Albion, Mark S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.409 ALBSummary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOSKaufman, George S. (George Simon)
Summary: Collects plays written by George Kaufman in collaboration with other writers, including "Dinner at Eight," "Animal Crackers," "Stage Door," and "You Can't Take It With You."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.52 KAUSummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREErvin, Kristine S.
Summary: "Kristine S. Ervin was just eight years old when her mother, Kathy Sue Engle, was abducted from an Oklahoma mall parking lot and violently murdered in an oil field. First, there was grief. Then the desire to know: what happened to her, what she felt in her last terrible moments, and all she was before these acts of violence defined her life. In her mother's absence, Ervin tries to reconstruct a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.45 SCHAloian, Molly.
Summary: Discusses the weather, and plants and animals that live in a rainforest habitat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.34 ALOAloian, Molly.
Summary: Explains the benefits of such insects as butterflies and bumblebees in producing silk or honey, as well as the harm other insects cause in destroying plants and spreading disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 632.7 ALOSummary: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIGCurtis, Edward S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 CURRoth, Allan S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 ROTContents: Introduction -- Season in New York -- Season in Chicago -- Little theater tournament -- Show-off / by George Kelly -- Hell-bent fer heaven / by Hatcher Hughes -- Swan / by Ferencz Molnar ; tr. by M.P. Baker -- Outward bound / by Sutton Vane -- Goose hangs high / by Lewis Beach -- Beggar on horseback / by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly -- Changelings / by Lee Wilson Dodd -- Sun-up / by Lula...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small, Maynard & Co. 1924
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.5 BESAllen, Everett S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382.45 ALLAtkin, Gavin.
Summary: "This complete how-to guide to the simplest boats you can build is perfect for first-time builders, parents working with children, school and community projects, and anyone who wants to build a good, inexpensive boat with a minimum of fuss"--Cover, p. 2.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine/McGraw-Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 ATKSummary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINAllen, Danielle S.
Summary: "A social science professor from Princeton University describes what she learned about freedom and equality when she and her students read the text of the Declaration of Independence from start to finish" --Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ALLAline
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALISummary: With six groundbreaking decades in the theatre, four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally is a living legend, on stage and off. He launched the careers of some of Broadway's biggest stars, has been a pioneer in the fight for LGBTQ rights, triumphed over addiction, found love and inspiration at every age, and continually shows the power of art to transform society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EVESummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURKoufman, Jamie
Summary: Reflux is not only uncomfortable and inconvenient, it’s dangerous. If left untreated, reflux can wreak havoc on a child’s ears, nose, throat, airways, lungs and digestive system. Our successful reflux rehabilitation program is a platform for change, with the long-term goal of health maintenance and disease prevention. And, for overweight children, another benefit of this book’s reflux program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katalitix Media 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 KOUAline
Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 ALISummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Summary: In the three centuries following Columbus's landfall in the Americas, slavery became a critical institution across swathes of both North and South America. It saw twelve million Africans forced onto slave ships, and had seismic consequences for Africa while leading to the transformation of the Americas and to the material enrichment of the Western world. It was also largely unquestioned. Yet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019