Summary: Hoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate coming-of-age documentary about four members of a wrestling team at Huntsville's J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama's list of failing schools. Teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a shot at the state championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WRESummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: See super earth-moving equipment in action and up close. Marvel at the biggest dump truck in the world that moves 240 tons of dirt in one load, and other giant machines.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreams Come True Productions 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV IRowe, Maggie
Summary: A successful television writer describes her friendship with a neurodiverse middle-aged woman who helps her confront her own issues with mental illness and feelings of inadequacy while coming to peace with the choices she has made.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROWE, MAGGIE ROWRowe, Mickey
Summary: "Fearlessly Different is the moving, inspirational memoir of autistic actor Mickey Rowe, who pushed beyond the stereotypes and obstacles so many disabled individuals face to shine on Broadway's biggest stage. Fearlessly Different opens up the world of autism to those who feel locked out and helps those with autism feel seen and understood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROWE, MICKEY ROWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROWE ROWRowe, Peggy
Summary: "Peggy Rowe is at it again--this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forefront Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROWPhillips, Damaris
Summary: Damaris Phillips is a southern chef in love with an ethical vegetarian. In Phillips's household, greens were made with pork, and it wasn’t Sunday without fried chicken. So she had to transform the way she cooks. In Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy, Phillips shares 100 recipes that embody the modern Southern kitchen: food that retains all its historic comfort and flavor, but can now be enjoyed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams, an imprint of Abrams 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 PHINazario, Sonia.
Summary: Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.23 NAZCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 NAZRowe, Barbara
Summary: "The Anti-Inflammatory Action Plan is your guide to understanding inflammation and how you can incorporate anti-inflammatory foods into your everyday diet. Cut your finger accidentally and the area will swell, redden, and heat up. This type of acute inflammatory response is the body's reaction to trauma, and it's an essential part of the healing process. But inflammation can be harmful when it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Rowe, Claudia
Summary: "In September 1998, young reporter Claudia Rowe was working as a stringer for the New York Times in Poughkeepsie, New York, when local police discovered the bodies of eight women stashed in the attic and basement of the small colonial home that Kendall Francois, a painfully polite twenty-seven-year-old community college student, shared with his parents and sister. Growing up amid the safe,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ROWRowe, Lynne
Summary: Knitting is a relaxing and therapeutic pastime, and this winning combination focuses on mindfulness and the perfect stress-busting knitting projects. Whether you choose a portable project to knit on the go, a group project to do with friends, or one that introduces new skills to stimulate a creative mind, this book is the perfect path to keeping calm. The book is aimed at beginners as well as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ROWRowe, Patsy.
Summary: This guide featuring modern cartoons will help children learn about good manners, giving them confidence and turning them into someone that everyone wants to know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Holland Publishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 395 ROWRowe, Peggy
Summary: "Peggy Rowe is at it again--this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike's rise to fame. Since the day they said, "I do," Peggy's previous "doting" lifestyle met with her husband John's minimalist ways and became the backdrop for years of adventure and a quirky sense of humor because of their differences. From thoughts of wearing headlamps in the house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forefront Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROWRowe, Kaz
Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAHRowe, Lynn
Summary: Nothing screams personality like a funky knitted hat! Hats are also a quick project, for both new and advanced knitters, that can be worked on at home or on the go. In " Whimsical Hats," readers will find clear, easy-to-follow instructions for 30 quirky caps. These mini works of art will bring a smile to the face of the wearer as well as anyone else who sees them. Completed hats resemble: A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barrons Educational Series Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 RoweRowe, Lynne
Summary: Unlock the Art of Knitting: Expert Guidance, Easy Projects, and Essential Tips to Begin Your Knitting Journey with Confidence! Renowned knitting expert Lynne Rowe will be your trusted mentor, walking you through every step of the way. With Lynne's expert guidance, you'll effortlessly learn how to hold your needles, select the perfect yarn, decipher knitting patterns, execute various stitches,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press, 2024. 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Rowe, Mike
Summary: "Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-read"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ROWCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ROWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain RoweRowe, Peggy
Summary: Peggy Rowe's story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But there's a Thelma in everyone's life. She's the person taking charge, the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Growing up, Peggy saw her mother as a benevolent, loving dictator. When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forefront Books 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westview 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 CROCrown, Sarah Rose.
Summary: "The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CROCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom RoseNazario, Sonia.
Summary: Documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ENRJamail, Dahr
Summary: "A firsthand chronicle of the catastrophic reality of our planet's changing ecosystems and the necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile Earth while we still can"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.27 JAMJamali, Naveed
Summary: "In 2008, almost two decades after the Cold War was officially consigned to the history books, an average American guy in his twenties helped to bring down a top Russian spy based at the United Nations. This American had no formal espionage training. Everything he knew about spying he'd learned from books, movies, video games, and TV. And yet, with the help of an initially reluctant FBI duo, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAMALI, NAVEED JAMDamasio, Antonio R.
Summary: "From one of the world's leading neuroscientists--a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of the phenomenon of consciousness. In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings in neurobiology, psychology, and AI have given us the necessary tools to solve its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021