Summary: An effervescent, sunlit silent film about a handful of city dwellers enjoying a weekend outing that offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin. A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, the film was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world. People On Sunday represents an astonishing confluence of talent, an early...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PEOLamont, Ian
Summary: The top-selling guide to Google’s free online office suite is now available in a revised and expanded second edition! Thirty minutes is all you'll need to get up to speed with Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, the free online productivity suite and alternative to Microsoft Office. Millions of people use the software every day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: I30 Media Corporation 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.5 GOOGLE LAMSummary: The wild no-holds barred independent American filmmakers of the '50s and '60s tell their own story in this critically acclaimed survey of exploitation and sexploitation filmmaking.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SCHHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "Unarmed citizens shot by police. Drinking water turned to poison. Mass incarcerations. We've heard the individual stories. Now a leading public intellectual and acclaimed journalist offers a powerful, paradigm-shifting analysis of America's current state of emergency, finding in these events a larger and more troubling truth about race, class, and what it means to be "Nobody." Protests in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 HILChrisp, Peter.
Summary: Describes the achievements of the scientists who have discovered and interpreted the fossils of the dinosaurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE CHRChrisp, Peter.
Summary: Chronologically traces human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day using a detailed timeline, covering key events, people, inventions, and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909 CHRHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "In the midst of loss, death, and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means--and how we take steps to get there. The uprising of 2020 marks a new phase in the unfolding Movement for Black Lives. The brutal killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and countless other injustices large and small, lit the spark of the largest protest movement in US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 HILHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "A riveting exploration of how the power of visual media over the last few years has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the New York Times bestselling author of the "worthy and necessary" (The New York Times) Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill, and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. With his signature "clear and courageous" (Cornel West)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 HILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.3 HILKohl, Cris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOHCheris, Elaine.
Summary: "Fencing: Steps to Success" covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fencing, as well as a valuable reference for instructors of this highly technical sport. One of the most recognized fencing figures in the United States, author Elaine Cheris shares her expertise as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 CHEMcDougall, Chros
Summary: This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.3 MCDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.48 MCDHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick spotlight how one-sided pro-Israel policies reflect the truth-bending grip of authoritarianism on both Israel and the United States. Except for Palestine argues that progressives and liberals who oppose regressive policies on immigration, racial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2022
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Summary: "Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung's Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone--from the city's first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples--could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: Explores the life and times of Columbus and his discovery of the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2001
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Summary: An intimate, authoritative look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.73 BEAKohl, Cris.
Summary: A proven bestseller just got better! New second edition includes the 51 best shipwrecks in the eastern Great Lakes (Lakes Ontario, Erie & Huron). Several new shipwrecks not in the previous edition appear now due to recent discoveries and sinkings. Exciting histories and wreck descriptions. Updated and new GPS coordinates for precisely locating shipwrecks. 122 color photos spread throughout the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2005
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 1Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 2
Lamott, Anne.
Summary: The author and her son chronicle his first year as a teenage father and her journey as a mother and new grandmother, describing their respective experiences with changing roles, the baby's mother, and poignant family losses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAMOTT, ANNE LAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem LamottChrisp, Peter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.3 ChrKohl, Cris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.916 KOHPeterson, Cris.
Summary: The story of a 100-year-old family farm in Wisconsin is told in photographs and in anecdotes about the three generations of Persons who have owned and farmed the land.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.1 PETAsh, Lamorna
Summary: "From an adventurous and discerning new voice reminiscent of Robert Macfarlane, a captivating portrait of a community eking out its living in a coastal landscape as stark and storied as it is beautiful. Before arriving in Newlyn, a Cornish fishing villageat the end of the railway line, Lamorna Ash was told that no fisherman would want a girl joining an expedition. Weeks later, the only female...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.3 ASHLaBonte, Gail.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the llama. Also includes information on its history and relationship to people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dillon Press 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.73 LABSamons, Brittany.
Summary: Essential oils are truly amazing and have great uses for the skin and the body as a whole. If you are looking into using essential oils for certain ailments and illnesses, then you better understand first the very nature and different aspects of this aromatic sensation and this book can help you with that.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weight A Bit 2014