Summary: Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BOTMiralles, Francesc
Summary: When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year’s Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments—until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MIRFrance, Kim.
Summary: A fashion manual based on the popular magazine shares advice on how to dress fashionably on a budget or at sophisticated boutiques, covering such topics as how to cross-reference a wardrobe, identify flea market bargains, shop while traveling, and make holiday purchases.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham/Penguin 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 645.4 FRANCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.34 FRAFrangos, Stavros.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2004
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPFranzen, Jonathan.
Summary: The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANZEN, JONATHAN FRAFuret, Francois
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.4 FURSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Francke, Chip.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Leelanau Conservancy 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.2 FRA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 598.2 FRA
Franken, Al
Summary: The Harvard-educated comedian, talk-show host, and U.S. Senator chronicles the story of his unlikely senatorial campaign, detailing the ensuing months-long recount and what his service has taught him about America's deeply polarized political culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANKEN, AL FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FRANKIN FRAWeil, Franȯis.
Summary: Traces the history of genealogy in the United States, from its early preoccupation with social status and lineage, to a nineteenth-century search for Anglo-Saxon roots, to a twentieth-century acceptance of diversity and the introduction of DNA technology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 WEIFrancis
Summary: Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations, open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world, now published here.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 FRAFrancis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 FraJames, Franke.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 JAMFrancis
Summary: Pope Francis has captured the world's attention with his seemingly counterintuitive approach to leadership. In "The Church of Mercy," readers get a first-hand look at Pope Francis's vision of the good news of Christian hope and mercy. Designed for a broad readership, this is a compilation of essays, speeches, and homilies by Pope Francis since his election on being a church that exists among...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 FRAFrancis
Summary: Pope Francis examines the role of millennials in the future of the Catholic Church in this urgent call to believers of all generations to work together to build a better world. Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has reinvigorated the Catholic Church and become one of the most popular global leaders. Now, in this extraordinary interview with journalist Thomas Leoncini, His Holiness reminds...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 282.092 FRAFrancis
Summary: "The long-awaited, beloved Pope Francis' prayers for the ten most pressing issues the world is facing today, inspiring action to radically unify humanity in hope for a peaceful future. "The clock is ticking, all life is in danger, but we are on time...Let's take the first step and go to meet the other, the different. Let's put hands, mind and heart to work together. Let's change the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Image 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.092 FRAFrancis
Summary: In his first book published as Pope, and in conjunction with the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis here invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject closest to his heart -- mercy -- which has long been the cornerstone of his faith and is now the central teaching of his papacy. In this conversation with Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli, Francis explains --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 282.092 FRAFrancis
Summary: In a passionate style , encyclical letter laudato si’ of the holy father Francis on care for our common home expands Catholic teaching on mankind's responsibility to care for God's creation, and protect and care for the most vulnerable, issuing a call to action for both individuals and governments to tackle the planet's ecological plight. Francis warned that the world faces "the unprecedented...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Word Among us Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 260 FRAFrancis
Summary: "Turning the pages of the precious book that is life, Pope Francis leads us along a path made of emotions, joys, and agonies: a window on the past that will allow us to better understand our present"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B POPE FRANCIS POPFrance, David
Summary: "From the creator of and inspired by the seminal documentary of the same name--an Oscar nominee--the definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, and the powerful, heroic stories of the gay activists who refused to die without a fight. Intimately reported, this is the story of the men and women who, watching their friends and lovers fall, ignored by public officials,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1969 FRAFrance, Tan
Summary: In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's smash-hit QUEER EYE tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional Muslim family, as one of the few people of color in Doncaster, England. He illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding his voice...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANCE, TAN FRAFroncek, Thomas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 FROCheng, Franȯis
Summary: Five meditations on the role of beauty in human life and its direct connection with the sacred--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2009