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City dwellers Effect of wars on United States Coding theory Juvenile literature Computer programming Juvenile literature Grief Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (N.Y.) United States United States History 1933-1945 World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects World War, 1939-1945 United States World War, 1939-1945 War workSummary: Welsh musician Gruff Rhys documents his latest musical road trip, retracing the American journey of his 18th century relative, the explorer John Evans, during the summer of 2012 by means of an "Investigative Concert Tour." Starting at Yale University's Beinecke Library, where Evans' famous map of his expedition is said to reside, Rhys immerses himself in concerts, recording sessions, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revolver Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMEGregg, Andy.
Summary: Tells how Paul Bunyan saves his loggers from a terrible winter and in the process creates the Mississippi River and turns his ox, Babe, blue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: River Road Publications 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GREJenner, Caitlyn
Summary: "Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete." Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JENNER, CAITLYN JENTran, Thi Minh Phuoc
Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRASiu, Kaitlyn
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM SiuSummary: An eclectic group of artists performed selections from the Bob Dylan songbook on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's debut album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBHelsel, Carolyn B.
Summary: How do we raise the next generation to respect and learn from people who look or believe differently than they do? From two educators who are also moms comes a guide to help parents and other teachers navigate conversations about all kinds of diversity. This practical resource includes activities to build compassion and empathy among differing religions, classes, races, genders, abilities,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 HELMalhotra, Smita
Summary: A practical weekly handbook for the first 3 months of parenthood - from a pediatrician and parent. The old saying "babies don't come with a manual" may be true - but this is a good place to start. Parenting is a process of phases and milestones. Each new stage, as important as the last, serves as a building process for years of parental education and care. The Newborn Handbook will gently and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM SiuSiu, Kaitlyn
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM SiuSmyth, Denis
Summary: In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SMYSmyth, Katharine
Summary: Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and in the companionable silence she shared with her father. After his death--a calamity that claimed her favorite person--she returned to that beloved novel as a way of wrestling with his memory and understanding her own grief. Smyth's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMYTH, KATHARINE SMYSmit, Sanette
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.8153 SMIDoughty, Caitlin
Summary: "Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In the tradition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 DOUBailyn, Bernard
Summary: "A series of brilliant historical portraits combine to create a self-portrait of one of our greatest historians. With characteristic vitality and brilliance, Bernard Bailyn revisits the major phases of his long, pathbreaking career and offers readers newinsights into history and his distinctive approach to understanding it. From his early work on the New England merchants through his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BAISummary: "Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INDSummary: Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WARRhyno, Darcy Keith
Summary: Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Wander the waterfront in Halifax, see the highest tides at Bay of Fundy, follow The Viking Trail; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Atlantic Canada Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL CANADABailyn, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BAISummary: Director Carolyn Jones looks at how the USA's biggest public health challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the opioid crisis to gun violence and lack of insurance, collide in emergency departments. She follows emergency nurses and their patients in seven unique settings across the U.S., shedding light on some of the biggest health care crises facing Americans today, and the opportunity that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INBailyn, Bernard.
Summary: "From one of the most respected historians in America, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a new collection of essays that reflect a lifetime of erudition and accomplishments in history. The past has always been elusive: how can we understand people whose worlds were utterly different from our own without imposing our own standards and hindsight? What did things feel like in the moment when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 900 BAISummary: Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MADContents: Disc One -Episode one: A necessary war -- Disc Two -Episode two and three: When things get tough; Deadly calling -- Disc three -Episode four: Pride of our nation -- Disc four -Episode five: Fubar -- Disc six-Episode seven: World without war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007