Summary: A documentary based on a series of interviews with Paul Bowles shortly before his death and anecdotes provided by his friends and collaborators including Gore Vidal, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Walters, Ruth Fainlight, Edmund White, William Burroughs, Francis Bacon and many others --Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features [distributor] 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PAUSummary: It tells the incredible true story of Michael 'Mike' Burden, an ardent young member of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon and walked away from all of it with the help of new love and an unlikely ally, the African American religious leader and social activist Reverend David Kennedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BURJessen, Gene Nora
Summary: The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 797.5 JESSummary: Due to his groundbreaking contouring techniques, his infectious personality and mission to make everyone feel beautiful, Kevyn Aucoin quickly shot to fame doing makeup for every supermodel and celebrity throughout the 80's and 90's. At the height of his fame in 2002, Kevyn died mysteriously. The film explores every corner of Kevyn's rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LARBrenner, Andrea (Andrea Malkin)
Summary: "The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college. The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful. Students and parents often arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. Academic standards and expectations are different from high school; families aren't present to serve as 'scaffolding' for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 BREIguodala, Andre
Summary: "The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger. Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too--for his successful tech investments, his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IGUODALA, ANDRE IGUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B IGUODALA IGUSchwarcz, Luiz
Summary: "A literary sensation in Brazil and now a global publishing event, Luiz Schwarcz's wise and tender memoir bravely interrogates the story of his own ordeal of depression in the context of a family story of murder, dispossession, and silence-the long echo of the Holocaust across generations When Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he was told little about his grandfather and namesake Láios-"Luiz" in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHWARCZ, LUIZ SCHCodrescu, Andrei
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Addison-Wesley 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 CODCodrescu, Andrei
Summary: "So Recently Rent a World gathers new poems and selections from the 16 books of verse that Codrescu has published since arriving in the U.S. as a teen refuge from communist Romania...'So Recently Rent a World let me to put a period on four decades writing and the old culture that the writing reflected."--The Times-Picayune.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 CODCodrescu, Andrei
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9106 CODCodrescu, Andrei
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 CODFraknoi, Andrew
Summary: This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Science Teachers Association 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 FRACherny, Andrei.
Summary: Cherny tells the gripping saga of a rag-tag band of Americans--with limited resources and little hope for success--keeping West Berliners alive in the face of Soviet tyranny, winning the hearts and minds of former enemies, and giving the world a shining example of fundamental goodness.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 943.155 CHECodrescu, Andrei
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA/St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 CODBowden, Mark
Summary: The remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants--considered by many to be the greatest football game ever played.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 BOWBowden, Scotty.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7349 BOWSummary: Workouts specifically designed to attack your midsection from every angle for optimum results. The 10 minute segments include: flat belly fast, pilates perfect abs, belly fat blaster, ab ripper, and six pack abs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 TENBolden, Tonya
Summary: "A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHIDowden, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960.32 DOWBowden, Joan
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 398.2 BOWBowden, Jonny.
Summary: Comfort food is one of the hottest trends in cooking these days and healthy cooking duo Jonny Bowden, PhD, and Jeannette Bessinger will show readers how to make the foods they love more nutritious and delicious than ever. Readers won't feel deprived with healthier versions of mac 'n cheese, chicken nuggets, pot roast, French fries, and chocolate cake, among others. The two transform traditional...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockport Publishers 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.177 BOWBowden, Mark
Summary: In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight of its members in prison.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023