Summary: One man's wild, lifelong adventure of testing society's boundaries through his subversive art combines traditional documentary storytelling with original animation culled from seven decades worth of art from the renegade children's book author and illustrator. Using a palette of 20th century events to paint an artist's epic yet controversial life story, the film offers a retrospective of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FARSmith, Tommie
Summary: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 SMICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B SMIBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Do your kids know how the free market works? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have grown up taking for granted the many things they use: clothes, cars, homes, backpacks--even something as simple as a pencil. In this fun adventure to an amazing factory, the twins learn why even the common pencil is a miracle--one that nobody actually knows how to make--and how the process by which it is made is the key...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYShults, Tammie
Summary: Nerves of Steel is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults's remarkable life--from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy's first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the severely crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 and helping save the lives of 148 people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHULTS, TAMMIE JO SHUConnor, Leslie
Summary: Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive. Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine. In the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CONConnors, Kathleen
Summary: The US president is the face of the United States to the rest of the world. However, he or she doesn t have unlimited power within the country. The president has certain powers given by the Constitution, including the ability to make treaties, appoint some important government officials, and veto laws. Readers learn the many duties of the president in simple, clear language appropriate for both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 353 CONConnors, Kathleen.
Summary: Many people enjoy playing games while on a road trip. Readers can find fun ways to rhyme along their route. This book introduces readers to an important language arts concept using playful language and a familiar setting. Colorful pictures enhance easy-to-read content, including the definition of rhyme and many fun examples. Readers will be engaged and excited to use what they learn in school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 CONConnors, Philip
Summary: Recounts the years the author spent dealing with the aftermath of his brother's shocking death as he, paying tribute to the dead, unconsciously wills himself into all the wrong places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONNORS, PHILIP CONBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle in their exciting third adventure, as they uncover the curious mystery of how a powerful creature is stealing their grandparents' hard-earned savings, and how the twins are also being controlled by the same creature--without even knowing it! In honor of the classic The creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, this book introduces children to the history and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2015
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Summary: Our nation s laws go through a long process before they are enacted. Bills are scrutinized and researched by committees in both the House and Senate and may be rewritten several times before they pass. This book breaks down the complicated process into digestible steps for readers looking to better understand an important component of the social studies curriculum. Fact boxes further clarify...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 328 CONConnors, Roger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 CONBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Children are often taught that government protects our life, liberty, and property, but could it be true that some laws actually allow people to hurt us and take our things? Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle as they learn about property, pirates, and plunder. With the help of their neighbor Fred, the twins will need to figure out what they can do to stop the bad guys in government!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYConnors, Jimmy.
Summary: Jimmy Connors is a working-man's hero, a people's champion who could tear the cover off a tennis ball, just as he tore the cover off the country-club gentility of his sport. A renegade from the wrong side of the tracks, Connors broke the rules with a radically aggressive style of play and bad-boy antics that turned his matches into prizefights. In 1974 alone, he won 95 out of 99 matches, all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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Connors, Kathleen.
Summary: Learning remorse at wrongdoing is tough, especially for children. However, having a few little words to help show that remorse can really speed the process of making up for saying mean things, not sharing, or being rude. Readers see the many situations in which the words Im sorry should be used, including scenarios they may encounter in school or at home. Understandable language helps introduce...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 395 CONConnors, Roger
Summary: "From the world's leading experts on workplace accountability comes the most comprehensive study on the subject, revealing the cure that could fix low employee engagement in the workplace once and for all One factor, more than any other, causes the problems business leaders fear most. Lackluster performance, sinking profits, and unmet stockholder expectations all stem from one source: a massive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 BRODONNER, FLORINDA
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1985
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Place a hold to request this item.Fullenkamp, Connel.
Contents: Disc 1. Feeling at home in the financial markets -- Where the money goes -- Financial markets run on information -- Giving credit where credit is due -- The fine print -- What is special about banks? -- Disc 2. Billion-dollar IOUs--using bonds to borrow -- The double identity of stocks -- The sell job -- The mysterious money market -- Think globally, lend ... globally -- Trading securities --...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 FINGrennan, Conor.
Summary: One Person Can Make a Difference In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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Connors, Jimmy
Summary: The former American tennis champion who won more than one hundred men's singles titles from 1972 to 1989 offers an uncensored account of his life, discussing his mother, his romance with Chris Evert, and the game he dominated for so long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: 796.342 CONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONNORS,JIMMY CONConnors, Joanna
Summary: Setting out to uncover the story of her attacker, Connors embarked on a journey to find out who he was, where he came from, who his friends were and what his life was like. What she discovers stretches beyond one violent man's story and back into her own, interweaving a narrative about strength and survival with one about rape culture and violence in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONNORS, JOANNA CONConnors, Kathleen
Summary: The Founding Fathers made Congress two houses for a reason. The Senate gives every state equal representation, while the House of Representatives allows states with a larger population a bigger voice in government. Learning how this system works is an important piece of understanding how laws are made in the United States. This book breaks down the many jobs of Congress as well as the specific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 328 CONConner, Floyd
Summary: Annotation The history of hockey is filled with the bizarre, the unexpected, and the hard to believe. Hockey's Most Wantedchronicles 700 of the most outrageous players, coaches, and owners in hockey history. In humorous detail, Floyd Conner describes hockeys top-ten strange plays, inept players, bizarre nicknames, craziest fans, colorful characters, unlikely heroes, odious owners, worst...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's, Inc. 2002
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Summary: It’s dinnertime, and yet again, you’re behind. The kids are cranky; the fridge is empty; the kitchen is a mess. Sound familiar? That was every night at the houses of popular bloggers and cookbook authors Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer until they discovered freezer cooking. And once they realized that freezer meals could be made even easier with the hands-free magic of the Instant Pot or slow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2020