Walker, Robert
Summary: Examines the history of Veterans Day and describes some of the ways that this holiday is celebrated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.264 WALSummary: Teachers unions: They're powerful, they're defensive, and they're stubborn. And if it seems their leadership places a premium on protecting its members-above all other interests-we should not be surprised, because protecting jobs and wages is what unions were created to do. Critics argue that unions are shielding too many teachers who do their jobs poorly-teachers who should be replaced, for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Flynn, Brendan
Summary: "Introduces young readers to the history and celebration of Veterans Day." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop! 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.264 FLYSummary: Use this ABC News program to explore links between a wide range of educational issues: school safety, overcrowding, privatization, and poor academic performance. The video takes viewers inside Chester High, a Pennsylvania school racked with security, staffing, and financial problems; in fact, Chester's difficulties are so great that the company hired to run the school has pulled out. With...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Newhouse, Eric
Contents: Death makes a difference -- What are PTSD and TBI? -- A start toward reform -- Women in combat -- Unpredictable, unrelenting anger -- Home but alone -- Booze and nightmares -- Flashbacks: videos that won't stop -- America's homeless vets -- Occupation: pushing papers -- Vets in trouble -- Why are some soldiers more resilient? -- State of denial -- Disposable veterans -- VA: overload and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Issues Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 NEWLunden, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
Summary: "A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUNDEN, JENNIFER LUNLandau, Elaine.
Summary: Discusses why we celebrate Veterans Day, why it is celebrated November 11th, and the different ways to celebrate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.264 LANDubois, Muriel L.
Contents: Fast facts -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Fighting the Vietnam war --The idea for the memorial -- Designing the memorial -- Building the memorial -- Opening ceremonies -- The memorial changes -- Visiting the memorial -- Important dates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 959.704 DUBHaddix, Margaret Peterson
Summary: Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADShulkin, David J.
Summary: The former VA secretary describes his fight to save health care from politics and money-and how it was ultimately derailed by a small group of unelected officials with influence in the Trump White House. Known in health care circles for his ability to fix ailing hospitals, Dr. David Shulkin was originally brought into government by President Obama, in an attempt to save the broken Department of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHULKIN, DAVID SHUSmith, Jorja
Summary: The English singer-songwriter's long-awaited sophomore release includes the singles Try Me and Little Things.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1975
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL RHYTHM AND BLUES SMIRoss, Cindy
Summary: "Cindy Ross, founder of River House PA, an organization that helps veterans get out into nature to hike, paddle, and mountain bike, profiles sixteen individual veterans in depth, telling their personal stories and experiences. The broader story of the trauma veterans endure and how nature can help them to recover is interwoven throughout"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4086 ROSEdmondson, Amy C.
Summary: "Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson has influenced legion MBA grads as well as Big Think authors from Brené Brown to Adam Grant with her pioneering work on psychological safety. Now, Amy is bringing her work to the wider world, upending our entire cultural notion of failure with this guide to the science of failing well, which actualizes the potential of psychological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Spence, Alexander.
Contents: Little hands -- Cripple Creek -- Diana -- Margaret-tiger rug -- Weighted down (The prison song) -- War in peace -- Broken heart -- All come to meet her -- Books of Moses -- Dixie peach promenade -- Lawrence of euphoria -- Grey ; Afro -- This time he has come -- It's the best thing for you -- Keep everything under your hat -- Furry heroine (Halo of gold) -- Givin' up things -- If I'm good -- You...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sundazed 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SpencSummary: Today, more military members are lost to suicide than on the battlefield. After serving their country overseas, many veterans in their darkest moments turn to the unique services of the Veterans Crisis Line to help with traumas like post-traumatic stress, depression, homelessness and drug dependence. The 40-minute documentary is an intimate look at the vital work of several responders who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRISummary: In association with GATHER Media LLC, and the Grand Traverse County Department of Veterans Affairs, Gather Veterans offers a resource in which local veterans, active military and their families will have access to a vital source of information focused on their specific needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GATHER Media LLC. 2019
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Our Broken Garden
Contents: Watermark -- Blinding -- Anchoring -- When your blackening shows -- Rock collector -- La sagittaire -- Samaritan -- Cardia -- My kinship
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bella Union 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OURFailing, Barbara Larmon.
Summary: McCoy buys himself a cowboy hat, which leads to a series of misadventures at the Bo-Dee-Oh Ranch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FAIPolitkovskai͡a︡, Anna.
Contents: My country's army and its mothers -- Our new middle ages, or war criminals of all the Russias -- Tanya, Misha, Lena, and Rinat: where are they now? -- How to misappropriate property with the connivance of the government -- More stories from the provinces -- Nord-Ost: the latest tale of destruction -- Akaky Akakievich Putin II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 POLUrge Overkill
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK URGSea and Cake (Musical group)
Contents: Afternoon speaker -- All the photos -- You beautiful bastard -- Colony room -- Leaf -- Everyday -- Two dolphins -- Midtown -- Seemingly -- I missed the glance.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Thrill Jockey Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SEASummary: Join all your favorites, Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy, and more, in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GoodTimes Home Video 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Zhang, Jenny
Summary: "Centered on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City, Zhang's exhilarating collection examines the many ways that family and history can weigh us down and also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother's role in the Cultural Revolution...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lenny 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZHAPressman, David
Summary: For over 30 years, Patent It Yourself has guided hundreds of thousands of inventors through the process of getting a patent, from start to finish. Patent attorneys David Pressman and David E. Blau provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you: conduct a patent search the right way, evaluate your idea's commercial potential, prepare a patent application, market and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2018