Summary: The first program observes the Red panda and Giant panda (one of the world's most endangered mammals) in their natural habitat, the bamboo forest of China's "Mountains of the Sleeping Dragon" a national panda reserve. The second program features the San Diego Zoo's challenge to successfully breed and raise a Giant Panda in captivity. Spotlighted is Hua Mei the baby panda and staff from the San...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NATKay, Katty
Summary: "Girls can rule the world-- all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It's a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they're consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.2 KAYPollitt, Katha.
Summary: With deep feeling and sharp insight, Pollitt writes about the death of her father; the sad but noble final days of a leftist study group of which she was a member; and the betrayal and heartbreak inflicted by a man who seriously deceived her. (Her infinitely patient, gentle driving instructor points out her weakness--"Observation, Katha, observation!") She also offers a candid view of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 POLStone, Gene
Summary: "Did you know that if you adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex? Save money? Have glowing skin? You can ward off Alzheimer's, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and other metabolic diseases. You can eat delicious burgers. Help save the planet. Join the cool kids, like Gandhi, Tolstoy, Leonardo-and Kyrie Irving, Kat Von D, and Joaquin Phoenix. Oh, and did we mention have better sex?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 STOCrosley, Sloane
Summary: "A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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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...
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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 SLOPollitt, Katha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 POLUsitalo, Kath
Summary: To the Anishinaabe-Ojibwa people it was a gathering place, a sacred burial ground, and the home of the Great Spirit Gitchie Manitou. Throughout the 1600s French voyageurs, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders arrived at Mackinac Island. Its strategic location in the straits between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas made it a military outpost the British and Americans found worth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press, LLC 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN MACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.3 USIUsitalo, Kath
Summary: Touring Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is like taking a two-week trip by station wagon. Not in terms of time---you can sample plenty if four days is all you have. It's about stepping back and appreciating a place of raw scenic beauty dotted with roadside attractions, blinker-light towns, rustic cabins and hand-painted signs advertising smoked fish and homemade jam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN UPPHughes, Sloane
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!"--
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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 SloanPollitt, Katha
Summary: Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," making the medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 POLPollitt, Katha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 POLHughes, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 HUGSloane, Eric
Summary: More than 100 pen-and-ink sketches and descriptions of old tools and the things that were made with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Funk 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.908 SLOSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Funk & Wagnalls 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SloaneSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.6 SloaneSloane, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Funk 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 674 SLOSloane, Irving.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E. P. Dutton 1966