Summary: "Paul Hegeman highlights the music of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt while attempting to unveil the mystery around the purportedly reclusive writer of such famed works as "Tabula Rasa," "Fratres," "Trivium" and "Für Alina," all stirringly performed here. But Hegeman, who also shot the film (with Auke Dijkstra), eschews a typical biographical recounting of the 83-year-old maestro's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THAJenner, Caitlyn
Summary: "Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete." Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JENNER, CAITLYN JENDoughty, Caitlin
Summary: "Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In the tradition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 DOUCulmo, Kaitlin
Summary: "There's history as it's told, and then there's history as it actually happened. You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story as it has been written. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.409 CULAlifirenka, Caitlin
Summary: It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of--so she chose it. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There were only ten letters, and forty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 305.2350 ALIDonohue, Caitlin
Summary: "Each of the forty women profiled in this illustrated YA book demonstrates how women are capable of political and community leadership and activism. Readers will be inspired to pursue their own goals of social change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 DONTattlin, Isadora.
Summary: Isadora Tattlin is the American wife of a European energy consultant posted to Havana in the 1990s. Wisely, the witty Mrs. Tattlin began a diary the day her husband informed her of their new assignment. One of the first entries is her shopping list of things to take, including six gallons of shampoo. For although the Tattlins were provided with a wonderful, big house in Havana, complete with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books 2002
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Summary: "An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.3 MATBell Barnett, Kaitlin
Summary: "Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in the number of young people taking psychiatric medication--but, despite a heated debate on the issue, we haven't heard directly from the "medicated kids" themselves. In Dosed, Kaitlin Bell Barnett, who was diagnosed with depression as a teenager, weaves together stories from members of this "medication generation, exploring their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8918 BARDoughty, Caitlin.
Summary: Fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for their dead. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body. Grandpa's mummy has lived in the family home for two years, where the family has maintained a warm and respectful relationship. She meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 393 DOUDoughty, Caitlin.
Summary: The blogger behind the popular Web series "Ask a Mortician" describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 393 DOUFitz, Caitlin
Summary: "A major new interpretation recasts U.S. history between revolution and civil war, exposing a dramatic reversal in sympathy toward Latin American revolutions,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 FITFlanagan, Caitlin.
Summary: Describes the modern transition from girl to woman and discusses the changes that have taken place in the process over the past thirty years while finding that the landmarks through the journey have remained the same.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 FLAMcAneney, Caitlin.
Summary: The Internet can be one of the most useful tools for young learners. It can also open them up to dangerous situations and inappropriate content. This book teaches readers how to use the Internet responsibly. It addresses relevant issues, including social networking, online gaming, and cyber bullying. Through age-appropriate text, readers will learn how to avoid strangers and keep their personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 004 MCAMoscatello, Caitlin.
Summary: "From an award-winning journalist covering gender and politics comes an inside look at the female candidates fighting back and winning elections in the crucial 2018 midterms. Beyond the 2018 victories, Moscatello speaks with leaders of organizations training female candidates, researchers, and successful strategists who helped women triumph--emphasizing authenticity and passion. After November...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.082 MOSMyer, Caitlin
Summary: "A literary memoir of one woman's journey from wife to warrior, in the vein of breakout hits like Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle. At thirty-six years old, Caitlin Myer is ready to start a family with her husband. She has leftbehind the restrictive confines of her Mormon upbringing and early sexual trauma and believes she is now living her happily ever after . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pubilshing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MYER, CAITLIN MYEBirch, Caitlin.
Summary: Marley learns that no matter how tasty he should not eat Cassie's homework, and wonders how to make it up to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BIRDoughty, Caitlin.
Summary: The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 DOUMoran, Caitlin
Summary: Piecing together common-sense observations with scenes from her own life, the author sheds new light on feminism, discussing the reasons why female rights and empowerment are essential issues for both women and society itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.42 MORShetterly, Caitlin
Summary: "An assessment of the hot-button debate about GMOs by a journalist who became convinced that genetically modified corn was causing family illnesses traces the evolution of ubiquitous modified products and how they are threatening human health,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 SHEBrodnick, Caitlin
Summary: "After watching too many family members die of cancer, at age 28, public speaker and comedian Caitlin Brodnick was tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation and tested positive, indicating an 87% chance she'd likely be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. She had a preventative double mastectomy, thereby becoming an everywoman's Angelina Jolie. Dangerous Boobies: Breaking Up with My Time-Bomb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRODNICK, CAITLIN BRODonohue, Caitlin
Summary: "Culture writer Caitlin Donohue uses interviews with medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to craft an inclusive and comprehensive overview of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere for young adults"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.29 DONDoughty, Caitlin
Summary: Describes death customs and rituals from around the world, exploring how they compare to the impersonal American system and how mourners respond best when they participate in caring for the deceased.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 DOUFriedman, Caitlin.
Summary: Women still don't have much of a road map when it comes to taking charge at the office, so the team who brought you the other Girl's Guides is drawing one. Friedman and Yorio will teach you to be powerful without being possessive, to be opinionated without being brassy, and to have a strong voice without micromanaging. You'll learn just how to own the role of queen bee in a positive way so that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Road 2006