Heller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELWeill, Kelly
Summary: "A history of the Flat Earth movement and a look at the recent boom in conspiratorial thinking in America"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.9 WEISummary: Branding, quality control, overseas expansion-these concepts are no longer limited to the business world. Schools, colleges, and universities are under increasing pressure to operate like international companies, adopting corporate business models and intensely pursuing "customers" in the global marketplace. Filmed in the United Kingdom, China, India, and Malaysia, this program examines the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Brown, Jeff
Contents: Flat Stanley and the firehouse -- Flat Stanley at bat -- Flat Stanley goes camping -- Flat Stanley and the very big cookie -- Flat Stanley: on ice -- Flat Stanley and the lost treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Daynes, Katie
Summary: "This excellent addition to the ever popular Questions & Answers series lifts the flap on all kinds of gadgets, systems and ideas. It answers questions such as How does electricity get into our walls? Why do waves go up and down? and Where does money come from? Perfect for every inquisitive child"--Publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM DaynesWilson, Edward O.
Summary: "Summary Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants-from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest. " Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony. . . . Their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg," writes Edward O. Wilson in his most finely observed work in decades. In a myrmecological tour to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 WILSummary: The 2009 installment in Wide Angle's Time for School series reenters the lives of seven students in seven different countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide battle to get what most American children take for granted: a basic education. These riveting case studies in India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Benin, Brazil, Japan, and Romania feature young teenagers embracing academic challenges that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series explores how Army radio stations and newspapers keep soldiers informed, how soldiers can further their education overseas by attending foreign universities, and how recruiting highly qualified teachers from the United States gives children of all ages the opportunity of attending schools, just as at home. This video from the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Kozol, Jonathan
Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Indiana, Gary.
Summary: From the Publisher: In the summer of 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled 32 Soup Cans in his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles-and sent the art world reeling. The responses ran from incredulity to outrage; the poet Taylor Mead described the exhibition as "a brilliant slap in the face to America." The exhibition put Warhol on the map-and transformed American culture forever. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 INDSummary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: From the executive producers of Super Size Me and Director Sara Sackner, this program examines the deplorable atrophy of arts education in America's classrooms by contrasting the crisis with the story of one very dedicated, inspiring high school drama teacher: Jay W. Jensen, who over a 50-year career touched the lives of many with the transformational power of the arts. Renowned pupils-actor...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In 1983, the Reagan Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform. This program explores the impact of the "free market" experiments that ensued, from vouchers and charter schools to privatization-all with the goal of meeting tough new academic standards. Today, the debate rages on: do these diverse...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Meltzer, Milton
Contents: Introduction -- Hammurabi -- David -- Alexander the Great -- Attila -- Charlemagne -- Kublai Khan -- Mansa Musa -- Atahualpa -- Louis XIV -- Peter the Great.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MELSchneider, Jack
Summary: "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door is about the right-wing agenda to dismantle public education, assessing the myriads of ways our education system is being eroded with privatization measures that exacerbate inequality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 SCHClavel, Teru
Summary: "Combining the humor and warmth of Bringing Up Baby with the insight of The Smartest Kids in the World, World Class is a firsthand exploration of how American schools are failing our children, and what parents can learn from the Asian education system tohelp our children excel in today's competitive world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 370.9 CLAFlay, Bobby
Summary: "Bobby Flay shares 100 Flay family favorites from years in the kitchen with his number-one fan (and toughest critic!): his daughter, Sophie. Few things make Bobby Flay happier than cooking for his daughter, Sophie. A news reporter in Los Angeles and co-host of The Flay List on the Food Network, Sophie grew up around Bobby's restaurants and shares his passion for all things delicious. In Sundays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Driver, Justin
Summary: "An award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor) gives us an engaging and alarming book that aims to vindicate the rights of public school students, which have so often been undermined by the Supreme Court in recent decades. Judicial decisions assessing the constitutional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.73 DRIGaron, Jon M.
Summary: "Reviews the broad landscape of legal and practical issues facing parents and adolescents when using smart phones and online technologies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.67 GARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent GaronRand McNally and Company
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1972
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 912 RANPower, Samantha
Summary: Pulitzer Prize winning humanitarian Samantha Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" In this memoir, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. In 2005, her critiques of U.S. foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POWER, SAMANTHA POWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B POWER POWSummary: Join Peep, Chirp, and Quack as they dive into six new fun-filled adventures. Sail a toy boat, see the power of duck feet in action, help fish understand the world 'up there,' make boats float and sink, and much more!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Among new HIV cases, heterosexual patients are the majority-and high-risk behavior appears to be on the rise in many young demographic groups. What does this tell us about evolving attitudes towards AIDS? How do factors such as immigration, cultural tradition, economic disparity, and government inaction come into play? Writer and actor Stephen Fry pushes for answers, infusing this program with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Antony and the Johnsons
Contents: Cut the world -- Future feminism -- Cripple and the starfish -- You are my sister -- Swanlights -- Epilepsy is dancing -- Another world -- Kiss my name -- I fell in love with a dead boy -- Rapture -- The crying light -- Twilight.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Secretly Canadian 2012