Hämäläinen, Pekka
Summary: There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing "New World" as possible. Though Indigenous peoples fight back, they cannot stop the onslaught. White imperialists are destined to rule the continent, and history is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native HamamainenPowell, Marie
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the arctic and subarctic regions, including the Inuit, Yup'ik, Unangan, Northern Athabaskan, Innu, Cree, Ojibwe, and Atikamekw nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 POWSummary: On September 30, 2010, a NASA space telescope called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, completed its sweeping goal: to record observations of the entire sky in infrared light. The WISE science team is now sifting through the telescope's two million images to spot objects that no astronomer has ever seen before. WISE's most intriguing finds will include mysterious objects called...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Krasner, Barbara
Summary: Introduces the Native Nations of the Great Basin and Plateau, including historical details and highlights from contemporary culture and economic life. The tribes covered in this title are Nez Percé, Yakama, Shoshone-Bannock, Ute, Paiute, Washoe, and Klamath. --Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979 KRAFall Out Boy (Musical group)
Contents: Thriller (Album Version) (3:30) -- "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" (Album Version) (3:34) -- This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (Album Version) (3:32) -- I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You) (Album Version) (3:32) -- Hum Hallelujah (Album Version) (3:51) -- Golden (Album Version) (2:32) -- Thnks fr th Mmrs (Album Version) (3:24) -- Don't You Know Who I...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ISLAND RECORDS 2007
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Naber, Therese
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the California area, including the Hupa, Yurok, Pomo, Pit River, Miwok, Yokuts, Chumash, Cahuilla, and Luiseno nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, detailed maps, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 NABKrasner, Barbara
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the northeastern United States, including the Abenaki, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Nattagansett, Ojibwe, Pequot, Powhatan, and Wampanoag nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 KRANaber, Therese
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the southeastern United States, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Siminole, Catawba, and Chitimacha nations, as well as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975 NABSmithyman, Kathryn
Summary: This book introduces children to the traditional lifestyles of Native nations who lived in the western Great Lakes region, as well as the impact of colonization on Native peoples.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.04973 SmiCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.04 SMICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native KalmanYasuda, Anita
Summary: An overview of the Native American tribes of the Great Plains, including the Crow, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapaho, Sioux, Mandan and Pawnee.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 YASFall Out Boy (Musical group)
Contents: Thriller -- The take over, the breaks over -- This ain't a scene, it's an arms race -- I'm like a lawyer with the way I'm always trying to get you off (Me + you) -- Hum Hallelujah -- Golden -- Thnks fr th mmrs -- Don't you know who I think I am? -- The (after) life of the party -- The carpal tunnel of love -- Band the doldrums -- Fame < infamy -- You're crashing but you're no wave -- I've got...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island Def Jam Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FALKrasner, Barbara
Summary: An overview of Native American tribes located in the Southwest, including the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Quechan, Tohon O'Odham and Zuni.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.2 KRAYasuda, Anita
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the United States' northwestern coast, including the Tlingit, Nuu-chah-nulth, Makah, Haida, Chinook, Nisga'a, Puyallup, and Tsimshian nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.5 YASSummary: 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.
Format: text
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: US delegate in United Nations castigates the Soviet Union for being dishonest about Korea
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Sjonger, Rebecca.
Summary: Discusses the social life and customs of the Indians who lived during the 1500s and early 1600s in the Great Lakes Region in the northeastern part of North America and their present living conditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 SJOMooney, Carla
Summary: "The Great Basin and Plateau region covers a vast inland area of the western United States and Canada. Traditional Stories of the Great Basin and Plateau Nationsfeatures stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Nez Percé, Yakama, and Paiute. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native MooneyNations, Scott
Summary: In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century, revealing how they have defined the nation today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 NATSummary: In 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, a treatise that would forever change our understanding of how work, value, and money are interrelated. This program details Smith's life and traces the impact of his work as Europe began the arduous transition from mercantilism to the laissez-faire philosophy of the Physiocrats. After Smith, labor was seen as the source of a country's wealth,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Gingrich, Newt.
Summary: "Significant monuments, memorials, and artifacts found in our Nation's capital are Creator-endowed as seen through a walk through tour of Washington DC"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Integrity Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.9 GINTyson, Neil deGrasse
Summary: No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Drawing on mythology, history, and literature--alongside his trademark wit and charm--Tyson and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx Walker bring planetary science down to Earth and principles of astrophysics within reach. In this entertaining book, illustrated with vivid photographs and art,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Books 2023
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Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNSummary: The Mandelbrot set-someone has called it the thumbprint of God-is one of the most beautiful and remarkable discoveries in the entire history of mathematics. With Arthur C. Clarke as narrator and interviews with a number of notable mathematicians, including Benoit Mandelbrot, this program graphically illustrates how simple formulas can lead to complicated results: it explains the set, what it...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Germany joins League of Nations at 7th Assembly of League of Nations.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1926