Summary: When Calgarian Robert Cohen moved to L.A. to pursue his dreams of becoming a comedy writer, he quickly realized that his new friends and colleagues knew nothing but the usual stereotypes about his beloved homeland. After years of frustration, Robert decided to embark on a personal quest, traveling from one end of Canada to the other, to prove Being Canadian is more than just maple syrup and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BEISummary: The fly: Experimental scientist Andre Delambre attempts to transfer matter through space, using himself as the test subject. But things go horrifically wrong when a common housefly buzzes into the machine, resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids. Now, with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, Andre desperately hopes that he, his wife Helene and his brother Francois can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FLYSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Profiles the legendary country music artist, reading advocate, and philanthropist who has sent over one hundred fifty million free books to children through her Imagination Library, and describes the hardships she overcame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am PartonSummary: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek through a personal, intimate look at the life and career of Leonard Nimoy and the enduring appeal of his alter ego, Mr. Spock, as told by his son, Adam Nimoy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORParsons, Alexandra.
Summary: Introduces such notable mammals as the elephant, sloth, koala, and porcupine, explains what makes them unique, and describes the important characteristics of the entire group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1990
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Summary: "Discover how to achieve your dream home on an affordable budget using these inspiring pictures, practical tips, and easy-to-implement tutorials. Most of us don't live in a dream home that was custom built to suit our tastes. We have to work with a housethat brings its own style, quirks, and personality to the table. But imagine walking into this house, but it's perfectly designed and decorated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Worthy Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 PARParsons, Emma
Summary: "Our dogs' behavior issues can often limit their lives and add challenges to ours. Emma Parsons offered hope and revolutionary solutions to thousands of owners of aggressive dogs as well as to professional trainers with her groundbreaking book Click to Calm, Healing the Aggressive Dog. Now, she's done it again. In her new book, The New Click to Calm: Solutions for All Dogs in a Challenging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Karen Pryor Clicker Training 2021
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Summary: A look at the world of produce includes individual profiles of different vegetables and fruits, with facts and lore about each, as well as detailed instructions on how to select, store, and prepare them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.35 PARKram, Mark
Summary: History will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages. A trilogy of extraordinary fights that transcended the world of sports and crossed into a sociocultural drama that divided the country. Joe Frazier was a much more complex figure than just his rivalry with Ali would suggest. In this riveting and nuanced portrayal, acclaimed sportswriter Mark Kram, Jr. unlinks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRAZIER, JOE KRAGrae, Ida.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collier Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 GraeGraf, Mike.
Summary: Describes the Grand Canyon National Park, including its location, history, plants and animals, weather, and activities for visitors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.132 GRAParsons, Gail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stemmer House Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.594 PARParsons, Karyn
Summary: "The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLGrau, Andrée.
Summary: Surveys all forms of dance throughout the world, discussing its cultural and social significance, its costume, its history, and noted dancers and choreographers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 GRAGrim, Patrick.
Summary: Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 1 of 2Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 2 of 2
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Publisher / Publication Date: Produced for Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Mich. by Wayne State University Press 1982
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377438 Congregation SupplementCall number: R GEN 929.377438 Roth
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Summary: Descibes Rocky Mountain National Park, including its location, history, plants and animals, weather, and activities for visitors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.869 GRAGrim, Patrick.
Contents: Part 1, Lecture 1. The dream, the brain, and the machine -- Lecture 2. The mind-body problem -- Lecture 3. Brains and minds, parts and wholes -- Lecture 4. The inner theater -- Lecture 5. Living in the material world -- Lecture 6. A functional approach to the mind -- Lecture 7. What is it about robots -- Lecture 8. Body image -- Lecture 9. Self-identity and other minds -- Lecture 10....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 PHICall number: DVD 100 PHI
Kram, Mark.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 KRAGran, Meredith.
Summary: Collects the first two years of "Octopus Pie," the adventures of Eve, a nerdy acerbic twenty-something and her roommate, Hanna, as they encounter crazed childhood rivals, art world hipsters, meddlesome moms, and boyfriends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Trade Paperbacks 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GRAOram, Hiawyn.
Summary: A little girl with the advice of her wise doll, escape a terrifying witch and her toads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ORABram, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alyson 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 BRAGrim, Randy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpine Blue Ribbon Books 2005