Harris, Blake J.
Summary: In The History of the Future, Harris once again deep-dives into a tech drama for the ages to expertly tell the larger-than-life true story of Oculus, the virtual reality company founded in 2012 that--less than two years later--would catch the attention of Mark Zuckerberg and wind up being bought by Facebook for over $2 billion dollars. This incredible underdog story begins with inventor Palmer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006.8 HARGilbert, Avery N.
Summary: Everything about the sense of smell fascinates us, from its power to evoke memories to its ability to change our moods and influence our behavior. Yet because it is the least understood of the senses, myths abound. For example, contrary to popular belief, the human nose is almost as sensitive as the noses of many animals, including dogs; blind people do not have enhanced powers of smell; and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.86 GILJ Yellen F Logan
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Forster Music 1931
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMTallest Man on Earth.
Contents: To just grow away -- Revelation blues -- Leading me now -- 1904 -- Bright lanterns -- There's no leaving me now -- Wind and walls -- Little brother -- Criminals -- On every page.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dead Oceans 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TALContents: The new science of leading change -- The three keys to influence -- Create vital behaviors -- Help them love what they hate -- Help them do what they can't -- Provide encouragement -- Provide assistance -- Change their economy -- Change their space -- Become and influencer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 INFVernon, Diana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.582 VERStosz, Sandra
Summary: "Today, our nation is like a ship being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong and steady-leaders capable of uniting people in support of a shared purpose by building the trust and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Köehlerbooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 STOKingsbury, Karen.
Summary: The book you've been waiting for from New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury ... Leaving is the first volume in a new series that features members of the popular Baxter family and finally completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2011
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Contents: Limousine -- Palm trees -- How did we -- How did I -- Leaving -- Everybody -- Winter -- So long -- God -- The label -- I know you.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK FRAKarabell, Zachary
Summary: A history and critical assessment of leading indicators reveals their indelible impact on the economy, public policy, and other critical decisions, discussing their shortcomings while making suggestions for reducing dependence on them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.01 KARSummary: Heading for Peace continues the biography of T. E. Lawrence from the year 1917 as he and the Arabs continue to attack and undermine the Turks. Upon Turkish surrender, the Balfour Declaration paves the way for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and Lawrence leads the Arabs in an allied race for the city. But soon after, British duplicity is exposed. Now a celebrated figure to the British public,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: To save the Leaning Tower of Pisa from further leaning and eventual collapse, the Italian government appointed a scientific committee to devise a solution. Filmed over three years, this classic program documents the engineering challenges and the committee's controversial answer to the structure's ongoing decline-the most fateful moment in the Tower's eight centuries of existence. Experts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Turow, Scott.
Summary: A lackluster, somewhat alcoholic partner at a top law firm, Mack Malloy is assigned to investigate the disappearance of the firm's star lawyer and five million dollars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program examines the power of professional pollsters to influence public opinion. Public opinion pollsters and market researchers serve virtually every facet of American culture. Nearly everyone-from the makers of cake mix to television executives and candidates for public office-seeks to become the intimate of our private opinions for the purposes of their own strategies. In the hands of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Lassieur, Allison.
Summary: Discover the civilization of ancient Greece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 LASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J938 LASSateren, Shelley Swanson
Summary: Tabitha Catarina is staying at her grandparents' farm/cat hotel for the summer, and she is thrilled when the owner of Queen Lizzie's Pizza Palace brings Queen Lizzie, a Sphynx cat, to Tabby Towers to stay because Lizzie keeps jumping up on the counter too close to the food--but her owner is sad, so Tabitha sets out to research this bad behavior and come up with a solution that will allow Lizzie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone Imprint 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Turnbull, Stephanie
Summary: "Did you know that the ancient Greeks held the very first Olympic Games in Olympia - nearly 3,000 years ago? Find out how their Games differed from ours, and also about their warriors, gods and way of life in this exciting book."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around Usb TurnbullSummary: Reading rate and comprehension can mean the difference between success and failure to students. Three strategies for improving both are presented in this program. The first suggests reading during the day, for short periods in a quiet place, for maximum efficiency. One method demonstrates how to divide words into groups on a page as an effective way of improving reading rate. The SQ3R Strategy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Kotter, John P.
Summary: Offers advice on how to lead an organization into change, including establishing a sense of urgency, developing a vision and strategy, and generating short-term wins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2012
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 KOTCastellani, Christopher
Summary: "An expansive yet intimate story of desire, artistic ambition, and fidelity, set in the glamorous literary and film circles of 1950s Italy in July of 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASGira, M. (Michael)
Contents: Disc one. Hums ; Annaline ; The hanging man ; Amnesia ; Leaving meaning ; Sunfucker -- Disc two. Cathedrals of heaven ; The nub ; It's coming it's real ; Some new things ; What is this? ; My phantom limb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SWAFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Real Estate Management of the National Association of Realtors 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Andrews, Elizabeth
Summary: This book introduces readers to the ancient Greek civilization. Ancient Greek geography, innovations, religion, and culture are explored in easy-to-read text and colorful photos. QR Codes in the books give readers access to resources to further their learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pop!, a division of ABDO 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 ANDSmith, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013