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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 JOHSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Contents: Basic concepts -- Sample spaces -- Addition rules -- Multiplication rules -- Odds and expectation -- Counting rules -- Binomial distribution -- Other probability distributions -- Normal distribution -- Simulation -- Game theory -- Actuarial science -- Appendix Bayes' Theorem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.2 BLUJohnson, Katherine G.
Summary: In 2015, at the age of ninety-seven, Johnson became a global celebrity for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA's first flight into space. In her memoir Johnson provides a record of racial history that reveals the influential role Black educators played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like herself, and brings into focus the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, KATHERINE JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B JOHNSON JOHJohnson, Cathy G
Summary: When a popular student encourages her to join the soccer team, Faith signs up even though she has never played the game, and learns about loyalty and friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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Summary: "The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHAllen, Robert G.
Summary: Explains how to adopt a mindset that fosters financial self-reliance, in a volume that covers such topics as recent tax law changes, protecting one's assets through trusts and corporations, and taking advantage of high-yield discount mortgages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 ALLBerman, Allen G.
Summary: A helpful, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow guide with detailed listings and historical references that assist both the beginning and advanced collector alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause; Newton Abbot 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 737 BermanBerman, Allen G.
Summary: A helpful, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow guide with detailed listings and historical references that assist both the beginning and advanced collector alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause; Newton Abbot 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 737 BERAllen, Robert G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2004
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Summary: Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician whose work was critical to the first US space flight"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOHJohnson-Sirleaf, Ellen
Summary: From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SIRLEAF, ELLEN JOHNSON SIRSummary: "Heard about the lizard that shoots blood from its eyes? Or the ancient Romans who used pee as mouthwash? Did you know that going on a roller coaster can cure kidney stones? In this compendium of obscure facts readers will be treated to baffling knowledge they would never learn at school. Broken into chapters including geography, space, and history, a team of experts has scoured the world to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Einstein's Big Idea reveals the roots of his astonishing breakthrough in the human stories of men and women whose innovative thinking across four centures helped lead to E=mc2, and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EINSummary: LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso. He rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus, like something from Shakespeare, filling the stage -- 10, 12 characters in one. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done, the size of the problems he faces. Before Lyndon Johnson, we were essentially a segregated society. Inequality...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LBJSummary: "Follows the terrifying and horrific abuses instilled upon the indigenous people of North America, and details the genocidal practices of the US government and its continuing affects on present day Indian country"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bastard Fairy Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CANSummary: Profiles Junior Alcantara, a 34-year-old man recovering from heroin addiction and dealing with the effects of chronic hepatitis C. Also looks at two other recovering addicts with hepatitis C. Medical doctors discuss the realities of heroin addiction and ways of treating it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIXJoinson, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 775 JOIJoinson, Suzanne.
Summary: Years after photographer William Harrington participates in a 1920s project to redesign Jerusalem with British parks against a backdrop of growing nationalist unrest, his revelations about long-buried secrets transform the life of his former employer's daughter. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOIJonson, Ben
Summary: This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford Paperbacks 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 JonsonJohnsen, Karen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.7044 JOHJohnsen, Linda
Summary: Covering the long history of how the Hindu religion has developed from its fragmented origins, this is a comprehensive guide to Hindu religion and culture, from karma and reincarnation to dietary habits and the caste system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel JohnsenCallan, Kevin.
Summary: A well-illustrated and highly entertaining sequel to the author's The Happy Camper, this book is a practical, informative and comic look at all aspects of wilderness camping: from planning to companions, wildlife to martinis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 2008