Summary: Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists--from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of Abbey's pilgrimages to Arches--braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the West. What is...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 978 GESStine, Megan
Summary: "In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she was a member of the British royal family, she never expected to become queen. But when her uncle Edward gave up the throne, suddenly her father was the new king, which meant young Elizabeth was next in line! Queen Elizabeth has reigned since 1953, and while there are palaces galore, the crown jewels, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ELIGay, Roxane
Summary: "For fifty years the women of the Banks family have been the most successful thieves in Chicago by following one simple rule: never get greedy. But when the youngest Banks stumbles upon the heist of a lifetime, the potential windfall may be enough to bring three generations of thieves together for one incredible score and the chance to avenge a loved one taken too soon."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TKO Studios LLc 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 GAYBejan, Adrian
Summary: Reveals how recurring patterns in nature are accounted for by a single governing principle of physics, explaining how all designs in the world from biological life to inanimate systems evolve in a sequence of ever-improving designs that facilitate flow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BEJArrian.
Summary: During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Arrian's history of those conquests is the most reliable and detailed account to emerge from the ancient world. --from publisher description
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 ARRSummary: An all-new presentation of the BBC's award-winning Walking with dinosaurs. Travel back in time 220 million years and come face to face with the animals that ruled the world then: dinosaurs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PRESummary: This multi-episode documentary series takes viewers on the definitive in-depth journey behind the scenes of one of the greatest landmark franchises of all time: Star Trek. Celebrating the show's 55th anniversary, each episode focuses on a different chapter in the groundbreaking program's history. Interviews with the cast, crew, and experts including one of Leonard Nimoy's final in-depth Trek...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CENToss, Brion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8882 TOSLoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOEStiller, Cleo
Summary: Emmy and Peabody Award-nominated health reporter Cleo Stiller's fun(ny) and informative collection of advice and perspectives about what it means to be a good guy in the era of #MeToo. Here are a few self-evident truths: Predatory men need to go, sexual assault is wrong, and women and men should be equal. If you're a man and disagree with any of the aforementioned, then this book isn't for you....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.31 STISummary: In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INBrin, Geri
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth&Spring Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.34 BRISummary: To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become icons, glorified by musicians who praise their fame and success. In this new constituency, they represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by money, drugs, and violence. The film is an explosive look at the drug cartels' pop culture influence on both sides of the border...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NARToss, Brion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8 TosCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Water TossSeidner, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 SEIStarnes, Todd
Summary: The author, a journalist, broadcaster, author and host of Starnes Country on Fox Nation, shares his insights and predictions on how today's political and cultural trends could affect the United States of the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 STAStarker, Ron
Summary: "Why do we need libraries when we have Google?" Today's libraries are in jeopardy. And yes, perhaps if libraries were only book warehouses, we wouldn't need them. But libraries can be so much more than a place to check out books. In the Digital Age, it's more important than ever for libraries to evolve into gathering points for collaboration, spaces for innovation, and places where authentic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: EdTechTeam Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 025 STAStarnes, Lauren
Summary: "This book is designed to help support adults in having potentially difficult or emotionally charged conversations with young children about world and family events"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 STAStiller, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.404 STIStiene, Bronwen.
Summary: "Bronwen Stiene brings you nine essential Reiki techniques focusing on your own well-being, growth, and empowerment. On Reiki Meditations for Self-Healing, this expert teacher invites you to join her for a series of energizing guided practices from the Japanese tradition, including: Meditations for balancing the "three diamonds": the energies of the earth, the heavens, and your own heart; The...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 615.851 STIKanduth, Rian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 749.7 KANMalan, Rian.
Summary: A chronicle of South Africa's halting, sometimes violent, steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.06 MALStarmer, Aaron
Summary: "It's the first day of the fourth grade at Arthimos Elementary and things are already off to a strange start--poisonous cookies, a zipline disaster, a missing iPad, and what are those strange sounds coming from the school custodian's wheelbarrow? Luckily the Prime Detectives--Abby "the Abacus" Feldstein, Cameron "Cam" McGill, and Gabriel "Gabe" Kim--are on the case! Using arithmetic, geometry,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Odd Dot 2023