Billman, Jon

Summary: "Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people who vanish in the wilderness without a trace and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them."--Publisher's website.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2336 BIL

Wilkman, Jon

Summary: "Even with claims of a new 'post-truth' era, documentary filmmaking has experienced a golden age. Today, more nonfiction movies are made and widely viewed than ever before, illuminating and compounding our increasingly fraught relationship with what's true in politics and culture. How did this happen? Providing answers, Screening Reality is a widescreen view of the rarely examined relationship...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.1 WIL

Biale, David

Summary: This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 BIA

Fullman, Joe.

Summary: Includes step-by-step, illustrated instructions for thirteen card tricks, plus performance tips and stories of famous magicians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.85 FUL

Summary: Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TIL 1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIL

Summary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOM

Kramer, Mattea/ Comerford, Jo (CON)/ Dana, Samantha (CON)/ Heady, Sheila (CON)/ Hellman, Chris (CON)

Summary: From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book about the federal budget also covers up-to-the-minute numbers and an explanation of President Obamas 2013 budget request.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.4 KRA

Willan, Anne.

Summary: A collection of life stories and fifty recipes from the founder of La Varenne Cooking School shares upbeat, no-nonsense guidelines on the secrets of French cooking interspersed with reminiscences about the author's culinary training.

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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 WIL

Summary: This annual bestseller ranks the hottest, must-visit countries, regions, cities and best value destinations for 2020. Drawing on the knowledge and passion of Lonely Planet's staff, authors and online community, we present a year's worth of inspiration to take you out of the ordinary and into the unforgettable.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 LON

Summary: Examines "hyper-masculinity" as a destructive force in the personal development and socialization of boys and young men. Discusses the roles of popular culture and peer pressure in influencing boys to adopt a masculine pose.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAS

Wolfman, Marv.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2003

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WOL

Summary: "Frommer's books aren't written by committee, by A.I., or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned, locally-based journalists like Deborah Collcutt, Katie Featherstone, Samantha Priestley, Simon Willmore, and Donald Strachan, plus part-time residents like Jason Cochran and Stephen Brewer because they are all real experts. The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Frommer Media LLC 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.2 ENG

Hellman, Peter

Summary: In Vino Duplicitas marks a new, notorious legend in wine: the story of Rudy Kurniawan, a 20-something Indonesian immigrant who bursts onto the rarified scene of ultrafine wines in 2002. Blessed with the gift of a discerning palate and a knack for tracking down impossibly hard-to-find bottles, he transforms himself from a virtual unknown, living illegally in the US, into one of the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Experiment 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KURNIAWAN, RUDY HEL

Wolfman, Marv.

Summary: The mysterious Titans member Raven has been fighting her inner demons for some time, but she can no longer hold the evil that is her father Trigon in check. He has breached his dimensional prison and the Teen Titans are mankind's only hope of defeating him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2003

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WOL

Wallman, Sam.

Summary: In our current political climate, people are looking for answers - and alternatives. The promise of unions is that their 'members be unlimited': that they don't belong to the rich, the powerful, or special interests, but to all workers. How did the idea of unionism arise? Where has it flourished? And what are its challenges in the 21st century? From Britain to Bangladesh, from the first union...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.8 WAL

Wellman, James K.

Summary: "God is like a drug, a high, [I] can't wait for the next hit." This direct quote from a megachurch member speaking about his experience of God might be dismissed as some sort of spiritually-induced drug riff. However, according to the research in this book, it was not only sincere, but a deeply felt, and sought-after sensibility. Megachurch attendees desire this first-hand experience of God,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 WEL

Joey.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 JOE

Jory, Jon.

Summary: Provides 205 tips for refining such acting skills as technique, textual study, transitions, role building, play-writing, and strategy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 JOR

Joey.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 JOE