Summary: America's infrastructure was once our proudest achievement. Now its a most dangerous embarrassment. Bridges, dams, levees and highways are crumbling, toppling, being washed away, and putting us all at risk. Features interviews with journalists, noted scientists, whistleblowers who risked their lives to speak out, and politicians from both sides. Exposes the rampant collusion, corruption and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMEWard, Lesley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BowTie Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 WARWard, Lesley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BowTie Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 798.2 WARSummary: "This astonishing powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never seen on screen. Incorporating remarkable home footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts-an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th ward-directors/producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating protrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 363.34 TROCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TROSummary: In this searing expose on the state of democracy in America and the fracturing of the Republican Party, directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin follow the money behind the rise of the Tea Party. Alternately terrifying and funny, documentary is an essential and powerful portrait of our political times.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CITJohnston, Johanna.
Summary: Presents portraits of fourteen American women who played important roles in American history, including Emma Willard, Abigail Adams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2004
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Summary: Whether your soup is a meal in itself or a light starter, it is always comforting. For chefs Joris Bijdendijk and Samuel Levie, soup is the regular guest in many memories: a comforting bowl of broth when they were ill, steaming cups or cold gazpacho when there was something to celebrate, or a hot mug of soup after skating. Or that first time they made their own fish stock as young chefs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TRA Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.813 BIJSummary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 731.463 CAMSummary: World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYSummary: Two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor, Robert Gottlieb, have worked together to create some of the greatest non-fiction books in history. Now 86, Caro is determined to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, wants to edit it. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TURSummary: The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINEvans, Lezlie.
Summary: Rhyming verses instruct the reader to count different objects in one of ten languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog, and Hebrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EVALedlie, Georgina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kangaroo Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 LEDIcard, Michelle.
Summary: "Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help tweens navigate their middle school years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 373.236 ICAEvans, Lezlie.
Summary: Introduces young readers to common phrases such as "good morning", "thank you", and "please" in German, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Chinese, Zulu, Japanese, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 413.21 EVACifelli, Cara Carin
Summary: In this collection of exciting plant-based bowl foods, Cara Carin Cifelli combines her profession as a certified holistic nutritionist with her personal experience overcoming an eating disorder to demonstrate how readers can care for both body and mind through the food they eat. At the core of each recipe are SOUL foods: ingredients that are sustainable, organic, unprocessed and local, making...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen will explain the why and how of the fourteen surprising but essential conversations parents should have with their child before he or she enters high school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 ICAKrieger, Ellie
Summary: "We want the food we love and we want to be healthy, but who has the time or energy to figure it all out? James Beard Award winner and bestselling cookbook author Ellie Krieger shows you how to create a meal in a single pot, sheet pan, baking dish, or skillet -- no additional gadgets or tools required. Divided by main ingredients -- meat, poultry, seafood, vegetarian, dessert -- and further...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lifelong Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.82 KRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.82 KRIFagan, Cary
Summary: "On May 10, 1940, the Nazi Army invaded Belgium, setting into motion the refugee story of Cary Fagan's father, Maurice. Maurice was only 12 at the time, and he and his family had no idea they would never again return to Brussels, the city of his birth. Instead, they would travel through France, Spain, and Portugal, running from war. Every time they thought they might be safe, Maurice would try...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OwlKids Books Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAGCarp, Roger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kalmbach 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625.19 CARIcard, Michelle
Summary: "Every child messes up, sometimes in ways that seem sure to wreck their futures: a bad report card, poor sportsmanship, underaged drinking. These are tough moments for parent and child alike, often complicated by the fear that the misstep is also an indictment of our parenting. But what each of these "fails" has in common for our kids is the precious silver lining of a chance for character...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 ICASummary: A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Begins in 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of the largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments in Europe, and continues through 1167 A.D, when the Norman invasion placed Ireland under English control.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INBennett, Nellie.
Summary: A sparky, witty and thoroughly enjoyable memoir of a girl who fell in love with flamenco dance and with Spain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2014