Summary: Fifty individuals belonging to the LGBTQI community discuss gender identity, labels, and how they perceive and define themselves.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Harari, Yuval N.

Summary: In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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Harari, Yuval N.

Summary: "In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 'human'. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020

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Summary: There's a lot undiscovered about Canada's vast landscape- lakes and mountains that are still unknown. But the places known are worth exploring. See all of Canada's beautiful provinces in this exclusive set featuring more than five hours of spectacular scenery and destinations. Directed by Travelscope and Daval Productions. 12 specials that capture the spirit of Canada.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: TOPICS Entertainment 2013

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Levin, Yuval.

Summary: "In The Great Debate Yuval Levin explores the origins of the familiar left/right divide in American politics by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the origins of our political order, Levin shows that our political divide did not originate (as many historians argue) in the French...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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TAYLOR, YUVAL

Summary: The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites; the kidnapping of a white woman and her rescue by a slave; the nightmarish tortures of the infamous Mr. Gooch; the tragicomic experiences of a pair of "white slaves"; and the story of the "original Uncle Tom."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HILLL 0000

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Summary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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Ovid

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 1957

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Summary: How did the Earth transform from a hot ball of molten rock and metal into the planet that we call home? How did our continents and oceans grow? Where did our great mountain ranges come from? The geological processes that have shaped our world have also influenced the way humans have populated the planet. From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, this series reveals the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arts and Entertainment Network 2009

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Summary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. finds out who we are and where we come from.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014

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Ovid

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 1994

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Hartman, Davida

Summary: The Growing Up Book for Boys explains the facts behind the growth spurts, body changes and mood swings of adolescence for boys aged 9-14 on the autism spectrum. The pre-teen and teenage years are a confusing time when bodies start acting with a will of their own, friendships change and crushes start to develop. Using direct literal language and cool colour illustrations, this book tells boys...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015

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Ovid

Summary: Ovid's poem brings together an array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best known myths and legends of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008

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Davids, Kenneth

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2001

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DuVal, Elizabeth.

Contents: Picasiette -- Shard art -- Selecting & acquiring materials -- Breaking -- Adhesives & accessories -- Designing your picasiette project -- Grouting your picasiette project -- Working with mirrors -- Picasiette projects -- Shellwork -- Coloration of shells -- Types of shells -- Designing with shells -- Applying shells -- Working a shellwork project -- Shellwork projects -- Smashing tea party --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004

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Sierakowiak, Dawid.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996

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Levin, Yuval

Summary: "Americans are living through a social crisis. Populist firebrands -- on left and right alike -- propose to address the crisis through acts of tearing down. They describe themselves as destroying oppressive establishments, clearing weeds, draining swamps. But, as acclaimed conservative intellectual Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription, rooted in a defective diagnosis. The social...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020

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Zommer, Yuval

Summary: An insect fact book counsels young enthusiasts on how to become expert "bug spotters" with discussions of major insect groups that detail their behaviors, life cycles, and defense mechanisms.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2016

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Zommer, Yuval

Summary: "An environmental fable about protecting our planet, in which Earth is imagined as a beautiful, precious, and vulnerable creature called the Wild"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2024

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