Misiroglu, Gina
Summary: Profiles superheroes from comics, film, television, and fiction, and includes trivia and facts about their weaknesses, strengths, weapons, and costumes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MisirogluHartung, Tammi
Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635 HARJones, Gerard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6083 JONShealy, C. Norman.
Summary: C. Norman Shealy's comprehensive and authoritative guide is an indispensable reference, containing all you need to know about healing with complementary and alternative techniques and therapies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Element 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.5 SHEDowsett, Elizabeth
Summary: "Meet more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO DC world-- plus an exclusive minifigure for your collection! Find out about awesome Super Heroes, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and their many friends and foes. Discover incredible Super Heroes and terrifying Super-Villains along with rare and unique minifigures you've never seen before in the LEGO DC Character Encyclopedia New Edition--...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022
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Summary: "Night Ninja steals the school bus to make his own super-car! Can the PJ Masks stop him in his tracks?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN PJMAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards' power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down. Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was still the Wild West, and when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 DITSummary: In a searing parody of American television and racial attitudes a young African American network executive, under pressure from his white boss, creates a minstrel show, hoping that it will fail and that he will be released from his network contract -- but the TV show becomes both a hit and the subject of much controversy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BAMPatrikarakos, David
Summary: "War in 140 Characters examines the role of social media and other forms of 'new media' in changing the face of modern warfare. War is, more than ever, a clash of narratives--with each state/party fighting to control the spread of information and project their narrative to the outside world. Social media has shattered traditional hierarchies between the state and its citizens, enabling the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 PATHarding, Jennie.
Summary: "[A] comprehensive guide to the characteristics and curative properties of 130 of the most useful healing herbs. Each spread offers a summary of the herb by its common name, its properties, uses, availability, and safety information. Herbs are shown in their various forms, and a color photograph of its leaf or flower against a black background captures the herb's beauty as never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 HARYoon, Grace
Summary: "The Korean Herbal Apothecary, written by Qi Alchemy founder, Grace Yoon, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of Korean ancestral traditions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2023
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Summary: "For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the lives we create online. In her debut book, Extremely Online, she reveals how online influence came to upend the world, demolishing traditional barriers and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 LORCohen, Benyamin
Summary: "Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Summary: "From early childhood boys often feel pressured to be athletic and muscular. But what impact does this have on physical and mental well-being through their teens and beyond? Worryingly, a third of teen boys are trying to 'bulk up' due to body dissatisfaction, and boys and men account for 25% of eating disorder cases. What can we tell our boys to help them feel happy and confident simply being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.4 MARFeghali, Layla K.
Summary: "A cultural history of the herbs, foodways, and land-based medicines of Lebanon and Canaan that explores how they connect family and kin in diaspora"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 FEGMaggs, Sam
Summary: A handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, including fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 MAGStephens, Elle
Summary: A magical meteor crashes into Pup Tower, and the PAW Patrol pups get superpowers, becoming the The Mighty Pups! But when Skye's superpowers are stolen by a greedy scientist named Vee, Skye must overcome her feelings of smallness and helplessness. After all, "No pup is too small!"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: There's a fine art to selling earlobe lifts, inflatable massage boots, and mini-staircases for arthritic dogs. This ABC News program enters the strange world of A. J. Kubani and his New Jersey-based company, Telebrands-a purveyor of quirky household products showcased in late-night TV infomercials. In a one-on-one interview, Kubani discusses his main strategy: identifying a mundane, irksome...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Fowler, Jenny Li
Summary: "Organizations and institutions focused on community building have a built-in group of ambassadors who embrace their message and vision. Social media managers have a unique opportunity to lean into this loyalty by creating a social presence informed by this digital engagement. In Organic Social Media, Jenny Li Fowler outlines the important steps that social media managers need to take to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kogan Page Limited 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With its "Real Beauty" information and marketing campaign, the Dove brand struck a chord with women skeptical of unhealthy or absurd standards of attractiveness. But did the campaign have the widespread impact Dove intended? And what are the implications for the global cosmetics and fashion industries? This program investigates consumer reactions against the idealized images of beauty promoted...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This special shows how comic book superheroes reflect their times-- from the 1930s to the 21st century-- and how these wish-fulfillment figures became role models for generations of children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005