Sidman, Joyce.
Summary: A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 811.54 SIDWasserstrom, Jeffrey N
Summary: "On the frontlines of the battle for democracy in China The rise of Hong Kong is the story of a miraculous post-War boom, when Chinese refugees flocked to a small British colony, and, in less than fifty years, transformed it into one of the great financial centers of the world. The unraveling of Hong Kong, on the other hand, shatters the grand illusion of China ever having the intention of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.2506 WASEngland, Vaudine
Summary: "Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.2506 ENGSummary: On July 1, 1997, as China's flag was raised over Hong Kong, the world wondered: would the former British crown colony be swallowed up by Beijing, or would it be business as usual in Asia's financial crown jewel? This program, filmed five years after the handover, takes a close look at Hong Kong's declining fortunes, due in part to sociopolitical changes and to the bursting of the Asian economic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Dapiran, Antony
Summary: Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a pro-democracy movement that engulfed the city for months. Protesters fought street battles with police, and the unrest brought the People's Liberation Army to the very doorstep of Hong Kong. Driven primarily by students and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 DAPNadler, Marissa.
Contents: Diamond heart -- Dying breed -- Mexican summer -- Thinking of you -- Silvia -- Bird on your grave -- Rachel -- Feathers -- Famous blue raincoat -- My love and I -- Leather made shoes.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Kemado 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NADCheung, Karen
Summary: "In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEUNG, KAREN CHEMorrow, Bethany C.
Summary: Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MORSummary: Kyoto's immense underground spring has nourished Japan's former capital for more than a thousand years. This program illustrates how Kyoto's incomparable spring water has been integrated into the flow of the city's culture and industry, adding its purifying touch to the tea ceremony, festivals and religious rituals, the disparate arts of kimono-making and tofu-making, and the landscaping of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Song of the Lakes (Musical group)
Summary: "This musical yarn is based on the 20th century masterpiece by Holling Clancy Holling of an adventurous little paddle-man who makes his winding way through the Great Lakes to the salt water sea." -- container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Frontier Recording 2004
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL SONSummary: Tiken Jah Fakoly is a star with a conscience. A hugely popular reggae singer from the Ivory Coast, he criticizes politicians through lyrics. As a result, he lives in exile in Mali. Unafraid of controversy, Fakoly believes that the real freedom Africans deserve will only start when education is accessible to all. Malian actress and social activist Fatoumata Coulibaly leads a campaign against...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Lawton, Wendy.
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Olive Oatman's wagon train is raided by outlaw Indians, she and her sister are captured, only to be ransomed later by a band of Mohaves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LAWSummary: Until a miracle changes their minds, church and state officials persecute a simple, ingenuous peasant girl who claims to have seen a vision of "a beautiful lady."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SONContents: Guantanamera (Jackson Browne and Joan Baez) -- If I had a hammer (Billy Bragg with Eliza Carthy) -- Words, words, words (John Wesley Harding and the Minus 5) -- Walking down death row (Steve Earle) -- Oh, had I a golden thread (Dar Williams and Toshi Reagon) -- 66 Highway blues (Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger) -- Talking union (John McCutcheon and Corey Harris) -- Maple syrup time (Moxy FrFuvous)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Appleseed Recordings 2001
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SEEBarr, Mike W.
Summary: BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON combines great character development and superb writing to realistically tell a tale in which Batman must form an uneasy alliance with his greatest adversary. When a demented terrorist creates a weapon that allows him to control the weather, the Dark Knight Detective joins forces with Ra's al Ghul and his daughter Talia in order to stop the madman from creating...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 1987
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATBlack, Sonia W.
Summary: "NEW "Rookie" series teaching kids about the importance of water!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.48 BLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.48 BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J551.48 BLAMifflin, Margot
Summary: Tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohave, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own. She was fully assimilated and perfectly happy when, at nineteen, she was ransomed back to white society.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.004 OATMAN, OLIVE ANN MIFSomervill, Barbara A.
Summary: One of the world’s major economic centers, Hong Kong occupies a unique status as both a part of China and a mostly independent region. Readers will get an up-close look at Hong Kong’s stunning cityscapes and green hills as they learn about the region’s people and culture. They will also learn about Hong Kong’s long, fascinating history, from its earliest settlement thousands of years ago to its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951.2 SOMSONS OF THE PIONEERS
Contents: When pay day rolls around -- Sagebrush symphony -- Song of the bandit -- Ne-ha-nee -- The howlin' pup -- Rocky Mountain Express -- One more ride -- So long to the Red River Valley -- Coyote serenade -- South in my soul -- Cool water -- Rainbow over the range -- Happy cowboy -- The Texas crapshooter -- At the old barn dance -- Move along you lazy cattle -- Swingin' the bow -- Whoopee ti yi yo --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soundies/Bloodshot 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY SONSummary: As the founding member, lyricist, composer and creative force behind Pink Floyd, this powerful film presents Waters powerful music in stunning form and highlights its' message of human rights, liberty, and love. Based around his acclaimed, sold-out worldwide tour of 2017-18, comprising a total of 156 shows to 2.3 million people across the globe, it features classic songs from The Dark Side of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROGLaraaji
Contents: Bring on the sun. Introspection -- Harmonica drone -- Enthusiasm -- Laraajazzi -- Change -- Reborn in Virginia -- Open the gift -- Ocean flow zither.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE LARGlennon, Robert Jerome
Contents: 1. The worth of water in the United States -- 2. Human reliance on groundwater -- 3. How does a river go dry : the Santa Cruz in Tucson -- 4. A river at risk : the Upper San Pedro River in Arizona -- 5. Tampa Bay's avarice : Cypress Groves, wetlands, springs, and lakes in Florida -- 6. The tourist's mirage : San Antonio's River Walk, the Edwards Aquifer, and endangered species -- 7. Suburban...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 GLEStager, Curt
Contents: Walden -- Waters of life, waters of death -- Lakes through the looking glass -- The Great Rift -- Galilee -- Sky water -- Heritage lakes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 551.48 STADublanica, Steve.
Summary: Taken from the popular blog, WaiterRant.net, tells the story from the server's point of view about customer stupidity, arrogance, misbehavior and even human grace.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2009