Summary: "Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story chronicles the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who, through his annual ski films and national tours which began in the early 1950's, was a driving force in the development and promotion of the ski industry in America and throughout the world. Miller, who died in 2018 at the age of 93 while the documentary was still in production, sat with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV ART1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ART
Karsten, Joel
Summary: By now, even the most casual gardeners have heard of straw bale gardening, the pioneering method to gardening introduced by Joel Karsten. Since his first book, Straw Bale Gardens, was published in 2013, this method of growing vegetables has exploded in popularity and is now being practiced across the world.For as many folks that have taken to growing veggies in straw, you will find that each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 KARKirstein, Lincoln
Summary: A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 KIRRogers, Kirsteen.
Summary: Defines key terms and concepts dealing with numbers and number facts, calculations, shape and space, measurements, and data.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 510 ROGHeuer, Karsten.
Summary: In April 2003, newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison embarked on a five-month research journey to migrate more than 2,000 miles with a herd of 120,000 Porcupine Caribou.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.658 HEUMeller, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.62 MELRobson, Kirsteen
Summary: A comprehensive reference book covering everything from planetary physics to genes and DNA. With a glossary of 1,500 scientific terms, key dates, biographies of scientists and inventors and 140 experiments to do at home. QR codes allow readers to access hundreds of carefully selected websites, resources and quizzes - straight to a mobile device.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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Summary: "A fascinating study of animal behavior that reveals them to be as sentient and self-aware as we humans are. In What Do Animals Think and Feel? biologist Karsten Brensing has something astonishing to tell us about the animal kingdom: namely that animals, by any reasonable assessment, have developed the sophisticated systems of social organization and behaviour that human beings call "culture."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books, Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5 BREMillner, Denene
Summary: The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" -Ebony For almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood on her critically acclaimed website MyBrownBaby,com. The site, hailed as a "must-read" by the New York Times, speaks to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden, an Agate imprint 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MILDiller, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 DILMacLeod, Kirsteen
Summary: "An utterly engaging dive into our modern ways of retreat -- where we go, why we're drawn, and how it's urgent From pilgrim paths to forest cabins, and from rented hermitages to arts temples and quiet havens for yoga and meditation, In Praise of Retreat explores the pleasures and powers of this ancient practice for modern people. Kirsteen MacLeod draws on the history of retreat and personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 MACOlsen, Kirstin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 OLSRogers, Kirsteen.
Summary: Explores objects and organisms that can be viewed with a microscope and discusses various kinds of microscopes and microscopy techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 502.82 ROGRogers, Kirsteen.
Summary: Lively illustrations together with hundreds of useful examples will inspire children to grasp the basics, setting them on course for a lifetime of maths confidence and success There are links to carefully selected websites with online maths puzzles, games and resources designed to reinforce the key points.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 510 ROGMüller, Jörg
Summary: Sometimes the answers are easy for parents to come up with ... and sometimes they're a little more complicated. That's what this book is for! When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women should accompany children (and their parents) on the long road to adulthood and allows both groups to explore this new territory together, step by step. Everyone looks different, and everyone has their own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.661 MULMidler, Bette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1979
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Summary: Straw Bale Gardens teaches gardening in a way that isn't only new but is thoroughly innovative and revolutionary to home gardening. It solves every impediment today's home gardeners face: bad soil, weeds, a short growing season, watering problems, limited garden space, and even physical difficulty working at ground level. Developed and pioneered by author and garden expert Joel Karsten, straw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 KARMilles, Harriet.
Summary: This book looks at Japanese, and examines where it is spoken, who speaks it, what alphabet the language is written in, and other interesting facts including introductions on how to say key phrases in Japanese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2012
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Summary: DK's The Bee Book is a wonderful introduction to the humble honeybee: nature's hardest worker, and much more than just a provider of honey! Bees are incredibly industrious, brilliant at building, super social, and--most importantly--responsible for a third of every mouthful of food you eat! Find out how bees talk to one another, what it takes to become a queen bee, what the life of a worker bee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 MILWhite, Kiersten
Summary: While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises. But the greatest danger isn't what lies ahead of Guinevere--it's what's been buried inside her. Vowing to unravel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WHIAnderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)
Summary: Presents the history of the legendary film, from its creation as a novel by L. Frank Baum and the production of the film to the legacy the cultural phenomenon has inspired.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 ANDAnderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)
Summary: Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in the world, and a billionaire who writes her own songs and plays several instruments. Find out how she became the star she is today from growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: "Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015