Obama, Michelle
Summary: Protagonista de una vida plena y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa función, contribuyó a que la Casa Blanca alcanzara sus mayores cotas de apertura y pluralidad de la historia; se erigió en destacada defensora de las mujeres y las...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plaza Janés 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 OBALibert, Steve
Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 LIBSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPISummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Jason's totally wired. An online gamer, he's always on his phone and posts everything to social media. When he arrives at Camp Elphick, he lets everyone know he's not interested in nature. But then he and his safety partner Ezra fall in a river attempting to take a selfie then end up lost in the woods. Can they survive?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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Summary: Kayden's father owns a famous resort in the Florida Keys. Merissa works at the resort to fund her education. Kayden is a bit self-centered and does not treat the resort's employees with much respect. Then an unexpected storm strands Kayden and Marissa on a deserted island. Can they survive?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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Summary: Rob and Lillian's families have vacationed together for years. This year they are on an ATV tour in the desert. When they find an abandoned mine they decide to ride in and explore. But then a cave in blocks the way out, leaving them trapped. Can they survive?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC YUSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Reset documents the creation of Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world - and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best known for his choreography for the film Black Swan (2010), was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RESSummary: Part 3 explores the period from the Renaissance to the onset of the Enlightenment in the middle to late seventeenth century. This section marks the critical schism that developed between the claims of faith and those of science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREBen-Joseph, Eran
Summary: As the number of passenger cars in the world increases daily, so too does Earth's supply of parking spaces. In some cities, parking lots cover more than one-third of the metropolitan footprint--but their design and function has not been rethought since the 1950s. Here, urban designer Eran Ben-Joseph shares a different vision for parking's future--aesthetically pleasing, environmentally and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 BENPel©♭
Summary: The three-time World Cup champion celebrates the kick and thrill of his favorite sport, recounting his inspiring rise to fame as illustrations depict his life and the story of a young athlete's efforts to follow in his hero's speedy footsteps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pele 2010Valle, Daniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Weather Service 2002
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 551.553 VALLeibovitz, Annie
Summary: Offers a photographic chronicle of twentieth-century popular music in a collection of more than one hundred photographs of such musical icons as Ray Charles, the Grateful Dead, Michael Jackson, and Willie Nelson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.978 LEISummary: "This collective of progressive bands started [the RIO] movement that remains one of the reference points that many listeners, musicians, and distributors use to describe a cooperative approach of making and distributing non-mainstream music"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Media 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROMDe Carle, Donald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: N.A.G. Press 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 681.112 DECSalle, David
Summary: How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries-from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 SALYourgrau, Palle.
Summary: It is a widely known but little considered fact that Albert Einstein and Kurt Godel were best friends for the last decade and a half of Einstein's life. The two walked home together from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study every day; they shared ideas about physics, philosophy, politics, and the lost world of German science in which they had grown up. By 1949, Godel had produced a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 YOUSummary: Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1969
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Summary: 43 American fly-tying masters, from Marbury to Marinaro, Gordon to GrantColor photos of the flies plus recipes for nearly 300 fliesImportant historical record includes profiles of tiers around the country including Art Flick, Ray Bergman, Lee Wulff, Don Gapen, Len Halladay, Andre Puyans, Cal Bird, Lew Oatman, Dave Whitlock, and 34 more influential tiers
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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1 available in Adams Fly Collection, Call number: OVS 688.7 VALHakkola, Kalle
Summary: On a snowy night, Livi has trouble sleeping and imagines she and her brother engaging in a series of adventures, from visiting with a giant snow bear to growing wings and playing with butterflies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HAKOlivares, Efrén C.
Summary: "The principles that ostensibly bind America together-mutual respect for the Constitution and its institutions, and reciprocal adherence to principles such as freedom, the rule of law, due process, and equality under the law-fall apart at our borders. As those values dissolve at our country's frontiers, they allow for otherwise impermissible cruelty towards those who are considered outsiders....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022