Summary: Returning home to Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed (previously the school quarterback and now a transgender woman) hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations (including a connection to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth), intense sibling rivalries, and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PROBeah, Ishmael
Summary: "This is how wars are fought now: by children, traumatized, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. Children have become the soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What does war look like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer?...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2007
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Summary: "Ishmael Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story. At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 966.404 BEAReel, Monte
Summary: In A Brotherhood of Spies, award-winning journalist Monte Reel reveals how the U-2 spy program, principally devised by four men working in secret, upended the Cold War and carved a new mission for the CIA. This secret fraternity, made up of Edwin Land, best known as the inventor of instant photography and the head of Polaroid Corporation; Kelly Johnson, a hard-charging taskmaster from Lockheed;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 327.127 REELeed, Percy
Summary: "David Beckham starred for great soccer teams in England, Spain, and the United States. Off the field, he's one of the biggest superstars in sports. Read about the life of a soccer celebrity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BECCreed, Patrick.
Summary: Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told--the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation's military headquarters, and defend their country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press/Ballantine Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 REESeed, Diane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.822 SEEKassis, Reem
Summary: "The Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis's historic research and cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. Organized by primary ingredient, the recipes and vivid photographs bring the dishes to life while her narrative offers not only a sense of taste, but a sense of time and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5953 KASBoteach, Shmuel.
Contents: Why we need eroticism now -- The midlife orgasm -- Innocence -- Novelty -- The chase -- Forbidden-ness -- Opposites attract -- Reckless abandon -- Unquenchable yearning -- Beyond the body -- Masculine and feminine in Eastern and Kabbalistic thought -- Kosher tantric sex -- Worshipping the feminine -- Bringing the erotic to the everyday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 BOTRoss, Ishbel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, MARY TODD ROSBoteach, Shmuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.77 BOTRees, Laurence
Summary: This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, in his magnum opus, he combines their enthralling eyewitness testimony, a large amount of which has never been published before, with the latest academic research to create the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 REERees, Yvonne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ward Lock 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.13 REEBoteach, Shmuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.6 BOTRees, Anuschka
Summary: "With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet, style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 REERees, Yvonne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633.7 ReesSummary: A grieving father seeks answers after his fourteen-year-old son dies by suicide. He uncovers painful truths about the lives of teens, the impact of unfettered access to internet and social media, and the shocking rise of depression among America's youth. The journey brings him together with young suicide survivors, prevention experts, and parents trying to understand the 70% increase in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TELAssil, Reem
Summary: "Arabiyya celebrates the alluring aromas and flavors of Arab food and the welcoming spirit with which they are shared. Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes for flatbreads, dips, snacks, platters to share, and more. With a section specializing in breads of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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Summary: "From the author of Lailah's Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about Maryam Faruqi, the founder of the Happy Home Schools, which provided education to thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls weren't encouraged to go to school. Milloo lives in a time when school is considered unnecessary for girls. But to Milloo, education is essential. When Milloo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 FARSummary: Travel to Costa Rica, a country rich in Spanish colonial history and colorful culture. Visit unspoiled beaches and primary rain forest. Travel to Poas National Park, the largest crater in the world, and the mighty Arenal Volcano where at night you can watch fiery boulders rolling down the slopes. Then take the back roads to the mountain village of San Antonio de Escazu to enjoy the folkloric...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ken Creed Productions 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.2 COSReef, Catherine
Summary: Traces the life and career of the Army general who was appointed National Security Advisor by Ronald Reagan and became the country's first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB POW REEReef, Catherine
Summary: "A biography for young adult readers on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse best known for her work during the Crimean War, where she rectified horrifying conditions and made nightly rounds to check on patients, saving hundreds of lives and sparking worldwide healthcare reform"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017