Currie-McGhee, L. K. (Leanne K.)
Summary: An introduction to human trafficking discusses the reasons it still flourishes, the challenges that face victims even after rescue, and how people are working to make a change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 CURThe Focus Groop
Contents: CineToneOne -- Arpington Main -- The Brand Spanking NOW -- Local Computer -- Rotaty Vision -- Village Of Numbers -- Hazy Time -- Refractional -- Stage Craft And Screens -- The Hazy Whom -- The Pseudo Star -- POPPERALL -- Medium In The Mirror -- Sir John Pepper -- Stop Motion Happening -- Other Scene -- Wurlitzer Wheez -- Rendering The Forests -- Kinodrome KOOLAID -- New Toytown Walk -- Pepper's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ghost Box 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC FOCFocus On The Family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On September 30, 2010, a NASA space telescope called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, completed its sweeping goal: to record observations of the entire sky in infrared light. The WISE science team is now sifting through the telescope's two million images to spot objects that no astronomer has ever seen before. WISE's most intriguing finds will include mysterious objects called...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Archaic models of global commerce assume that all parties will benefit equally from free trade. But well-documented exploitation of workers in the developing world has convinced many experts of the need for stronger fair trade practices. This program reports on the efforts of socially concerned entrepreneurs and leaders to safeguard the interests of foreign farmers, producers, and laborers. Bob...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Fleming, Candace
Summary: " "You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time ... That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 FLESummary: The term “tragedy of the commons” was coined to describe what happens when many people vie for the same limited resources, pursuing their own advantage while depleting the stock for all. In this program Hazel Henderson and Leo Burke, director of the Global Commons Initiative, discuss the concept of the financial world as an arena in which everyone has a say. Thanks to the Internet the public...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Zuckerman, Phil
Summary: "The author of Living the Secular Life deconstructs the arguments for a morality informed by religion, urging that major challenges like global warming and growing inequality are best approached from a framework of secular morality /In What It Means To Be Moral: Why Religion is Not Necessary for Living An Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 ZUCSummary: "An anthology bringing together the testimony of over eighty theologians, religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor humans' moral responsibility to the planet in the face of environmental degradation, species extinction, and global climate change"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.1 MOOBrody, Howard.
Contents: The good, the bad, and the ugly : a story of two medications -- An ethical framework -- The pharmaceutical industry and the free market -- Patents, generic drugs, and academic science -- Research and profits -- Suppression of research data -- The quality of pharmaceutical research -- The drug rep: historical background -- The drug rep today -- The influence of drug reps: what the data show --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.2 BROSummary: Historically, the arts in Africa were largely communal and unrecorded. But much has changed over the past century, and this program takes a look at art in sub-Saharan Africa as it exists today through profiles of Senegalese rap groups Alif and Wageble and the rap collective Fight and Forget, who use their music as a form of political activism; Senegalese sculptor Babacar Niang, whose workshop...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Endless Boogie (Musical group)
Contents: Smoking figs in the yard -- The manly vibe -- Bad river -- Executive focus -- Gimmie the awesome -- Steak rock -- Coming down the stairs -- Jammin' with top dollar -- Low-lifes -- Move back!
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: No Quarter Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ENDSummary: Who better for students to learn from about early childhood professions than people already working in the field? Over the course of this video, a variety of high-energy, engaging professionals who work with children talk about some of the choices available to students today. Interviews include a kindergarten teacher, a Head Start associate director of operations, a public health nurse, an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: First-flush runoff from a rainstorm can be as bad, in quality, as raw sewage. What are municipalities doing about it? In this program, Ray Allen, executive director of Coastal Bend Bays Estuaries Program; stormwater engineer Valerie Gray; and many others discuss the positive effects of governmental regulations, stormwater management projects, and runoff purification initiatives. The...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A customer orientation is essential to successful product and market development. Module one of this program demonstrates the concept of key account management by way of the Dutch oil company NAM, which proactively develops solutions to potential client problems, while module two extends that concept to include the operations of R.S. Components in the U.K. Module three analyzes how seemingly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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O'Brien, Anne Sibley
Summary: When the days begin to cool and the leaves change color, the magic of fall is in the air. Features gatefolds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E OBRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OBRSummary: In the current economic downturn, much attention has been paid to the volatile stock market and efforts to overhaul financial regulations. But there's another market out there that some say is even riskier for potential investors: the art market. Does a lack of oversight permit art dealers to manipulate prices? Or is the value of art not determined by money? Is the art market less ethical than...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Zheng, Lily
Summary: "In the age of identity politics, the fear of selling out is rampant--but Zheng and Hansen say there's nothing wrong with it and show how to do it without betraying your deepest values and beliefs"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil ZhengBratton, William J.
Summary: "When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after returning from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard , and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled byextraordinary results, Bratton had a dazzling rise, and ultimately a dazzling career, becoming the most famous police commissioner of modern...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRATTON, WILLIAM J. BRAYussef Kamaal (Musical group)
Contents: Black focus -- Strings of light -- Remembrance -- Yo chavez -- Ayla -- O.G. -- Lowrider -- Mansur's message -- Wingtai drums -- Joint 17.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ KAMFocus on the Family.
Summary: Get answers to the deep questions of life, like: Why would Eugene Meltsner shave his head? Why did the Parkers have a family meeting in the bathroom? How does a hole in a baseball glove change the course of a winning game? The answers to those questions give practical lessons about responsibility, the meaning of true treasure, and God's calling.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Tokumaru, Shugo
Contents: Circle -- Katachi -- Gamma -- Decorate -- Call -- Mubyo -- Poker -- Ord Gate -- Pah-paka -- Tightrope -- Helictite (LeSeMoDe) -- Shirase -- Micro guitar music -- Down down -- Balloon.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Polyvinyl Record Co. 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TOKJennings, Marianne.
Contents: What are the seven signs? Where did they come from? Why should anyone care? -- Sign #1 Pressure to maintain those numbers -- Sign #2 Fear and silence -- Sign #3 Young 'uns and a bigger-than-life CEO -- Sign #4 Weak board -- Sign #5 Conflicts -- Sign #6 Innovation like no other -- Sign #7 Goodness in some areas atones for evil in others -- Applying the signs for the future -- The road ahead.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.4 JENKnapp, Jake
Summary: Do you ever wonder where your day went? Or daydream about activities you'll get to "someday"? Knapp and Zeratsky share their tactics for a four-step daily framework that you can use to systematically re-design your days. Highlight, Laser, Energize, Reflect. You may not be able to add more hours to your day-- but you can learn to make your life your own, day by day. -- adapted from jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2018