Summary: "Bill Nye teaches algebraic principles such as fractions, exponents and proportions in colorful and unexpected ways...[S]tudents can discover how algebra relates to the world around us."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILMouse on Mars (Musical group)
Contents: Dimensional people, part I -- Dimensional people, part II -- Dimensional people, part III -- Foul mouth -- Aviation -- Parliament of aliens, part I -- Daylight -- Tear to my eye -- Parliament of aliens, part II -- Parliament of aliens, part III -- Résume -- Sidney in a cup.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MOUSummary: Often beginning as a seemingly harmless case of fatigue, myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, is a disorder of the bone marrow which can lead to leukemia. This program provides an overview of the disease, pointing out that it is virtually unknown to the general public and often not diagnosed by medical caregivers. Whereas little could be done for MDS patients in previous years, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In this program, one-dimensional wonderboy Not-Quite-Bright and other experts investigate the one-dimensional quantities of displacement, average and instantaneous velocity, and average and instantaneous acceleration through skiing, swimming, and speed-walking vignettes. The kinematic equations for instantaneous velocity, displacement, and final velocity are also examined, along with supporting...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Twice a year at Chichen Itza the sun casts a shadow on the Temple of Kulkulkan that resembles a snake descending the pyramid's steps-a curved line that is eerily similar to the descending line of x approaching infinity on the graph of the exponential function for the volume of the pyramid. In this program Mayan architecture is used to study the properties of 3-D figures, including square and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In 2008 many American banks began to fail, the stock market plunged, and the country went into a recession, all following default by record numbers of homeowners on their mortgages. Why did these loans suddenly become so difficult to repay? In this program data analysis is used to determine what made subprime mortgages capable of wreaking havoc on the economy. Also examined: mortgage rates for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Mazurek, Rob
Summary: Following the 2018 JazzFest Berlin debut of the new Exploding Star Orchestra music, Mazurek returned to Chicago, where International Anthem took the opportunity to capture his new ESO compositions with a cast of collaborators from their collective constellation of artists. Over a handful of studio dates between August 2019 and March 2020, Mazurek arranged his pieces for eleven musicians.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ MAZSummary: Continues to chronicle the daily life-and-death battles of Chicago's elite medical professionals as they navigate challenging medical emergencies and intense personal drama. In last season's cliffhanger finale, Dr. Will Halstead got down on one knee and proposed to Dr. Natalie Manning, but will the two ever make it down the aisle?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Bauchner, Elizabeth.
Summary: Describes how investigators use evidence such as handwriting and document analysis to solve crimes such as forgery and kidnapping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.2565 BAUFour Bitchin' Babes (Musical group)
Contents: Prisoners of their hairdos -- Wake up and dream -- Not bad for a broad -- Ladies lunch -- Good thing he can't read my mind -- Painless love -- Dave's holiday -- Home is where the heart is -- She moved through the fair -- Junk food -- Sensitive new age guys -- But still he loved her so (The ballad of Harry and Esther) -- I'm fine -- Every living thing -- These boots are made for walkin'.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Philo 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK FOURSummary: Genetic science holds the keys to life itself. How should this knowledge be used? Enhanced by outstanding 3-D computer animations and microscopic imaging, this engaging program featuring Dr. Cary Fowler, author of Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity, takes a balanced look at the biotechnological revolution. Among the numerous topics surveyed are genetic engineering,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Ant, Adam.
Contents: Friend or foe -- Something girls -- Place in the country -- Desperate but not serious -- Here comes the grump -- Hello, I love you -- Goody two shoes -- Crackpot history and the right to lie -- Made of money -- Cajun twisters -- Try this for sighs -- Man called Marco.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: SONY 1982
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ANTAbraham, Nikhil
Summary: See all the things coding can accomplish The demand for people with coding know-how exceeds the number of people who understand the languages that power technology. Coding All-in-One For Dummies gives you an ideal place to start when you're ready to add this valuable asset to your professional repertoire. Whether you need to learn how coding works to build a web page or an application or see...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005 ABRSummary: Emma's band wants to post a music video on YouTube, but they aren't sure which of their songs should be featured. Emma's best friend helps them choose by using Facebook contacts to conduct a survey, exploring the concepts of qualitative and quantitative data along the way. Viewers learn how to sample, present, and analyze data, generate histograms, frequency tables, stem and leaf plots,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Foo Fighters (Musical group)
Contents: This is a call -- I'll stick around -- Big me -- Alone + easy target -- Good grief -- Floaty -- Weenie beenie -- Oh, George -- For all the cows -- X-static -- Wattershed -- Exhausted.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Roswell Records 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Reds 2006Tyson, Eric (Eric Kevin)
Summary: "Make the most of your investment portfolio with a mix of assets from stocks to real estate to cryptocurrency There's nothing more satisfying than seeing the balance of a financial account grow month over month. But before that can happen, you need to know the best places to invest your money. Who can you trust for solid, reliable investing advice? Investing All-in-One For Dummies offers sound...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.602 TYSWeil, Andrew
Summary: "Prescription drug use in America has increased tenfold in the past fifty years, and over-the counter drug use has risen just as dramatically. In addition to the dozens of medications we take to treat serious illnesses, we take drugs to help us sleep, to keep us awake, to stop our noses from running, our backs from aching, and our minds from racing. Name a symptom, there's a pill to suppress...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.29 WEIDennen, Brett
Contents: What's The Secret? (2:49) -- Cassidy (4:28) -- Stand Up For It (3:59) -- Bonfire (3:25) -- Strawberry Road (3:44) -- Another Life (3:50) -- Where We Left Off (4:00) -- Burning Spirit (3:04) -- Tengboche (5:12) -- I'll Be On Your Side (4:21).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Elektra (NEK) 2016
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Summary: Patterns of urbanization and poverty are playing an increasingly heavy role in the debate over globalization and market regulation. In a hard-hitting analysis of the issues, this program assembles a wide-ranging set of opinions from scholars and experts-as well as from ordinary individuals around the world who face urban hardships and obstacles to their livelihoods every day. Commentators...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Smith, Jean Edward.
Summary: Acclaimed biographer Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to narrate the epic life of the president who, more than any other individual, changed the relationship between the American people and their government. We see how Roosevelt's energy, intellect, and personal magnetism permitted him to master countless challenges. Smith recounts FDR's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLI SMIChapman, Debbie
Summary: Low-Mess Crafts for Kids brings parents and caretakers solutions to the craft time conundrum. As well as being low-mess, all 72 of these awesome projects feature everyday items like pipe cleaners, pom poms and clothespins, which make playtime a cinch. And with step-by-step pictures, kids of any age can create something they can be proud of.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Reid, T. R.
Summary: The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point--in fact, we reach one every thirty-two years. T. R. Reid crisscrosses the globe in search of exact solutions to the urgent tax problems of the United States. With an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 336 REIKarp, David Allen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2006