Summary: Follows the 2002 race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between 32-year-old Cory Booker and four-term incumbent Sharpe James. Fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pits the young challenger against an old style political machine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STRRomero, Terry Hope
Summary: I wanted protein recipes other than that mashing a vanilla-flavored powder with almond butter and flax seeds and calling it a day. I wanted something that really made me feel as if I was cooking. And yes, even good old-fashioned baking! Adding pure, unflavored, but wholesome plant-based protein powders to recipes brings out my inner foodie alchemist. I heard the call of the protein ninja....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Veg RomeroDeary, Terry
Summary: "Want to know: Why the vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? Which Viking god dressed up as a woman? A genuine jester's joke? Why medieval chickens had their bottoms shaved? Discover all the facts about the Vicious Vikings and Measly Middle Ages--double the gore and more"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 DEASummary: "Vashti doesn't think she can draw, but her teacher encourages her to "just make a mark and see where it takes you." Vashti at first ventures one small and unremarkable dot, but is soon making big dots and small dots, red dots, blue dots, and purple dots. At the school art show, her entire collection of dots turns heads and wins praise"--Container insert.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DOTRowling, J. K.
Summary: As an overworked employee of the Minestry of Magic, a husband, and a father, Harry Potter struggles with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs while his youngest son, Albus finds the weight of the family legacy difficult to bear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine 2016
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Rowling 2016Summary: The film brings Hollywood's elite composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most international music genre: the film score. A film composer is a musical scientist of sorts, and the influence they have to complement a film and garner powerful reactions from global audiences can be a daunting task to take on. Includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SCOSchwartz, Barry
Summary: Identifies a loss of common-sense wisdom that has coincided with a collapsing economy, failing schools, and other setbacks, and offers recommendations to identify and cultivate wisdom by combining experience with empathy and intellect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 SCHNielsen, Jerri.
Summary: A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes or boats and the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIELSEN, JERRI NIELongerich, Peter
Summary: "While many previous portraits have speculated about Hitler's formative years, Peter Longerich focuses on his central role as the driving force of Nazism itself. You cannot separate the man from the monstrous movement he came to embody. From his ascendance through the party's ranks to his final hours as F©ơhrer in April 1945, Longerich shows just how ruthless Hitler was in his path to power. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITLER, ADOLF LONThorpe, Liz
Summary: "From basics like Swiss, blue, and cheddar, Liz leads the way to more adventurous types. Love Brie? Liz Thorpe shows you how to find other Brie-like cheeses, from the mild Moses Sleeper to the pungent Fromage de Meaux. Her revolutionary approach allows food lovers to focus on what they really care about: finding more cheeses to enjoy. Complete with flavor and aroma wheels, charts guiding you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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Summary: Follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers from nations devastated by drought or famine or war, over the course of their first school year in America. The talented and endlessly resourceful Denver South High School teacher Mr. Eddie Williams welcomes these students, who speak fourteen different languages but no English and are completely unfamiliar with American culture, to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 373 THOThorpe, Judy
Summary: "With the tragic rise in school shootings in recent decades, gun control is increasingly becoming a matter on which children are qualified to weigh in. However, without an understanding of what gun control measures are being proposed and debated, it is impossible to formulate an informed opinion. Full-color photographs and engaging fact boxes augment the informative text, which aims to provide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social Point ThorpeFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 CompleteFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Publishing International 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 FARNielsen, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NielsFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FARFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 FARThorpe, Gavin.
Summary: A Chaos Space Marine is a towering warrior, whose brute strength is tempered by inhuman skill. Armed with a fearsome bolter, protected by a suit of power armour and the product of intense training and genetic manipulation, he is far beyond a mortal man, transformed into a lethal, superhuman killing machine. The Chaos Space Marines were once Humanity's ultimate warriors, dedicated to the defence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 WARContents: Introduction: Star Spangled banner/A day in the life (underscore) -- Sugar mountain -- I am a child -- Comes a time -- After the gold rush -- Thrasher -- My my, hey hey (out of the blue) -- Stage announcements -- When you dance I can really love -- The loner -- Welfare mothers -- The needle and the damage done -- Lotta love -- Sedan delivery -- Powderfinger -- Cortez the killer -- Cinnamon girl...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Visual Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC RUSThorne, Matt.
Summary: Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as "Purple Rain", "Sign o' the Times" and "Parade" regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden, an Agate imprint 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PRINCE THOMoskowitz, Isa Chandra.
Summary: Who knew vegetables could taste so good? Vegan powerhouses Isa Moskowitz and Terry Romero bring a brand new edition of this beloved vegan cookbook to celebrate its 10th anniversary. You'll find 25 new dishes and updates throughout for more than 250 recipes (everything from basics to desserts), stunning color photos, and tips for making your kitchen a vegan paradise. All the recipes in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marlowe & Co. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 MOSThorpe, Helen
Summary: Powerful and moving, this account of teenaged refugees adapting to life in America offers a nuanced take on immigration, multiculturalism, and America's role globally.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 373 THOThorpe, Helen
Summary: Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014