Summary: The adventure of a lifetime begins when two longtime pals, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, set off on their motorcycles taking the 'long way round' the world, covering 20,000 miles before completing their journey in New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Goldhil Entertainment 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LONSummary: Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC POPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD POPSummary: Television program that explores the Inca civilization from the perspective of their construction techniques. Archaeological teams use traditional building techniques to test their hypotheses, including the building of a 150-foot suspension bridge using nothing but grass.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking; a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CENSummary: An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2005
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GUNSummary: Washington crosses the Delaware: December 25th, 1776. After American forces suffered crushing defeats from the British army, General George Washington and Colonels Harrison and Tilghman debate what to do. They decide to launch a surprise attack by crossing the Delaware river in different places. Washington explains how America is fighting a personal battle for liberty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV YOUSummary: Could the source of the world's deadliest viruses hold the secret to a healthier and longer life? Bats have a sinister reputation as potential sources for some of the deadliest disease outbreaks: Ebola, MERS, SARS, and most recently, SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BATSummary: Join tour guide Samantha Brown as she shows some of the exciting places, popular area landmarks, and exotic locales most tourists never see. Includes Bavaria, Germany, Vienna, Austria, St. Moritz, Switzerland, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Clark Terry, an internationally renowned trumpeter, began his career in the 1940's. He has worked with legendary greats such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington. His love of music even crossed over into the education field and is a noted author of books on trumpet techniques.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC CLASummary: An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HE RATED PG-13Summary: The first feature-length appreciation of Eva Hesse's life and work, makes superb use of the artist's voluminous journals, her correspondence with close friend and mentor Sol LeWitt, and archival interviews with fellow artists who recall her passionate, ambitious, tenacious personality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EVASummary: A biography of Salvador Dali, the Spanish painter and self-styled genius. "Presents Dali's entire oeuvre--painting, sculpture, writing, fashion and film--in the context of his extraordinary life and international career"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DALSummary: Collects the original broadcast episodes from the third season of Star trek, the next generation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles, and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. A country built on belief, unlike any other, where tradition and transformation live together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BRASummary: In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy, and forever change the galactic balance of power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DUNSummary: The first issues of nine of comics' most compelling new titles are collected in this shelf-busting compendium. Discover new horror, drama, fantasy, and science fiction by some of comics' top talent-- writers and artists who will draw readers into their worlds and hook them in a single issue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WILTelevision Food Network (COR)
Summary: "Never again be stumped by the question, "What's for dinner?" with THE CHOPPED COOKBOOK, featuring Food Network Kitchen's secrets for combining pantry staples to make exciting meals. If you've ever looked into your fridge, realized you just have to cook those chicken breasts you bought earlier in the week, and wondered how you'd ever get excited about dinner again, THE CHOPPED COOKBOOK will...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 CHOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 CHOIzard, Stephanie
Summary: "Since becoming Top Chef's first female winner in 2008, Stephanie Izard has opened three restaurants in Chicago, won the coveted Iron Chef title on Food Network's Iron Chef Gauntlet, got married, and had a baby--and still she finds time to entertain and cook for her friends and family. In Gather & Graze she teaches home cooks how she does it: her tricks, techniques, and shortcuts to cooking...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOSummary: The first program observes the Red panda and Giant panda (one of the world's most endangered mammals) in their natural habitat, the bamboo forest of China's "Mountains of the Sleeping Dragon" a national panda reserve. The second program features the San Diego Zoo's challenge to successfully breed and raise a Giant Panda in captivity. Spotlighted is Hua Mei the baby panda and staff from the San...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NATSummary: The world of penguins: Presents the life of penguins and how they solve the problem of living in two worlds, in the sea where they spend most of their lives swimming and feeding, moving so gracefully, and their return to land each year to breed and to moult. A sea otter story: warm hearts and cold water: The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a haven for orphaned otter pups where the staff teaches these...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WADHazard, Rowland
Summary: "Back pain afflicts more than 3 in 4 adults and costs Americans over $100 billion every year. While most people recover quickly, the disabilities suffered by people who don't generate the vast majority of the costs and heartache. Talking Back offers people disabled by chronic back pain personal strategies for recovering active lives and wellness"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 HAZSicard, Cheri.
Summary: A guide for female cannibis connoisseurs covers the aspects of cannabis that matter most to women, including growing a garden, recipes, and smoke-free options.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2015