Summary: Designed for the beginner, Digital Cameras Made Easy introduces viewers to the technical basics of digital photography. The video goes into how a digital camera works, describing image resolution, types of flashes, memory cards, batteries, and zooming vs. cropping; file compression and the pros and cons of saving images as GIFs, JPEGs, and TIFFs; touching up and modifying images (fixing red eye...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Stuhaug, Dennis O.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Water StuhaugJohanson, Paula.
Summary: This book describes how processed foods get to the point that they are no longer healthy, natural food and how foods that are deep-fried put extra calories into human bodies that become obese and have health problems.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 642 JOHNadin, Joanna
Summary: My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The 'Dreadful' bit is my dad's JOKE. But in fact I am completely UNDREADFUL. It is just that sometimes my BRILLIANT IDEAS turn into DISASTERS. E.g. I didn't mean for Dad to have to go to a crucial meeting with a plastic flowerpot stuck on his head, I was only trying to invent a Patented Brain Massaging Helmet. Plus how was I to know...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NADGrann, David
Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Lenzer, Suzanne
Summary: No matter what the first day of a new week throws at you, no matter how looming the rest of the days before the weekend seem, a truly, madly delicious pizza promises something familiar, something reliable, something known. It's confirmation that all the heaviness of the world will be held at bay-if only for a little while-by a combination of bubbling mozzarella, sweet fennel sausage, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Cook LenzerSchettler, Renee.
Summary: Presents recipes for a variety of easy-to-prepare meals, including meals that can be made using freezer ingredients or only one pot, with no-shop and no-cook suggestions, and tips for shortcuts and reliable side dishes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Real Simple/Time Inc. Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.555 SCHBray, Ilona M.
Summary: "Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. U.S. Immigration Made Easy provides detailed descriptions of application processes. There's also an immigration eligibility self-quiz, which helps you match your background and skills to a likely category of visa or green...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 BRABray, Ilona M.
Summary: Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. You'll learn: whether you and your family qualify for a short-term visa, permanent U.S. residence, or protection from deportation; how to obtain, fill out, and submit the necessary forms and documents; insider tips on dealing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 BRAYNaylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Summary: Through her senior year and the following summer, Alice McKinley deals with troubling developments at school, being in the school play, preparing for college, being away from her boyfriend, and working for the summer on a cruise ship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NAYStreets (Musical group : Birmingham, England)
Contents: Prangin out (3:52) -- War of the sexes (3:27) -- Hardest way to make an easy living (3:14) -- All goes out the window (3:32) -- Memento Mori (2:35) -- Can't con an honest John (3:41) -- When you wasn't famous (3:20) -- Never went to church (3:35) -- Hotel expressionism (3:33) -- Two nations (3:05) -- Fake streets hats (3:12).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vice/Atlantic 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP STRSummary: Demonstrates how to set up your kitchen with basic equipment and staple ingredients; how to purchase the right foods each week; and how to prepare a few items in advance so that daily meals are quick and easy. Recipes include smoothies and juices, soups, dressings, entrees, and desserts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Book Pub. Co. 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 CORIdes, Nan L.
Contents: Getting started : threading a needle -- Knotting the thread -- Stitching basics -- Closures/fasteners -- Hemming -- Fixing ripped seams & holes -- Fixing pockets & liners -- Replacing elastic -- Patches -- Fixing snages in sweaters -- Ironing & pressing tips -- Easy sewing fashion tips -- Some final encouragement and extra little hints to help you aong -- When not to try to fix your garment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Palmer/Pletsch 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: “Welcome to Opera Easy,” says host Natalie Choquette. “If I were to ask you to name an opera set in Japan based on a play by an American playwright and with music composed by an Italian…would you recognize Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly? I hope so because Madama Butterfly is today’s Opera Easy featured work!”
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Contents: Heart Made Up On You (3:00) -- Things Are Looking Up (3:05) -- Easy Love (3:54) -- Stay With Me (3:21).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Records 2014
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette introduces viewers to L’Elisir d’Amore, a charming and romantic comic opera by Donizetti that is set in an Alpine village. The poor, innocent Nemorino is in love with the intelligent and beautiful Adina. He is convinced that only a love potion will allow him to win her. He pays the quack Doctor Dulcamara for the potion with the money he receives for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, host Natalie Choquette explains that Tosca is one of the few operas about an opera singer. It’s also one of the most violent, erotic, melodramatic works in the operatic repertoire (which no doubt explains its popularity!), and today this timeless masterpiece is even more convincing than many a reality TV show. No opera needs a diva in the title role more than Tosca, and many...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: Offers a tools and techniques overview; provides project instructions for clothing, toys, and nursery items; and discusses adding finishing details and embellishments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.43 BABSummary: “How does a medieval court jester wind up involuntarily having his daughter assassinated? Stay with us for an intriguing and passion-filled tale of vengeance, love, and betrayal,” says program host Natalie Choquette. “Sound like The Young and the Restless? No, it’s Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic masterpiece, Rigoletto!”
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: “At the turn the 20th century, the most popular French opera was not Carmen but an opera whose principal character was the Devil. This 1859 opera was based on one of the most celebrated works of German literature and did nothing less than revolutionize French opera. Welcome to Opera Easy’s featured work: Charles Gounod’s opera Faust,” says host Natalie Choquette.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: In a span of under two years, Giuseppe Verdi produced his three most popular operas. “The Holy Trinity,” as they are still known today, began with Rigoletto and ended with La Traviata. The piggy in the middle,” says host Natalie Choquette, “is Opera Easy’s featured work today. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Verdi’s 1853 melodramatic masterpiece about love and vengeance: Welcome to Il Trovatore!”
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004