Summary: Using scanning electron microscopy, this collection of 36 video clips takes a close-up look at the extraordinary qualities of ordinary things. Journey of the Invisible brings science home-literally-by scrutinizing objects that can be found in and around the house. Video clips include. In the Kitchen * Salt * Bread * Orange * Walnut * Cauliflower * Oat Flakes * Coffee Bean * Coconut *...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Pejrolo, Andrea.
Summary: An inspirational guide for all levels of expertise, Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows you how to get the most out of the four leading audio sequencers, Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Using real-life examples, Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates a wide range of technical and creative techniques, giving you tips and new ideas to help you take your work to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Focal Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1374 PEJWang, Sam
Summary: In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 NEUCall number: DVD 612.8 NEU
Summary: This collection of 7 dazzling video clips focuses on various aspects of genetics ranging from history's DNA eureka moment, paternity testing, structural degradation of DNA, and tumor research using transgenic mice; to a human death gene and the role of stem cells in a freshwater polyp known as the hydra; to a case of gender/chromosome mismatch in which a girl is unable to naturally mature into...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 34 visually stunning video clips explores the environment and facets of physics. Properties of rain, ice, snow, oil, trees, volcanoes, and salt are examined, as are aspects of quantum physics, light phenomena, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, Newton's Laws, and electricity.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Look around you. Great masterpieces of engineering are everywhere. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Yet they are just as remarkable as great works such as the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, and the Panama Canal. Everyday...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 620 EVECall number: DVD 620 EVE
Summary: This collection of 24 visually stunning video clips sheds light on pain, aging, and health threats. Special attention is given to the spine, a common source of discomfort; the effects of old age at both the macro and micro levels; and a variety of risks to physical well-being: malarial infection, food-related pathogens, alcohol overconsumption, naturally occurring bodily toxins, the common...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life is an indispensable guide to the way things work in the world around you. Conducting this eye-opening tour is Professor Stephen Ressler of the United States Military Academy at West Point, an award-winning civil engineer and a nationally honored leader in engineering education.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2015
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Summary: This collection of 13 spectacular video clips offers insights into weight management, nutritional supplements, and more. Healthy and unhealthy eating, vitamins and vitamin deficiencies, food additives, and the actions of salt and water in the body are considered. Video clips include. Weight Control * Battling the Bulge: Overindulgence * Battling the Bulge: Glycemic Index * Battling the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Keates, Jonathan
Summary: In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent choruses. Jonathan Keates recounts the history and afterlife of Messiah, one of the best-loved works in the classical repertoire. He relates the composition's first performances and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 KEASummary: Everyone has the desire to arrange things in a way that is most pleasing to the eye. In painting, composition involves arranging every ingredient-shape, color, texture, and light-so that working together, they create artistic balance. In this program, artist Ray Richardson deliberately chooses a long, slim canvas to challenge his compositional abilities. As he confronts his quest to create a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Reich, Robert B.
Summary: Offers an analysis of the clash between capitalism and democracy to create a system that has enlarged the economic pie while making democracy less effective, detailing inequities of income and wealth, job insecurity, and the escalating effects of global warming.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.97301 REIMiller, Michael
Summary: A step by step guide to composing music.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.3 MILHawke, David Freeman.
Summary: Describes seventeenth century American farms, houses, health care, manners, crimes and punishments, warfare, and superstition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 HawMarsico, Katie
Summary: As parasites that attach themselves to humans and a variety of other unsuspecting hosts, lice are far from the most well-loved animal species on Earth. However, there is a lot to learn about these interesting creatures. Readers will find out where lice live, why they attach themselves to other animals, and how they can spread diseases. They will also learn how these insects reproduce and what...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 MARShors, Tracey
Summary: "A neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especially for women-and how we can learn to heal ourselves Everyone experiences trauma. Whether a specific harrowing event or a series of stressful moments that culminate over time, trauma can echoand etch itself into our brain as we remember it again and again throughout our lives. In Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 SHOGooch, Brad
Summary: "A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. In the 1980s, the subways of New York City were covered with art. In the stations, black matte sheets were pasted over outdated ads, and unsigned chalk drawings often popped up on these blank spaces. These temporary chalk drawings numbered in the thousands and became synonymous with a city as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARING, KEITH GOOStone-Gordon, Tammy.
Contents: Introduction : historical display, commerce, and community -- Toward a new typology of historical exhibition in the United States -- Community exhibition : history, identity, and dialogue -- Entrepreneurial exhibition : historical display and the small business tradition -- Vernacular exhibition and the business of history -- Local history, global economy : the functions of history exhibits in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AltaMira Press 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 973.075Summary: Living life without a goal is like taking a trip without selecting a destination. This program explains the difference between goals and dreams; distinguishes between short- and long-term goals as well as personal, physical, financial, academic, and career goals; and offers strategies for achieving them. The importance of putting goals in writing, setting a timetable, staying focused, and being...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Robbins, Mel
Summary: "Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself? Using the science of habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Savio Republic 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179 ROBWolf, Stephanie Grauman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WOLSlightly Stoopid (Musical group)
Contents: Glocks (2:53) -- Stay the same (prayer for you) / (featuring Don Carlos) (3:45) -- Fire below (3:37) -- If you want it / (featuring Alborosie) (4:01) -- Too late (3:33) -- Livin' in Babylon / (featuring Yellowman) (3:24) -- Higher now / (featuring Chali 2Na) (3:14) -- Legalize it / (featuring Ali Campbell) (3:37) -- No one stops us now ; Nobody knows (3:36) -- Talk too much / (featuring...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Stoopid Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SLIContents: Ocean echoes -- Songs of the surf -- Rhythm of the tides -- Waltz of the waters -- Ocean's siren songs -- Lullaby of the sea -- Enchanted moments -- Mystic melody -- Serenity -- Serenade of the spirits.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sunshine Mountain Productions, Inc. 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE FLUGilbert, Avery N.
Summary: Everything about the sense of smell fascinates us, from its power to evoke memories to its ability to change our moods and influence our behavior. Yet because it is the least understood of the senses, myths abound. For example, contrary to popular belief, the human nose is almost as sensitive as the noses of many animals, including dogs; blind people do not have enhanced powers of smell; and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008