Avella, Steven M.
Summary: Charles K. McClatchy was twenty-five when he inherited The Sacramento Bee from his father, and his ensuing career as the paper’s editor extended well beyond the newsroom. Until his death in 1936, McClatchy was a consistent advocate for Progressive politics, a crusader for urban reform, a staunch isolationist, and a voice for Northern California. This biography explores his career as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MCCLATCHY AVESummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWINovella, Steven
Summary: Based on the podcast known for battling sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitions with logical thinking, the "Skeptical Rogues" help readers try to make sense of an increasingly crazy world using critical thinking skills, science, and philosophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 NOVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 NOVNovella, Steven.
Summary: What should you think? Who should you believe? Could you be deceiving yourself? These are questions that all critical thinkers of any age must constantly ask themselves. There is no more important skill in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in a way that is both effective and responsible. Critical thinking transforms you from a passive member of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.42 YOUSummary: From dusk till dawn (107 min.): The notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard, are on the run and headed for Mexico to meet with the mysterious "Carlos." Their simple bank robbery ended up killing multiple Texas Rangers. They hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller and his family to ensure their safe passage. Their appointed destination is a neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FROVella, Carolyn M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 VELSummary: In the third installment of this new adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's novels, Anne Shirley, now a young adult, leaves Green Gables to attend Queen's College, preparing to be a teacher. Facing an difficult choice and being overwhelmed by loneliness, Anne finds a silver lining.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ANNAmell, Stephen
Summary: After being marooned on an island for five years, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home and becomes a vigilante seeking justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD ARRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ARRAmell, Stephen
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ARRSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2017
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNSummary: From a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction VandriverSummary: Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNSummary: A new adaptation of the classic series, the film is set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANNSummary: Slapped with a community service assignment, a tough trial lawyer must coach a ragtag team of pee wee hockey players who can't skate, can't score and can't win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The newly regenerated Doctor and his companion, Clara, travel across time and space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Do8G Cates M Leven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadcast Music, Inc. 1952
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: Includes 7 Steven Kings classics, over 19 hours of thrills & chills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV StephenThomas, Steven M. (Stephen Michael)
Summary: A reasonably honorable thief who makes a living holding up businesses and restaurants across southern California, Robert Rivers finds his life transformed by the photograph of a young girl that he finds inside a safe and realizes that evil is afoot in Orange County.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ThomaSummary: "AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFTAvena, Nicole M.
Summary: "Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive-even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. The problem isn't just dessert, but the fact that sugar is everywhere. Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar, so it's unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets. In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 AVESummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007