Brown, Chester
Summary: Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.05 BROBrown, Lester R. (Lester Russell)
Summary: Discusses the geopolitics of food security in the face of scarcity caused by falling water tables, soil erosion, and global warming and supports the position that food is the new oil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 BROSummary: "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: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ARTChester, John
Summary: Follows the filmmaker and his wife as they try to create a sustainable farm in Ventura County, California.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIGHastings, Chester
Summary: Offers ninety seasonal recipes that combine cheese with the ripest fruits and vegetables, including a springtime raw baby artichoke salad with Pecorino Toscano and savory pumpkin tarts with Bûcheron for autumn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books Llc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.673 HASSummary: In 2004, Izzat Majeed founded Sachal Studios to create a space for traditional music in a nation that had rejected its musical roots. After convincing a number of master musicians to pick up their instruments again, they quietly released some classical and folk albums, but it was an experimental album fusing jazz and South Asian instruments that brought Sachal Studios worldwide acclaim. Their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SONChesler, Phyllis.
Summary: Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport. Chesler was now the property of her husband's family and had no rights of citizenship. In Afghanistan, her husband, a wealthy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHESLER, PHYLLIS CHEBrown, Bren©♭
Summary: Social scientist Bren©♭ Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psych BrownChester, Molly
Summary: "Seasonally-inspired food, with more than 130 recipes, from the chef, farmer, and star of The Biggest Little Farm"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 CHECopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.564 CHEGillis, Chester
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.73 GILNez, Chester.
Summary: A retired Marine and Navajo Indian describes his experiences as one of twenty-nine top-secret code talkers during World War II and how his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation prepared him for his service.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 940.54 NEZ, CHESTER NezSummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACJohnson, J. Chester
Summary: An illuminating journey to racial reconciliation experienced by two Americans--one black and one white.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.78 JOHMiller, John Chester
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and company 1943
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.31 MILBass, Hester
Summary: "Discover how the black and white citizens of one Alabama city chose peace over violence in the struggle to end segregation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 BASSummary: An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild, thinking they'll never see Masha again. Three years go by, and Emily has gotten lost deep in the wild forests of the Pacific Northwest. Cold, frightened and alone in the gathering darkness, she falls and is knocked unconscious. When she awakens, Emily is amazed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Bown, Deni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 BOWBrown, Byron
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 BROCharter, Elaine.
Summary: She was an accomplished seamstress and led 4-H sewing clubs throughout the 1960s. For nearly two decades she and her husband owned and operated the Donut Shop, a summer business in Northport, where she decorated countless cakes for those celebrating life's milestones. In 1984 her passion for poetry culminated in a book of her original poems, Full Circle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fraser Lockwood Press 1984
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Word CharterSullenberger, Chesley
Summary: Presents conversations with men and women from such fields as medicine, education, sports, the military, and finance who embody the truest sense of moral courage and leadership by personal example.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 SULSchecter, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: P-J LEVEL 1 SCHSchecter, Deborah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001