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Afghan War, 2001- Juvenile literature Afghanistan History 2001- Juvenile literature Alternative rock music Dakota Indians Wars, 1890-1891 Drama Iraq War, 2003-2011 Juvenile literature Persian Gulf War, 1991 Juvenile literature South Dakota Space warfare Fiction United States Wounded Knee Massacre (South Dakota : 1890)Freedman, Russell.
Summary: "Examines World War I, the first global war in which modern weapons inflicted mass slaughter and an estimated 20 million people were killed."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.3 FRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 FREAckerman, Elliot
Summary: "From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award Finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Toward the beginning of [this book], Elliot Ackerman sits in a refugee camp in southern Turkey, across the table from a man named Abu Hassar, who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq and whose connections to the Islamic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACKERMAN, ELLIOT ACKFreedman, Russell.
Contents: Murder in Sarajevo -- Armed to the teeth -- To Berlin! To Paris! -- "The most terrible August in the history of the world" -- Stalemate -- The technology of death and destruction -- Life and death in the trenches -- Over the top -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Battle of the Somme -- The war at sea -- Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies -- "Lafayette, we are here!" America joins the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Wong, Alyssa
Summary: "The rogue archaeologist returns - with a new crew and a new mission! With the Rebel Alliance on the run after their defeat at the Battle of Hoth, it's never been a more dangerous time for outlaws and scoundrels. But after a string of bad luck and near escapes, Doctor Aphra is back on the job - hunting the score of a lifetime that's too good to pass up. To find the cursed Rings of Vaale, Aphra...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC STACastner, Brian.
Summary: "When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer? In this nonfiction thriller Castner takes us inside the manhunt for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 358 CASSummary: Vietnam War. Footage of medical teams evacuating and treating wounded GIs.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1960
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Wendig, Chuck.
Summary: The Battle of Endor shattered the Empire, but the months following the Rebellion's victory have not been easy. The fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate their hunt for the hidden enemy. For her role in the deadly ambush, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane is the most wanted Imperial war criminal--and one-time rebel pilot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2017
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Summary: "More than fifty years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, why is there so little human presence in space? Will we ever reach Mars? What will it take to become a multiplanet species, colonizing the solar system and traveling to other stars? Spacefarers meets these questions head on. While many books have speculated on the possibility of living beyond the Earth, few have delved into the practical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.904 WANMahalia
Contents: Ready -- In my bag -- Terms and conditions -- In my head (feat. Joyce Wrice) -- Cheat (feat. JoJo) -- November (feat. Stormzy) -- Hey stranger -- Isn't it strange? -- It's not me, it's you (feat. Destin Conrad) -- Wassup (feat. Kojey Radical) -- Lose lose -- Goodbyes -- IRL.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MAHLounge Lizards (Musical group)
Contents: The first and royal queen (3:59) -- The birds near her house (11:40) -- Scary children (4:07) -- She drove me mad (4:21) -- Queen of all ears (5:25) -- Monsters over Bangkok (10:13) -- Three crowns of wood (4:01) -- John Zorn's S&M circus (6:13) -- Yak (5:41) -- Queen reprise (3:46).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Strange & Beautiful Music 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ LOUSummary: The struggle between heroes and villains and the influence of a higher force are the essence of mythology and resonate within all cultures, providing storytellers with a natural framework for spinning tales. In this program, George Lucas discusses his efforts to tell old myths in new ways, the role of faith in his own life, and the influence of his mentor, Joseph Campbell. Using extensive film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Plait, Philip C.
Summary: According to astronomer Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen. With humor and wit, Plait details the myriad doomsday events that the cosmos could inflict to destroy the planet and life in general.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 PLAOstrander, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program is devoted to the senses that bring information of more distant events. The camera shows a reckless driver careening down a road-and then takes the viewer inside his eye, where the image of the potential crash site is pictured. The camera enters the ear, showing how the linked bones vibrate in response to a sound, and by using a computer graphic sequence, shows how the eye focuses...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Wrecking Crew (Musical group)
Summary: Soundtrack from the documentary film, The Wrecking Crew was a group of studio musicians in Los Angeles in the 1960s who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rock Beat 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC WRESummary: Currently, three-quarters of all U.S. healthcare dollars are spent on 100 million people with chronic illnesses and conditions. Will a cost-conscious healthcare system, increasingly driven by the market and oriented toward acute care, give them the proper care? This program examines how the chronically ill are faring today in seeking the high-quality, long-term care they need. Special reports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Firme, Tom
Summary: "Learn about the histories of the Persian Gulf (1991), Afghanistan (2001-2014), and Iraq Wars (2003-2011) in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 956.7 FIRChrisp, Peter.
Contents: Pearl Harbor -- Why war came -- Japanese conquests -- Striking back -- The battle of Midway -- Home fronts -- U.S. offensives -- The island campaign -- Attacking Japan -- Atomic bombs -- Victory and defeat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5426 CHRPhilpott, Don.
Summary: "Written with these men and women in mind, The Wounded Warrior Handbook provides our injured heroes and their families with quick, straightforward answers to the questions they suddenly face and guides them through the deluge of processes, procedures, and policies they must adhere to in order to receive the care they deserve and need."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Government Institutes 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1086 PHIRichardson, Heather Cox.
Summary: Argues the fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media were responsible for the massacre of three hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.86 RICMaberry, Jonathan
Summary: Big Dog and V-8 are in the crosshairs of the world's most dangerous special operative: Joe Ledger. And the members of V-8 are tasked to hunt down and obtain plans for a stolen vampire gene screener.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2015
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Hajali, Issam.
Contents: Ana Damir El Motakallim (11:42 min) -- Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard (3:27 min) -- Khobs (3:31 min) -- Lam Azal (3:36 min) -- Ada (4:58 min) -- Yawma Konna (4:34 min) -- Intazirne (3:13 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Habibi Funk 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST HAJPierce, Terry
Summary: Siblings Jack and Jill deal with their dog, Bill, interrupting their T-ball game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PIEDe Souza, Indigo
Contents: Time back -- You can be mean -- Losing -- Wasting your time -- Parking lot -- All of this will end -- Smog -- The water -- Always -- Not my body -- Younger and dumber.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023