Summary: Noma is an acute oral infection that attacks young, malnourished children. If left untreated-which, tragically, is often the case in Africa-it devours bone tissue and permanently disfigures its victims. This unflinching program studies the impact of the pitiless disease and will help viewers assess the ability and readiness of the international community to combat the suffering. Graphic scenes...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Impemba, Mario.
Summary: "Favorite stories and memories about the Detroit Tigers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.35 IMPBasbanes, Nicholas A.
Summary: A consideration of all things paper--the invention that revolutionized human civilization; its thousand-fold uses (and misuses); its sweeping influence on society; its makers, shapers, collectors, and pulpers--by the admired cultural historian.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 676.09 BASSummary: In 1925 Luigi Pirandello brought his troupe to England as part of a worldwide tour. This program re-creates one day in London as "The Einstein of the Theater" watches his plays and, away from the footlights, confronts the paradoxical nature of his life. Portions of Six Characters in Search of an Author; Henry IV; Right You Are, If You Think You Are; and The Rules of the Game are meticulously...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Anderson, William M. (William Martin)
Summary: Offering a comprehensive history on Detroit Tigers baseball, this fourth edition covers the history of major league baseball in Detroit from its beginnings in 1881 through the 2007 season. With over 500 photographs, it presents the highlights and lowlights of each season and gives a context for appreciating the Detroit careers of the players.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.357 ANDCaselli, Giovanni
Summary: Describes the discovery and excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and what has been learned about life there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: P. Bedrick Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937.7 CASTiger & Woods (Musical group)
Contents: Dr. burner -- Don't hesitate -- Time -- Kissmetellme -- Love in cambodgia -- Curb my heart -- El dickital -- Deflowered -- Gin nation -- Speed of light.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Back 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TIGHuckelbridge, Dane
Summary: "American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 799.2 HUCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 HUCSummary: Situated near an oasis in Niger’s Ayar Mountains, the remote settlement of Timia is home to small-scale wheat growers. Once a year, after the harvest is done, members of the Kel Ewen clan federation - a subgroup of the Tuareg nomads - will venture into the merciless Tenere desert to trade their wares. Almost 600 kilometers lie between the paradise-like gardens of Timia and the village of Bilma,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This informative and entertaining program shows how to use the telephone to optimize networking, informational interviewing, and other job search strategies. It shows how to add a personal touch to an Internet job search. Also covers the use of the Yellow Pages, developing a powerful phone script, setting up interviews, and developing extraordinary job referral networks. A terrific resource for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Carboneill, Benedicte
Summary: Anton's son Cyprian has followed Nola back to her world, which is bad enough--but when a group of Pandorientians on a quest to find Pandoccident appear in Nola's room it is clear that both worlds are in serious danger.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CARJerusalem in My Heart (Musical group)
Contents: Al affaq, lau mat, lau lau lau lau lau lau -- A granular buzuk -- 7ebr el 3oyoun -- Qala li kafa kafa kafa kafa kafa kafa -- Lau ridyou bil hijaz -- Ah ya mal el sham -- 2asmar sa7ar -- Ta3mani ; Ta3meitu
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JERDesperate Journalist (Musical group)
Contents: Murmuration -- Cedars -- Jonatan -- International Waters -- Argonauts -- Black Net -- Ocean Wave -- Girl of the Houses -- Satellite -- To Be Forgotten.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DESGarcía Lorca, Federico
Summary: Poems are in Spanish, and in English translation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 GARSummary: As a child of the Spanish Civil War and the repressive post-war era, Carmen Martin Gaite found kindred spirits among the Madrid literati, led by her future husband Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, during the '50s. In her long and uninterrupted literary career, Gaite chose socially critical topics such as the relationship between the sexes and the differences between provincial and city life. Using...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Milton, Edith.
Contents: Getting there -- Eggs -- The second year of the war -- Leeds -- Down in the forest -- Mutti and Pappi -- The tiger in the attic -- Jesus and me -- Dried eggs and puberty -- War and peace -- Saint Bride's -- Leaving -- Ocean crossing -- Chamber music -- Understanding Mother -- Weather.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MILTON, EDITH MILSantana
Contents: Do you remember me -- In search of Mona Lisa -- Lovers from another time -- Do you remember me ; In search of Mona Lisa (edit versions).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SANMoody Blues (Musical group)
Contents: Departure -- Ride my see-saw -- Dr. Livingstone, I presume -- House of four doors -- Legend of a mind --House of four doors (part 2) -- Voices in the sky --The best way to travel -- Visions of paradise -- The actor -- The word -- Om.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deram 1986
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOOSummary: As a child of the Spanish Civil War and the repressive post-war era, Carmen Martin Gaite found kindred spirits among the Madrid literati, led by her future husband Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, during the '50s. In her long and uninterrupted literary career, Gaite chose socially critical topics such as the relationship between the sexes and the differences between provincial and city life. Using...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program begins in 16th century England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and the beginning of a cultural revolution. It was an age marked by the battle of conscience and power and, eventually, by Civil War. Through historic documents we discover that contrary to popular belief, William Shakespeare was born to a wealthy family and as a child received a rather privileged education. Yet as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Yang, Iris
Summary: In the winter of 1942, Jasmine Bai survives the freezing wilderness and decides to keep her baby, even though he is the product of a gang-rape by Japanese soldiers. In 1947, her quiet life in a remote cabin is disrupted by the news of her loved one's death. In the following four decades, Jasmine desperately searches for her family and for Danny Hardy, the American pilot she loves. She is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Open Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YANFossi, Gloria
Summary: "Follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, from his birthplace in Zundert, Netherlands, to his last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and explore the hidden inspirations behind the world-renowned artist's most famous paintings in this beautiful art bookand travelogue, illustrated with more than 250 black-and-white and full-color images throughout"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.9492 FOSWhiting, Jim
Summary: "Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education | Creative Paperbacks 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follows Michael Wood as he travels in search of the truth behind four famous legends. Explores not only the historical past and literal truth of these myths, but also the mythic past and archetypal stories behind them. Examines the Biblical myth of the Queen of Sheba, an exotic and mysterious woman of power who, with King Solomon, plays a key role in the founding myths of the modern states of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005