Mason, C. Nicole
Summary: "While showing us her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many--that the poor don't help themselves enough"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MASON, C. NICOLE MASSummary: John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie TerminatorCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI TERSummary: Part 3 explores the period from the Renaissance to the onset of the Enlightenment in the middle to late seventeenth century. This section marks the critical schism that developed between the claims of faith and those of science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREKear, Nicole C.
Summary: "When [the author] was 19 years old, she walked into an eye doctor's office for what she thought was a routine appointment and was given a life-changing diagnosis. She was going blind, courtesy of a disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and she had a decade or so before lights-out. To cope, she decides to hide her disease and live like there's no tomorrow ... She tears through boyfriends, joins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEAR, NICOLE C KEASummary: "Nikola Tesla has come to be seen by many as a tragic figure, a visionary engineer who died impoverished and largely forgotten--eclipsed by names such as Edison and Marconi. A tireless inventor who registered numerous patents and developed many working prototypes, Tesla would become most famous for his dazzling demonstrations. Audiences flocked to see him send thousands of volts of electricity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TESSummary: Cultural historians, collectors, and various celebrity obsessives, including Tom Hanks and John Mayer, launch us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved, but dying technology, the typewriter, faces extinction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2017
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CALSummary: Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRAgin, Marilyn C.
Summary: A guide for parents offers advice on how to know if a late-talking child has a speech delay or disorder, providing coverage of such topics as the warning signs of a serious disorder, finding a therapist, and at-home speech exercises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 AGIWest, Delno C.
Summary: Presents the backgrounds of such American symbols as Uncle Sam and the Liberty Bell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 929.92 WESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America West,Contents: Introduction -- Season in New York -- Season in Chicago -- Season in San Francisco -- Season in Southern California -- Street scene / by Elmer Rice -- Journey's end / R.C. Sherriff -- Wings over Europe / Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne -- Holiday / by Philip Barry -- Front page / by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- Let us be gay / by Rachel Crothers -- Machinal / by Sophie Treadwell --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1929
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.5 BESCole, K. C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 COLHuskins, Denise
Summary: "The shocking true story of a bizarre kidnapping and the victims' revictimization by the justice system In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, awoke from sound sleep to a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise and warned Aaron not to call the police or she would be killed. Aaron agonized about what to do. Finally he put his trust in law...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 HUSSummary: Posing the question to one hundred and fifty of the world's leading scientists and thinkers, this collection of responses reveals what about the present or the future worries each of them the most.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 WHABruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUSummary: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MeVasari, Giorgio
Summary: 120 full-color plates and 127 black and white illustrations. An extensive biography about the Italian Renaissance artists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.5 GREPerkins, Nichole
Summary: "Pop culture is the Pandora's Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusion, and hope -- all of these intractable and unavoidable features course through the media we consume. Examining pop culture's impact on her life, Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet from the perspective of one southern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERKINS, NICHOLE PERMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANMawson, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.9 ENDNicol, Gloria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 NicolNicolle, David
Summary: Describes the life of a medieval knight and the culture he lived in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 909.07 NICCall number: J 940.1 NIC
Mahon, Joi
Summary: In Create the Perfect Fit, Joi Mahon debunks traditional fitting rules and shares her measure yourself, measure your pattern style of fitting to help you achieve the best fit possible. With detailed instructions and illustrations, she'll walk you through the process of measuring your body, applying your measurements to a commercial pattern and creating an exact muslin that will become the base...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fons & Porter 2014