Holmes, Richard
Contents: v. 1. Early visions -- v. 2. Darker reflections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.7 HOLSummary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINUniversal Home Video.
Summary: "American Dreamz" is a wildly popular television singing contest program that has captured the country's attention. This new season showcases a competition between Sally, a young Midwestern gal and Omer, a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. The recently depressed President of the United States wants in on the craze and signs up for the potentially explosive season finale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DVD MOVIEWilber, Addison F
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addison F. Wilber 2002
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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 921 WILPendergrast, Mark.
Contents: The mirror of the soul -- Magic visions -- Fields of light -- The rational mirror -- Looking-glass literature -- A new way of seeing -- Grasping the universe -- Kaleidoscopic light waves -- Big eye -- The vanity business -- Celestial radios, divine x-rays -- Beyond Palomar -- Final reflections : illusions and realities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535.323 PENBrokaw, Tom.
Summary: Celebrates the "greatest generation" of Americans, from the Great Depression to the Bataan Death March and beyond, in a series of biographical profiles that chronicle the experiences of ordinary Americans who became caught up in historic twentieth-century events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BROGreene, Graham
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reinhardt in association with Viking 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREMesnier, Roland
Summary: In this memoir and cookbook, Roland Mesnier, executive pastry chef to five presidents, tells the story behind each of the holiday gingerbread houses he created for display in the White House State Dining Room. Chef Mesnier also provides step-by-step instructions and templates for constructing and decorating a gingerbread house in the home kitchen. During the holidays, thousands of guests are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: White House Historical Association 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5092 MESFischer, David Hackett
Summary: Traces the story of Quebec's founder while explaining his influential perspectives about peaceful colonialism, in a profile that also evaluates his contributions as a soldier, mariner, and cultural diplomat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE FISJun, Tasha
Summary: "Tasha Jun has always been caught between worlds: American and Korean, faith and doubt, family devotion and fierce independence. As a Korean American, she wandered between seemingly opposing worlds, struggling to find a voice to speak and a firm place for her feet to land. The world taught Tasha that her Korean normal was a barrier to belonging--that assimilation was the only way she would ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, a nonfiction imprint Tyndale House Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 242 JUNDavis, Wade
Summary: "The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer--a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society--recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decadesof political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 986.1 DAVRay, Rachael
Summary: America's favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring more than 125 all-new recipes. As her fiftieth birthday approached, Ray started thinking, not just about what to make for dinner, but how her passion for food and feeding people developed over a lifetime. Here she opens up about her family, and how they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 RAYBlackstock, Cindy.
Summary: Spirit Bear learns about residential schools and their impact on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, as well as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and its 94 calls to action, and the paper hearts planted after the report's release to honour the children who went to residential schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLABauer, Jeni Britton.
Summary: Demonstrates how to prepare professional-quality ice creams, yogurts, and sorbets using unique flavors and minimally processed milk to create flavors including salty caramel and roasted pumpkin five-spice ice cream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.862 BAUFrías, Carlos.
Summary: Carlos Frías, award-winning journalist and the US-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing stories about the homeland of his parents. Sent to Cuba by his newspaper when the country began to close to the foreign press in August 2006, Frías embarked on the journey of his life -- a secret twelve day trip to the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, dramatic and unforgettable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.A. Press, Penguin Group 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH FRISoni, Saket
Summary: "In 2007, Saket Soni received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker inside a Mississippi labor camp. He and 500 other men were living in squalor in Gulf Coast "man camps," surrounded by barbed wire, watched by armed guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid portable toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Worse, lured by the promise of good work and green cards,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.11 SONTickle, Phyllis.
Summary: Sheds new light on the words of Jesus as recorded in the four gospels of the New Testament, and includes thoughtful reflections on Christ's teachings and their meaning in terms of a personal journey of spirituality and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.954 TICSummary: Video scenes of steam locomotives and excursion trains set the stage for the fond memories of Americans who lived this bygone era of rail travel. Historic films and photographs capture nostalgic glimpses of small town depots and big-city terminals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Delaney Communications 1996
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DRERobb, Alice
Summary: A science journalist and lucid dreamer examines the science of dreams, explaining why they are vital to emotional and physical health, how to remember dreams better, and how dreaming is linked to creativity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 ROBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 ROBGoodman, John B.
Summary: "Discover how a deep connection to inner self can bring happiness to your personal life and your professional life as well. These timeless lessons from a soulful CEO are a must read for anyone looking for rewards beyond financial success." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: JBG 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 GOOEason, Cassandra
Summary: "Dreams are a window into the subconscious, and for those who understand their meanings, they are also a crucial step in self-understanding. In this comprehensive volume, author Cassandra Eason shares her decades of study on the subject. From visions of angels to trips to the zoo, from buying a dream home to escaping from demons, Eason catalogs 1,001 scenarios, exploring different types of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Ethos 2023
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Summary: "When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2021
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Summary: "Through one woman's journey from a child bride in a small Zimbabwe village to [a voice] in women's empowerment and education, this manifesto [seeks to inspire] women to pursue their sacred dreams through nine essential lessons brought forth from ancient African wisdom"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enliven Books/Atria 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 TREShriver, Maria
Summary: Presents a book of reflections for those seeking wisdom, guidance, encouragement, and inspiration on the road to a meaningful life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 2018