Le Corre, Erwan
Summary: "In the groundbreaking book, Erwan Le Corre, the founder of MovNat, helps you reconnect with moving as your ancestors did. "Working out" in a gym using machines would have seemed nonsensical to them. Why not just move your body in the way it was designed to move in order to accomplish the tasks required by everyday life? Having guidance and feedback form an instructor is useful, but in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Victory Belt Publishing Inc. 2018
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Summary: Presents step-by-step instructions for more than one hundred basic domestic life skills from building a fire and hemming pants to rolling a pie crust and planting a vegetable garden, in a guide that includes tips for saving money.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Behan, Kevin.
Contents: Pt. 1. Our special relationship with dogs -- pt. 2. My life with dogs -- pt. 3. How dogs work -- pt. 4. The dog in your life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 BEHBryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis)
Contents: The history of yoga -- Yoga prior to Patañjali -- The Vedic period -- Yoga in the Upaniṣads -- Yoga in the Mahābhārata -- Yoga and Sāṅkhya -- Patañjali's yoga -- Patañjali and the six schools of Indian philosophy -- The Yoga sūtras as a text -- The commentaries on the Yoga sūtras -- The subject matter of the Yoga sūtras -- The dualism of yoga -- The Sāṅkhya metaphysics of the text -- The goals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 181.452 BRYSummary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESBryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis)
Summary: "Bhakti, or devotion, is the central concept of Hinduism. This book explores bhakti through examining one particular tradition with Hinduism and the key practices, beliefs, and texts associated with it, which are all nearly in the form of parable-like stories"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2017
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Summary: Describes different shooting sports, including target shooting, biathalon, and distance shooting, and discusses the history of each sport and the equipment required.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Company 2012
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Summary: "Fodor's Compass Guides offer highlights of major destinations in a compact package that includes detailed maps that you can bring along with you to help you navigate when cell service is not available."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2023
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Summary: Identifies the different parts to a gun and its ammunition, describes each part's function, and details the steps to loading different guns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.825 KEVKevin, Brian
Summary: Examines the roots of the second amendment to the US Constitution, from the history of gun rights in England, to the Founders' reasoning behind the second amendment, and the responsibilities that accompany these rights. Important regulating legislation and the debate on gun control is covered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: Set in the near future after a catastrophic war which has destroyed the government, a traveler finds an old mail bag and starts delivering it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie PostmanCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POSMiller, Jonathan
Summary: Describes the life, ideas, and accomplishments of scientist Charles Darwin, and features humorous illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.82 MILBarnard, Edward Emerson
Summary: "Edward Emerson Barnard's Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way was originally published in two volumes in 1927. Together these volumes contained a wealth of information, including photographic plates of the most interesting portions of the Milky Way, descriptive text, charts, and data. Only 700 copies were printed, making the original edition a collector's item. Reproduced in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 523.1 BARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 523.1 BARBejan, Adrian
Summary: Reveals how recurring patterns in nature are accounted for by a single governing principle of physics, explaining how all designs in the world from biological life to inanimate systems evolve in a sequence of ever-improving designs that facilitate flow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BEJSummary: Much ado about nothing ... contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2012
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS MUCArrian.
Summary: During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Arrian's history of those conquests is the most reliable and detailed account to emerge from the ancient world. --from publisher description
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 ARRSummary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARSummary: "Out of Print is a documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles." -- container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTSummary: A documentary about Flint, Michigan native Michael Moore and his efforts to meet with General Motors' president Roger Smith in order to persuade the executive to visit Flint, a city which is economically depressed due to the closure of a General Motors plant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ROGToss, Brion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8882 TOSMerwin, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Water MerwinLoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOEBriggs, Korwin
Summary: Before there was Batman, Wonder Woman, or Black Panther ... there was Indra, Hindu king of gods, who battled a fearsome snake to save the world from drought. Athena, the powerful Greek goddess of wisdom who could decide the fate of battles before they even began. Okuninushi, the Japanese hero who defeated eighty brothers to become king and then traded it all for a chance at immortality....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Co. 2018