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(Fictitious character) Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) Frankenstein, Victor Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Civilization, Western Philosophy Mars (Planet) Exploration Monsters in literature Plato Criticism and interpretation Roving vehicles (Astronautics) Science in literature Scientists in literatureSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREMarkus, Peter
Summary: For over twenty years, award-winning short story writer and novelist Peter Markus has made his living teaching creative writing in the Detroit Public Schools. As a teaching artist with Detroit's longest enduring literary non-profit — InsideOut Literary Arts Project — Markus has inspired thousands of students to become believers in the power of words, armed with nothing but an ordinary pencil —...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKUS, PETER MARWarhus, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 WARMotum, Markus
Summary: "Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars and now she's ready to guide you through her journey firsthand. From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 MOTMarkus, Peter
Summary: "These poems remind us of the importance of both relationships and of place are even more important with that in the background"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 MARImhoof, Markus
Summary: “If 70 percent of all cattle or 30 percent of all chickens were to die annually, states of emergency would be declared everywhere. The death of bees is at least that dramatic and with even more far-reaching consequences.” More Than Honey, the book based on the award-winning documentary of the same name, takes us on a global tour of the world of bees, introducing us along the way to “killer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 IMHVaresvuo, Markus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oreilly & Associates Inc 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREGarbus, Liz
Summary: Explores the life of the chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion, Bobby Fischer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOBMarker, Chris
Summary: In Paris after World War III, a few survivors research time travel hoping to send someone to the past to help their situation; the meditations of a world traveler on various world-wide locations are narrated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JETMarkoe, Merrill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 MARJansen, Marius B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.025 JENBackus, Sharron.
Summary: Explains the rules and fundamental skills of softball, shows how players can improve their skills, and discusses team and individual strategies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1979
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Summary: The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HARMarken, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.41 MARMarkoe, Merrill.
Summary: In this hilarious collection of personal essays, New York Times bestselling author Merrill Markoe reveals, among other things, the secret formula for comedy: Start out with a difficult mother, develop some classic teenage insecurities, add a few relationships with narcissistic men, toss in an unruly pack of selfish dogs, finish it off with the kind of crystalline perspective that only comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011
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Marques, Luana.
Summary: In Almost Anxious, Luana Marques, Ph.D., describes the spectrum of almost anxiety symptoms, from normal situational anxiety on one end to a full-blown diagnosable anxiety disorder on the other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8522 MARBielunski, Marlys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Surrey Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.662 BIEMarcum, Diana
Summary: Atop a hill in the rainforest of Belize, next to the ruins of a fallen civilization, a butterfly farm raises the brilliant blue morpho. What starts out as the worst vacation ever turns into a quest to learn more about the first-of-its-kind farm when journalist Diana Marcum inadvertently discovers this wildlife sanctuary, which is supported by an international live-butterfly trade. She quickly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCUM, DIANA MARMarmur, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.726 MARParkes, Clara
Summary: "Renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes uses the metaphor of knitting to tell her own story via twenty-two captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays."--Front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.43 PARSzczygieł, Mariusz
Summary: One of Europe's most preeminent investigative journalists travels to the Czech Republic--the Czech half of the former Czechoslovakia, the land that brought us Kafka--to explore the surreal fictions and the extraordinary reality of its twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 SZCBRETON, MARCOS
Summary: Examines the story of Latin baseball as seen through the eyes of Miguel Tejada, a promising young Dominican shortstop in the Oakland A's organization; and provides insight into the efforts of Latin ballplayers to succeed in America's professional sports arena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SIMON 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BREBarcus, Frank
Summary: Yarns and reminiscences of the greatest storm in inland navigation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1986