Nelson, Willie
Summary: On April 29 and 30 of this year, a variety of artists spanning genres and generations came together with Willie Nelson to celebrate the legend's 90th birthday for a star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two CD+Blu-ray set captures the highlights of this amazing night, including 39 performances across the two CDs and the same songs captured in HD on...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Summary: 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 TRUJepson, Jeff
Summary: Presents over 50 arborist knots with information on both knot construction (tying the knots) and application (using the knots). Offering more than 200 illustrations and utilizing a handy cross-reference format, this compact book measures 4.5" x 8" and is ideal for field use.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaver Tree Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8 JEPSummary: As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV USLylas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LylasVolger, Lukas
Summary: "Flavorful vegetarian versions of America's favorite one-dish meals: ramen, pho, bibimbap, dumplings, and burrito bowls A restorative bowl of vegetarian ramen sent Lukas Volger on a quest to capture the full flavor of all the one-bowl meals that are the rage today--but in vegetarian form. With the bowl as organizer, the possibilities for improvisational meals full of seasonal produce and herbs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5631 VOLLukas, Albert
Summary: Since the 2016 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, its Sweet Home Café has become a destination in its own right. Showcasing African American contributions to American cuisine, the café offers favorite dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, adding modern flavors and contemporary twists on classics. With African, Caribbean, and European influences...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 LUKRieppel, Lukas
Summary: A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest businesstycoons. Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560.75 RIEVolger, Lukas
Summary: An innovative approach to vegetarian cooking, allowing you to use what you already have on hand to make great meals. Starts with just a few ingredients--sweet potatoes, tortillas, eggs, cabbage, hearty greens, beans, winter squash, mushrooms, tofu, summer squash, and cauliflower, which Volger advises readers to stock up on. Home chefs can throw in their own variations and favorite...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 VOLLukas, Christopher.
Contents: Introduction: Lukas's story -- What happens to the survivor after someone commits suicide -- Emotional reactions to suicide -- A family's story -- The bargain : a deal we make with life -- Bargains : the long good-bye -- Bargains : scapegoating -- Bargains : "I am guilty; I am a victim" -- Bargains : cutting off -- Bargains : a miscellany -- The saddest bargain : "because you died, I'll die" --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.28 LUKVolger, Lukas
Summary: "The author of Start Simple redefines "dinner" in this creative cookbook that elevates snacks and grazing foods to main-course status, filled with 100 recipes and 75 color photos."--Amazon.com. "We've all been there. Pressed for time, patience,or the will to cook yet another meal, we turn to eating snacks for dinner. While these "meals" are often thrown together, there is no denying that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.53 VOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Cook VolgerDUKAS, PAUL
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Place a hold to request this item.Nielson, Erik
Summary: "A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.73 NIENielson, Stephanie
Summary: Details how the author survived a horrific plane crash that left her with third degree burns over eighty percent of her body and learned to embrace the power of love, motherhood, community, faith, and the simple joys of everyday life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Voice/Hyperion 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIELSON, STEPHANIE NIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio NielsonLekas, Gerry
Summary: "This isn't your average travel book--and these aren't your average tourist destinations! Take a wild ride through hidden Windy City history--often dark, sometimes inexplicable, and occasionally glamorous. Meet the gangsters, ghosts, serial killers and celebrities that only Chicago could produce. This journey into eclectic Chicago lore includes: 19 spine-tingling creepy sites (Resurrection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 LEKBelson, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.851 BELNelsen, Jane.
Summary: "Over the years, millions of parents and teachers have used the amazingly effective strategies of Positive Discipline to restore order and civility to their homes and classrooms. Now you too can use the time-tested Positive Discipline strategies as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect in children. This new edition of Positive Discipline in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Nelsen, Jane
Summary: "Do you wish there was a way to raise well-behaved children without punishment? Are you afraid the only alternative is being overly indulgent? With Positive Discipline, an encouragement model based on both kindness and firmness, you don't have to choose between these two extremes. Using these 49 Positive Discipline tools, honed and perfected after years of real-world research and feedback,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 NELCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 NELNelsen, Jane.
Summary: " ... Shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649.125 NELLukacs, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHURCHILL, WINSTON LUCLukacs, John
Summary: "The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with or to continue the war against Hitler. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacs's new book." "Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1999