Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIMSummary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALBertin, Mark
Summary: "Attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) and self-compassion experts Mark Bertin and Karen Bluth bring teens powerful skills for overcoming self-criticism and building the executive functioning skills they need to become more confident, resilient, and independent. The book includes mindfulness tools to help teens accept the limitations of ADHD, and self-compassion strategies to help them stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2021
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 155.2 BERBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuBertin, Mark
Summary: "Parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face many unique daily challenges. Kids with ADHD are often inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive--and as a result, parents can become frustrated or stressed out. In Mindful Parenting for ADHD, a pediatrician presents a proven-effective program for helping both parents and kids with ADHD stay calm in the present moment....
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 BERKowalewski, Bettina.
Summary: A handpicked selection of 27 extraordinary hotels from around the world. Every hotel offers an unforgettable and original place to stay. Hotels spotlighted include the Ice Hotel in Sweden, an actual bed in a tree, a room underwater, a wine barrel and even a night in a suitcase! Each hotel entry suggests three interesting, and often unusual, things to do nearby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dk Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 KOWWalker, Val.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.7 WALPierce, Val
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 PIEClery, Val.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 CLEPierce, Val
Summary: Whether a new knitter looking to get started with an uncomplicated first project or an experienced crafter looking for quick gift ideas, these hat, mitten, coat, dress, and blanket projects all include an embellishment of knitted flowers, applique motifs, or unusual frilled edgings to make them extra special--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.43 PIEEberle, Bettina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 748 EBEHavig, Bettina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 HAVVitell, Bettina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 VITVan der Vat, Dan.
Contents: Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mère-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1332 BOTHughes, Bettany.
Summary: For close to three thousand years, Helen of Troy has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek king Menelaus and the Trojan prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East and West. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.352 HUGMcGuirk, Dal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanley Paul 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5423 MCGVad, Vijay.
Summary: "The definitive guide to injury-free running, racing, and marathoning, from top sports medicine specialist Vijay Vad, The New Rules of Running illustrates proper technique, shows step-by-step exercises, and explains how to prevent and treat the most common running injuries to keep you running healthily and happily for life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.1 VADYoungs, Bettie B.
Summary: Everyone has heard of Habitat for Humanity, the faith-based housing initiative that has built homes for more than a million of the world's poor. Many are familiar with its founders, Millard and Linda Fuller. But few know the amazing love story behind the movement a story that began accidentally and will conclude in a world forever changed by its impact. By age 29, Millard Fuller was a self-made...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Burres Books, a division of Bettie Youngs Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.5 YOUJackson, Val.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books/Running Press 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 688.723 JACKilmer, Val
Summary: "Legendary actor Val Kilmer shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals the truth behind his recent health struggles in a remarkably candid autobiography. Val Kilmer has played so many iconic roles over his nearly four-decade film career. A table-dancing Cold War agent in Top Secret! A troublemaking science prodigy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KILMER, VAL KILBerkin, Carol.
Summary: In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7082 BERBetzina, Sandra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2004