Summary: "Every year, over a million babies are born worldwide with a hereditary disease; most are serious, and many are fatal. For most of the history of medicine, doctors could only treat symptoms. Now an elite cadre of pioneers, gene doctors, is starting to target root causes. Through intimate stories of families whose lives are being transformed, the film takes viewers to the frontlines of a medical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GENSummary: Likening the beauty and complexity of DNA to an epic poem, this program revolves around the idea that we all carry the story of life on Earth in our genes, and that the similarities between species may play a more significant role in that story than previously thought. A visit to Iceland's hot springs reveals heat-, acid-, and salt-resistant organisms called Archaea-primordial versions of which...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Expanding on the subject of DNA, this intro-level program explores the central processes that govern the continuation of all life. Beginning with a discussion of Watson and Crick's pivotal 1953 paper describing the structure of DNA and its possible role in heredity, the program describes Crick's collaboration with Sydney Brenner in solving the DNA-to-protein puzzle and the role of RNA in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program discusses the dangers of selecting and breeding better and better and fewer and fewer varieties. It explains the dangers of depleting the gene bank: when new diseases or predators appear, entire species may be wiped out because no naturally-resistant varieties remain; and the smaller number of varieties offered tend to omit the regionally well-adapted ones in favor of more...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Although the impact of genetic research on human life is an ever-changing and often theoretical prospect, our current knowledge of the human genome already has direct, real-world applications. This program looks at several ways in which genetic breakthroughs have improved health care technology and enriched the study of human physiology. Case studies focus on DNA screening and its benefits-for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Ammons, Gene.
Contents: Twisting the jug (4:38) -- Born to be blue (7:18) -- Satin doll (6:43) -- Moten swing (4:56) -- Stormy Monday blues (8:40) -- Down the line (5:38) -- Velvet soul (8:54) -- In Sid's thing (5:25) -- Blue room (5:34) -- Water jug (5:10) -- Angel eyes (8:45) -- Gettin' around (6:50).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Prestige 1977
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ AMMMukherjee, Siddhartha
Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children. The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 MUKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.042 MUKSummary: Scientific genetics, little more than a century old, holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. It traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GENJethro Tull (Musical group)
Contents: Mrs. Tibbets -- Jacob's tales -- Mine is the mountain -- The zealot gene -- Shoshana sleeping -- Sad city sisters -- Barren Beth, Wild Desert John -- The betrayal of Joshua Kynde -- Where did Saturday go? -- Three loves, three -- In brief visitation -- The fisherman of Ephesus.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Jethro 2022Armstrong, Sue
Summary: p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code tells the story of the discovery of the gene and of medical science's mission to unravel its mysteries and get to the heart of what happens in our cells when they turn cancerous. Through the personal accounts of key researchers, the book reveals the excitement of the hunt for new cures -- the hype, the enthusiasm, the lost opportunities, the blind...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 ARMAutry, Gene
Contents: The yellow rose of Texas -- The last round-up -- Tumblin' Tumbleweeds -- Mexicali rose -- Take me back to my boots & saddle -- Back in the saddle again -- El Rancho Grande -- Blueberry Hill -- The call of the Canyon -- You are my sunshine -- It makes no difference now -- Anapola -- Maria Elena -- Deep in the heart of Texas -- I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes -- (I've got spurs that)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Legacy 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY AUTDawkins, Richard
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Wilson, F. Paul (Francis Paul)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Wilson 2018Riddle, A. G.
Summary: Dr. Kate Warner left California for Jakarta, Indonesia to escape her past. She has yet to put her life back together, but she has made a remarkable discovery: a cure for autism. But when two children in her research study are abducted, Kate is plunged into a world of intrigue and conspiracies. She quickly learns that her work is not what it seems. Her research could rewrite everything we know...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A.G. Riddle 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Hoosiers: Norman Dale is a basketball coach whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members, an icy fellow teacher and townspeople, Dale perseveres with an unwavering passion for the game ; The French connection: New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GENEpstein, David J.
Summary: Explores the roles of both genetics and training in athletic success, arguing that both are equally necessary components of athletic achievement while considering such topics as race, gender, and genetic testing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Current 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.7 EPSRiders in the Sky
Contents: Back in the saddle again -- Sioux City Sue -- Mexicali Rose -- You are my sunshine -- Have I told you lately that I love you? -- Can't shake the sands of Texas from my shoes -- That silver haired daddy of mine -- Be honest with me -- Blue Canadian Rockies -- Lonely river -- South of the border -- Ridin' down the canyon Bonus tracks Take me back to my boots and saddle -- Last roundup -- Riders...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records Corp. 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY RIDRochman, Bonnie
Summary: "A researched exploration of the promises and vulnerabilities of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions considers key scientific, technological and political factors while sharing the stories of men and women struggling to understand the range of the tests and their revelations,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616 ROCEldredge, Niles.
Contents: The duality of life -- Obsessed with genes -- Chickens and eggs : the two sides of life -- The natural economy -- The consequences of baby making -- Economics + babies + time = evolution -- Clones, colonies, and social life -- Human singularities -- Naught so queere as folke : the strange biology of modern humans -- The human triangle -- Sex decoupled -- Up close and personal : sex, power,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.3 ELDRains, Gene.
Contents: Hana Maui -- Harbor lights -- Ringo oiwake -- Lotus land -- Africa -- Jungle drums -- Far across the sea -- Love theme from The world of Suzie Wong -- Strange cargo -- Sayonara -- Caravan -- Bangkok cockfight -- Tiki -- Song of Delilah -- Mapuana -- Soshu night serenade -- Lonely winter -- Flamingo -- Jasmine and jade.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC RAITwitty, Michael
Summary: "Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty brings a fresh perspective to our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry--both black and white--through food, from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom. Southern food is integral to the American culinary tradition, yet the question of who "owns" it is one of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 TWIBarrowcliffe, Mark.
Summary: In this attempt to understand the true inner nerd of the adolescent male, Barrowcliffe relates how he and twenty million other boys grew up in the '70s and '80s absorbed in the world of fantasy role-playing games like Dungeon & Dragons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARROWCLIFFE, MARK BARSummary: "Gene Clark was one of the last century's most gifted songwriters. These eclectic interpretations of songs drawn from his time with the Byrds through to his solo masterpiece "No Other" provide the irrefutable proof" -- Back of case.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CLAHorner, Doug
Summary: When the police and FBI exhaust their abilities and options, and when grieving families run out of resources, their last best hope has been an Idaho couple who have spent their retirement years pursuing lost causes — and have located 130 victims from lakes and rivers across the United States and Canada. Gene and Sandy Ralston, a married Idaho couple in their mid 70s, are self-taught underwater...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2024