Summary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPSummary: An unconventional work in every way, the Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere. It shuttles viewers from one vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings' increasing dependence on technology. -- adapted from container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QATGray, Jon
Summary: Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-based creative and culinary collective, delivers a highly visual manifesto for living and eating to stimulate the mind, body, and heart, in a book that promotes Black excellence through recipes, art, and thought-provoking text. Predominantly plant-based recipes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 GRACoen, Patricia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7245 COECoen, Jeff
Summary: Chicago Police Detective James Sherlock was CPD through-and-through. He thought he had seen it all-- until he went to the records center to see the case file for the murder of John Hughes. Seventeen years old when he was gunned down on Chicago's Southwest Side in 1976, Hughes's case had threads that led everywhere: Police corruption. Hints of the Chicago Outfit. A crooked judge. Even the belief...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 COELuzzatto, Sergio
Summary: A historical appraisal of the life of the controversial twentieth-century saint examines the miracles he is believed to have performed, as well as detracting reports, offering insight into the relationship between modern Catholicism and politics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIO, SAINT LUZSummary: An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BOLCOLEN, KIMBERLY
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: TC J371.3 COLCoens, Tom
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3125 COECoren, Stanley.
Summary: Using a question and answer format, a psychology professor and dog researcher unravels mysteries about the social and emotional lives of dogs, including whether or not they recognize themselves in a mirror and if they are smarter than cats.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 CORMoen, Erika
Summary: "A graphic novel about sex, sexuality, gender, body, consent, and many other topics for teens"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Graphic 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613.9 MOEWolfrom, Joen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 WOLRoen, Fran.
Summary: Guide to making country quilts using speed techniques that includes eighteen quilt patterns.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1991
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.46 ROECámara, Sergi.
Summary: "This book instructs in cartoon drawing and animation techniques and practices for aspiring professionals who plan to work in film and video production. It's also valuable for artists who prefer to work on their own using traditional cartooning methods, 3D, or computer programs that allow frame-by-frame sequences of images"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 CAMCoey, Julia
Summary: Our cities are already filled with a huge variety of wildlife. As urban areas expand, they impinge on the natural habitats of animals that would not otherwise find themselves in an urban setting, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as rare, threatened and even endangered wildlife. Animal Hospital describes how injured and orphaned wild animals are rehabilitated and cared...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.08 CoePaganelli, Sergio.
Summary: A survey of the evolution of the design and decoration of musical instruments over a period of 400 years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.91 PAGSergio, Lisa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.12 SERCoren, Stanley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 CORCorn, David.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 CORCariello, Sergio
Summary: Retells the stories of the Bible in graphic novel format, including the stories of Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jonah, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.9 CARRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: Rather than fulfill the expectations of his persistent companion, an animal chooses to live as himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZCoren, Stanley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 CORCoren, Stanley.
Summary: "For years, even scientists mistakenly believed that dogs were simply domesticated wolves. But recent discoveries have demonstrated that dogs are actually much more complex than their wild cousins--their ability to adapt to a man-made world is far more flexible, and their personalities are far more diverse. Using findings from scientific experiments by dog breeders and the domestication of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 CORCowen, Ron
Summary: An account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory. Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when he became immortal....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019