Summary: Follow Jim Henson's career as he transcended puppetry to become one of the most creative, prolific, and influential artists of his time. Witness key events unfold in his life, from his early television work with the Muppets and his commercial work in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to his breakthrough with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and his groundbreaking fantasy films Dark...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: Follow Queen Elizabeth II's remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle Edward VIII's stunning abdication, and her father's coronation as King George VI. She defines the role of a modern monarch, leading the Royal Family and her subjects through the challenges of post-war reconstruction, decolonization, conflicts in South Africa, Northern Ireland and The Falklands, and the difficult days after...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QUEHiggins, M. G.
Summary: Provides tips on how to work at a new job and how to learn that new job. Flip the book over and there's a story about two workers with different attitudes about their jobs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 HIGSrinivasan, Amia
Summary: "A work of nonfiction by philosopher Amia Srinivasan that upends the way we discuss-or avoid discussing-the problems and politics of sex"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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Summary: "From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet. Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and--because many have never been...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: A certified business coach and deception-detection expert shares science-based information on reading people, outlining a seven-day program for using body-language cues to promote personal and professional goals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.69 DRIMattson, Kristen
Summary: "For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on "don'ts." Don't share addresses or phone numbers. Don't give out passwords. Don't bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, "Why aren't we teaching kids the power of social media?" Next, digital citizenship curriculum moved toward teaching students how to positively brand...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: International Society for Technology in Education 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 MATGutfeld, Greg.
Summary: The Fox News star outlines his rules and tricks for winning any argument against a liberal by using patience, research, humor, and creative thinking. Revealing the strategies that have helped him keep a steady job for almost three decades. Gutfield gives readers the tools they'll need to argue, influence, and convince their friends, family and foes throughout the 2016 election cycle....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 GUTNapolitano, Jo
Summary: "Uncovers the key civil rights battle that immigrant children fought alongside the ACLU to ensure equal access to education within a xenophobic nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.826 NAPSummary: Filled with straightforward guidance and practical knowledge, this program empowers young adults to get their financial lives on track and "give purpose to every penny." Hosted by actor Donald Faison (Clueless and TV's Scrubs), the video raises fiscal awareness and builds financial skills in a wide variety of areas-from banking and credit to investing, budgeting, insurance, and self-employment....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Della Volpe, John
Summary: "From John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics, Fight is an exploration of Gen Z, the issues that matter most to them, and how they will shape the future. 9/11. The war on terror. Hurricane Katrina. The 2008 financialcrisis. The housing crisis. The opioid epidemic. Mass school shootings. Global warming. The Trump presidency. COVID-19. Since they were born,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.242 VOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.2420 DELKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: "The student-led March For Our Lives movement, formed in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, captured widespread attention in 2018. The raw emotion and eloquence of these student activists have made a strong impression on the nation and the world. Many other students in cities and towns all across the country have taken on other causes. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 303 KALJean, Olivia
Contents: Garage bait -- Night owl -- Shut your mouth -- Brushfire -- In two -- If you dont' love me by now -- Rhinestone -- The hunt -- Jaan Pehechaan Ho -- Can you help me? -- Siren call -- I used to be lonely -- Perfume -- Tsunami Sue.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JEAForeman, Patricia L. (Patricia Louise)
Contents: Is a tiny home right for you? -- Tiny homes can help you have more time, freedom, and money -- Tiny houses and the people who love them -- Tiny homes you can buy -- How to live comfortably and elegantly in small places -- Clutter control -- Lessons from boats and recreational vehicles -- Rain water harvesting from your tiny home -- Tiny homes & garages -- Energy efficient landscaping --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Good Earth Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.1 FORBig Daddy (Musical group)
Contents: Greatest love of all (2:58) -- Like a virgin (2:26) -- Graceland (2:59) -- Once in a lifetime (3:41) -- The living years (3:30) -- Money for nothing (3:21) -- Hold on (3:15) -- Ice ice baby (2:18) -- Welcome to the jungle (2:28) -- I still haven't found what I'm looking for (3:33) -- Born to run (3:07) -- Memory (2:20) -- I want your sex (4:52) -- Nothing compares 2 u (2:58).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BIGVoz, Dominic
Contents: Real lean -- Oxycodone -- Right to the city I -- Right to the city II -- Las Cuentas -- Dan Ryan -- Jackson Park -- City Currach -- Home.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Accidental Ltd. and Beacon Sound 2022
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL ELECTRONIC VOZMcLean, Linda.
Contents: Love nor money (3:30) -- How strong is your sorrow (3:32) -- Calling (3:16) -- All around (3:38) -- Almost alien (3:50) -- No language (3:54) -- What I'm after (4:18) -- Clouds and rain (4:04) -- Lives change (4:14) -- Only one (4:01) -- Amsterdam canals (4:05) -- Burn the boats (4:10).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bongo Beat 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MCLChapman, Gary D.
Summary: Dr. Chapman explains how people communicate love in different ways, and shares the wonderful things that happen when men and women learn to speak each other's language.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 CHALevine, Ellen.
Summary: Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 LEVBurton, Walt.
Summary: A photographic tribute to the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk features images of the brothers and their aircraft as well as such memorabilia and souvenirs as vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images, and toys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.13 BURSummary: Whether it's English, Spanish, Chinese, or Urdu, babies and young children are able to pick up their native language with remarkable ease; no one language seems any more difficult than any other. Yet few children who are taught a language in school have anything to show for it when they grow up. Why is learning a second or third language so difficult? Are the teaching methods at fault? Enough...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Tovar, Virgie
Summary: Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over it--and gave herself the freedom to trust her own body again. Ever since, she's been helping others to do the same. Tovar is hungry for a world where bodies are valued equally, food is free from moral judgment, and you can jiggle through life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feminist Press at the City University of New York 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 TOVSummary: Her feeding tube removed, Terri Schiavo has passed away. Medically speaking, was she in a persistent vegetative state or a locked-in state? On that question hung Terri's fate for more than a decade. Was she alive in a meaningful sense? Her husband said no; her parents said yes. This ABC News program, broadcast at the time when Terri's case was brought before the Florida legislature and Governor...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011