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Biotechnology in the 21st century (New York, N.Y.) Great courses (Compact disc) Great ideas of philosophy Language of photography Oxford American English Oxford books of verse Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) Science on the newshour Wild world handbookNew College (University of Oxford)
Contents: Agnus Dei / Barber (7:57) -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré (5:14) -- Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) / Palestrina (4:14) -- Ave Verum Corpus / Mozart (3:05) -- Jesus bleibet meine Freude / Bach (2:56) -- Ave Maria / Rachmaninov (3:25) -- Lux aeterna / Elgar (3:43) -- Totsu Tuus / Górecki (9:07) -- Hear my prayer / Mendelssohn (10:57) -- The lamb / Tavener (3:10) -- In paradisum (requiem) /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Erato 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL AGNSummary: The Nuclear Age-sprung upon the world with the atomic bomb-remains a bitter memory. How biotechnology, with its power to change life on Earth at the most fundamental level, will be viewed in the decades to come depends on decisions being made right now. This program confronts viewers with some of the ethical and moral implications of cloning, stem cell research, and animal testing. Commentary...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Parnwell, E. C.
Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Russian speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.73 PARSummary: The technology of cloning has raised a host of moral, ethical, and religious questions, and this program examines many of them. The "dangers" of cloning, from shrinking gene pools, to the development of a "super race," to fears that cloned DNA could introduce genetic flaws into the population, are examined. A theologian discusses how cloning changes our notion of soul. Harold Shapiro, chairman...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Koterski, Joseph W.
Summary: A review of the views of Aristotle about morality through the study of his Nicomachean ethics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 171.3 KOTSummary: This edition is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for Environmental Resources and Statistics. Section I: Resources, provides detailed contact information for thousands of information sources, including Associations & Organizations, Awards & Honors, Conferences, Foundations & Grants, Environmental Health, Government Agencies, National Parks & Wildlife Refuges, Publications, Research...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing 2017
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 363.7 ENVLear, Jonathan.
Contents: After this, nothing happened -- Ethics at the horizon -- Critique of abysmal reasoning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 LEADu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Contents: The forethought -- Of our spiritual strivings -- Of the dawn of freedom -- Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others -- Of the meaning of progress -- Of the wings of Atalanta -- Of the training of Black men -- Of the Black belt -- Of the quest of the Golden Fleece -- Of the sons of master and man -- Of the faith of the fathers -- Of the passing of the first-born -- Of Alexander Crummell -- Of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2007
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 DU BSummary: Photographs have the potential to present powerful truths-or to create convincing fictions. This program uses case studies involving Iwo Jima, Elian Gonzalez, and O. J. Simpson to show how images can be manipulated to influence the way viewers perceive events. The ethics of photography and the positive and negative impacts of digital technology, which is steadily eroding the border between...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: "Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition of this established dictionary offers entries on all aspects of the classical world. With reception and anthropology as new focus areas and numerous new entries, it is an essential reference work for students, scholars, and teachers of classics and for anyone with an interest in the classical era"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2012
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 938.003 OXFSummary: PGD, or pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, allows doctors and parents to screen brand-new embryos for genetic diseases. This program illustrates the PGD process and what it implies-from lifesaving medical solutions to what many see as the Nazi-esque disposal of life. The experiences of couples considering or undergoing PGD are featured-including the story of Leanne and Stephen, who ignited...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Baggini, Julian.
Summary: In [this book] Julian Baggini, one of Britain's best-known philosophers, condenses complex, contemporary issues of right and wrong into 20 key questions. He examines how we can start to answer them, what they might mean to us and how they influence the way we choose to live our lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BAGSummary: On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced his support for federal funding of limited embryonic stem cell research. This NewsHour program offers a revealing snapshot of that historic intersection between science and public policy. It features a panel of ethicists and researchers expressing their views on the President's decisions-including University of Chicago professor Leon Kass,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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George Philip & Son
Summary: Provides maps and satellite photography that reflect the most recent political, economic, and demographic statistics, and presents articles addressing the environment and population matters in major cities of the world.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: OVS 912 OXFDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Contents: The planting colonies -- The farming colonies -- The trading colonies -- The period of revolution, 1774-1787 -- The federal convention, 1787 -- Toussaint L'Ouverture and anti-slavery effort, 1787-1806 -- The period of attempted suppression, 1807-1825 -- The international status of the slave-trade, 1783-1862 -- The rise of the cotton kingdom, 1820-1850 -- The final crisis, 1850-1870 -- The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.1 DUBOxford Collapse.
Contents: Electric arc -- The birthday wars -- Vernon-Jackson -- Young love delivers -- Back of the yards -- A wedding -- Featherbeds -- For the winter coats -- Men & their ideas -- Children's crusade -- John blood -- B-roll -- I hate nobody.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sup Pop Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OXFSummary: This NewsHour program scrutinizes the state of business ethics in an America riddled with financial fraud. In segment one, correspondent Paul Solman and Columbia Business School's Barbara Toffler cite Arthur Andersen and Stew Leonard, Sr., as examples of ethics gone awry. Segment two gathers the opinions of veteran business journalists Adam Smith, Carol Loomis, Allan Sloan, Jim Grant, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8,000 years old, dating back to the Neolithic era. Yet, after all of these thousands of years we are still finding new ways to combine the same four basic ingredients--milk, bacteria, salt, and enzymes--into new and exciting products with vastly different shapes, sizes, and colors, and equally complex and varied tastes, textures, and, yes, aromas....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 637 OXFAhn, Eddie
Summary: "A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 AHN, EDDIE AHNDebbink, Andrea
Summary: "A middle-grade guide to environmental stewardship and protecting diverse creatures"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 DEBSummary: Whether they arise from human causes or forces within planet Earth itself, natural disasters threaten life and civilization with what seems to be growing frequency. This album of NewsHour segments studies troubling developments in marine, arctic, wetland, and urban environments—highlighting research opportunities that may help prevent future catastrophes. Coral reef decay, Everglades habitat...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Gilio-Whitaker, Dina
Summary: "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 GILPierce, Jessica
Summary: "Through a mix of personal stories, philosophical reflections and scientifically informed analyses of animal behavior and natural history, a bioethicist takes readers on a mindful exploration of the ethics and experiences of pet ownership, and asks if we are doing the right thing, keeping these independent beings locked up, subject to our control."--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2016