Summary: Many advocates of marijuana legalization actually oppose Initiative 502, the law that will permit growing, sale, and use of cannabis, because it may impose harsh DUI laws and new taxes that could hurt medicinal marijuana patients and providers. This unexpected political clash exposes the economic and human impact of an already controversial subject.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EVESummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROLicks
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dr. Licks Pub. 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 787.87 LICLylas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LylasLucas, Lucy
Summary: A comprehensive guide to yoga, its history, philosophy and how to incorporate the practice into your everyday life. Expert yoga practitioner Lucy Lucas offers fresh insight into the history, philosophy and science of yoga, helping you to truly understand its ancient wisdom. Includes more than 50 step-by-step sequences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Godsfield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 LUCVidal, Gore
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 VIDVidal, Gore
Summary: In Point to Point Navigation, novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. The title refers to a form of navigation he resorted to as a first mate in the Navy during World War II. He says, "As I was writing this account of my life and times since Palimpsest, I felt as if I...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 VIDAL, GORE VIDVIDAL, GORE
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.52 VIDVidal, Gore
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 VIDVidal, Gore
Summary: Presents a series of articles and essays criticizing recent developments in American government and foreign policy, especially during the administration of George W. Bush.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 VIDVidal, Gore
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Publisher / Publication Date: DOUBL 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 VIDVidal, Gore
Contents: Democratic vistas -- Goat song : unanswered questions before, during, after 9/11 -- Meandering toward Armageddon -- Three lies to rule by -- Japanese intentions in the Second World War -- How we missed the Saturday dance -- The last empire -- In the lair of the octopus -- Mickey Mouse, historian -- With exteme prejudice -- The union of the state -- The last defender of the American republic? :...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 VIDVidal, Gore
Summary: Celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. From his desks in Ravello and the Hollywood Hills, Gore Vidal travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theater, politics, and international society, where he has cut a broad swath, recounting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 VIDVidal, Alexander
Summary: "Featuring stunning illustrations and immersive text and focusing on the individual characteristics of different regions across the country, this is the definitive nonfiction picture book about the wildlife of the United States, geared especially for young readers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.0973 VIDVidal, Gore
Summary: Volumes have been written about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Vidal's does. His consummate skill takes the reader into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.4 Vidal 2003Vidal, Gore
Summary: An irreverent treatment of this hallowed history takes readers into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of these three giant figures in American history, examining their everyday concerns as well as critical decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 VIDVidal, Gore
Summary: From the Publisher: Gore Vidal-novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialists-is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay. This long-needed volume comprises some twenty-four of his best-loved...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 VIDVidal, Gore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.5 VIDKlucas, Gillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7384 KLULoucas, Christina
Summary: "Cyprus cuisine has a Mediterranean allure, mixing Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flours and ingredients. This book features 68 recipes, illustrated in full colour, ranging from drinks to desserts, to soups, salads, small bites, breads and pastries, pickles, dips and main courses."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitecap 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595693 LOUTurin, Luca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 644 TURSummary: Documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before a Judas Priest concert, with opening act Dokken. This edition includes more than 2 hours of original content.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Factory 515 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HEACesari, Luca
Summary: "In this hugely charming and entertaining chronicle of everyone's favorite dish, acclaimed Italian food writer and historian Luca Cesari draws on literature, history, and many classic recipes in order to enlighten pasta lovers everywhere, both the gourmet and the gluten free. What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine?...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023