Summary: "A comprehensive biography of the life of artist-poet Kahlil Gibran and his development as an artist transcending geographical boundaries of East and West--includes many rare photographs and images of his work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GIBRAN, KHALIL G. GIBGibson, Karen Bush.
Summary: When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GIBSummary: An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARSisson, Stéphanie Roth
Summary: As a child, Rachel Carson lived by the rhythms of the natural world. Spring after spring, year after year, she observed how all living things are connected. And as an adult, Rachel watched and listened as the natural world she loved so much began to fall silent. Spring After Spring traces Rachel’s journey as scientist and writer, speaking truth to an often hostile world through her book, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARMiller, Sarah
Summary: "When they were born on May 28, 1934, quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie captivated the world, defying medical history with every breath they took. In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the quints, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 MILSummary: Carl Boenish is the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular and dangerous feats of foot-launched human flight. Experience his jaw-dropping journey in li fe and love, to the pinnacle of his achievements when he and wife Jean broke the BASE jumping Guinness World Record in 1984. Incredibly, within days, triumph was followed by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUNFabiny, Sarah
Summary: A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTFabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB AUSTEN SPINDLEFabiny, Sarah
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the American biologist, whose influential work, "The Silent Spring," inspired worldwide conservation movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARBakewell, Sarah
Summary: Paris, 1933: three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are the young Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron, a fellow philosopher who raves to them about a new conceptual framework from Berlin called Phenomenology. “You see,” he says, “if you are a phenomenologist you can talk about this cocktail and make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2016
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Summary: Sifting gingerly through memories of her late mother, brilliant newcomer Sarah McColl has penned an indelible tribute to the joy and pain of loving well. Even as her own marriage splinters, McColl drops everything when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, returning to the family farmhouse and laboring over elaborate meals in the hopes of nourishing her back to health. In a series of vibrant...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCCOLL, SARAH MCCVowell, Sarah
Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Mark Zuckerberg. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ZUCKERBERG GREGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338 GREGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Larry Page. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PAGE GREDon, Montagu.
Summary: The face of British gardening Monty Don and his wife Sarah tell the magical story of the garden they have built over the last decade THE JEWEL GARDEN is the story of the garden that over the past decade has bloomed from the muddy fields around the Dons' Tudor farmhouse, a perfect metaphor for the Monty and Sarah's own rise from the ashes of a spectacular commercial failure. At the same time THE...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DONSummary: Follows the life of Lilias Trotter, from her work as a woman artist in Victorian England to her missionary work with women and children in French Algeria in the late 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANWilson, Brian
Summary: The memoirs of the legendary co-founder of the Beach Boys offer insights into his difficult relationship with his father, the women in his life, his parenting experiences, and the events that inspired his music.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 WILSON, BRIAN WILWilson, Brian.
Summary: "Brian Wilson, a co-founding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILSON, BRIAN WILSummary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.O'Toole, Jennifer Cook
Summary: Autism in Heels , an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OTOWilson, Mara
Summary: ""Growing up, I wanted to BE Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight."--Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City "Genuine and authentic, funny and heartbreaking, Where Am I Now? reminds you that no matter how unique your life is, some things bind us all together." --Jenny Lawson, author of Furiously Happy A former child actress best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILSON WILSummary: An avid fan of the actor, and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt, Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters, in a true faith journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STESummary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019