Summary: Exploring an array of culinary skills, this video enables viewers to create dishes for a fully catered meal. Grounding students in the elements of plate composition-color, texture, height, and balance-the program demonstrates entree and dessert presentation with elegant examples of smoked salmon, roast turkey, blue-eye fillet, and lemon tart. Detailed instruction is also given in basic and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The story of an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer preying on young girls. Set in Germany, the film is shot in sepia tones with brilliant blue flashes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ELEKeys, Alicia.
Contents: The element of freedom (intro) (:13) -- Love is blind (3:55) -- Doesn't mean anything (main) (4:39) -- Trying to sleep with a broken heart (3:00) -- Wait til they see my smile (4:00) -- That's how strong my love is (4:05) -- Unthinkable (4:09) -- Love is my disease (4:02) -- Like the sea (4:13) -- Put it in a love song (feat. Beyoncé Knowles) (3:15) -- This bed (3:45) -- Distance and time...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Records 2009
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KeyCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KEYLopez, Bricia
Summary: "In millions of backyards across Southern California, an asada means a gathering of family, friends, great music, cold drinks, good times, and community--all centered around the primal allure of juicy, smoky grilled meat with flavors and spices traditional to Mexico. The smell of asada is a cloud of joy that lingers in the streets of Los Angeles. With Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5784 LOPSummary: Until the 17th century, the building blocks of the natural world were a mystery. Of elements there were believed to be four - air, earth, fire, and water - and the science of chemistry had yet to be born. This program identifies some of the first chemical elements to be discovered by spotlighting the work of Hennig Brandt, Robert Boyle, Henry Cavendish, Joseph Priestly, Antoine Lavoisier, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Jackson, Tom
Summary: Profiles every element on the periodic table and describes their properties, when they were discovered, and how they are used in household materials.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 546 JACSummary: At the beginning of the 19th century, 55 elements had been discovered, and although scientists had no idea how many more they might yet find, they already had a suspicion that there was some sort of unifying pattern behind them all. This program charts the quest for order among the chemical elements by examining the contributions of Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the Periodic Table of Elements,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Mullins, Matt.
Summary: An introduction to the periodic table, covering its organization, the information it contains, how it is used, and how elements combine to form other elements.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 546.8 MULSnyder, Sabrina
Summary: "Learn how to make easy, practical, mouth-watering meals in this first-ever cookbook featuring over 100 full-color photos from the genius chef behind the very successful, no-nonsense food website Dinner Then Dessert"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.55 SNYRandolph, Joanne.
Summary: In this stimulating volume, readers learn about the elements of the weather, such as temperature, wind, humidity, clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric pressure. They also examine weather satellites, Tornado Alley, condensation, and the water cycle. Vocabulary boxes offer additional guidance to readers, and the Compare and Contrast and Think About It sidebars provide students with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.6 RANTobymac
Contents: The elements -- I just need u -- Scars -- Everything -- Starts with me / (feat. Aaron Cole) -- Edge of my seat -- It's you -- Horizon (a new day) -- Hello future -- Overflow -- See the light.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS TOBSummary: Use this video to introduce your students to the elements of design: color, line, shape, form, pattern, and texture. In addition to the customary design disciplines-interior, clothing, landscape, and architecture-the video also features more unusual venues like the family dog, kids, and professional models. Called "a good introduction to the basic elements of design" by Instructional Video....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Meyer, Cassie
Summary: "Experience chemistry like never before! The characters in this series will whisk you away on a colorful journey in science. Do you get a bad reaction to chemistry? Never fear! Accelerate your learning with the...Building Blocks of Chemistry."--Cover back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 546 MEYSummary: Earth, air, fire, and water: according to some ancient theories, these four elements made up the cosmos. Beginning with the work of the Greek philosopher Democritus, this Science Screen Report describes how an accurate atomic theory developed and led to awareness of a wide variety of elements. Specific examples showing different configurations of these basic units of matter-including graphite...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Gray, Theodore W.
Summary: In his highly anticipated sequel to The Elements, Theodore Gray demonstrates how the elements of the periodic table combine to form the molecules that make up our world. Everything physical is made up of the elements and the infinite variety of molecules they form when they combine with each other. In Molecules, Theodore Gray takes the next step in the grand story that began with the periodic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 541 GRANosrat, Samin
Summary: Whether you've never picked up a knife or you're an accomplished chef, there are only four basic factors that determine how good your food will taste. Salt, Fat, Acid, and Heat are the four cardinal directions of cooking, and they will guide you as you choose which ingredients to use and how to cook them, and they will tell you why last minute adjustments will ensure that food tastes exactly as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 NOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.6 NOSSummary: Elements and compounds, accuracy and precision, liters and moles and joules-what does it all mean? After introducing the states, properties, and types of matter, this program proceeds to the periodic table of elements and the qualities of atoms, compounds, and molecules. An investigation of the metric system, SI units, uncertainty in measurement, and dimensional analysis wrap up this engaging...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Stein, Ira.
Contents: Elements -- Minou's waltz -- The epic --Rice fields -- Eden -- Caravan.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Windham Hill Records 1982
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE STEKean, Sam.
Summary: The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546 KEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546 KEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Science KeanGray, Theodore W.
Summary: With Reactions bestselling author Theodore Gray continues the journey through our molecular and chemical world that began with the tour de force The Elements and continued with Molecules. In The Elements, Gray gave us a never-before-seen, mesmerizing photographic view of the 118 elements in the periodic table. In Molecules, with the same phenomenal photographic acumen, plus beautifully rendered...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Hachette Book Group 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 530 GRAL'Amour, Louis
Summary: A collection of short stories depicting the struggles of frontiersmen to survive the harsh conditions of the American West and defeat deadly outlaws.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LAMSummary: Corporate innovation begins and ends with people who have the vision and courage to push creative boundaries. But in today's global marketplace, it's no easy task to engage and motivate a workforce. This program explores ways for organizations to harness diversity and original thinking, unlocking the innovator in every employee or team member. Expert guests include GE's former CEO Jack Welch,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This dynamic program takes an in-depth look at the structure and components of narrative writing. Viewers learn that narratives must include characterization, plot structure, tone, mood and setting, stylistic techniques, diction, and themes, and that these elements are brought to life through the careful choices of the author. The video also defines key concepts: character perspective,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This volume concentrates on successful storytelling. In a talk called "Scene, Summary, Silence," writer/educator Al Young tells how to engage readers and keep a story moving by creating believable narrative and maintaining a balance between scene and summary. A panel discussion moderated by Mark Childress follows, in which authors Olga Carlisle, James Brown, Lynn Freed, and Al Young examine the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006