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Boysen, Sarah Till

Summary: This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 BOY

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Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: The complete third season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone," featuring thirty-seven episodes aired in 1961-62.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Summary: When peace breaks out in America, killing machine Major Benson Winifred Payne, United States Marine Corps Special Forces, is given his marching orders--to the unemployment line. Unable to cope with civilian life, Payne is thrust back into the military regimen as commander of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Summary: Complete second season, 1960-1961, of Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series exploring the fantastic and frightening.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Summary: The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wisecracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV POK

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POK

Summary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRE

Contents: Here and now/ Luther Vandross. -- Friends and lovers/ Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson. -- Flame / Cheap Trick. -- I'm not in love Will to Power. -- First time / Surface. -- I only have eyes for you Art Garfunkel. -- Walkin' in the rain with the one I love / Love Unlimited. -- Never can say goodbye / Jackson 5. -- Heaven in your eyes / Loverboy. -- I won't hold you back / Toto. -- Two out of...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1997

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BOD

Glasper, Robert.

Contents: Baby tonight (Black Radio 2 theme) ; Mic check 2 (4:23) -- I stand alone (feat. Common & Patrick Stump) (4:54) -- What are we doing (feat. Brandy) (3:35) -- Calls (feat. Jill Scott) (5:42) -- Worries (feat. Dwele) (3:37) -- Trust (feat. Marsha Ambrosius) (7:30) -- Yet to find (feat. Anthony Hamilton) (4:41) -- You own me (feat. Faith Evans) (4:26) -- Let it ride (feat. Norah Jones) (7:08) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GLA

Summary: The Doctor is traveling through time and space in his TARDIS. New traveling companions Bill Potts and Nardole, old enemies with the return of Missy, and lots of adventures are awaiting him in his season ten journey.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Robert Glasper Experiment (Musical group)

Contents: Baby Tonight (Black Radio 2 Theme/Mic Check 2) (4:24) -- I Stand Alone (4:54) -- What Are We Doing (3:35) -- Calls (5:42) -- Worries (3:37) -- Trust (7:30) -- Yet To Find (4:41) -- You Own Me (4:26) -- Let It Ride (7:08) -- Persevere (4:36) -- Somebody Else (3:44) -- Jesus Children (5:30) -- Big Girl Body (5:06) -- You're My Everything (4:20) -- I Don't Even Care (3:32) -- Lovely Day (5:08).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note Records 2013

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Bowen, Lila

Summary: "The sequel to Conspiracy of Ravens and third novel in Lila Bowen's widely-acclaimed Shadow series. The Ranger known as Rhett has shut down a terrible enterprise running on the blood of magical folk, but failed to catch the dark alchemist behind it. And now the Shadow refuses to let him rest. Rhett must make the ultimate transformation if he has any hope of stopping the alchemist or fulfilling...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOW

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 643.1 BRY

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, and hardware stores.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 BRY

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 BRY

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 921 Bryson

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 Shakespeare 2007

Bryson, Bill.

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Summary: Bryson shares his breath-taking adventures and the fascinating history of the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, as he travels slowly on foot.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 917.404 Bry

Bryson, Bill.

Summary: Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2010

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Antill, Sara.

Summary: Explains why gratitude is important, the different ways readers can express their gratitude, and offers examples of people who were grateful in different situations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 179.9 ANT

Summary: A sleepy Norwegian town erupts after an American backpacker is arrested. Witnesses claim a teen died after touching the stranger, and that he inexplicably started a fire that engulfed a farm. He warns a psychologist, Christine, that he has supernatural powers, and that anyone who gets too close to him dies. Is he a liar, a freak of nature, an angry god? Determined to find the truth, Christine...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Mo

Summary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017

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Bryson, Bill.

Summary: The author takes readers on a tour of the land Down Under that goes far beyond packaged-tour routes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 919.4 BRY

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel Bryson

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