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Big and small animals Draw your pet! Martial arts series Origins of totalitarianismSummary: "Twilight Sparkle and her brother Shining Armor team up to find the mysterious ghost haunting the castle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Returns to rural southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie, a troubled young boy from ten years ago. The film began as a way of discovering what forces shaped Stevie's life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested for a serious crime, and tears his family apart. The modest profile turned into a chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the justice system and the filmmaker himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STEMoore, Brenda
Summary: Written to educate elementary children about the environmental issues affecting amphibians. It includes Fun Frog Facts, a story describing the challenges of being a frog, and ways children can Leap Into Action to help protect, preserve and support frog and amphibian habitats in their own backyards!
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Publisher / Publication Date: [National Garden Clubs, Inc.] 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MOOSummary: In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Touching 2004Brende, Eric.
Summary: The author and his spouse spent 18 months in Amish country living without electricity and its dependent technologies. Here he recounts the experience, not only detailing the daily activities and frequent difficulties they found necessary to maintain existence without electricity, but also touting the benefits of such a life and exploring the culture of their adopted community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.483 BREBenda, Camille
Summary: "Dressing the Resistance' explores how everyday people have harnessed the visual power of clothing, accessories and costume to spur social and cultural change. Throughout history, societies have used clothing to show acceptance and exclusion, convention and subversion, group belonging and rejection. In the same way, fashion, clothing, textiles and costume have served their own critical role in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Archetectural Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.0086 BENHickey, Patrick M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.8153 HICHickey, Donald R
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.52 HICMaloney, Brenna
Summary: "Did you ever wonder which animals are the biggest... and the smallest? Birds can be found in all shapes and sizes! Did you know a bee hummingbird weighs less than a penny? Or, that an ostrich can weigh as much as a refrigerator? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten birds in this book are very small and which ones are really big! ABOUT...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J598 MALMaloney, Brenna
Summary: "Did you ever wonder which animals are the biggest... and the smallest? Reptiles can be found in all shapes and sizes. Did you know a nano-chameleon is small enough to fit on a fingernail? Or, that the saltwater crocodile can grow to be 20 feet long? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten reptiles in this book are very small and which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J597.9 MALMaloney, Brenna
Summary: Take an in-depth look at the history and cultural impact of robots through the years in this educational and interactive guide! Robots are everywhere-building cars, driving cars, performing surgery, helping soldiers and fire fighters, even vacuuming! From high up in space to the bottom of the ocean, robots are an instrumental part of how humans are learning about the world. This encyclopedic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Kids 2018
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Summary: "Did you ever wonder which animals are the biggest... and the smallest? Mammals can be found in all shapes and sizes. Did you know a bumblebee bat is the same size as a large bee? Or, that a blue whale is the largest animal on the planet? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten mammals in this book are very small and which ones are really...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599 MALMaloney, Brenna
Summary: "Fish can be found in all shapes and sizes! Did you know there is a type of angler fish that is less than a quarter of an inch big? Or, that a whale shark is as large as a school bus? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten fish in this book are very small and which ones are really big!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J597 MAL1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J597 MAL
Maloney, Brenna.
Summary: Stitch up a sweet and silly sock critter tonight!
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Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing 2010
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Arendt, Hannah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 AREBroida, Marian.
Summary: Uses activities and handicraft projects to reinforce information about the clothing, architecture, writing, work, food, and religion of the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Nubians, and Hittites who lived in the Near East in ancient times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.4 BROHacker, Andrew.
Summary: "Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning our current mathematics requirements instantly became one of the the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? The Math Myth expands Hacker's scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, such as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 HACHigley, Harry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1951
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1331 HIGDickey, Bronwen
Summary: When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate, timid pit bull. Which made her wonder: how had the breed--beloved by Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, TV's "Little Rascals"--come to be known as a brutal fighter. Her search for answers takes her from nineteenth-century New York City dogfighting pits--the cruelty of which helped spark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 DICDickey, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DICDickey, Jeff.
Contents: Introduction: Capital movers -- The Capital archipelago -- A plague of waters -- A mechanic's guide to Washington City -- Driving souls -- The company they kept -- Coming to the scratch -- Illicit congress -- Seeing the elephant -- Suspicious characters -- The fall of Washington City -- A gilded cage -- Epilogue: The sea of pavement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 DICDicker, Katie.
Summary: Provides instructions on drawing different fish, including koi, guppies, and angelfish, in a volume with pet care instructions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2013