Gerner, Steve
Summary: High-performing educators easily equate to superheroes. Since educators have the power to transform lives and provide tremendous hope, the superhero analogy is well-suited. With superior skills and success, SUPERHERO EDUCATORS make the world a better place. To gain SUPERHERO EDUCATOR status, novel training and learning must occur. We evaluated educators in both urban and non-urban environments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.1 GERTurner, Steve
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 264.23 TURTurner, Steve
Summary: Johnny Cash was a poor sharecropper's son from Arkansas who became one of the most influential figures in American music. In the 1950s he embarked on a music career that took him to the heights of fame and wealth but also to the depths of addiction and despair. Johnny Cash created a haunting music, exploring the dark side of himself in a voice that sometimes sounded as old as the Grand Canyon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Pub. Group 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CASH, JOHNNY TURTurner, Steve
Summary: "Trouble Man, based on exhaustive and exclusive new research, is the definitive story of the turbulent life and violent death of an American icon. Steve Turner probes beyond the undying magic of songs like "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "What's Going On," and "Sexual Healing" to trace the jagged contours of Gaye's life and examine the man behind the legend. Turner's detailed exploration of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAYE, MARVIN TURMercer, Steve.
Summary: Learn how to sow, grow, and harvest dozens of popular vegetables and fruits. Green tips tell you how to help the planet while watching your garden grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 MERSummary: Walter Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo is the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: Takes you from the terrifying monstrous waves of Oahu's North Shore to the Texas waters of the Gulf of Mexico (where waves are created by massive oil supertankers) to the shores of Ireland and Rapa Nui. Told trough the voices of legends, pros, and everyday surfers alike, it is not a film just for surfers, but for anyone with an appreciation for sport and an inkling of what it means to be "stoked."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STESummary: After a break-up with his boyfriend, journalist David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious and touching journey of self-discovery, confronting his anxiety about "sounding gay". Enlisting acting coaches, linguists, friends, family, total strangers, and celebrities, he quickly learns that many people, both gay and straight, often wish for a different voice. What starts as a personal journey becomes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DOParker, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560.72 PARSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vision films 2020
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACCSummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: Highlights achievements of Bell Labs as a leading innovator, exploring the role of its highly educated employees in developing new technologies while considering the qualities of companies where innovation and development are most successful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384 GERGarner, R. J. (Robert John)
Summary: Presents a detailed guide to the best methods for grafting plants and trees and outlines the ways to repair and improve bad grafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.541 GARSummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROSummary: Examines and recounts the life of Leonardo da Vinci, using a combination of reenactment, commentary by scholars, and narration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E 2006
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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 GERSummary: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rich-Heape Films 2006
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRAKerner, Ian.
Summary: As women everywhere will attest, men are "ill-cliterate." Most guys know more about what's under the hood of a car than under the hood of a clitoris. But in the world of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to sex therapist (and evangelist of the female orgasm) Ian Kerner, oral sex isn't just foreplay, it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tracks Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 WERGertner, Jon
Summary: "A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change. Greenland: a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000. The ice sheet that covers it is 700 miles wide and 1,500 miles long, and is composed of nearly three quadrillion tons of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 559.8 GERBerner, Marc.
Summary: "Step-by-step instructions for techniques to make wooden puzzles and works of art with a scroll saw, and over 80 color photos that clearly illustrate the tool and techniques."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Pub. 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1981
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Contents: Isn't snowboarding like... -- Classroom -- Gear -- Carpet riding -- Preparations -- On the flats -- On a small hill -- Lifts -- Down the mountain -- Turns: carving -- Interview: an instructor's instructor -- Safety -- History.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tracks Pub. 1998