Summary: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAR

Goldish, Meish.

Summary: Lost in the Woods is a heart-stopping collection of true stories that dramatically describe what it’s like to be lost and forced to survive in the woods. Captivating, first-person accounts of survivors include a woman who survived for almost two months with barely any food after her van got stuck in the mud and three girls who scrambled for ways to help rescuers find them after they got lost in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.69 GOL

Summary: Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD 2001

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 297.09 ISL

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Summary: A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill, and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MED

Johnson, Chalmers A.

Summary: In Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth of American militarism has jeopardized our stability. Now, in Nemesis, he shows how imperial overstretch is undermining the republic itself, both economically and politically. Delving into new areas--from plans to militarize outer...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 JOH

Nagelhout, Ryan

Summary: Lampreys arent just freaky because of their funnel-shaped mouth or many species appetite for blood. Theyre an invasive species slowly entering North American waters and causing harm to native species there. Readers learn about the problems invasive species cause as well as details about the parasitic relationships lampreys engage in with other fish. The gross truth about how they suck blood...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597 NAG

Chomsky, Noam.

Summary: The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states," Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.7 CHO

Voltaire

Summary: Extrait : ""Nous osons croire, à l'honneur du siècle où nous vivons, qu'il n'y a point dans toute l'Europe un seul homme éclairé qui ne regarde la tolérance comme un droit de justice, un devoir proscrit par l'humanité, la conscience, la religion ; une loi nécessaire à la paix et à la prospérité des États.""À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARANLes éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 1989

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VOL FRENCH

Ripley's Believe It or Not

Summary: Provides bizarre yet true facts about sports, including a gravy wrestling championship, Spanish bull-leaping, the world's fastest inline skater, and the world sword-swallowing championship.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 030 EXT

Contents: v. 1. Angel to love -- v. 2. Man to world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EncyclopŒdia Britannica 1990

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Great V. 2 Syntopicon

Contents: v. 1. Angel to love -- v. 2. Man to world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: EncyclopŒdia Britannica 1990

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