Fifty-Nine Parks (Firm)
Summary: "Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.3002 ARTRobertson, Cara
Summary: "The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology--the trial of Lizzie Borden--based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 345.744 ROBRobertson, Cara
Summary: "Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 345.744 ROBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LPBSummary: In August 1969, nearly half a million people gathered at a farm in upstate New York to hear music. What happened over the next three days, however, was far more than a concert. It would become a legendary event, one that would define a generation and mark the end of one of the most turbulent decades in modern history. Occurring just weeks after an American set foot on the moon, the Woodstock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC WOO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOO
Pak, Greg
Summary: "THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE ISLAND IS HERE: Hana and Kenichi finally return to the island seeking refuge with their new travel companions, but are denied entry by Elder Jin and the Islanders who fear the newly mutated byonin. Caught between the Island's defenses, the Shogun's oncoming forces, and the deadly new byonin, Hana and Kenichi must rally their own troops and make one final stand to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RONSummary: Amid high-profile controversies surrounding free speech and racial equality, former American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Ira Glasser reflects on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans, from civil rights leaders to neo-Nazis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIGTurner, Myra Faye
Summary: "In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools had to allow Black students to attend previously all-white schools. On September 4, 1957, nine Black students were set to attend Little Rock Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. But when they arrived, an angry mob of white people spat at them and hurled racist insults. They were also prevented from entering the school by the National Guard....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 379.2 TURPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PATAnastasio, Dina
Summary: Introduces facts about the Super Bowl, including the history of the game, famous players throughout its history, and the spectacle of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.332 ANACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport What AnastasioFitzpatrick, Insha
Summary: From refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger to sparking civil rights protests across America, explore how Rosa Parks's powerful act earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A story of resistance, strength, and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the American Civil Rights leader -- brought to life by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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Summary: "From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery's development-spanning the Stone Age to the present day-blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling. There are not many events in life that can be as simultaneously life-frightening and life-saving as a surgical operation. Yet, in America, tens-of-millions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 617 RUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617 RUTChristensen, Barb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1970
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.486 ChristensenHarl, Kenneth W.
Summary: As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course the Vikings will be studied not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they are equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 1Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 2
Call number: CD 948.022 HAR PART 3
James, Alice
Summary: When was the webcam invented and why? Do imaginary numbers exist? What is fuzzy logic? Find the answers these questions about the amazing world of numbers, computers and coding, along with loads of other curious, amazing and mind-boggling facts, in this eye-catching book that is absolutely bursting with information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM JamesClark, Gary W.
Summary: This book was born out of the need to easily find information that would help establish a date for old pictures during genealogical research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLAMara, Wil.
Summary: Introduces the children to Rosa Parks who is a true American hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PARClark, Gary W.
Summary: The Cased Images and Tintypes KwikGuide is a detailed and clear source of identification tips and photo dating information for daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. This is an indispensable reference tool for genealogists, family historians, and photo collectors who are conducting research on vintage 19th century photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLASummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRClark, Gary W.
Summary: This book was born out of the need to easily find information that would help establish a date for old pictures during genealogical research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PhotoTree.com 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1072 CLASwift, Earl
Summary: "In this follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, Earl Swift rediscovers the final three Apollo Moon landings, arguing that these overlooked missions-distinguished by the use of the revolutionary Lunar Roving Vehicle-were the pinnacle of human exploration"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 SWISummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHRBird, Kai
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIRSummary: By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted--by frauds, fakes, and legions of new, untested chemicals--all threatening the health of consumers across the country. Based on the critically acclaimed book by Deborah Blum, it tells the story of crusading government chemist Harvey Washington Wiley, the man who led the pure food movement against the food...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020