Summary: "The latest research shows that people almost never "rise to the occasion" when faced with a life-threatening challenge, regardless of how often we hear that phrase. Instead, as Professor Nancy Zarse explains in the 12 empowering lectures of Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive, people generally revert to their lowest level of training and preparation. And Professor Zarse knows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 ZARSummary: Forming the foundation for nearly everything we do, mathematics not only describes our world but also reveals its beauty and mystery. Join author and Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy as he crisscrosses the globe and enlists distinguished experts to uncover the history, meaning, and wonder of math. Includes three complete programs, The Story of Math, The Music of the Primes, and The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Amidst the adventure, hardships, and excitement of her teenage years on the Dakota prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder puts pen to paper and begins to document her extraordinary life. Laura matures from young girl to woman, making sacrifices to help her family survive. She also meets her loving husband, Almanzo Wilder, and together with their daughter, Rose, they set off on their own pioneer...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Paramount Network Television 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BSummary: Follows the evolution of Ireland through waves of migration and emigration and highlights the key moments of Irish history from the adoption of Christianity through the Protestant plantation, Great Famine and Partition to the Good Friday Agreement. Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, as since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement the island has been at peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 STOSummary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STOSummary: Chronicles the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present day through a cast of historical characters, vivid storytelling, location photography, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STO NOT RATEDSummary: From the moment humans mounted horses 6,000 years ago, these magnificent animals helped shape the world by allowing mankind to explore, conquer, and flourish on horseback. Join anthropologist Niobe Thompson on a global journey to examine the evolution of horsepower, discover the mysterious origins of the incredible partnership, and witness the enduring love of 400 breeds of horses today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EQUSummary: Traces the evolution of cats from their beginnings on the Asian continent to their introduction into the Americas, taking an in-depth look at what makes the family of felines unique and the evolutionary tricks and adaptions that truly make a cat, a cat.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STOSummary: What starts out as an exciting road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse following a detour to a roadside motel. After Mr. Potato Head suddenly disappears, his friends find themselves caught up in a hilarious mystery that must be solved before they suffer the same fate in this thrilling story of TERROR!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOY RATED GCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD ToSummary: A Cinderella story: Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Martin is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance. The sisterhood of the traveling pants: A group of female friends keeps ties by sharing a pair of blue jeans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ACISummary: The daily activities of the prisoners and employees of Emerald City, an experimental unit of Oswald Maximum Security Prison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OZSummary: Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DESSummary: High school is over but events conspire to reunite Ryan, Seth and Summer in posh, seaside Newport. There may even be a new Core Four, because after Taylor Townsend says a quick if not passionate au revoir to her education in France, she just might pursue Ryan until he catches her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OCSummary: For centuries, the disappearance of the Cybermen from the universe has been a mystery. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive on Telos, once the Cyber home world, just as an Earth expedition uncovers the entrance to a long-lost control center filled with baffling technology. With the Doctor's help, the archaeological party discovers the last of the Cybermen, frozen and entombed in a vast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2012
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Exploring the decaying London, the Doctor learns it is not as empty as it seems. The Daleks have conquered the earth and its population has been commandeered into huge mining operations. Earth's only hope lies with a small band of resistance fighters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Elsa Mars is the proprietor of a troupe of human "curiosities" on a desperate journey of survival in the sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. Her menagerie of performers includes a two-headed, telepathic twin, a take-charge bearded lady, a vulnerable strongman, and his three-breasted wife. But strange emergence of an entity will savagely threaten the lives of the townsfolk and freaks alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: When a mysterious man visits a small island off the coast of Maine during a devastating snow storm, its inhabitants are met with an evil unlike any they've ever encountered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess, an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. It is a visually stunning, visceral feast. Come explore the hidden corridors of this fiendishly entertaining show with accommodating extras.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: Returning from their adventure in medieval England, the Doctor and Sarah Jane are bewildered to find London deserted and under martial law. Even more startling is the sudden appearance of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the street. When they reach UNIT headquarters, they learn from the Brigadier that the city had to be evacuated when dinosaurs began appearing all over London. This video features over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCGray, Andrew M.
Summary: The Power Rangers work together to defeat evil, this time with a new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV POWSummary: Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STOSummary: Examines the various factors that make Earth suitable for life, including its size, weather system, distance from the sun, and other natural factors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC PeCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PERSummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021