Port, Ian S
Summary: Chronicles the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their competition to convince rock stars like The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.87 PORPorat, Dan
Summary: A cobblestone road. A sunny day. A soldier. A gun. A child, arms high in the air. A moment captured on film. But what is the history behind arguably the most recognizable photograph of the Holocaust? In The Boy: A Holocaust Story, the historian Dan Porat unpacks this split second that was immortalized on film and unravels the stories of the individuals--both Jews and Nazis--associated with it. ...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 PORTougias, Mike
Summary: During the height of the blizzard of 1978, a tanker foundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat that was soon in trouble, too. A pilot-boat captain, Frank Quirk, heard of the Coast Guard's plight on his radio. He gathered his crew of four, readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard soon to be...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 551.555 TOUSummary: "Paul Hegeman highlights the music of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt while attempting to unveil the mystery around the purportedly reclusive writer of such famed works as "Tabula Rasa," "Fratres," "Trivium" and "Für Alina," all stirringly performed here. But Hegeman, who also shot the film (with Auke Dijkstra), eschews a typical biographical recounting of the 83-year-old maestro's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THAHorst, Arend Jan van der.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 HorstSummary: Writer and director Faraut revisits the rich bounty of footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe as he competes in the French Open at Paris's Roland Garros Stadium in 1984. Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe's attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOHPorte, Barbara Ann
Summary: Harry is worried about being the ring boy at his Aunt Rose's wedding, after he hears his friend Dorcas tell horror stories about what went wrong at her Uncle Fred's wedding.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HARPERCOLLINS 1991
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PORAly, Götz
Summary: "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 995.3 ALYVan der Post, Laurens
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.7 VANSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVThomas, Iain S.
Summary: What happens when the world's most advanced AI is prompted with the spiritual and philosophical texts that have formed the basis of human belief--and then answers our most pressing questions about life? A bold and daring endeavor, What Makes Us Human? offers a contemporary and moving exploration of what makes us humans, humans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 THOVan Olphen, Bart.
Contents: Alaska : salmon & halibut -- Netherlands : plaice -- Vietnam : clams -- Denmark : mussels -- South Africa : hake -- England : dover sole & mackerel -- California : tuna -- Norway : cod & haddock -- Australia : coorong mullet & mulloway.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.69 VANMueller, Robert S.
Summary: Contains the report, a timeline of the major events of the Mueller investigation, a guide to the important individuals involved, key supporting government filings (including criminal indictments).
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 MUEBurt, Alfred S.
Contents: Ah, bleak and chill the wintry wind -- All on a Christmas morning (Oh, who are these that throng the way) -- Carol of the mother (Sleep, baby mine) -- Caroling, caroling -- Christ in the stranger's guise -- Christmas cometh caroling -- Come, dear children -- Jesu parvule (Poor little Jesus) -- Nigh Bethlehem (Nigh Beth'lem on a wintry night) -- O hearken ye -- Some children see Him -- The star...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollis Music 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.28 BURYan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANVan Zoeren, Tom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.4635 VANSisson, Linda
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Cairn Press 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 SISBurt, Daniel S.
Summary: "The standard guides to historical fiction of all times and places are very out-of-date. Ernest Baker's Guide to Historical Fiction was published in 1914 and the tenth edition of Leonard B. Irwin's Guide to Historical Fiction, the most recent comprehensive guide, was published in 1971 (and is currently out of print). Consequently, this new set, an annotated bibliography of some 7000 historical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gale 1997
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 808.63 BURSummary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRESummary: Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras's career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family's integral role in the ongoing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "The standard guides to historical fiction of all times and places are very out-of-date. Ernest Baker's Guide to Historical Fiction was published in 1914 and the tenth edition of Leonard B. Irwin's Guide to Historical Fiction, the most recent comprehensive guide, was published in 1971 (and is currently out of print). Consequently, this new set, an annotated bibliography of some 7000 historical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gale 1997
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 808.63 BURBurt, Daniel S.
Summary: "The standard guides to historical fiction of all times and places are very out-of-date. Ernest Baker's Guide to Historical Fiction was published in 1914 and the tenth edition of Leonard B. Irwin's Guide to Historical Fiction, the most recent comprehensive guide, was published in 1971 (and is currently out of print). Consequently, this new set, an annotated bibliography of some 7000 historical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gale 1997
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 808.63 BURVan Olphen, Bart
Summary: "95 veggie-loving, globe-trotting recipes for fresh, eco-friendly seafood"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.692 VANStone, Dan.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: National Endowment for the Arts 2006