Summary: This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Documentary following a core group of subjects from the Admiral of the strike group to the elite fighter pilots to the junior enlisted as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, family, faith, patriotism aboard the USS Nimitz deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icon Distribution 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc CSummary: In 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on a train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SCOEmme.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 EMMSummary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESoma, Taki
Summary: Taki Soma’s life has taken unexpected turns on top of twists over the years, a journey that starts in Japan in the early 1980s and spins through traumatic family loss, a childhood murder, drugs, comics, medical mysteries, true love, fertility, pets, and zombies. All of that and more is depicted here in a series of brilliant, deceptively simple short comics chronicling one young artist’s blazing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Hill Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SOMA, TAKI SOMSone, Makiko
Summary: In Ultimate Soap Carving, Makiko Sone--founder of the Mizutama.Soap YouTube channel--shares her secrets for designing and hand carving a variety of beautiful soap designs by cutting, shredding, shaping, sculpting, and other oddly satisfying techniques.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736 SONSomer, Elizabeth.
Summary: Shares simple tips and strategies for looking and feeling sexier through eating healthily and exercising, accompanied by recipes, shopping lists, quizzes, and checklists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 SOMBuffon, Georges Louis Leclerc
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2008
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1 available in Reference, Call number: REF 598 BUFSone, Hiro
Summary: Offers more than fifty sushi recipes, with information on preparation techniques, equipment, classic components, and instructions on how to press rice balls.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books Llc 2014
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5979 SonAnders, Elouise
Summary: "For anyone looking to drink less, to leave alcohol permanently on the shelf, or to wake up a little less hung over on Sunday, shake and stir up your next party with Nixology. Full of classics like the Martini, Negroni, and Cosmo, Nixology is full of recipes that are full of flavor instead alcohol. Whip up single cocktails, batches to share, or low-ABV drinks for a tiny buzz. Whether it's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Street Books 2023
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Summary: Blue Williams shines no matter the circumstance. She's the prettiest girl in her hometown, the most talented cheerleader on her high school squad, valedictorian of the senior class, prom queen, and runner-up for Miss Teen Colorado. And the list goes on ...That's until college, when she finds out that nobody recognizes her, and if they do, they couldn't care less. Blending in is something Blue...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2015
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BELSole, Tim.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 SOLBathla, Som
Summary: Thinking out of the box is powerful way to separate average from the exceptional. It’s your secret tool to attract expert insights that will empower you to make difficult decisions with speed and confidence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 152.4 BATSom, Bishakh
Summary: "The meticulous artwork of transgender artist Bishakh Som gives us the rare opportunity to see the world through another lens. The exquisite graphic novel memoir by a transgender artist, explores the concept of identity by inviting the reader to view the author moving through life as she would have us see her, that is, as she sees herself. Framed with a candid autobiographical narrative, this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SOMJordan, Deloris
Summary: A collection of more than twenty selections from around the world includes poems and prayers for children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 242 JORHomer
Summary: Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 HOMMiramax Home Video
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Video 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: VHS VHS VOL 1 MiramBathla, Som
Summary: Intelligent thinking is your succinct guide with most effective thinking strategies (though a few might sound counter-intuitive) to help you learn how to think intelligently.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 153 BATBathla, Som
Summary: Think with a full brain is all about how to harness the full potential of your brain by developing multiple thinking approaches. The book offers a holistic approach to empower you unleash your left brain’s logical, organized thinking as well as your right brain’s emotional, and creative thinking preference. This is your guide to avoid thinking in silos and develop a full brain thinking approach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 153 BATSom, Bishakh
Summary: "In trans illustrator Bishakh Som's debut work of fiction, questions of gender, the body, and existential conformity are explored over the course of eight speculative and graphic short stories"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York 2020