Summary: "Avoiding armageddon examines the threats posed by nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and brings viewers face-to face with the people racing to use them. It looks at the explosive connection between terrorism and these weapons"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AVOHilborn, Elizabeth D.
Summary: "All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 HILMillman, Gregory.
Summary: This intimate, eminently practical memoir of a successful homeschooled family of six children illuminates today's most exciting choice in education, and shows how it works from cradle to college.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.042 MilHaselton, Martie Gail
Summary: Identifies the sources of behavioral and physiological changes attributed to a woman's hormone cycles, revealing a hidden adaptive intelligence in the body's hormones and how an awareness of protective hormonal activity can help women to make better-informed decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HASSchwartz, Roslyn
Summary: "It's hot so the Mole Sisters fan themselves. Along comes a cool breeze! The spare text and rhythmic cadences are pure preschooler" Cf. Our choice, 2003.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2002
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Schwartz 2002Beck, Andrea
Summary: "Elliot and his friends are digging in the garden for treasure. Now they've dug the hole so deep, they're trapped with no escape" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BecSchwartz, Roslyn
Summary: "The Mole Sisters follow a busy bee to a lovely meadow of flowers. They begin smelling and soon they're covered in pollen" Cf. Our choice, 2001.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2000
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR Green Schwartz 2000Summary: With the rise of political parties came the dawn of political compromise: nominees who were selected not necessarily because they were the best or most obvious candidates for the presidency, but because they were less offensive to some voters than those who might have been the most apparent choices. Their primary qualification for the office often seemed not to be their positive qualities but...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption, but there is a possibility--already being realized in communities across North America and around the world--of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. This book maps the transition to a more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 LOCCarter, Anne
Summary: "The poignant tale of a young girl coming to terms with the departure of her beloved grandfather. Fear turns to hope as she realizes that no matter what, Poppa will always be close to her heart" Cf. Our choice, 2000.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lobster Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARSchwartz, Roslyn
Summary: "The Mole Sisters find themselves in a field of wavy wheat. Back and forth, they play the time away, going everywhere they can - including straight to bed at the end of their tiring day" Cf. Our choice, 2001.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2000
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Schwartz 2000Schwartz, Roslyn
Summary: "One moonlit night, the Mole Sisters make a wish. Soon they are imagining the world from a wonderful moon vista. The simple text and small format is idea for preschoolers" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2001
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Schwartz 2001Greenwood, Barbara
Summary: "Two brothers head for the Klondike Gold Rush, hoping to strike it rich. Factual information, illustrations and photos follow each chapter of their personal story" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GreenEarls, Felton
Summary: "Young people have the potential to educate and inspire their communities, if only adults will listen to them. Felton Earls and Mary Carlson have spent decades listening to children and encouraging them to use their voices for social change"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.083 EARBernstein, Gaia
Summary: "Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 BERAlexander, Eben
Summary: "Dr. Eben Alexander, author of international phenomenon Proof of Heaven, shares the next phase of his journey to understand the true nature of consciousness and how to cultivate a state of harmony with the universe and our higher purpose. In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma. It was almost...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 ALEPrum, Richard O.
Summary: What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory--aesthetic mate choice--and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 PRUWallis, Jim.
Summary: Religious faith was a driving force behind our greatest national reforms, such as the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement. These "great awakenings" happened periodically at crucial times in our nation's history to propel us toward the common good. The time is ripe for another movement that will transform this country. With The Great Awakening, Wallis [rediscovers] our moral...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 269.0973 WALJohnson, Eric J.
Summary: "A guide to the inner workings of how decisions are made-and an essential toolkit for helping others make decisions better. Plenty of books dwell on the faults in our decision-making or offer advice on how to make better choices. The Elements of Choice goes one step further, and explains how we can design better end-to-end decision-making processes. Going well beyond the familiar concepts of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOHCollen, Alanna.
Summary: "You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony.Until recently, we...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2015
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Summary: Literacy advocates with a deep passion for books bestselling author Donalyn Miller and 5th grade teacher Colby Sharp showcase the power of children s access to books, providing teachers and administrators with the tools and information they need to increase children s meaningful interaction with books and to launch or sustain book access initiatives in their communities. Through research and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 028.5 MILSummary: The Halloween theme of ghoulies, ghosts and monsters is reflected in our choice of 50 spine-chillers, all designed to lend your evening a bit of bite. Each of our discs kicks off with an all-time classic, from Bobby 'Boris' Picket & the Crypt-Kickers and Screamin' Jay Hawkins respectively, that tops the lot as far as wierd and winderful goes... This collection of blood-curdling rock and pop is...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Sight and Sound Halloween Display, Call number: CD HOL BESBester, Alfred.
Summary: A collection of science fiction stories, most of them reprints from the 1950s. In Hobson's Choice, tourists from the future visit our age to experience a nuclear war, while Adam and No Eve is on the world's last surviving male.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: "With reproductive freedom under unprecedented attack, Choice Words, edited by poet Annie Finch, takes back the cultural conversation on abortion. A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, Choice Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making, the book spans continents and centuries. This...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2020