Summary: This program opens in the 1660s when the nature of cold and heat was a complete mystery. Were they different aspects of the same phenomenon? The experiments that settled these questions helped stoke the Industrial Revolution.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CONEakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin of Vanderbilt University delivers twenty-four lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinctive identity of the Americas...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Co. 2002
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 970 EAKCall number: CD 970 EAK PART 2
Weir, Alison
Summary: "Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as 'the common mother of all England'; Adeliza of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballentine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEISummary: This program provides a portrait of Cortez and his world-the real world and the imaginary one painted by theologians, mystics, imaginative travelers, poets, and liars; of the New World as seen by a small number of Spaniards; and of the civilizations of Mesoamerica before they were "discovered"-the world of the Mayas and Aztecs, the nature of Aztec religion and politics. It describes the Battle...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Roesser, Marie
Summary: "The impact of the Norman Conquest in England can't be overstated. After William of Normandy conquered the Anglo-Saxons in 1066, the very culture of England changed, from the social structure to the written language. This carefully researched and accessible volume explains the Normans' strategy, significant events on and off the battlefield, and the key figures to know about this momentous...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 942.02 ROESummary: Although Hernan Cortes hardly considered himself the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl, the Aztecs did-and his conquest of Mesoamerica utterly destroyed their world, exactly as prophesied. In this program, Spanish historian and Oxford University professor Sir John Elliott and cultural historian Dr. Elizabeth Baquedano survey political, cultural, and religious aspects of Aztec civilization; analyze...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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DJ Vadim.
Contents: Andre Gurov mix. -- The pimp theme 126. -- 5 conquistadors. -- Headz still ain't ready - reg reply. -- 1.78 metre high mix. -- Andre Gorov instrumental. -- Lord forgive me part III.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ninja Tune 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DJKool & the Gang
Contents: Funky stuff (3:06) -- Who's gonna take the weight, pts. 1 & 2 (6:22) -- Rhyme tyme people (3:19) -- Hollywood swinging (4:37) -- Love the life you live, pts. 1 & 2 (5:40) -- Give it up (3:38) -- Chocolate buttermilk (2:14) -- Jungle boogie (3:04) -- Let the music take your mind : extended version (4:20) -- Open sesame, pt. 2 (4:26) -- Kool it (here comes the fuzz) (2:47) -- Summer madness :...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KOOSummary: Today's teenagers have money and independence, and their lives are the object of obsessive focus by corporate America. This edition of Frontline explores the culture of today's teenagers and how they view themselves and their parents. Teenage tastes, attitudes, and aspirations are endlessly sampled by marketers to determine exactly what they want, while Hollywood and Madison Avenue tell a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001
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Connolly, John
Summary: Depicts a world where humanity has been conquered by oppressive alien forces and where a group of increasingly powerful young rebels is assisted by an alien ruler's daughter, who risks her life after falling in love with a human.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONDeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CORTES DEAKool & the Gang
Contents: Celebration -- Get down on it -- Fresh -- Too hot -- Take my heart (you can have it if you want it) -- Let's go dancin' (ooh, la, la, la) -- Misled -- Cherish (12" version) -- Ladies night -- Steppin' out -- Joanna -- In the heart -- Take it to the top -- Tonight (12" version) -- No show -- Straight ahead -- Stone love.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicles 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KOOChristopher, John
Summary: Hoping he has learned enough to destroy the monstrous Tripods after being held captive in the City of Gold and Lead, Will and his friends target the source of the Tripods' power to take down the Masters, who counter with an unexpected surprise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Passions flare and tempers rise when three couples cross paths at a country house one weekend. It all begins with the arrival of Reg and his wife, Sarah. They've come to give Reg's younger sister, Annie, a few days' break from caring for their bedridden mother. However, Annie confides that she's seeing someone, not Tom, the single young vet who's pursuing her, but her brother-in-law, Norman....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NormanPerl, Jed
Summary: Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America's unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist's death, is the full story of his life being told in this biography,which is based on unprecedented access to Calder's letters...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALDER, ALEXANDER PERDavis, Miles.
Contents: The studio sessions. Move ; Jeru ; Moon dreams ; Venus de Milo ; Budo ; Deception ; Godchild ; Boplicity ; Rocker ; Israel ; Rouge ; Darn that dream -- The live sessions. Birth of the cool theme ; Symphony Sid announces the band ; Move ; Why do I love you : Godchild ; Symphony Sid introduction ; S'il vous plait ; Moon dreams ; Budo (Hallucination) ; Darn that dream ; Move ; Moon dreams ; Budo...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Jazz 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DAVSummary: In 1940, Hitler's archaeologists excavated sites in Poland to try to prove that Germans had lived there before the Poles-an anthropological justification for political aggression and military invasion. This program explores the use of archaeology as a tool for propaganda and diplomatic machination by focusing on the long-standing connections between Germany and Greece. The program also looks at...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Kuskowski, Alex.
Summary: "Cool Backyard Camping makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Tell a spooky ghost story or delight in a delicious s'more. Make a cushion seat or a glow stick light. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.54 KUSSummary: In 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru. They were exhausted, outnumbered, and terrified, and ahead of them were camped 80,000 Incan troops. And yet within just 24 hours, more than 7,000 Inca warriors were slaughtered, the Incan emperor languished in chains, and the victorious Europeans began what would become a brutal reign that would leave its marks throughout the Americas. This...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Thee Oh Sees (Musical group)
Contents: The gilded cunt -- The dumb drums -- Turn off -- Losers in the sun -- Drone number one -- Island raiders -- Cool deaths -- Broken stems -- We are free -- Drone number two -- You oughta go home.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Narnack Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK THELL Cool J
Summary: Now, in the next evolution of his workout philosophy, LL Cool J shares the secrets that have helped him achieve his greatest goals not only in the gym, but as an actor, father and husband, businessman and multiplatinum musician.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 L.L.Contents: So what / M. Davis -- The Duke / D. Brubeck -- Blues for Pablo / G. Evans -- New rhumba / A. Jamal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eforfilms 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Machajewski, Sarah.
Summary: Young people who love to cook for friends and family and explore new ingredients and flavors in the kitchen may find that a career in the food industry is the perfect fit. The author presents a variety of exciting careers in which one can cook or eat for a living: cook, personal chef, caterer, and food photographer or stylist are just a few delectable choices.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2014