Berkowitz, Edward D.
Summary: FROM THE PUBLISHER : In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only saw long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and the energy crisis, caused in part by U.S. dependence on Arab oil, characterized an increasingly bleak economic situation. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 BERSummary: "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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "An insightful, entertaining dive into the fruitful, centuries-long relationship between humans and insects, revealing the fascinating and surprising array of ways humans depend on these minute, six-legged pests"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.7 MELMitchell, Edgar D.
Summary: An Apollo 14 astronaut recounts his life, including his early years living in Roswell, New Mexico, his time as a Navy combat pilot, and his incredible journey to the Moon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 629.454 MITSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Kurtz, Jane
Summary: "Discover the true story of the race between two paleontologists to find dinosaur fossils in this nonfiction picture book. O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope met in 1863 and bonded over their shared love of fossils, becoming the best of friends. Until one day Marsh discovered an error in Cope's work, and the Bone Wars began! Marsh and Cope raced each other around the world, excavating fossils and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 560.92 KURWard, Peter D.
Summary: In this introduction to the emerging field of astrobiology, a distinguished paleontologist and a noted astronomer team up to provide a fascinating synthesis of what's now known about the rise of life on Earth and how it sheds light on possibilities for organic life forms elsewhere in the universe. Illustrations. First book to synthesize discoveries from astronomy & paleontology regarding the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copernicus 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.839 WARWARD, PETER D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIKIN 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.839 WARBerkowitz, Joe
Summary: The author of Away with Words embarks on a grand cheese adventure around the world, in this hilarious and insightful deep-dive into the cultural and culinary phenomenon of cheese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 637.3 BERSummary: Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known today as a painter, but his reputation was in fact established through his prints, which were central to his creative process. His printmaking was experimental and innovative, and he continually revisited the subjects of his paintings in striking prints, in which he evoked a wide range of emotion and mood through the use of varied techniques. Munch's early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.81 EDVSummary: Actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof meet individuals who are doing work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of challenge, transformation and hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALWard, D. J. (David John)
Summary: Explains the challenges that face our planet as trash continues to build up, and teaches the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling items in order to reduce the amount of waste produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETWagner, Eduard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spring Books 1967
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.441 WAGBerkowitz, Aaron
Summary: "In the tradition of Tracy Kidder's portrait of Paul Farmer's work in MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, the story of a young neurologist's struggles over who and how to help patients in Haiti"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERKOWITZ, AARON BERBerkowitz, Eric
Summary: "A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.31 BERPerkowitz, S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VARLedward, Daphne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robson/Parkwest Publications 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9671 LEDWard, Peter D. (Peter Douglas)
Summary: "In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately explain how rapidly species re-diversified and repopulated after mass extinctions. Now advances...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 WARRadzinsky, Edvard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICBordowitz, Hank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schirmer Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 BORWard, D. J. (David John)
Summary: Introduces the past missions to Mars, describes the characteristics of Mars and explains how scientists might explore Mars in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007