Summary: An unearthly child: Teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they follow student Susan Foreman home to an odd police box in a junkyard and meet the Doctor, a strange old man who claims to be Susan's grandfather, who takes them on a short excursion back to 200,000 B.C. ; The Daleks: When the TARDIS lands on the seemingly dead planet Skaro, the Doctor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2012
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCHartnell, Jack
Summary: "With wit, wisdom, and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions. Medieval beliefs about the body were drastically different from ours today: Hair was thought to be a condensation of fumes emittedfrom the pores, ideas were supposedly committed to memory by being directly imprinted on the brain, and the womb of a goat was believed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.07 HARDartnell, Lewis.
Summary: By presenting outer space as a vacation destination, a guidebook shows armchair astronauts some of the best sights--from the Mariner Valley on Mars to the gravity-light moon, Enceladus--and provides facts about places from the sun to a black hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 523 DARGinsburg, Ruth Bader
Summary: "The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GINSBURG, RUTH BADER GINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GINSBURGGinsburg, Ruth Bader
Summary: "The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 GINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GINSBURG, RUTH BADER GINDartnell, Lewis
Summary: "Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the way you see the world. We are a wonder of evolution. Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, we are expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have created the civilisation we know today. But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies break, choke and fail, whether we're kings or peasants. Diseases thwart our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Bodley Head 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 DARLANGEWIESCHE, WILLIA
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Publisher / Publication Date: PANTH 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 LANGilliam, Terry
Summary: A memoir from the screenwriter, animator, visionary film director, and founding member of Monty Python describes his life through recollections, anecdotes, and never-before-seen photographs and artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperDesign 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIAM, TERRY GILGilliam, Fatimah
Summary: "What if there were a set of rules to educate people against race-based social faux pas that damage relationships, perpetuate racist stereotypes, and harm people of color? This book provides just that in an effort to slow the malignant domino effect of race-based ignorance in American communities and workplaces to help address the vestiges of our nation's racist past. Race Rules is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 GILHilliam, David.
Summary: Relates how King Richard I of England and his troops nearly wrested Jerusalem from Muslim leader Saladin and the Saracens during the Third Crusade in 1191 A.D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.18 HILHilliam, Paul.
Summary: A discussion of the tactics and technology of warfare during the Middle Ages, including the tradition of personal combat, the use of armor, castles-and-siege weapons, and the dominance of the mounted knight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0094 HILDillian, Jared.
Summary: A former trader recounts the final years of Lehman Brothers, discussing the outrageous personalities of his co-workers, his own battles with mental illness, and the company's activities during the economic collapse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.62 DILHarwell, Ernie.
Summary: Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell is turning 90 in January '08. But he's as active as ever. He writes weekly columns for the Detroit Free Press, is a health advocate for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan and has made many guest appearances in the broadcast booth. Breaking 90 is the third collection of Harwell's Detroit Free Press columns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Free Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HARMarnell, Cat
Summary: "From Cat Marnell, 'New York's enfant terrible' (The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs. At twenty-six, Cat Marnell was an associate beauty editor at Lucky, one of the top fashion magazines in America--and that's all most people knew about her. But she hid a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARNELL, CAT MARPhelps,M.William
Summary: Details the case of Lisa Montgomery, who murdered eight-months-pregnant Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnapped her unborn baby, revealing a woman with a history of sexual abuse, abandonment, and desperation that molded her into a sociopath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.1 PhelpGilliam, Dorothy Butler
Summary: Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose fifty-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the US, covering a wide swath of media history--from the era of game-changing Negro newspapers like the Chicago Defender to the civil rights movement, feminism, and our current imperfect diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street, Hachette Book Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIAM, DOROTHY BUTLER GILHARWELL, ERNIE
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Publisher / Publication Date: DIAMC 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HARHarwell, Ernie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 HARGillam, Carey
Summary: "The Monsanto Papers is the inside story of Lee Johnson's landmark lawsuit against Monsanto, a David-and-Goliath showdown pitting a dying cancer victim and an eclectic team of young, ambitious lawyers against one of the world's most powerful corporate giants. For Lee, the case was a race against the clock, with doctors predicting he wouldn't survive long enough to take the witness stand. For...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 GILWeddon, Willah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NOG Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 920 WEDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MIC 977.4 WEDWillan, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.813 WILJohnstone, Willliam W
Summary: Framed for robbery and murder by a pack of low-life outlaws, Smoke Jensen is locked up and sentenced to the gallows. But no bars of iron or bonds of rope can withstand a vengeful Mountain Man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishign Corp 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOHMartell, Hazel
Summary: Travel back in time to a Roman town. Take a bird's eye view of the amphitheater and watch the gladiators fighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 MARCohan, Willam D.
Summary: An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014