Summary: Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 SHOGrolleau, Fabien
Summary: At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him on through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon's all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life - but what would the world make of his expressive and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Food has taken on so many meanings over the ages that we often forget what it really is: a source of chemical energy. This program takes a scientific look at food, showing how people and animals capture nutrients while revealing some disturbing eating habits with hidden benefits. After a look at the importance of fire and yeast in early culinary history, viewers experience "molecular...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Barseghian, Tina.
Summary: Introduces dozens of hobbies while citing their potential for decreasing anxiety and enhancing concentration, in a guide that makes recommendations for choosing a compatible hobby and getting started on such activities as quilting, ikebana, and storm chasing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793 BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation BarseghianSummary: Incorporating examples of building design and urban planning from the 12th century, this program studies the confrontations that took place between Christian and Muslim cultures as the reconquista of Spain progressed. Viewers will encounter the medieval city of Cordoba-the birthplace not only of King Al-Mutamid but of the Islamic philosopher known as Averroes, whom many scholars believe to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Tolstoy, Leo.
Summary: This edition, the famous Constance Garnett translation, has been revised throughout by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." So begins Anna Karenina , Leo Tolstoy's great modern novel of an adulterous affair set against the backdrop of Moscow and St. Petersburg high society in the later half of the nineteenth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2006
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Contents: Introduction / Roger Rosenblatt -- One world of consumers / William Greider -- What's wrong with consumer society? : competitive spending and the "new consumerism" / Juliet Schor -- Consuming for love / Edward N. Luttwak -- False connections / Alex Kotlowitz -- Oh, Isaac, oh, Bernard, oh, Mohan / Bharati Mukherjee -- Consuming nature / Bill McKibben -- A news consumer's Bill of Rights / Suzanne...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press/Shearwater Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 CONAbou-Khalil, Rabih.
Contents: Catania -- Nashwa -- An evening with Jerry -- When the lights go out -- Story teller -- Ornette never sleeps -- Nadim -- Wishing well.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Enja Records 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ABOJarreau, Al.
Contents: Compared to what (5:21) -- Goodhands tonight (6:15) -- Agua de beber (3:55) -- Take five (3:30) -- Spain (I can recall) (6:34) -- Never givin' up (3:57) -- Roof garden (6:16) -- We're in this love together (3:45) -- Mornin' (4:14) -- Boogie down (4:02) -- Moonlighting (theme) (3:01) -- Since I fell for you (3:51) -- After all (4:18) -- So good (4:13) -- Heaven and earth (4:25) -- Like a lover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES JARSorokin, Vladimir
Summary: "A dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from Russia's most celebrated-and most controversial-novelist. Vladimir Sorokin is one of Russia's most popular and provocative novelists. In his scabrous dystopian satire Day of the Oprichnik, American readers were introduced to his distinctive style, which combines an edgy avant-garde sensibility with a fondness for the absurd and even the grotesque-all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SORWolny, Philip
Summary: "Cruise liners, destroyers and aircraft carriers, and oil tankers are some of the massive watercraft breaking records and keeping the world economy moving and safe. This fascinating resource provides snapshots of innovative and impressive ships of the future, using these awe-inspiring vessels as an introduction to basic engineering principles. A dynamic overview of present and future seagoing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.82 WOLBair, Deirdre
Summary: "Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor, Italian immigrant parents, Al Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. In 1925, during the height of Prohibition, Capone's multi-million-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPONE, AL BAIMeralli, Swann
Summary: Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors, this is the story of the greatest gangster of all time: Al Capone. Family man, community leader, industrious smuggler, or vicious killer? You decide. Born into a poor Italian family in Brooklyn in 1899, little Alphonse didn't have a lot of options, so he'd have to get creative in order to make a name for himself. A bit of cards, some enforcing, maybe a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Panel Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPONE, AL MERSummary: Innovation enabled the United States to take on the mantle of world leadership-most importantly, innovation in military technology. But among the great minds that drove American innovation, using science to make war sometimes led to questions, dilemmas, and even second thoughts. In this program, Bill Moyers presents a profile of I. I. Rabi, winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize in physics and an early...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Follett, Ken.
Summary: Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins, as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man's world in the mining pits....An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House.... A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Hurst, Vera J.
Summary: From horse-drawn carts on wheels to flying trains, there is no doubt that trains have become a major force for societal change. Humans have moved goods and themselves from place to place from our earliest times. Creating solutions to these problems have long engaged creative people. This resource explores the remarkable engineering feats that have moved this form of transportation forward into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 625.2 HURSummary: Comprised of a miniseries featuring three 46 minute episodes, the group of filmmakers interview the global community, ranging from political figures to on-the-street citizen dialogue, in the Western, European, and indigenous Arabic communities. Examines the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States and Europe, and offers critics an opportunity to respond. The film casts a critical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARAKhaw, Cassandra
Summary: In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw's first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission. But the universe's highly-evolved AI has its own opposing agenda... and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Erewhon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KHACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KHACohen, Noam
Summary: Chronicles the rise of Silicon Valley as a political and intellectual force in American life and its libertarian vision of a hypercompetitive society without the protection of unions, government regulations, or social welfare programs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 COHMara, Wil.
Summary: "Our homes, businesses, and other buildings would not exist without the expert craftsmanship of dedicated trade workers. In this book, readers will learn what it is like to work as an electrician. They will find out what electricians do each day, what kind of education is required to become an electrician, and much more. Includes table of contents, author biography, sidebars, glossary, index,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Job MaraLadau, Emily
Summary: "A guide for how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible place"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 LADCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 LADYankovic, Al
Summary: "Winner of five Grammy Awards and 11 notations, "Weird Al" Yankovic has written some ALL of the greatest songs of both the 20th and 21st centuries."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Z2 Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YANSummary: As life among the aristocracy in Damascus and Baghdad attained its zenith of refinement, another important cultural center was developing in Islamic Cordoba. This program focuses on the remarkable cultural contributions of Ziryab, a talented young musician who fled the East for Andalusia and became the era's preeminent arbiter of style and taste. After creating a popular new form of music and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Williams, Kamaal
Contents: Sometimes / Budgie -- Snitches Brew (Live in Atlanta) / Kamal Williams -- Summer madness S.A. / Karriem Riggins -- Space invader (Vocal mix) / Lord Tusk -- Buggin' out / Seiji -- Hey there / Steve Spacek -- Speed metal Jesus / Max Graef -- Two tens madam / Kaidi Tatham -- Southern freeez / Freeez -- Stuck (Original) / Peven Everett -- Sirens / Hard House Banton -- Cause I love you / Diggs Duke...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019