Summary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a showcase of strength from the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GIRSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDTapper, Alice Paul
Summary: When the author notices the girls in her class were not participating as much as the boys, she discusses it with her Girl Scout Troop and comes up with a creative way to encourage classroom participation in girls.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor, as well as a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Trace Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age four with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DECAliki.
Summary: Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETSummary: Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself the documentary explores the publication's humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit, follows its upward trajectory from underground paper to national powerhouse, then bears witness to its imminent demise following the tragic and untimely deaths of its visionary publisher, Barry Kramer, and its most famous alum and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Garretson, Katy
Summary: Sid and his friends learn about rainbows and investigate what makes them appear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ncircle Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SIDSummary: Director Stig Björkman allows us unprecedented access to Ingrid Bergman's world, culling from the most personal of archival materials: letters, diary entries, photographs, and Super eight and sixteen mm footage Bergman herself shot, and following her from youth to tumultuous married life and motherhood. Intimate and artful, this lovingly assembled portrait, narrated by actor Alicia Vikander,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INGSummary: Join fitness star and yogini Hemalayaa for vibrant, liberating Indian dnace moves set to infectious Bollywood beats. These four quick dance workouts will help you get fit, firm, and flirty in no time. But more than that, these moves are a perfect way to release inhibitions, embrace your body, and fall in love with your back side. A unique approach to slimming and shaping the lower body. Viewers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A program that combines dancing for fun and fitness with sexy, hip bhangra music and dance brings serious cardio, sculpting, and stretching when learning the basic moves inspired by India's movie musicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.712 BOLSummary: "Offering seven 20-minute practices, this program will help you fit yoga into your busy life every day of the week. Practicing yoga daily, even for a short time, can be more beneficial than a long, intense practice once in a while. By tuning your workout to your needs each day, you'll acquire balance, composure, and tranquility in your life!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acacia 2009
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD DAISummary: Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HEMSummary: "Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the 'Muscle Shoals sound' and the Swampers, the house band at FAME Studios that eventually...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Obolensky, Kira.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.98 OBOAliki.
Summary: A simple description of how corn was discovered and used by the Indians and how it came to be an important food throughout the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1976
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Explains how fossils are formed and what they tell us about the past.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1990
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Describes the stages in making a book, starting with the writing of the manuscript and the drawing of the pictures, and explaining all the technical processes leading to printed and bound copies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 686 ALIAliki.
Summary: A simple presentation of the five senses, demonstrating some ways we use them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.8 ALIAliki.
Summary: During his visit to an aquarium, a boy finds out about the characteristics and environments of many different marine and freshwater creatures.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1993