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Summary: "It's a battle between two fearsome, fanged beasts! Today, the Siberian tiger holds the record as the world's biggest cat. But in prehistoric times, the saber-tooth cat held that title as it prowled the land for prey. Learn what makes these similar animals such effective hunters. Then decide which fierce fighter would best the other in battle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 599.756 HOFHiggins, Melissa
Summary: "Describes the characteristics, food, habitat, behavior, and extinction of sabertooth cats"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2015
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Summary: "In this memoir, Carole Bayer Sager tells the surprisingly frank and darkly humorous story of a woman whose sometimes crippling fears and devastating relationships inspired many of the songs she would ultimately write. She gives a deeply personal account of how love and heartbreak made her the woman, and the writer, she is"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 SAGER, CAROLE BAYER SAGDebbink, Andrea
Summary: "While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that rivers can do?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.91 DEBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEBRingstad, Arnold
Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Hoover Dam. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World, Inc. 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 RINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOMSummary: A popular California high school girl is selected by a mysterious old man to kill the vampires that are terrorizing Los Angeles. Although it could put a serious crimp in her shopping, Buffy takes on the ghouls with the help of a handsome drifter, and incurs the wrath of the chief vampire!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BUFStarr, Emmet.
Summary: A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.373 StarrHawley, Steven
Summary: During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century's big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation's rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them into revenue streams. Water control projects'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Patagonia 2023
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Summary: From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were 50,000 mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 GREComstock, Lyndon.
Summary: A biography of Annie Clemenc, who led the 1913 strike by copper miners employed by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in upper Michigan. It covers her childhood, her work in the Slovenian immigrant community in Calumet, Michigan, her participation in the copper strike, and her subsequent life in Chicago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: L. Comstock 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEMENC, ANNIE COMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CLEMENC COMSummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOLyon, George Ella
Summary: "Which Side Are You On? tells the story of a song which was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack the organizers like Sam Reece. Writer George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 LYOSummary: Documents the exploits of a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The employees are led by manager Michael Scott, a deluded boss who cares about the welfare of his employees while trying to put his own spin on company policy. From sexual politics to performance reviews to email espionage, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin are there to get the job done ... or not.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Of 2Summary: Michael Scott is an earnest but clueless boss who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances and advancement, Michael is always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Tv Of 3Aldridge, Rebecca.
Summary: Describes the history of the Hoover Dam and how it was built.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 627.82 ALDReynolds, Emma
Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Summary: As a wave of anti-communist investigations swept across American society during the 1950s, Miller exposed the horror of such witch-hunts by retelling the story of the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692.
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Publisher / Publication Date: L.A. Theatre Works 1994
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 812.52 MILSummary: Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LETMackrell, Judith.
Summary: The forefront British dance critic and award-nominated author of Bloomsbury Ballerina presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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Summary: Michigan-based photographer Lubbers combines efforts with environmental advisor and author Dempsey in creating a portrait of the waters of Michigan and their significance to the state's identity. Each of the 79 black and white photographs is accompanied by a short text offering readers historical background to the sites depicted and providing a sense of how precious and fragile this natural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.4009 LUBSummary: After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WAL1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAL
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WAL
Summary: During this exciting pivotal season: Clark faces rogue Kryptonians, Lex Luthor launches a vicious political campaign, the Fortress of Solitude rises, Clark's love for Lana Lang deepens and he and Lois Lane remain friendly adversaries, Clark crosses paths with AC (aka Aquaman), Victor Stone (aka Cyborg) and the mysterious Milton Fine (aka Brainiac).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006