Summary: Summiting Mount Everest is a grueling and dangerous endeavor, known to torture the mind, body, and soul of those who even dare. When a 68-year-old great grandfather attempts this feat, what ensued was the worst disaster in mountaineering history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vision films 2020
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACCMeijer, Fik.
Summary: Overview: Meijer traces the origins of the gladiators over 2,500 years, from the initial belief that their blood spilled on a grave would sustain the dead on its journey to the underworld. Yet, as centuries passed and the Roman Empire grew, gladiators became part of vaster, more brutal entertainments staged by successive emperors eager to manipulate the public with "bread and circuses" and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 MEIWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Presents the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, detailing how the bureau has been used to conduct political warfare, and how it became the most powerful intelligence service in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.25 WEICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 WEIWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security. For sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.127 WEIWeiner, Tim
Summary: "With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with thehelp of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 WEIWeiner, Tim.
Summary: Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World paints a devastating portrait of a tortured yet brilliant man who led the country largely according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of not only his cabinet and congress, but the American population at large. In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and the Watergate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIXON, RICHARD WEISummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETWaldman, Michael (COM)/ Gergen, David (FRW)
Summary: Presents the texts of forty-five speeches from American presidents, along with an audio disc of recordings of some of the speeches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks MediaFusion 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 352.23 WILSummary: Features Holly Near in live concert footage, backstage interview segments, and reading from her autobiography. New interviews with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HOLSummit, Ginger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 SUMSummary: An in-depth look at the early career of cult filmmaker John Waters and focusing on the making of Pink flamingos.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Video 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.1923 SUMGeiger, Linda A. Woodward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2011
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3758 GEISummary: Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. Warmongers dream of abusing his powers and won't leave Bruce alone. He suffers from his constant need to be with the only woman he has ever love, Betty Ross, and Bruce knows that he must return to civilization. The brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INC RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie IncredibleSmith, Erin Geiger
Summary: "Did you know that voting in any election--from mayor to president--is a privilege and a right? Americans eighteen and older are allowed to vote! But this hasn't always been the case for everyone. From the founders of this country to Jim Crow to women's suffrage to gerrymandering--and everything in between--Erin Geiger Smith takes an in-depth look at the fascinating and complex history of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.60 SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6097 SMIZeiger, Jennifer
Summary: Lying at the heart of the Midwest, Missouri has a little bit of everything. Its landscape is diverse, it is packed with plants and animals of all kinds, and you’ll even hear a range of accents as you travel the state. Readers will experience the state’s incredible variety as they learn about its culture, history, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.8 ZEIZeiger, Jennifer.
Summary: In this book, readers will discover what pandas eat, how they mate and reproduce, and why they are having such a difficult time surviving in the wild. They will also learn where pandas live and which other animals they are related to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.789 ZEIFeirer, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.5 FEIGebler, Carlo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.291 GEBGeisser, David
Summary: From hearty breads to succulent stews to mouthwatering omelets and desserts, award-winning chef and former Vatican Swiss Guard David Geisser returns with 75 new international recipes that were specially conceived for the penitential season of Lent... Much more than a cookbook, this first-ever guidebook for mealtimes in Lent features essays from acclaimed biblical scholar Scott Hahn, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Cook GeisserGeller, Tamar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 GELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 GelGermer, Fawn
Summary: "A street smart, inspiring, practical and utterly honest book for renewing or resuming your career. Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 GERGriner, Brittney
Summary: From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist comes a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987