Summary: With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCEveritt, Anthony.
Summary: In this biography Anthony Everitt brings to life the world of ancient Rome in its glorious heyday. Cicero squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was the master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for exposing his opponents' sexual peccadilloes....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CICRodriguez, Cindy
Summary: "On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 RODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.522 RODCrosley, Sloane
Summary: "A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.9 CROCrosley, Sloane.
Summary: Crosley's easy, charming voice in the face of minor suffering or potential drudgery has been described as a mix between Dorothy Parker and David Sedaris. In these hilarious and insightful essays, she packs up her sensibility and takes readers with her to Paris, to Portugal (where she falls in with a group of Portuguese clowns), and to Alaska (where she discovers wearing bear bells is a matter...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.6 CROSloane, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 SLOHughes, Sloane
Summary: "Shrink big feelings down to size! Navigating big emotions can help us learn more about ourselves as we feel calmer. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about emotions fun, while engaging activities put the social and emotional learning into action. Explore how life works when we don't sweat it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2022
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Summary: "About 50 percent of the marriages in the United States end in divorce. Just because parents split up, however, doesn't mean the family is broken. No matter the reason for the divorce, children's lives will be different. This book empathetically presents children with new ways of thinking about life during and after their parents' divorce, help in vocalizing and working through their feelings...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.89 HUGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: J Families HughesLeong, Sloane
Summary: Follows a year in the life of Ren, dealing with family troubles, her role on a struggling girls' basketball team, and the return of her old friend Luna, who hopes to rekindle their friendship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LEOSloane, Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1963
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.509 SLOSloane, Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.9 SLOEveritt, Anthony
Summary: "The Roman emperor Nero has long been the very image of a bad ruler--cruel, vain, and incompetent. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. He supposedly set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. Afterward he cleared the charred ruins of the city center and, in their place, built a vast palace. Historians of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NERO EVEEveritt, Anthony.
Summary: He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations for all of Western history to follow. Yet despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUGUSTUS EveEveritt, Dick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Marine Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.88 EVESloane, Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 SLOSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Promontory Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630.974 SLOSloane, Eric.
Summary: Traces the way of life from early America and shares with those first settlers a reverence for wood, including a section on how to identify many of the most common trees in North America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 674 SLOSloate, Susan.
Summary: Everyone knows the story of the Pilgrims, but there's more to Thanksgiving than that! This is the tale of one woman's fight for a national holiday and how the president came to pardon a turkey every year.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
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Summary: "There's power in positivity! When we approach the world with a positive attitude, so much is possible. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text help us know how to embrace positivity, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when we're feeling great!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 HUGSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Promontory Press 1956
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 SLOSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.922 SLOSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SLOSloane, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 SloanHughes, Sloane
Summary: "I get a say about what happens to me. Learning how to give and receive consent helps us stay safe and happy. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about consent clear and fun, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when our bodies are our own"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2024