Davies, Kate
Summary: Explores key subjects such as gravity, magnetism, thermodynamics, and the solar system, and includes experiments to give children examples to learn from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 530 DAVSummary: Five films and made-for-TV movies by director Alan Clarke, and a postumous documentary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Underground 2004
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Summary: [In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which - even at its most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 ABRRichman, Daniel Avram
Summary: In addition to numerous cross-references, this treasury of baby names features detailed definitions consisting of origin, meaning, famous namesakes, popularity, nicknames, and unusual spellings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 929.4 RICAdam, David
Summary: "Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ADAMendelsohn, Daniel Adam
Summary: "When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey that his son Daniel teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his 'one last chance' to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MENDavis, Alan
Summary: Even the strongest family can be torn apart by tragedy - and in the futuristic world of tomorrow, the members of the once-Fantastic Four are divided and vulnerable to opponents from their past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DAVAwad, Amal
Summary: For as long as humans have existed, we have consulted everything from the stars to stones with symbols on them. Growing up in an Arab Muslim family, SBS journalist and TEDx presenter Amal Awad was keenly aware of the unseen forces at play in her life - superstition, fatalism and magical jinn were more real to her than any Hollywood fantasy. From fundy (aka fundamentalist) Muslim to New Age...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Murdoch Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.092 AWAAdaf, Shimon
Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADASummary: With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, examine the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from the past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Relying heavily on the correspondence between the second president, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams, this joint biography sheds light on the characters of two people who played crictical roles in the history of the United States and on the tumultuous times through which they lived. He was a participant in the Continental Congress and a wartime emissary to France as well as becoming the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHCram, David L. (David Lee)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addicus Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.833 CRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med CramCram, David L. (David Lee)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addicus Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.526 CRASummary: This documentary begins as a profile of the Children's Organization of Southeast Asia, which provides shelter to child victims of human trafficking in Northern Thailand, and its leader, Mickey Choothesa. As the filmmakers pursue their subject, suspicions arise as to whether Choothesa and COSA are truly what they represent themselves to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WROChiras, Daniel D.
Summary: Describes how to install a solar electricity system into a home, discussing the different types of systems, how they function, and their importance in lowering energy bills and achieving greater energy independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Pubishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.31 CHISummary: "The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTSummary: Part 4 covers the period during the 17th and 18th centuries that saw widespread questioning of religious and other traditional authorities, growing faith in science, and early responses to the budding industrial revolution. This period marks the intellectual flowering that led to the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called 'the most powerful movie musical ever made.' Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, it captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscarʼ- nominated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIDSummary: Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HARRucker, Darius
Summary: "In 1986 Darius Rucker cofounded Hootie & The Blowfish at the University of South Carolina. What began as a party band playing frat houses and dive bars quickly became a global pop rock phenomenon through their multiplatinum-selling debut album, cracked rear view, which featured era-defining hit songs like "Only Wanna Be with You," "Let Her Cry," and "Hold My Hand." Later, Darius would chart a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 PHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC PHICleveland, David Adams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 758.173 CLELeeming, David Adams
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.13 LEEDavis, Marc
Summary: Come and join 6-year-old Nylah’s journey of discovering her superpowers! The life of a young bunny rabbit can be tough sometimes, especially for one who just wants to fit in. Nylah doesn’t always like what she sees in the mirror. Everyone is different, and, at first, Nylah doesn’t realize that’s what makes her so special. When Nylah faces challenges in some exciting situations, she discovers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marc Davis 0000