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(Fictitious character) Black Panther (Fictitious character) Black Panther History Authors, Danish 20th century Biography Country life Kenya Dinesen, Isak 1885-1962 Homes and haunts Kenya Human beings Origin Kenya Description and travel Kenya Social life and customs 1895-1963 Motion picture music Excerpts Primates EvolutionDinesen, Isak
Summary: In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Various Artists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OUTSummary: What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? A contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Funny yet hard-hitting, the film tackles the thorny subject of cross-cultural relationships with humor and honesty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FANOppenheimer, Stephen.
Summary: Argues that all modern non-Africans can be traced back to a single exodus from Africa, when one migrant group of a few hundred people were forced from their homeland by increasing salinity in the Red Sea, more than 80,000 years ago, and today all non-Africans can trace their mitochondrial DNA to one woman from this group.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 569.9 OPPDinesen, Isak
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1985
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 967.6 DIN(RAINE, NIC, COND.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC OUTPearson, Scott
Summary: "Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos and strong reading level control, this title explores the invasion of Africanized honeybees, including where they came from and their impact within biomes and food webs." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 PEASummary: Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 BRASummary: Examines the discovery of strange and unknown miniature hominid fossil (Homo floresiensis) remains on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Looks at the scientific debate over whether these creatures, nicknamed "hobbits," are a type of dwarf race of humans, possibly suffering from a disease such as microcephaly, or an entirely new species.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALISummary: The common consensus among anthropologists is that modern man emerged from Africa. This program examines new evidence that disputes this theory and alleges that simultaneous to the emergence of Homo erectus in Africa, there were also groups of Homo erectus in Australia. Was there an earlier diaspora that predates the African migration? Is there a single, linear evolution from Homo erectus to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Wiacek, Stephen
Summary: A history of Marvel's iconic character, Black Panther. Wiacek discusses key themes and storylines, with character studies, historical insights, and a discussion on the philosophical importance in the 1960s of a comic book with an all-black cast of heroes and villains.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BLAO'Mara, S. M. (Shane M.)
Summary: "Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. Every day, we put one foot in front of the other-yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantagesit gives us? In this book, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains. From...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612 O'MAAllport, Susan.
Contents: What's for dinner? -- A trip to Greenland -- How the omegas got their name -- Monsieur cholesterol -- Fishy fats -- Tree lard and cow oil -- The chemist in the kitchen -- Out of Africa-- -- And into the membrane -- Where have all the omega-3s gone? -- The speed of life -- Putting omega-3s back into your food supply -- The proof is in the pudding.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.397 ALLSummary: Despite the development of vaccines, polio still finds opportunities to thrive. This program outlines the history of humanity's battle with the virus-including its appearance in ancient Egypt and the 20th-century struggle against it championed by FDR. The video also highlights the present-day efforts of health organizations and charitable groups to globally eradicate the disease. Interviews...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Barry, John
Contents: Out of Africa (4:32) -- Midnight cowboy (4:06) -- Body heat (3:58) -- Somewhere in time (9:01) -- Mary, Queen of Scots (3:45) -- Born free (4:45) -- Dances with wolves (4:11) -- Chaplin (3:27) -- The cotton club (3:50) -- Walkabout (3:03) -- Frances (7:50) -- We have all the time in the world (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service (3:05) -- Moviola (4:34).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic Soundtrax 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BAROsterholm, Michael T.
Summary: Infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.4 OSTBerry, Daina Ramey
Summary: "A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country sinceits inception"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 BERBright, Michael
Summary: Explores the history of human origins, highlighting such early humans as Ardipithecus, Homo habilis, Neanderthals, and Homo erectus.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: words & pictures 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 569.9 BRIWatson, James D.
Summary: "James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from the discovery of the double helix to today's controversies to what the future may hold. Updated to include new findings in gene editing, epigenetics, agricultural chemistry, as well as two entirely new chapters on personal genomics and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 WATLessing, Doris May
Contents: Schlueter, P. Introduction.--The small personal voice.--Preface to The golden notebook.--Newquist, R. Interview with Doris Lessing.--Raskin, J. Doris Lessing at Stony Brook: an interview.--Howe, F. A talk with Doris Lessing.--My father.--Afterword to The story of an African farm, by Olive Schreiner.--Allah be praised.--In the world, not of it.--Vonnegut's responsibility.--Ant's eye view: a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf; [distributed by Random House] 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.9 LESSummary: Out of the great cradle of Africa came several waves of prehistoric hominid populations, some venturing into the Middle East while others crossed land bridges into Spain. This program shows how, over millennia, these nomads laid the groundwork for a permanent human presence in Europe. From La Caune de l'Arago in France to Britain's Boxgrove Cliffs to a Hungarian riverbank where Neanderthals and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Kidjo, Angelique.
Summary: Featuring Kidjo's unique interpretations of songs from artists as diverse as James Brown, Otis Redding, Miriam Makeba, and Santana, and including guests John Legend, Roy Hargrove, and Dianne Reeves, this album is a truly diverse collection reflecting the music that inspired Kidjo growing up.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KIDContents: Out of Africa (The music of goodbye) -- A man and a woman (A man and a woman) -- Woman in red (I just called to say I love you) -- Karate kid Part II (Glory of love) -- Love story (Where do I begin) -- Dirty dancing (The time of my life) -- The Thornbirds (Title theme) -- Doctor Zhivago (Lara's theme) -- Platoon (When a man loves a woman) -- Gone with the wind (Tara's theme) -- La Boum (Your...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Music 1993