Contents: Thomas Edison: Early Years (2:15) -- Edison Improves Telegraphy (1:37) -- Edison's Phonograph (2:45) -- Success at Last: Electric Lights (2:28) -- Edison's Financial Crisis (2:58) -- Movies: America's Pastime (1:55) -- Thomas Edison and Henry Ford (2:01) -- Edison's Last Great Scientific Project (1:54) -- Father of the Scientific Age (3:36) -- Credits: 'Thomas Edison' (0:28)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Morris, Edmund
Summary: Edmund Morris writes about a man who was arguably the most famous in the world when he died in 1931, so revered for his perfection of the incandescent light bulb that President Hoover proposed darkening the entire United States for one minute on the night of his funeral. For the rest of the twentieth century, Edison's image, polished by his additional fame as the inventor of the phonograph, the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B MORMarsico, Katie
Summary: As parasites that attach themselves to humans and a variety of other unsuspecting hosts, lice are far from the most well-loved animal species on Earth. However, there is a lot to learn about these interesting creatures. Readers will find out where lice live, why they attach themselves to other animals, and how they can spread diseases. They will also learn how these insects reproduce and what...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 MARMorris, Edmund
Summary: From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B EDISON MOREdison, Harry
Contents: Edison's lights.--Ain't misbehavin'.--Avalon.--"E."--Helena's theme.--Homegrown.--Spring is here.--On the trail.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pablo 1976
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ EDIEskeets, Edison
Summary: "The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.1004 ESKAlvarado, Rudolph.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.3 ALVSummary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EDIEdison, Erin.
Summary: "A board book format with movable parts illustrates the demolition of structures using explosives"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2014
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRDEdison, David.
Summary: "Welcome to the City Unspoken, where Gods and Mortals come to die. Contrary to popular wisdom, death is not the end, nor is it a passage to some transcendent afterlife. Those who die merely awake as themselves on one of a million worlds, where they are fated to live until they die again, and wake up somewhere new. All are born only once, but die many times. until they come at last to the City...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EDIEdison, Erin.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the well-known English primatologist who was the first scientist to study wild chimpanzees in their natural environment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOOEdison, Chris
Summary: Young inventor Marie can't believe her luck - she's spending her summer holidays in California, at the high-tech headquarters of Vance Corps! She and the other super-clever campers get to build robots, do super-cool science experiments and test out awesome gadgets. But not everyone is a happy camper . . .
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC EDIEdison, Diane.
Contents: Design principles and the visual elements -- Understanding color through paint mixing -- First painting: wet on wet -- Second painting: wet on dry and scumbling -- Third painting: Venetian painting technique -- Subject matter and content.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4 EDIEdison, Roger.
Summary: Learn everything you need to know about guitar theory and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Guitar players of all ages can continue their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the types of guitars, acoustics for guitar, vibration, pitch and naming notes. You will then move right along...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred Pub. Co. 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 787 EDIBarnett, Courtney
Contents: Over everything -- Let it go -- Fear is like a forest -- Outta the woodwork -- Continental breakfast -- On script -- Blue cheese -- Peepin' Tom -- Untogether.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Matador Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BARSummary: American inventor, scientist, and businessman, this episode of A&E Classroom profiles Thomas Alva Edison, dubbed 'The Wizard of Menlo Park' for his creation of the long-lasting electric light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the sound recording. Edison originated more than 1,000 U.S. and international patents for devices that greatly influenced communication around the world.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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McGowan, Anthony
Summary: When Kenny and Nicky spot a glint of gold in the murky waters of Bacon Pond, they can't leave it alone. It means money, and money helps patch things up when you haven't got any. But sometimes it's better not to look too deep. Not when there are local gangsters involved, and tough questions about your own family's past. But Nicky can't help looking back. He knows it's a bad idea, and it could...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC MCGCombustible Edison (Musical group)
Contents: Utopia -- Call of the space siren -- Laura's aura -- 20th century -- Cat o'nine tails -- Pink fiction -- Dior -- Hot and bothered -- Mr. Pushkin came to shore -- Seducation -- Tickled to death -- In the garden of earthly religion -- Utopia (Scanner's reprise).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sub Pop 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK COMMugstar (Musical group)
Contents: Sunburnt impedance machine -- Serra -- Radar king -- Beyond the sun.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Important Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MUGFrith, Margaret.
Summary: An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET EDISONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who EdisonRaasch, Sara
Summary: When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses -- the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAAHendrickson, G. E. (Gerth Edison)
Summary: This completely revised and updated edition of the indispensable original offers more information on why Michigan is such a great place for all fly fishers. Twelve Classic Trout Streams also features new material---for example, information on hatches, including a hatch schedule chart; a list of ten flies that every Michigan angler should have; and equipment (line weight, rod length, etc.) for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 HENOswald, Pete
Summary: A father and child head out on a hike, keeping a cherished family tradition alive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020