mexico to Germany, the separate but interlocking stories of the various passengers begins to unfold. Among the many passengers is a divorcee desperate for love and lost youth, a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, an aging alcoholic ballplayer, and a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHISummary: Much has changed since Selfridges first opened its doors. Five years later, Europe is on the brink of war and London is enjoying one last defiant period of decadence. Mr. Selfridge now has his sights set on joining the establishment and rebuilding his family life. Tensions are also running high on the shop floor as Agnes is back from Paris, chic and successful. Not everyone is thrilled by her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Sereis Mr Selfridge 2014Summary: Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR.Summary: In the Interest of the Nation - Masked soldiers attack a vehicle loaded with high-tech missiles in an attempted smuggling operation in Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, a Swedish engineer is kidnapped in Ethiopia. But Not if It Concerns Your Daughter - Carl Hamilton's family was wiped out in a revenge attack years ago. Now, those painful memories resurface as Hamilton's seven-year-old goddaughter is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AGEAdams, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elektra/Nonesuch 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA ADASummary: The most wonderful time of the year: The overwhelming tasks that go along with Christmas have taken the joy out of the holidays for busy single mom Jennifer Cullen. Then her Uncle Ralph arrives at her home with the young, handsome Morgan Derby. Morgan's love of Christmas, and life, is contagious and as Jennifer glumly navigates through the holidays, she soon realizes that what she needs most is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Americas, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 10 MSummary: In late 1960s Southern California, private investigator Doc Sportello is drawn into murky dealings with his ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay, her current real estate mogul boyfriend, his wife and her boyfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015