Summary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ISummary: "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 RACPagel-Hogan, Elizabeth
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRICohen, Lizabeth
Summary: The story of the postwar American city as refracted through the life and career of the urban planner Edward J. Logue In twenty-first-century America, some cities are flourishing and others are struggling, but they all must contend with deteriorating infrastructure, economic inequality, and unaffordable housing. Cities have limited tools to address these problems, and many must rely on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3 COHWallmark, Laurie
Summary: In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIRusch, Elizaberth
Summary: An introduction to the life and contributions of Nikola Tesla covers his innovations in the field of alternating current and his role in the development of such inventions as remote controls, fluorescent lights, and cell phones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TESDiamond, Louise
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 DIADiacono, Mark.
Summary: A practical guide to growing, harvesting, and cooking your own vegetables.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 DIADiacono, Mark.
Summary: Highlights more than 50 quick crops with information on how to sow, grow and harvest each plant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 DIAJENNESS, DIAMOND
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1957
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 JENDiamond, Stephanie
Summary: "This book helps you create a Facebook marketing plan designed to attract your desired audience. Inside, you'll discover the psychology of the Facebook user, establish a social media presence, increase your brand awareness, integrate Facebook marketing with other marketing strategies, learn to target a specific audience, and much more."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 DIAGriffith, Elisabeth
Summary: "The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 ROSRosenthal, Elisabeth
Summary: "An award-winning New York Times reporter Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal reveals the dangerous, expensive, and dysfunctional American healthcare system, and tells us exactly what we can do to solve its myriad of problems. It is well documented that our healthcare system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health RosenthalÅsbrink, Elisabeth
Summary: "The year 1947 marks a turning point in the twentieth century. Peace with Germany becomes a tool to fortify the West against the threats of the Cold War. The CIA is created, Israel is about to be born, Simone de Beauvoir experiences the love of her life,an ill George Orwell is writing his last book, and Christian Dior creates the hyper-feminine New Look as women are forced out of jobs and back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 ASBSummary: It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CODDiamond, Donna.
Summary: A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 DIADiamond, Jack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 DIADiamant, Anita.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.7 DIADinmont, Kerry
Summary: "Introduces readers to Amanda's day of practicing a fire drill at school. Discusses the best fire drill practices and ways to stay safe. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Common Core questions and activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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Summary: How can Raply be so mean? Lucy is one of a kind and Ralph loves to point that out. Lucy's defining moment comes when Ralph truly needs help. Because she knows what she stands for, Lucy has the courage to make a good choice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Making Spirits Bright 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Dismondy 2008DuMond, Neva.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1962
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.443 DUMKehoe, Elisabeth.
Summary: Set against the backdrop of Victorian and Edwardian society, a portrait of the three Jerome sisters--American heiresses who married into the heights of British society--spans three generations, from their parents through their children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KEHDiamond, Cheryl
Summary: "In this memoir that spans dozens of countries worldwide, a young girl and her family adopt one new identity after another and run from both the law and the secrets that will eventually catch up to all of them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021