Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUSichel, Mark.
Contents: Acknowledge and deal with the shock -- Start to live: laugh and be happy now, taking back your life -- Discover your family roles -- Understand your family myths -- Learn from successful families -- Let go of resentment -- Make the first move: learn and employ active measures to reconcile with your family -- Build your second-chance family -- Cultivate gratitude and emotional generosity -- Make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.85 SICSummary: "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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSlung, Michele B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. T. Branford Co. 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.252 MICSummary: A sweeping overview that explores how tattoos were used in early Christian practices, how they were discovered halfway around the world during the voyages of Captain James Cook, and how they exploded in popularity in America beginning with artists like Ed Hardy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TATSlung, Michele B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.3297 SLUSummary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCOFinkelstein, Michael (Michael B.)
Summary: 77 Questions for Skillful Living from integrative medicine pioneer Michael Finkelstein, M.D., guides readers through the questions that will help them understand wellness on a deep level and offers a new path to extraordinary health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 FINSummary: On April 24, 1924 the movies changed forever. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio opened and soon assembled the most stars. MGM reigns as Hollywood's class act and legendary entertainment empire. Full of memorable film clips, rare interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and insider information, this is a mother lode for film fans. Profiles perfectionist moguls, glamorous and charismatic actors,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MGMSummary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EDIFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: A brief biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni woman who accompanied explorers Lewis and Clark on their expedition in the early 1800s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET SACAGAWEAForbes, Nancy
Summary: Two veteran science writers with special expertise in physics and engineering tell the story of how two brilliant 19th-century scientists, separated in age by 40 years, discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field, giving rise to many of the technological innovations we have today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 537 FORCurry, Michael B.
Summary: "Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, and learn how to put faith into action. Much of the world (read: two billion people) met Bishop Michael Curry when he delivered his sermon on the redemptive power of love at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Here, he expands on his message of hope, in an inspirational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ CurryMichel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MichaelBallard, Michael B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7344 BALMichaels, Mark A.
Summary: "Most of us long for an intimate relationship, and though texting and emailing may keep us superficially connected and feeling momentarily sexy, it ultimately cannot create the kind of intimacy necessary to sustain a deep, fulfilling, and lasting partnership. With the divorce rate reaching a staggering 50 percent in 2013 and the breakup rate among unmarried long-term couples even higher, it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 MICGannon, Michael B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libraries Unlimited 2004
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 016.813 GANScott, Cavan
Summary: Rey goes on a mission to find out who kidnapped Unkar Platt, and Obi-Wan Kenobi track down a thief during the Clone Wars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STAOren, Michael B.
Summary: From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines--from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace--the United States has been dramatically involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, merchants, and missionaries, both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W.Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 ORESchiffer, Michael B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 SchifferWilliams, Nicola
Summary: Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Switzerland. Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from climbing Mt Rigi's panorama hiking trail for epic views to puffing up snow-dusted peaks aboard the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, and exploring the medieval Schloss Habsburg, the ancestral home to the Habsburg dynasty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL SWITZERLANDBlack, Michael Ian
Summary: "Michael Ian Black takes a poignant look at manhood, written in the form of a heartfelt letter to his teenage son before he leaves for college. Black offers a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.31 BLABlack, Michael Ian
Summary: Michael Ian Black takes a poignant look at manhood, written in the form of a heartfelt letter to his teenage son before he leaves for college. Black offers a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020