Summary: The epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Kevin Pearce and Shaun White is documented in this exhilarating ride into the world of extreme snowboarding. With both practicing more and more breathtaking and dangerous tricks leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, everything suddenly changes for Kevin when a horrific crash leaves him fighting for his life. When he recovers, all he wants to do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRAPeart-Smith, Paul
Summary: "There is a growing urgency, in classrooms as well as in publishing at large, to encompass the African American experience, African American thought and culture. Much of the recent headway has been made in the superhero framework, including Black Panther, but not only there. The tremendous success-in sales and prizes-of March, the trilogy based upon the life of Congressman John Lewis, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 PEASummary: "Afro-Atlantic Histories" brings together a selection of more than 400 works and documents by more than 200 artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries that express and analyze the ebbs and flows between Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The book is motivated by the desire and need to draw parallels, frictions, and dialogues around the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DelMonico Books, ARTBOOK/D.A.P. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704.03 AFRMartin, Pedro
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction MartinMartínez, Pedro
Summary: From the 8-time All Star and 3-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTINEZ, PEDRO MARPedre, Vincent
Summary: This groundbreaking book by a top Functional Medicine specialist reveals that everything you put into your gut can either create serious digestive issues or fix them. Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for years before becoming an expert in Functional Medicine and learning how to heal his body through food. Dr. Pedre drew from his own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 PEDSummary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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Summary: "The Smurfs Anthology presents Peyo's original Smurfs graphic novels in the original order that they were first published, as well as the Johan and Peewit graphic novels in which they first appeared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PEYHero
Summary: "Something's got the usually quiet Sakura all fidgety! And for once, it's not Tohru! Will sparks fly when Sakura, unexpectedly worked up by a shounen manga, of all things, runs into the equally quiet Yanagi, himself a shounen manga fanboy?!"--Tp verso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018
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Summary: Loving to play sports but unable to get the other Smurfs to play with him, Hefty Smurf organizes the "Smurf Olympics," but when neither team will select Weakling Smurf, he is forced to compete on his own for the grand prize of a Smurfette kiss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PEYSummary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPGos, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.596 GOSKot, Greg.
Summary: "Ripped" tells the story of how the laptop generation created a new grassroots music industry, with the fans and bands rather than the corporations in charge. In this new world, bands aren't just musicmakers but self-contained multimedia businesses; and fans aren't just consumers but distributors and even collaborators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.285 KOTKus, Sally
Contents: Developing a volleyball coaching philosophy -- Communicating your approach -- Motivating players -- Building a volleyball program -- Planning for the season -- Planning for practices -- Technical development of players -- Posture, serving, and passing -- Fundamentals of attacking -- Floor defense and blocking -- Offensive strategies and options -- Defensive alignments and maneuvers -- Preparing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.325 KUSKops, Deborah
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the women's rights activist, from her youth to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 PAUKlos, Lydia
Summary: "This book features 500 innovative knitting stitch patterns. The stitches are divided into sections by type of stitch: texture, lace, cables, flower and leaf patterns, bobbles, lifted stitches, Fair Isle, intarsia, borders, and more."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 KLOFerreira, Pedro G.
Summary: "At the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity are a set of equations that explain the relationship among gravity, space, and time--possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics. For over a century, physicists have been exploring, debating, and at times neglecting Einstein's theory in their quest to uncover the history of the universe, the origin of time, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pomegranate Artbooks 1994
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Summary: "After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji's parents return to Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in the family's new California home. Overnight, Eun Ji finds herself in a world made strange in her mother's absence. Her mother writes letters over the years seeking forgiveness and love-letters Eun Ji cannot understand until she finds them years later...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2020
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Summary: "Hori and Miyamura are now officially a couple, and everyone knows it. But not everything's coming up roses for Miyamura, who's worried that people are talking about Hori behind her back. When his anxiety about being Hori's boyfriend reaches fever pitch, Miyamura drastically changes his look, which changes everyone's opinion of him all at once."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2016
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Summary: "Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion in the United States with this powerful new feminist classic and rousing call for change. Koa Beck, writer and former editor-in-chief of Jezebel, boldly examines the history of feminism, from the true mission of the suffragettes to the rise of corporate feminism with clear-eyed scrutiny and meticulous detail. She also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 BECHivekovics, Akos
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bioszfera books 0000
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Kois, Dan
Summary: "What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search of a new way to be a family? Dan Kois and his wife always did their best for their kids. Busy professionals living in the D.C. suburbs, they scheduled their children's time wisely, and when they weren't arguing over screen time, the Kois family--Dan, his wife Alia, and their two pre-teen daughters--could each be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Summary: "The clock is ticking ... There is a secret black market in New York It is hidden in plain sight-- in our streets, trains, and restaurants. Those who know how to navigate it exchange secrets of extraordinary nature. But when the secret in circulation is a biological weapon derived from Vine Technology, the gloves are off-- and the most extraordinary agents are released to stop the disaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Valiant Entertainment LLC 2015