Summary: Bob is a playboy who recklessly crashes his boat, necessitating the use of a resuscitator. While the equipment is used on Bob, a beloved physician dies of a heart atttack because the resuscitator was unavailable. To atone for this, Bob decides to become a doctor himself. He becomes involved with the doctor's widow, but an accident that causes her to go blind will shadow the rest of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MAGSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANLatham, Irene
Summary: Ten-year-old African American boy wants to welcome the circus elephant named Miss Fancy to her new home in a nearby park, but he is disappointed to see a sign: "No Colored Allowed".
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LATLatham, Irene
Summary: Ten-year-old African American boy wants to welcome the circus elephant named Miss Fancy to her new home in a nearby park, but he is disappointed to see a sign: "No Colored Allowed."
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction LathamPreszler, Trent
Summary: The founder of Preszler Woodshop discusses his long-time estrangement from his father and how he overcame the grief and loss of his father's death through a carpentry project completed with inherited tools.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRESZLER, TRENT PREPrine, John.
Contents: Be my friend tonight -- Aimless love -- Me, myself and I -- The oldest baby in the world -- Slow boat to China -- Bottomless lake --Maureen, Maureen -- Somewhere someone's falling in love -- People puttin' people down -- Unwed fathers -- Only love.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oh Boy Records 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PRIPrine, John.
Summary: Several of indie music's most inventive artists and songwriters come together to pay homage to one of America's most acclaimed folk musicians, John Prine, who has been cutting great records since the early 1970s.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oh Boy Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BRODuncan, Arne
Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNForkner, Lorene Edwards
Summary: "Expert gardener Lorene Edwards Forkner shares all the information you need to create a thriving garden, from facts about soil and sun to tips on fertilizing, mulching, and watering. Regional planting charts show what to plant when, and a month-by-month planner takes you from January through December... Whether your garden grows in the ground, on a balcony, or in containers on a sunny patio,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0973 FORCarmon, Irin
Summary: A visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court, with the fierce dissents to match, get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 GINSBURG, RUTH BADER CarCarmon, Irin
Summary: "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court--with the fierce dissents to match--get to know RBG as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books, An Imprint of William Morrow Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GINSBURG, RUTH BADER CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GINSBURG CARSummary: Explore one of the most powerful and defining chapters in American history. This powerful epic adventure unfolds as told through the struggles, triumphs, and heartaches of two families as they journey in search of the American dream. The Wheelers venture west from Virginia in 1825, while the Lakota tribe grapples with the arrival of white settlers; the story continues over the next 65 years,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IntoPrine, John
Contents: Disc one. Spanish pipedream (3:25) ; Often is a word I seldom use (3:32) ; Angel from Montgomery (4:44) ; Fish and whistle (3:25) ; Crooked piece of time (4:02) ; Blue umbrella (4:23) ; Illegal smile (5:51) ; Sabu visits the Twin Cities alone (5:13) ; The bottomless lake (7:09) ; Sam Stone (4:52) ; That's the way that the world goes round (4:00) ; There she goes (3:04) ; I had a dream last...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Prine, John
Contents: Chinatown / John Prine -- Automobile / John Prine -- Killing the blues / Rolly Salley -- No name girl / Billy Lee Riley and Jack Clement -- Saigon / John Prine and John Burns -- This cold war with you / Floyd Tillman -- Baby let's play house / Arthur Gunter -- Down by the side of the road / John Prine -- How lucky / Joh Prine -- Ubangi stomp / Charles Underwood.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1979
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PRIQuaratiello, Arlene Rodda
Summary: "The newest edition of this valuable tool offers students easy-to-understand guidance on going beyond Google to find, evaluate, and use quality informational sources that will enable them to write better research papers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Neal-Schuman 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 025.5 QUARyan, Renee
Summary: "With only two months before Elizabeth sets sail for London to marry a British lord, she resolves to live a lifetime of adventure. Lucian Griffin, her dearest friend's brother, intends to protect Elizabeth from letting her adventures forever sully her reputation. Soon his earnest fondness gives way to deep affection."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Ryan 2017Schlender, Brent.
Summary: "Based on the ... cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind-the-scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history ... Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition, Schlender, who...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 JOBS, STEVE SCHCrane, Stephen
Summary: The glory, pride, horror, and cowardice that are associated with war are depicted in a classic account of a young soldier's Civil War experiences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAColato Laínez, René
Summary: "An adaptation of the song "The wheels on the bus," written in Spanish and English, which follows two children who see and hear a train, a fire truck, an ambulance, and other vehicles on their way to an amusement park. Includes music for the song."
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIEHernández, José M.
Summary: In this bilingual picture book, astronaut Jose M. Hernandez recounts his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant workers and his life-long dream to travel to the stars.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press 2019