McCutcheon, Susan
Summary: This classic guide to an unmedicated childbirth has been fully revised for the twenty-first century. McCutcheon provides the tools to help readers make informed decisions that will help them avoid unnecessary induction and cesarean surgery. Exercises and nutrition to get your body ready for birthing are discussed, and a full explanation of all aspects of labor and birthing will help defuse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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Summary: "Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging decades of received wisdom, T.H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans--most of them members of farm families living in small communities--were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority. This is the compelling story of our national...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BREFriedan, Betty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 FRISmith, E E
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Books 1977
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SmithSummary: Date rape is a crime of anger, power, and control, not sex. This program follows four girls who meet every morning to discuss their lives, their loves, and their feelings. When one of them is raped by a friend, the consequences are devastating. Did she lead him on? Was it okay, since they had been dating for a while? She said "no," but was that enough? The final portion of the program includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Guerrero, Diane
Summary: "The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, Diane Guerrero presents her personal story in this middle grade memoir about her parents' deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GUEKübler-Ross, Elisabeth.
Summary: One of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and conducted by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. In On Death and Dying, Dr. Kübler-Ross first introduced and explored the now-famous idea of the five stages of dealing with death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1997
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Summary: "The mages begin the second stage of their certification exam: a dangerous expedition into the innermost depths of the ruins of the king's tomb. This time, there are no teams and it's every mage for themselves. Whether they want to team up or not, the challenge they will face--their own clones--will push their skills to the limit"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 FRIVeidlinger, Jeffrey
Summary: "From an award-winning historian, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the Holocaust. Includes illustrations and maps"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.892 VEISummary: Volume 3 serves up the final 90-minute episodes from the fourth season which found the creative team of actors and writers at the top of their game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2005
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Summary: This set compiles the second three albums of a series that explores dementia, its advance, and totality using nostalgia for ballroom music as an allegory of the disease. The Caretaker altered segments of sampled source material and combined them to create the progression of dementia through sound, each stage revealing new points of loss and disintegration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC CARSummary: Two disc set contains the film version of actor Charles Nelson Reilly's autobiographical one-man stage show, with recollections on his childhood in the Bronx and Connecticut, studying in New York, making it to Broadway, and finally going to Hollywood. The second disc has a 2001 performance of "Save it for the stage," a longer production on which the film is based.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Civilian Pictures 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFBlake, Jenny
Summary: "Jenny Blake, bestselling author of Life After College and former career development program manager at Google, shows how to move into your next career phase by leveraging what you already do well. Now, more than ever, we need to navigate career changes deftly and frequently. The average employee tenure in America is just four or five years, and even those job roles often change dramatically...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Today Opera Easy zeroes in on one of the most fascinating and intriguing operas in all of operatic history,” says host Natalie Choquette. “The composer of today’s featured work was born in Germany in 1819 but became a naturalized Frenchman. He was called the King of the Operetta, having written over 90 popular and hilarious operettas for the Parisian stage during the Second Republic. Yet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: Sophocles often won the leading prize at the Dionysia, the principal dramatic festival of Athens; but Oedipus the King was a runner-up, winner of the second prize. Posterity, however, considers the play second to none. The play tells the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone. With Michael...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Perhaps the toughest part of the course, the second year at the National Theatre Conservatory forces actors to cope with the demands of working on multiple projects. In this program, the eight students, now closer and more at ease with each other, must stage a production of The Merchant of Venice in addition to crafting solo Shakespeare performances. John Barton, founding member of the Royal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Molang savors every moment of his life, inspired by joy and wonder. He pays attention to the smallest details, giving meaning to even the tiniest things. Molang puts his heart into his actions, and he has a huge heart. Even when he does absolutely nothing, he does it well! Piu Piu, on the other hand, doesn't like calling attention to himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MOLLowe, Lindsey
Summary: Perhaps the two most visible people on the world stage in the Second World War were Winston Churchill, leader of Great Britain, and Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi regime in Germany. In retrospect, these two historical figures were some of the greatest rivals of all time. In this book, readers learn what happened when Hitler and Churchill were working against each other during WWII....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 LOWSummary: Without remorse or empathy, psychopaths control, even kill, others for personal profit. But every psychopath starts out as a child. Using interviews with forensic psychologists, child psychiatrists, and a 17-year-old named Jonathan who is serving a sentence for first-degree murder, this powerful film elucidates the factors that can transform children into psychopaths. Dr. Elliott Barker,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Heaton, Patricia
Summary: "Patricia Heaton knows what it's like to stage a second act and navigate pivotal transitions in life. When Heaton's children left the nest, she found herself in a new and unfamiliar stage of life, compelling her to evaluate which direction to take next. She discovered she had the time to pursue passions that were previously placed on hold, both personally and professionally. She made her move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon &Schuster 2020