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Cities and towns United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) Juvenile literature Mountain ecology Mountaineers Mountains Political activists Biography Juvenile literature Revolutionaries Biography Juvenile literature Scientific expeditions Social change History Juvenile literature Social reformers Biography Juvenile literatureSummary: Water and stone are the elements of Rome; joined in fountains, they create the essence that is the Eternal City. This program looks at the history, the architecture, and the artistry of Rome's fountains, following Giovanni Battista Faldi's 1691 guide and juxtaposing his marvelous drawings with the living reality. Among the fountains examined are the Fontana di Trevi, Santa Maria in Trastevere,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Rypdal, Terje.
Contents: The return of Per Ulv -- It's in the air -- But on the other hand -- If mountains could sing -- Private eye -- Foran peisen -- Dancing without reindeers -- One for the roadrunner -- Blue angel -- Genie -- Lonesome guitar.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ RYPPurple Mountains
Contents: That's just the way that I feel -- All my happiness is gone -- Darkness and cold -- Snow is falling in Manhattan -- Margaritas at the mall -- She's making friends I'm turning stranger -- I loved being my mother's son -- Nights that won't happen -- Storyline fever -- Maybe I'm the only one for me
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PURFountains of Wayne (Musical group)
Contents: Radiation vibe (3:40) -- Sink to the bottom (3:12) -- Joey Rey (2:40) -- She's got a problem (3:26) -- Survival car (2:02) -- Barbara H. (3:22) -- Sick day (4:33) -- I've got a flair (2:52) -- Leave the biker (2:42) -- You curse at girls (2:05) -- Please don't rock me tonight (2:50) -- Everything's ruined (2:44).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FOURambler's Choice (Musical group)
Contents: Enough on my mind (2:33) -- What about you (3:05) -- Sounds of the mountains (2:53) -- Mama's flowers (3:50) -- Sit and sing the blues (2:27) -- No more painting up this town (2:50) -- Sweet country lovin' (2:07) -- When the mountain dew starts falling (3:19) -- Shotgun Slade (3:12) -- (3:12) -- Education from on high (2:58) -- Springtime and roses (2:18) -- Poor rambler (3:21)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK RAMBenforado, Adam.
Summary: "A crusading legal scholar exposes the powerful psychological forces that undermine our criminal justice system--and affect us all Our nation is founded on the notion that the law is impartial, that legal cases are won or lost on the basis of evidence, careful reasoning and nuanced argument. But they may, in fact, turn on the temperature of the courtroom, the camera angle of a defendant's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Lonestar (Musical group)
Contents: Mountains -- Nothing to prove -- Long lost smile -- Thought it was you -- Hey God -- I wanna do it for you -- Cowboy girl -- What she had to -- One of those nights -- Careful where you kiss me -- Always in the band.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BNA Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY LONLee, Amos
Summary: For his fifth album, Amos Lee took a different path for the recording, working in a new city with a new producer. The follow-up to 2011's Mission Bell brings him into new sonic territory, while retaining the trenchant impact in his writing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LEEPancella, Peggy.
Summary: Describes the national park that spans two states, has the most visitors, and gets its name from a blue mist that usually covers the surrounding mountains.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.889 PANTrace Mountains
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TRAHunter, Erin
Summary: "For generations, the Silverback troop has lived in peaceful seclusion high above the plains, but when a new evil descends on their home, one young gorilla must venture into the unknown to prevent darkness from taking hold of all they hold dear"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HUNMuir, John
Summary: "In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir made himself America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a visionary prophet of environmental awareness, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 MUICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.74 MUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: SC MuirRudolf, David S.
Summary: "From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 RUDPetersen, Randy.
Contents: Faces of the earth -- High country -- Thunder Mountain -- Colors of Autumn -- Daybreak -- Great divide -- Whispering aspen -- Estes moon.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Orange Tree Productions 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PETSpalding, Maddie
Summary: "More than 10 million people each year visit the land named for the fog that often wraps around its mountain peaks. Great Smoky Mountains National Park explores the park, including its geology, plant and animal life, the peoples who have called it home, and its main attractions. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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Summary: "Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, constitutional law expert Ian Millhiser tells the history of the Supreme Court through the eyes of everyday people who have suffered the most as a result of its judgements. The justices built a nation where children...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347 MILZuli
Contents: Follow you -- Blaze -- Kubadiver -- Neither am I -- Still believe -- Ohfm -- Knew me -- Fuzzy -- Lonely eyes -- Thinking of you.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ZULBalko, Radley
Summary: Relates the stories of two innocent men who were wrongly accused and convicted of crimes due largely to the legally condoned failures perpetrated by invalid forensic science and institutional racism. --Publisher. "A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614 BALPowter, Geoff
Summary: This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and risk-taking, some touches of humour, and award-winning profiles of some of Canada's mountaineering greats. Stories include conversations with and profiles of alpine personalities such as Barry Blanchard, Sonnie...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 POWOppenheimer, Clive
Summary: "Volcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer offers here a seemingly impossible tour, showing readers places difficult to access, even before one considers climbing a volcano. Oppenheimer worked closely with North Korean researchers in a scientific mission to study Mount Paektu, a volcano name sung in national anthems on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone. He ventured through Chad to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.21 OPPHudak, Heather C.
Summary: An introduction to the ecosystems found on mountains, discussing what lives on a mountain and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wonder Books, an imprint of The Child's World 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 HUDChambers, Veronica
Summary: "A nonfiction collection of profiles of prominent activists for young readers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CHACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: J920 CHAEdin, Kathryn
Summary: "Three of the nation's top scholars, known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America, turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 EDIContents: disc 1. Old-age pension blues -- Hook & line -- John Henry -- Pretty Polly -- Old Reuben (Bill Cornett) -- Spring of '65 -- Sally in the garden -- Barbara Allen (J.D. Cornett) -- When we shall meet -- Amazing grace (Old Baptist Church) -- Across the rocky mountain -- Graveyard blues -- Cripple Creek -- True love (Roscoe Holcomb) -- Sally in the garden -- Lost Indian -- Hollow poplar (Marion...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian/Folkways 1996