Forman, James
Summary: "An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law. Today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics -- and their impact on people of color -- are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FORSummary: Focusing on techniques suggested by parents, teachers, and childcare professionals, this program features strategies for dealing with emotional and behavioral challenges in young children. The primary topic is encouraging friendships, while several activities designed to channel aggression and address frustrations are also included. Hosted by former schoolteacher and veteran mom Debi Gutierrez.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Spotlighting techniques provided by parents, teachers, and childcare professionals, this program features helpful strategies for early childhood education. Topics include the importance of art, science projects in the home, integrating math activities, and learning through building with blocks. Hosted by former schoolteacher and veteran mom Debi Gutierrez.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Using ideas from parents, teachers, and childcare providers, this program presents down-to-earth methods for effective early childhood education. Topics include creating a print-rich environment, making story time a regular practice, encouraging writing skills, implementing literacy activities, and fostering language development. Hosted by former schoolteacher and veteran mom Debi Gutierrez.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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King, Stephen
Summary: Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book lover Wesley Smith is haunted by his ex-girlfriend's parting shot: Why can't you just read off the computer like everyone else? He buys an e-book reader out of spite, but soon finds he can use the device to glimpse realities he had never before imagined, discovering literary riches beyond his wildest dreams ... and all-too-human...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINSummary: Using approaches from parents, teachers, and childcare providers, this program presents reliable methods for addressing childhood emotions and behavior problems. Topics include conflict resolution, self-control, tantrums, positive discipline, separation anxiety, sharing, self-esteem, emotional concepts, temperament, and overcoming isolation. Several activities are illustrated. Hosted by former...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: It's a little play with all the big subjects in it, wrote Thornton Wilder in a 1937 letter to Gertrude Stein about what has become his most renowned and frequently performed work. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Our Town reveals the ordinary lives of the people in the small town of Grover's Corners, U.S.A. The play's themes of love and marriage, the transitory nature of existence, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Brooks, J. C.
Contents: Side 1. Baltimore is the new Brooklyn (4:05) -- The beat (of our own drum) (3:55) -- Hold you back (3:34) -- Love one another )3:47) -- 75 years of art sex (4:13) -- Side 2. How to stop loving someone who's stopped loving you (2:39) -- He does the town (2:54) -- Here comes the fall (4:00) -- Alaright (5:07) -- Berry please (2:40).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Uptown 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BROJo, Jae-eun
Summary: A little girl learns where things are - in her house, in the garden, at the park, and other places - up, down, and middle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in the United States and Canada by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOChandra, Sheila.
Contents: All you want is more -- Out on my own -- Village girl -- Storm trance -- From a whisper... to a scream -- Prema, Shanti, Dharma, Satya -- Unchanged malady -- Missing the voice -- Fly to me -- Songbird.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Narada World 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN CHAMothes, Lee.
Summary: Presents instructions for designing and constructing playhouses, treehouses, and play forts, and includes tips on the required tools and techniques, how to use reclaimed materials, and personalizing the playhouse design.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 690.58 MOTMontgomery, R. A.
Summary: The reader is asked to make choices which will determine the fate of a discarded robot.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC YOUHansen, Susan Ahmadi
Summary: "Need help getting around your new neighborhood or school? A map can help! Learn how to make your own, and you'll be a pro at getting around a new place in no time! This interactive introduction to map-making will help kids build visual literacy skills and navigate their world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Watts, Tammah
Summary: "A warm, welcoming guide to birdwatching and its therapeutic and healing effects from a licensed therapist and amateur birder. As human beings, our instinct is to nest with those we love, migrate where the best opportunities await us, and find our flock for solidarity and support. Yet all of these instincts can become a battle when we are struggling with depression, isolation, and trauma. But...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.07234 WATSummary: It might seem contradictory, but decisions about how to end a company are just as important as the dreams that give birth to it. There may even be reasons that make a pre-planned exit strategy mandatory, such as the specific needs of investors. This video explores various end-game scenarios for business owners, helping to clarify long-term goals for anyone on the verge of creating a company...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Mann, Monroe.
Contents: Preparation -- Prepare to get motivated -- What is a motivational coach? -- Establishing your expertise -- Setting up your business -- Choosing a target market -- Setting up your office, online and off -- Finding those first clients -- Deciding how much to charge -- Creating coaching packages -- Profit & loss -- development -- Running your business -- Improving your offerings -- Keeping those...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Entrepreneur Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 MANChemical Brothers
Contents: Block rockin' beats -- Dig your own hole -- Elektrobank -- Piku -- Setting sun -- It doesn't matter -- Don't stop the rock -- Get up on it like this -- Lost in the k-hole -- Where do I begin -- The private psychedelic reel.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Astralwerks Recordings 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Philosopher and scientist Dan Dennett argues that human consciousness and free will are the result of physical processes and are not what we traditionally think they are. In this TEDTalk, Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. “Dan Dennett is our best current philosopher,” says AI...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Sexton, Jared
Summary: "Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed, The Man They Wanted Me to Be is both memoir and cultural analysis. Jared Yates Sexton alternates between an examination of his working class upbringing and historical, psychological, and sociological sources that examine the genesis of toxic masculinity and its consequences for society. As progressivism changes American society, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEXTON, JARED SEXSpence, 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 SpencBuck, Marny
Summary: A collection of easy-to-sew patterns influenced by modern cuisine, such as the crispy wonton block and tempting turnovers quilt. Prepare 18 beginner-friendly quilts and pillow projects, or cook up something totally you, with an interchangeable menu of blocks, settings and sizes to help you design your own quilt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 BUCVarious artists
Contents: Portsmouth airs (Buddy Thomas) -- Bumblebee in a jug (George Lee Hawkins) -- Meg Gray (G.L. Hawkins) -- Lansing Quadrille (Alfred Bailey) -- Weddington's reel (A. Bailey) -- Indian squaw (Alva Greene) -- The pet Indian (A. Greene) -- Getting George Bush upstairs (Perry Riley) -- Getting wild again (P. Riley) -- Lost hornpipe (Charlie Kinney) -- Blackeyed peas and cornbread (Bob Prater) -- Grand...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY TRAKaplan, Janice
Summary: "Recounts how the author spent a year living gratefully, drawing on advice from psychologists, academics, doctors, and philosophers to gain a fresh outlook that transformed her relationships, work, health, and daily life,"--Novelist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Pratt, Jessica
Contents: Wrong hand -- Game that I play -- Strange melody -- Greycedes -- Moon dude -- Jacquelyn in the background -- I've got a feeling -- Back, baby -- On your own love again.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Drag City Incorporated 2015