Simpson, M. J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Justin, Charles & Co. 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, DOUGLAS SIM

Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Simpson, J. A.

Summary: "What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments, its quirks,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SIMPSON, J. A.

Summary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COO

Summary: In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. O.J. Simpson was tried for the crime in a case that captured the attention of the American people, but was ultimately found not guilty of criminal charges. The victims' families brought civil cases against Simpson, and he was found liable for willfully and wrongfully causing the deaths of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaufort Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 SIM

Summary: 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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Summary: Presents a debate on the question of the existence of God between the philosophies of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis.

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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUE

Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...

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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIM

Stimson, Melissa.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 917.74 STI

Simonson, Louise

Summary: Selina Kyle returns to Gotham City as new socialite Holly Vanderhees, but she needs to outsmart rival Batwing to rise to the top of the city's criminal underbelly.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CAT

Summary: Film contains conversations between two old friends as they wander along paths and trails of central California coast. Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison debate the pros and cons of everything from Google to Zen Kōans. Includes archival materials and commentaries from Snyder's literary contemporaries, friends, and intimates.

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Publisher / Publication Date: San Simeon Films 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PRA

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Summary: A social history of cheating and how American history--through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of course politics--has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas. Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the weakening of our...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 FEN

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.96 FEN

Summary: "He's the most deceptive deity in the Marvel-Verse -- whether he's playing the villain, the hero or just an agent of chaos! He's Loki -- and these are some of his legendary stories! In an all-time classic, Loki pits his brother Thor against the Silver Surfer for a cosmic battle royale! Then, take a fresh view of the founding of the accursed Avengers, through the eyes of the God of Lies...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LOK

Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)

Summary: An alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher Books 1992

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 560 BEN

Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)

Summary: The world's leading paleontologist takes us on a visual tour of the latest dinosaur science, illustrated with accurate and stunning paleoart.--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 BEN

Dillard, J. M. (Jeanne M.)

Contents: The Original Series -- The In-Between Years -- The Films -- The Next Generation -- Deep Space Nine -- Voyager and the Future.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4575 DIL

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Summary: "The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase. In presiding over that era of discovery, Jefferson forged a great nation"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2016

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Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Summary: A brilliant look at how the indomitable and enlightened Louis Howe became the mega-advisor of the Roosevelt Clan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOWE, LOUIS M FEN

Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)

Summary: "A journey through the great mass-extinction events that have shaped our Earth. Drawing on the latest research, this timely and original book lays out the current scientific understanding of mass extinction on our planet. Cutting-edge techniques across biology, chemistry, physics and geology have transformed our knowledge of the deep past, including the discovery of a previously"--Publisher's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.84 BEN

Benton, M. J. (Michael J.)

Summary: Follows the evolution of the dinosaurs from the first dinosaurs to the mass extinction sixty-five million years ago.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 BEN

Summary: "Over 1,100 proverbs are presented here in a thoroughly reader-friendly style, without compromising the scholarly standards that have characterized earlier editions. The history and meaning of each proverb is given, together with up-to-the-minute citations from around the English-speaking world, and there is a thematic index suggesting proverbs appropriate in different situations."--Book jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.9 OXF

Coetzee, J. M.

Summary: A new collection of twenty-two literary essays from the Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee J.M. Coetzee is not only one of the most acclaimed fiction writers in the world, he is also an accomplished and insightful literary critic. In Late Essays, a thought-provoking collection of twenty-two pieces, he examines the work of some of the world's greatest writers-from Daniel Defoe and Samuel...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 824 COE