Courtenay, Bryce
Summary: Story of Peekay, an English boy, living in South Africa during World War II whose dream is to become a winner.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COULudwig, Trudy
Summary: "When one child reaches out in friendship to a classmate who seems lonely, she begins a chain reaction of kindness that ripples throughout her school and her community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUDShlain, Tiffany
Summary: "Tiffany Shlain explores how turning off screens one day a week can work wonders on your brain, body, and soul." -- from book jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SHLHaugen, Frances
Summary: "The inside story of one woman's battles against Big Tech, by the Facebook whistleblower who is determined to help us all retake control of our lives. In 2021, when news outlets feasted on "the Facebook Files," Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of pages of documents. She testified to Congress and spoke to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAUGEN, FRANCES HAUSalwen, Kevin.
Summary: It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice, had a eureka moment when she saw a homeless man juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal." This glaring led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 SALSummary: The power of one: An ancient legend comes true when Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres are disturbed after centuries of harmony. As the very forces of nature come unbalanced, life on earth depends on the unlikely teaming of the mytical Pokémon Lugia and a mysterious, "chosen one" foretold in the legend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.561 LEVAgar, Johnny
Summary: "The incredible story of Johnny Agar, born with cerebral palsy and who doctors thought would never walk, overcoming the odds to participate in long-distance endurance races with his dad pushing him, until the final mile when he walks across the finish line." - provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AGAR, JOHNNY AGAHarris, Duchess
Summary: "The news media and its role in society are topics of conversation and debate in today's world. News Literacy looks inside newsrooms, exploring key moments in the history of journalism and explaining how today's journalists work. Examine how news is presented, and learn how advertising, online algorithms, and other modern trends affect the way we experience news. Investigate the phenomenon of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J301.16 HARLucado, Max
Summary: Max Lucado delves into the meaning of Jesus' last hours on the cross. Through his death, your life has purpose and meaning. You are forgiven and loved by a Savior who died for you. And an empty tomb proclaims that death does not have the final word.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 232.96 Lucado 2019Macomber, Debbie.
Summary: Illustrates how simple acts of generosity have lasting life-changing impact on both recipients and givers, sharing true stories of random acts of kindness that have changed lives in unimaginable and wonderful ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241.4 MACOldfield, Sally.
Contents: Flaming star -- Invocation -- Samurai of the sun -- Bird of paradise -- Shaman -- Ascension -- One to the power of one -- Mirrors.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Music 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE OLDGreenwald, Glenn.
Summary: Proposes that a creeping extremism has taken hold of the federal government and, to remain true to America's founding principles, argues that society must fight against the president's unlimited and unchecked powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Working Assets Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 GREFort, Adrian.
Summary: A portrait of the social activist and first female member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons includes coverage of her American ancestry, her determination to use her influence to introduce American ideas into British politics and her relationships with such figures as Winston Churchill, FDR and J. M. Barrie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin'S Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASTOR, NANCY FORSummary: "Sexuality researcher Jane Fleishman shares the stories of nine fearless elders in the LGBTQ community who came of age around the time of Stonewall. In candid interviews, they lay bare their struggles, their strengths, their activism, and their sexual liberation in the context of the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s and today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skinner House Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 STOCooke, Phil
Contents: Introduction: the big questions -- Who's painting the portrait of your life? : the power of intentional living -- Do we really have a destiny? : life's loaded question -- Why one big thing? : living in a culture of distraction -- The power of one big thing : the key to having influence -- The power of perception : is your one thing about having a brand? -- The power of values : why your one big...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 COOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business CookeKey, Stephen.
Contents: Pt. 1. The power of one simple idea -- pt. 2. Find your million-dollar idea -- pt. 3. Prove your idea -- pt. 4. Protect your idea -- pt. 5. Prepare to pitch your idea -- pt. 6. Submit your idea to potential licensees -- pt. 7. Bring your ideas to market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 KEYHarding, Tim.
Contents: By the river -- Array -- The stillness -- Awaken -- Breaking waves -- Stirring -- Selah -- Power of one -- Chasm.
Format: sound recording-musical
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL HARBurrows, Mathew.
Summary: "Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; suddenly, unpredictability became a universal theme and foresight was critical. For the past decade, Burrows has overseen the creation of the Global Trends report--the key futurist guide for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 BURSummary: I beheld his glory: Told from the perspective of Roman centurion, Cornelius, this religious drama follows Christ's fateful trip to Mount Calvary towards His crucifixion. Cornelius, a non-believer, finds his faith during the Seven Last Words.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 4Harnish, Verne
Summary: In this guide, Harnish and his co-authors share practical tools and techniques to help entrepreneurs grow an industry -- dominating business without it killing them -- and actually have fun. Many growth company leaders reach a point where they actually dread adding another customer, employee, or location. It feels like they are just adding more weight to an ever-heavier anchor they are dragging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gazelles Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.022 HARSummary: Encompassing fairy tales, romances, legends, fables, parables, and anecdotes, The Thousand and One Nights is a composite of popular oral stories that developed over several centuries, mainly during the Empire of the Caliphate. This program scrutinizes the wonderfully audacious tale of Scheherazade and what it tells the attentive reader about the dreams of Arab men and women during the empire's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Gladwell, Malcolm
Summary: An introduction to the Tipping Point theory explains how minor changes in ideas and products can increase their popularity and how small adjustments in an individual's immediate environment can alter group behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302 GLACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302 GLAMagoon, Kekla
Summary: "A chapter book biography of Ruby Bridges, part of the She Persisted series"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021