Esper, Mark T.
Summary: "Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an unprecedented time in history--a period marked by growing threats and conflict abroad, a global pandemic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ESPER, MARK T. ESPDowswell, Paul.
Summary: The two world wars of 1914 -1918 and 1939 -1945 cast a malevolent shadow over the entire 20th Century. This book takes you through the story of both conflicts, from the soldiers' terrifying experiences of the trenches in the First War, to the huge battles and bombing of cities in the second. Stunningly illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, paintings, posters and maps, this is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy writing. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin's unique take on Taoist philosophy's founding classic. Reflecting more than forty years of Le Guin's personal study and contemplation, her rendering of the text is a brilliant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2019
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Summary: Presents 24 lectures (each about 30 minutes long) by Robert G. Fovell, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, on meteorology.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.6 METDaughters of the American Revolution
Summary: Highlights some of the members of the Daughters of the American Revolution who made an impact during the suffrage era. Book published to accompany an exhibit by the same name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 ORDSummary: For decades, the medical establishment has focused on producing pharmaceutical weapons to fight cancer-but some scientists are disillusioned with that approach. This program looks at developments in late-20th-century cancer research, showing how environmental and dietary studies have become marginalized. Biostatistician John Bailar laments conventional wisdom, calling for more preventive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Weintraub, Stanley
Summary: In "Young Mr. Roosevelt" Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D WEISherman, Jill.
Summary: Through narrative nonfiction, tells about numerous roles of women during the war, including as spies, army nurses, factory workers, and pilots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 SHERenton, John J.
Summary: These 36 half-hour lectures are your initiation into the geological world that lies just outside your door. "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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Hari, Johann
Summary: "Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains. In fact, they [believe they] are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hari's journey took him from a ... series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin. Once he had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind HariCapon, Brian
Summary: What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How are plants structured? How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes can be found in the bestselling Botany for Gardeners. This updated edition addresses scientific advances, changes in nomenclature and taxonomy, and more. Botany for Gardeners shares accessible information about how plants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580 CAPSummary: The microscope's role as an indispensable piece of laboratory equipment is well-recognized. This program illustrates the fundamentals of microscope use. Its six segments discuss the basic parts of a microscope, lighting techniques for maximum vision, preparing specimens for viewing, care of the microscope, and advanced techniques, such as the use of oil immersion and video microscopy.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Ehrenreich, Barbara
Summary: Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better. She describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life, from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 EHRBuhk, Tobin T.
Summary: Shows how the American Civil War created new opportunities for crime from revenge against personal enemies, counterfeiting, plunder, and abuse to massacre, and discusses the draft riot in Detroit, the Fort pillow Massacre, the rebel plot to burn New York City, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.711 BUHSummary: The consensus of the world's leaders is that economic stability and cooperation offer the best hope for global peace. Using interviews with members of the International Monetary Fund's Board of Governors-each one the head of a national central bank or a minister of finance-this program explains how the IMF is structured and illustrates how it sets policy. The program also uses archival footage...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Weinzweig, Ari.
Summary: An introduction to understanding, eating and enjoying vinegar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.622 WEIMauceri, John
Summary: "This book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Probing why so few works have been added to the canon since 1930, Mauceri examines the trajectories of great composers who, following World War I, created...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.9 MAUBelew, Adrian
Contents: Of bow and drum -- Word play drum beat -- Six string -- Conversation piece -- All her love is mine -- I remember how to forget -- What do you know (part 1) -- Op zop too wah -- A plate of words -- Time waits -- What do you know (part 2) -- Modern man hurricane blues -- In my backyard -- A plate of guitar -- Live in a tree -- Something to do -- Beautiful -- High wire guitar -- Sky blue red bird...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Passenger 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BELPfaff, John F.
Summary: "Pfaff argues that existing accounts of the causes of mass incarceration are fundamentally misguided. The most widely accepted explanations--the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons--actually tell us much less than we like to think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, including a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 PFASummary: 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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Summary: How do musicians find the inspiration to create? Do most songwriters come up with lyrics first, or music? What does it mean to be a composer in today's high-tech world? This program addresses questions young people may have about embarking on a career in music or musical composition. Focusing on current styles like rock, techno, and hip-hop, the video includes interviews with a classically...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Summary: Originally prepared for and delivered at a 1978 workshop about the resources of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the four essays in this pamphlet provide a series of guides to the archives, maps, printed materials, and other sources of genealogical data located in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. All four essays were written by staff members of the society. James L. Hansen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Society 1979
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1Summary: "An Introduction to Number Theory is a great introduction to the field for anyone who loves numbers, is fascinated by math, and wants to go further into the relationships among these mysterious objects"--Publisher's web site.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008
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Summary: Tom and Jerry return to Oz with Dorothy to save the Good Witch; Tom and Jerry join Dorothy on her adventures in Oz.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017