Summary: In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives an unprecedented access to America's busiest Emergency Department. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic young doctors-in-training as they wrestle with both their ideals and the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened system.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CODSummary: A history of the Newberry, Michigan State Hospital with William A. Decker, M.D., DLFAPA Luce County Historical Society, June 27, 2009.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.21 HIS1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 362.21 HIS
Hoxie, Jim
Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Disabl HoxieFisher, Thomas
Summary: "Thomas Fisher was raised on the South Side of Chicago and even as a kid understood how close death could feel-he came from a family of pioneering doctors who believed in staying in the community, but on those streets he saw just how vulnerable Black bodies could be. Determined to follow his family's legacy, Fisher studied public health at Dartmouth and Harvard, then returned to the University...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1089 FISCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1089 FISDecker, William A.
Contents: Construction of the asylum (Building 50) -- The colony system (cottages) -- Mental health statutes -- Governance -- Administrative support services -- Additions and improvements to the asylum -- Farming operations -- Non-patient buildings -- Employee living quarters -- Closing of the hospital : divesiture, demolition, preservation, and restoration -- Causes of mental illness(es) -- Treatment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.21 DECCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Oversize, Call number: 362.21 DECCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local DeckerCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 362.21 DEC1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 362.21 DEC
DeGraff, Alfred H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saratoga Access 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.14 DEGEgger, Robert.
Contents: Introduction : "Brother, can you spare a dime?" : a brief history of the handout -- Soup kitchen confidential -- Doing good versus doing right -- Feeding the tapirs -- Starfish and random acts -- Whom are you serving? -- M=EC² -- The tangible link -- Taking Troy -- Take it to 11 -- Keeping the faith -- Grab the future by the face -- Epilogue : Redemption city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.7068 EGGMichelli, Joseph A.
Summary: A primer on leadership examines the five key principles behind the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company's unparalleled success and customer service innovations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4092 MICWaller, Douglas C.
Summary: "The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA. They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had-- Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey. Disciples is the story of these dynamic agents and their daring espionage and sabotage in wartime Europe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WALOshinsky, David M.
Summary: A history of the iconic public hospital on New York City's East Side describes the changes in American medicine from 1730 to modern times as it traces the building's origins as an almshouse and pesthouse to its current status as a revered place of first-class care.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.110 OSHStilson, Renee
Summary: Everything you need to run a successful pet-sitting business without losing your mind. In The Balanced Pet Sitter, Portland’s beloved pet sitter lets the cat out of the bag: You too can create a prosperous and fulfilling life with the people and animals you love. Renée Stilson’s step-by-step guide will teach you how to start your own dog-walking business and expand your side hustle into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Equilibre Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.088 STIChristensen, Clayton M.
Summary: "The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller-now updated with a fresh new package-innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right-yet still lose market leadership....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2013
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Summary: "Two children learn the importance of doctors in their community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610.69 ANDNuila, Ricardo
Summary: "Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People's Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila's stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.11 NUIMoore, Wendy
Summary: "The inspiring story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who ran the only military hospital staffed entirely by women during World War I-and who transformed medicine in the process. A month after war broke out in 1914, doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson set out for Paris, where they opened a hospital in a luxury hotel and treated hundreds of casualties plucked from France's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 MOOPember, Phoebe Yates
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.782 PEMZiegler, Mel.
Summary: Mel and Patricia Ziegler, cocreators of Banana Republic, and Bill Rosenzweig, CEO of The Republic of Tea, present a vivid portrait of the creative process required to launch any new successful product or enterprise-- book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency Doubleday 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 ZIEHylton, Antonia
Summary: "On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 HYLCasey, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Gateway 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 CASWeiss, Alan
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 WEICarlson, Curtis Ray.
Contents: The essence of innovation: how Frank hit a home run -- Innovate or die: the exponential economy -- Work on important customer and market needs: the RFID tag -- Creating customer value: your only job -- It's as simple as NABC: how Liz got her big job -- Watering holes for creating value: the day the BBC walked in -- More ideas for faster value creation: origins of Linux -- Your elevator pitch:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4063 CARSummary: This four-part season follows Central Americans on an odyssey to the United States (and others heading back home after being deported), while also delving into the shadow industries that prey on them every step of the way. The series sheds light on the smugglers and traffickers who take advantage of the migrants' vulnerability, and law enforcement pursuing them at the border while providing a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRATaylor, Barbara
Summary: In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor’s world contracted around her illness. Eventually, her struggles were severe enough to lead to her admission to what had once been England’s largest psychiatric institution, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in North London. The Last Asylum is Taylor’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 TAYFink, Sheri.
Summary: Reporter Sheri Fink unspools the mystery of what happened at Memorial Medical Center in the days after Hurricane Katrina; as the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2013