Summary: Regardless of whether it is a planned decision or an unexpected surprise, parenthood is a responsibility that requires the utmost consideration. This program explores the subject of family planning, from birth control options, to pregnancy, to the basics of childbirth. The effects of parenthood on previous personal life goals are discussed. Options for coping with infertility are covered as well.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Thygerson, Alton L.
Contents: Background information -- Action at an emergency -- The human body -- Finding out what's wrong -- CPR -- Automated external defibrillators -- Shock -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Bandaging wounds -- Burns -- Head and spinal injuries -- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Extremity injuries -- Splinting extremities -- Sudden illnesses -- Poisoning -- Bites and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 THYSummary: One 17-minute video. A Meridian Production.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Kleeman, Jenny.
Summary: What if we could have babies without having to bear children, eat meat without killing animals, have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise or choose the time of our painless death? To find out, Jenny Kleeman has interviewed a sex robot, eaten a priceless lab-grown chicken nugget, watched foetuses growing in plastic bags and attended members-only meetings where people learn how to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult KleemanCrane, Cody
Summary: "Knowing how to treat injuries is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can splint a broken finger using only tape? Or that cool water is the first step to treating a burn? Learn all this and more in First Aid -- a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore." -- Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.02 CRAWeschler, Toni
Summary: Offers a natural alternative to ineffective procedures and a biologically proven method of fertility control for avoiding or achieving pregnancy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 WESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Wom WeschlerEig, Jonathan.
Summary: Immersed in radical feminist politics, scientific ingenuity, establishment opposition, and, ultimately, a sea change in social attitudes, this is the fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 EIGPowers, Ann
Summary: "In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic examines how popular music shapes fundamental American ideas and beliefs, allowing us to communicate difficult emotions and truths about our most fraught social issues, most notably sex and race."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 POWSummary: The essence of any cuisine is its herbs and spices-those flavors that define a cuisine's personality. In this video, cookbook author Paulette Mitchell explains how to cook with herbs and spices as she demonstrates how to make herb-roasted vegetables, Caprese salad, basil pesto, and pesto butter-recipes that are as delicious as they are easy to prepare. Correlates to all applicable National and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: From birth to death, in every country on the globe, for tens of thousands of years, the rhythm of human life has been accentuated by the practice of religious ritual. In this program adherents of three different faiths share their understanding of some common rites of passage: a rabbi explains the elements of a Jewish wedding, including some that date back to the book of Genesis; a minister...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Hartung, Tammi
Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635 HARSummary: After World War II, the wholesomeness of American movies faced a tidal wave of change-from outside, as a growing number of provocative foreign films made their way to the U.S., and from within, as car culture flowered and drive-in theaters sprang up across the country. This program documents the period, from the birth of art house cinema to the ascent of boundary-busting American actors and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Witt, Emily
Summary: In Future Sex, Witt captures the experiences of going to bars alone, dating online, and hooking up with strangers. From her home in San Francisco, she decides to say yes to everything and to find her own path. She observes the subcultures she encounters with a wry sense of humor, capturing them in all of their strangeness, ridiculousness, and beauty. The result is an open-minded, honest account...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 WITSumac, Yma.
Contents: La molina (The mill song) -- Flor de canela (Cinnamon flower) -- Gallito caliente (The hot rooster) -- La pampa y la puna (The plains and the mountains) -- Dale que dale (The workers song) -- Llora corazon (Crying heart) -- Huachina (Enchanted lake) -- La perla de chira (The pearl) -- Mi palomita (My pigeon) -- Virgenes del sol (Virgins of the sun) -- Gallito ciego (One-eyed rooster) -- Clamor...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Right Stuff 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING SUMSummary: High-tech motion control cinematography coupled with virtual studio software makes combining live action with computer graphics, miniatures, stock imagery, or other live-action sequences much easier. This program demonstrates how it's done.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Johnston, Jake
Summary: "Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single elected leader holds office, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: The Homesteader's Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family's health and well-being, this book is the go-to resource for those wishing to live a more natural homesteading lifestyle. This book takes readers through the basics of herbalism, including the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year, the Hays Code was scrapped. This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level. Shedding light on the release of The Pawnbroker and director Sidney Lumet's historic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Part one of this program presents the life of Jesus against the backdrop of first-century Judea, inhabited by the Jews and occupied by the forces of the Roman Empire. Was Jesus the long-awaited Messiah? After the Resurrection, Saul of Tarsus, later Paul, became a champion of a budding new religion based on Jesus' teachings: Christianity. Part two traces the spread of the faith and its...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: While the earliest motion pictures were admired simply for their novelty, viewers soon demanded more than raw footage of trains, sneezes, and other random subjects. This program describes the discovery of sex as a surefire cinematic attraction and the outrages it provoked among religious and civic authorities during Hollywood's formative years. Documenting the rise of William Hays as the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Actress
Contents: Nimbus -- Untitled 7 -- Fantasynth -- Blue window -- Cyn -- X22rme -- Runner -- Falling rizlas -- Dancing in the smoke -- Faure in chrome -- There's an angel in the shower -- Visa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ACTTucker, Arthur O.
Summary: "This meticulously researched compendium provides every aspect of growing, identifying, harvesting, preserving, and using more than 500 species of herbs. Thorough profiles provide a plant's botanical name and family, whether it is an annual or perennial,its height, hardiness, light requirements, water consumption, required soil type, and pH. The often fascinating history of the plant, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 TUCRand McNally and Company
Summary: Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset and national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction and conditions contact...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912 RANSummary: Chulas fronteras (58 min., 1976) features the music and culture of Mexican-Americans living in southern Texas, showing food preparation, family life, dances, fieldwork, and other social activities. Del mero corazon (28 min., 1979) is a lyrical journey through the musings of the heart in the Mexican-American Nortena music tradition. Various performers are shown in dancehalls and cantinas,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Films 2003