Summary: The 11-part BBC series is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts, shallow seas, seasonal forests, etc.) until the entire planet has been represented.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD PLABERLITZ.
Summary: Covers basic Spanish language skills for beginners, including words and phrases for greeting people, ordering at a restaurant, shopping, and traveling.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berlitz 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 468.3 SPABerkowitz, Joe
Summary: The author of Away with Words embarks on a grand cheese adventure around the world, in this hilarious and insightful deep-dive into the cultural and culinary phenomenon of cheese.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 637.3 BERBordowitz, Hank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schirmer Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 BORBorowitz, Alexandra
Summary: "Emily Glass knows she's neurotic. But she's got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she'll soon call husband--assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOROsle, Janessa
Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions showing young artists how to draw a variety of cat breeds, including Siamese, Maine Coon, Scottish Fold, and Ragdoll.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.2 OSLBerkowitz, Aaron
Summary: "In the tradition of Tracy Kidder's portrait of Paul Farmer's work in MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, the story of a young neurologist's struggles over who and how to help patients in Haiti"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERKOWITZ, AARON BERBerkowitz, Eric
Summary: "A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.31 BERPerkowitz, S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535 PERBerkowitz, Leah Rachel
Summary: "A boy and his mom move to the city shortly before Sukkot and need to figure out where to build a sukkah and how to make new holiday traditions in an unfamiliar place"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BERBerlitz, Charles
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.94 BERThomas, Vaneese.
Summary: Memphis blues and soul artist Vaneese Thomas pays tribute to her father R&B legend Rufus Thomas with this brand new release on Segue Records "Blues For My Father". This offering features duets with both Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas and was inspired by the amazing career Vaneese's father enjoyed. A must have for any blues fan the world over.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Segue Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES THOMasessa, Ed
Summary: "An old dog wants nothing more than to take a nap, but a musical mouse makes this impossible. Through rhyming text and a series of funny letters, the miscommunication between the two builds to a surprising ending."--Jacket flap
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MASHelou, Anissa
Summary: "In Feast...Anissa Helou--an authority on the cooking of North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East--shares her extraordinary range of beloved, time-tested recipes and stories from cuisines throughout the Muslim world. Helou has lived and traveled widely in this region, from Egypt to Syria, Indonesia to Pakistan, gathering some of its countries' finest and most flavorful recipes for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 HELBlack, Vanessa
Summary: "Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the science behind avalanches. Includes map, infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2017
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Summary: "Growing up as the only daughter of a wealthy landowner in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, teenaged Mercedes Martinez knows a world of maids, armed guards, and private drivers. When she falls in love with Manuel, a fiery young activist with a passion for his faith and his country, she begins to understand the suffering of the desplazados who share her land. A startling discovery about her father...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Curbside Splendor Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BLADiffenbaugh, Vanessa.
Summary: "The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DIFDiffenbaugh, Vanessa.
Summary: "The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011
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Summary: "For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children--Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, just six--in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty's parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in her life. Navigating this new terrain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DIFKroening, Vanessa
Summary: "Want to spin your own beautiful yarn? Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how in this easy introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. No need to invest in an expensive spinning wheel. Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how to spin in this wonderfully accessible introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. Vanessa explains how to: clean and prepare fleece for spinning; what to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 746.12 KROPeters, Vanessa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PETRiley, Vanessa
Summary: "When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune--and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child--until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC RILRoeder, Vanessa
Summary: Using a cardboard box as his home when he is born without a shell, Terrance the turtle enjoys the uniqueness and versatility of his home until another turtle’s insensitive remarks make him question his differences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROEGray, Anissa
Summary: "A father's sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. It's a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023