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Birds Fiction Friendship Fiction Graphic novels Marine Flasher (Ship) National socialism Social aspects Squirrels Fiction Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld 1930- Family World War, 1939-1945 Children Poland Wrocław Biography World War, 1939-1945 Refugees Germany Wrocław (Poland) BiographySummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOWSummary: The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOWWeston, Mark
Summary: Describes how Danish astronomer Ole Romer measured the speed of light using a crude telescope and a mechanical timepiece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 535 WESBrown, Lester R. (Lester Russell)
Summary: Discusses the geopolitics of food security in the face of scarcity caused by falling water tables, soil erosion, and global warming and supports the position that food is the new oil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 BROSummary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIRHawksworth, D. L.
Summary: A latest entry in the series that includes Dinosaurium introduces readers to the world of fungi and why they are among the planet's most remarkable living organisms, explaining the vital role they play in medicine, agriculture, and the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: Crossing the Great Mountains to return home, Bird and Squirrel rescue a baby bear from wolves before Bird suffers a bonk on the head that gives him amnesia, a situation that tests Squirrel's ability to protect his friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Hurt, R. Douglas.
Summary: "A how-to-do-it book for local historians...for writing the history of a farm." Discusses oral history, using photographs, and the importance of farm architecture. Suggests major sources, appropriate techniques for research at libraries and state historical societies, and how to write the history.--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krieger Pub. Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 907.2 HURHurt, R. Douglas.
Contents: British America -- The Spanish Southwest -- Spanish Alta California -- The Pacific Northwest -- The trans-Appalachian frontier -- The southern nations -- The Black Hawk War -- The Great Plains -- The Far West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 HURBest, James D.
Summary: "Sometimes the past refuses to remain sealed off from the present. In Old Haunts, Steve Dancy must deal with villains and locales from his early days exploring the Wild West. Years have gone by since violence was necessary to resolve problems, but his calm routines and growing family are shaken by dishonest characters intruding on his easy life. When Steve and his friend Jeff Sharp go to visit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC KINBurks, James (James R.)
Summary: When Bird and Squirrel are charged with taking care of Bird's daughter, Birdie, the three decide to have some fun and venture out into the forest in search of the elusive Bigfoot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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Summary: Reluctantly teaming up with Squirrel for a cross-country race, Bird navigates the scorching desert heat and another team's dirty tricks while learning important lessons about endurance, sportsmanship, and teamwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BURBurks, James (James R.)
Summary: Squirrel and Bird return home and Bird wants to celebrate, but Squirrel's desire to clean his house, a dammed up river, and a growing menace making the forest animals jittery may be enough to kill the party mood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It explores the fundamental characteristics of myth, reality, ritual, and imagination, and tells the story of C.S. Lewis's intellectual journey into the realm of faith, which began at a meeting with fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TOLStark, Steven D.
Summary: The band that changed popular culture forever has become so shrouded in cultural mythology that it is difficult today to really understand how or why. Stark puts their impact into perspective by revealing both the personal details and the larger events, examining the ways in which the Beatles' own lives were inextricably tied to the cultural, youth, and gender revolutions they helped create and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 STABenton, D. A. (Debra A.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BENSchoolcraft, Henry R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State College Press 1953
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 SCH1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977 SCH
Tuck, Kirk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amherst Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 TUCLawrence, R. D.
Summary: Observation of a captive pack of untamed wolves and the comparison of their behavior to free wild wolves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.74 LAWBerto, Frank J.
Summary: "Unlike other bicycle history books, which cover only the first 100 years, this book deals extensively with the second century of bicycle development. It traces the development of the modern derailleur bicycle from its crude beginnings right up to the most modern mountain bikes and road racing bicycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Van der Plas Publications/Cycle Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2272 BERLawrence, R. D
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.9713 LAWSteadman, Todd A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Homes and Gardens Books 2002