Rottenberg, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.108 RotteSummary: "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: "Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 UNSThompson, Robbie
Summary: Peter Parker can't seem to find balance in his life as he juggles school, crushes, bullies, and financial issues, and now he finds himself face-to-face with the Lizard!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 THOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC THOSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC O.J.Alcott, Louisa May
Summary: "Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father’s failed utopian commune, the benefits of an unmarried life, and her experience as a young woman sent to work in service to alleviate her family’s poverty. Her first literary success was a contemporary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Notting Hill Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ALCRowling, J. K.
Summary: "Discover magical places, study the art of potion-making, encounter fantastic beasts, and find out about the witches and wizards who lived. From the Sorting Hat to the secrets of the Forbidden Forest, it's all inside this official companion to the Harry Potter books."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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Summary: In the shadow of misleading headlines, Spidey takes on Doctor Doom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC THORotenberg, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 778.93 ROTSummary: Rudy Maxa etches a portrait of Guadalahara's vibrant culture and passionate artists, Mexico City's large metropolis, Puerto Vallerta's traditional charms, and the beaches of the Mexican Riviera. Includes Ballet Folklorico, Anthropology Museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.204 BESMax
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MAXGorenberg, Gershom
Summary: "As World War II rages in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel marches his troops swiftly through Egypt, aiming to overrun he entire Middle East. An uncanny sense of his enemies' weaknesses and positions informs each move. The Nazis, somehow, have a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet Rommel is not the only one with stolen knowledge. allies cryptographers are breaking the extraordinarily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GORIssenberg, Sasha
Summary: "On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal throughout the United States. But the road to victory was much longer than many know. In this seminal work, SashaIssenberg takes us back to Hawaii in the 1990s, when that state's supreme court first started grappling with the issue, and traces the fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.7301 ISSRothenberg, David
Summary: A musician and philosopher explores the science and art of bird song in a quest to determine if birds sing for other than sexual or territorial purposes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 ROTRottenberg, Linda.
Summary: "In the tradition of both The Lean Startup and Lean In, a manifesto about taking smart risks in pursuit of big dreams Linda Rottenberg has spent her career helping innovators think big. "If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough," she says. These days taking chances isn't just for young college dropouts in hoodies. Whether you work at a Fortune 500 company, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Hardcover 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 ROTRothenberg, Laura
Summary: A twenty-one-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis shares her decision to accept a lung transplant and muses on the challenges of her disease, the surgery, her recovery period, and the ongoing confrontation with her own mortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.37 ROTOxenberg, Catherine
Summary: Oxenberg lays bare a secretive organization that is holding her daughter hostage and details her mission to save her. In 2011, Catherine joined her daughter, India, at a leadership seminar for a new organization called NXIVM. They both thought this program might help her achieve her dream of starting her own company. But as her daughter became brainwashed by the organization's charismatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OXENBERG, CATHERINE OXESummary: From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California's newly legal cannabis trade. But as aggressive regulations bogart the market, can they each keep their green American dream alight?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LADIsenberg, Sheila.
Summary: An American heiress turned resistance hero, Muriel was an electrifying woman who impressed everyone she met with her beauty and intelligence. Her adventurous life led her from Chicago's high society to a Viennese medical school, and then to the Austrian underground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.53 ISESummary: Posing the question to one hundred and fifty of the world's leading scientists and thinkers, this collection of responses reveals what about the present or the future worries each of them the most.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 WHALertzman, Richard A.
Summary: Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named "Dr. Feelgood," developed a unique "energy formula" that altered the paths of some of the twentieth-century's most iconic figures, including President and Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis. JFK received his first injection (a special mix of "vitamins and hormones," according to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.8 LERSchatz, Dennis
Summary: The Uncover series combines the best elements of a book with plastic model elements embedded in cutaway pages to help readers truly "uncover" the mysteries of what makes things work. A fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. This unique "model" is easily observed, layer by layer, system by system just by turning a page, until an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Dolphin 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature UncoverTotenberg, Nina
Summary: Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022