Stevens, Alison Pearce

Summary: "Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and giraffes roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holes-eating, drinking, and trying not to become someone else's lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed.The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 560.9782 STE

Van 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 VAN

Summary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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

Summary: Includes the director's music videos for the bands Jay-Z, Linkin park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Audioslave, No Doubt, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Weezer, Eels, Snic Youth, Madonna, R.E.M., G. Love & Special Sauce, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, En Vogue and kd lang, as well as interviews, commentaries and a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2005

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC WOR

Beah, Ishmael

Summary: "This is how wars are fought now: by children, traumatized, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. Children have become the soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What does war look like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer?...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 966.404 BEA

Beah, Ishmael

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.404 BEA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.404 BEA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 966.404 BEA

Beah, Ishmael

Summary: "Ishmael Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story. At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 966.404 BEA

Thackeray, Beata.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 Thackeray

Beal, Abigail.

Summary: Learn all about dachshunds and how to care for one as your pet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7538 BEA

Keat, Nawuth

Summary: The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2009

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 959.6042 KEA

Klarsfeld, Beate

Summary: "The memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, political activists best known for hunting Nazis"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KLA

Beal, Abigail.

Summary: Introduces German shepherds, discussing their history, temperament, physical characteristics, and the care they need as pets.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7376 BEA

LITTLE FEAT.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1986

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIT

Kidd, Sue Monk.

Summary: A wise and involving book about feminine thresholds, spiritual growth, and renewal, "Traveling with Pomegranates" is a revealing self-portrait by the beloved author of "The Secret Life of Bees" and her daughter, a writer in the making.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 KID

Beal, Abigail.

Summary: Provides an overview of beagles, with information on the breed's history, physical characteristics, behavior, training, and temperament.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7537 BEA

Beal, Abigail.

Summary: Learn about golden retrievers and how to care for them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7527 BEA

Beam, Alex.

Summary: "At thirty-nine years old, Smith went from charismatic leader to public enemy: how his most seismic revelation -- the doctrine of polygamy -- created a rift among his people [Church of Latter-day Saints]; how that schism turned to violence; and how, ultimately, Smith could not escape the consequences of his ambition and pride. American Crucifixion is a gripping story of scandal and violence,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.3092 BEA

LITTLE FEAT.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1973

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIT

O'Neil, L. Peat (Louisa Peat)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 ONE

Riffenburgh, Beau

Summary: The story of the legendary detective credited with the defeat of the Molly Maguires gang and Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch offers insight into his innovative "cloak-and-dagger" methods and his investigation into the Western Federation of Mines for the assassination of Idaho's former governor.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCPARLAND, JAMES Rif

Beam, Cris.

Summary: An intimate, authoritative look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.73 BEA

Riffenburgh, Beau

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 RIF