Terranova, Michael-Paul
Summary: "Dive in to the depths of the ocean to discover different species of sharks in this nonfiction picture book with simple text and illustrations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.3 TERPaul, Chris
Summary: "The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PAUL PAUMillard, Candice.
Summary: A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin's bullet.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.8 MilMcChrystal, Stanley A.
Summary: "In this powerful book, McChrystal and his colleagues show how the challenges they faced in Iraq can be relevant to countless businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations. The world is changing faster than ever, and the smartest response for those in charge is to give small groups the freedom to experiment while driving everyone to share what they learn across the entire organization. As the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 658 MCCMeacham, Jon
Summary: From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times best selling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping yet intimate biography of George H. W. Bush. Based on rigorous research, hours of private interviews, and extraordinary access to Bush's diaries and to his family, this paints a vivid and affecting portrait of the distinctive American life of a man from the Greatest Generation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: An account of the most personally meaningful missions from Owen's thirteen years as a SEAL, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates, in both success and failure.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 359.009 Owen 2014McDonald, Michael
Summary: "A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser. Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart topping soloist. Across a half-century of American music, Michael McDonald's unmistakably smooth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2024
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Summary: Though this is among Celan's more accessible works, most of the poems in Hamburger's volume will reward, and stun, the attentive reader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Persea Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 CELSummary: "Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf ... Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons ... The daily struggles of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD YELCasey, Michael
Summary: Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey demystify the Internet's next big thing - the Blockchain - and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping. This book reveals the empowerment possible when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 CASSummary: A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the poets, brief biographical background, and illustrations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.008 CLASummary: Documents the rise of Dalton Trumbo's career in Hollywood and his subsequent public humiliation for being among the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s for communist associations. Exiled and penniless, he wrote under various pseudonyms, and even won an Academy Award. Dalton stood for the American value and right of free expression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRUSummary: (1st work) The teacher from the Black Lagoon: On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher, Mrs. Green, is the "monster." (2nd work) What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. (3rd work) By the light of the Halloween moon: A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TEAPeterson, Roger Tory
Summary: "A new edition of the classic, best-selling field guide from Peterson Field Guides"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.097 PETSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISandler, Michael
Summary: Describes some of the most unusual buildings in the world, including a hotel built of salt and an office building that looks like a basket, and compares their various features to similar characteristics of other things.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 720 SANCarr, Nicholas G.
Summary: Describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind", from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, the author makes a convincing case that every information...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 CARSummary: Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London's 02 Arena. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MICSummary: In an effort to address the obesity epidemic, in the USA 20 states mandate that students their body mass index (BMI) tested in order to gauge the student population's "health," even though BMI does not distinguish between muscle weight and fat weight. Notification letters are being sent to students whose body mass do not fall within a narrow range deemed "acceptable" by the state government,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STUSummary: An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild, thinking they'll never see Masha again. Three years go by, and Emily has gotten lost deep in the wild forests of the Pacific Northwest. Cold, frightened and alone in the gathering darkness, she falls and is knocked unconscious. When she awakens, Emily is amazed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BEADizon, Don S.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 DIZSummary: Be astounded by the fifth largest country in the world, from the lost world of Amazonia, to the buzzing cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, a city of 30 million, where the super rich commute by helicopter. Meet remote tribes who pit their survival skills against gold diggers and loggers. In the entertaining company of good-natured host Michael Palin, delight in the spectacular landscape,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 BRASummary: The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD THRCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THRSummary: "Takes you on an exclusive and rarely seen journey into the process behind creating a duets recording. Legendary entertainer Tony Bennett teams up with the biggest names in contemporary music, all live in the studio recording side by side with Bennett and his superb jazz quartet. This "behind the scenes" musical diary, complete with exclusive "in the moment" interviews, was shot completely in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2006