Summary: Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GROSummary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSHostick, Brian
Summary: Making the transition from Highschool to College or University can be difficult. Handling your own finances for possibly the first time in your life can be scary as well. There's no need to 'sweat the money' as a full-time student. 'How to Be a Money Smart Student' provides useful tips and information to help students be better prepared financially as they leave home for the first time....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [S.n.] 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 332.02 HOSSummary: A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILSummary: Marred by an over-reliance on stock footage, this documentary attempts to link the United States insatiable appetite for oil as the chief trigger of the war in Iraq. After making some frightening if familiar points about increasing oil consumption and diminishing reserves is unfortunately veers off into discussions of radioactive depleted uranium rounds in Afghanistan, the privatization of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Free-Will Productions 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OILBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESSummary: Discusses how the USA PATRIOT Act has taken away checks on law enforcement and continues to endanger the civil liberties of all Americans under the guise of being part of the war on terrorism, and how paranoia, fear and racial profiling have led to gross infringements on freedom and democracy without strengthening national security.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNCLambert, Malcolm (Malcolm D.)
Summary: “Recognizing that the Christian crusades unfolded in a world shaped by Islamic jihads, Lambert scrutinizes both militant forms of religion simultaneously. In a world where memories of crusader atrocities sustain virulent new forms of jihad, such balanced scholarship offers hope of interfaith understanding.” -- Booklist
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956 LAMCharles, Ray 1930-2005.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CHASummary: Afghanistan, immediately post-9/11. Small teams of Green Berets arrive on a series of secret missions to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the nature and impact of fifteen years of constant combat, with unprecedented access to U.S. Special Forces.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LEGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LEGHomesick James
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270.092 DAYGladwell, Malcolm
Summary: Uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, and the powerful and the dispossessed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 155.24 GLAGladwell, Malcolm
Summary: The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 GLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 302 GlaHillier, Malcolm.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 HillierMalcolm, Noel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.71 MALPenny, Malcolm.
Summary: An introduction to the different types of whales, describing their behavior, habitat, and eating and reproductive processes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bookwright 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 599.5 PENSanford, Malcolm T. (Malcolm Thomas)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Read about a unique set of American women cutting a swath through stodgy 19th century British aristocracy. The book covers not just who they were but the lows and the triumphs of their inter-continental marriages. Also included are many fascinating details on how they dressed and what they had to go through.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7104 MACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.7104 MACCroft, Malcolm
Summary: "This majestically illustrated and deeply insightful guide explores 100 of the most spiritually significant places throughout the world, seeking to understand what it is that defines these sites. Spirituality has a multitude of meanings for the many who seek deeper significance in their lives. From ancient religions with their timeless places of worship to modern, contemporary followers of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ivy Press 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 291.3509 CROGladwell, Malcolm
Summary: The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 302 GLAGreenhalgh, Malcolm.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Beazley 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.176 GREHarris, Malcolm
Summary: "In PALO ALTO, the first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, Malcolm Harris examines how and why Northern California evolved in the particular, consequential way it did, tracing the ideologies, technologies, and policies that have been engineered there over the course of 150 years of Anglo settler colonialism, from IQ tests to the "tragedy of the commons," racial genetics, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 HARMackenzie, Malcolm
Summary: The Jonas Brothers are not just a nostalgic phenomenon -- they are one of the most exciting bands in the world right now. When the New Jersey trio returned to save pop in 2019, they didn't mess around. Comeback single "Sucker" went straight to member on in America and became their biggest hit ever. Now we are living in a Jonas world, and it's beyond "Cool." Discover everything there is to know...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020