Nadler, Steven M.
Summary: "This entertaining and enlightening graphic narrative tells the exciting story of the seventeenth-century thinkers who challenged authority--sometimes risking excommunication, prison, and even death--to lay the foundations of modern philosophy and science and help usher in a new world ... Heretics! tells the story of their ideas, lives, and times in a vivid new way. Crisscrossing Europe as it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NADBeneduce, Ann Keay.
Summary: A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fairy BeneduceBeneduce, Ann Keay
Summary: A collection of stories, poems, and plays about Christmas, arranged in the categories of "The Star," "The Manger," "The Gift-givers," "The Tree," and "Christmas Around the World."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday JoyBenedict
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 255.106 BENBenedict
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ignatius Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282 RATBenedict
Summary: Offers a detailed analysis of Jesus Christ's final week in Jerusalem, examining the political, religious, and scholarly aspects of Jesus' life, teaching, death, and resurrection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ignatius Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 232.9 BENBenedict
Summary: In his first book written as pope, offers a portrait of Jesus based on the Gospels and encourages Christians to better understand the central figure of their faith.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 232.908 BENBenedict
Summary: In his first book written as pope, Benedict XVI offers a portrait of Jesus based on the Gospels and encourages Christians to better understand the central figure of their faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Travel back in time, from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools, with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SERCampwell, Chloe
Summary: Are you interested in traveling across the United States in an RV? Do you want to explore the country and see all of its natural wonders? Have you felt like you haven’t connected with your inner self and need to rediscover the world?Would you like to be part of a thriving community that believes in self-sufficiency and personal responsibility? This book will teach you everything you need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chloe Campwell 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 UNITED STATES CAMSummary: With the help of teachers, friends, and their parents, Sister and Brother Bear learn how exciting school can actually be, whether in gym or art, working on a class project, or playing sports. Kids will learn the importance of participating in school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BERJonson, Ben
Summary: This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford Paperbacks 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 JonsonGross, Benedikt
Summary: Discover the alphabet from a bird's-eye view! Geographer and designer duo Benedikt Gross and Joey Lee have taken the alphabet to new heights-literally! Using satellite imagery and computer technology, the pair has discovered "accidental letters" all over the world: in roads, rivers, buildings, lakes, and more. Take a journey around the Earth in 26 letters with this special book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Price Stern Sloan, An Imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428 GROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE GROValentiner, Benedicte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chregon Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VALENTINER VALBenedict, Jeff
Summary: "How was the Patriots dynasty built? And how did it last for two decades? In The Dynasty, acclaimed journalist Jeff Benedict provides richly reported answers in a sweeping account based on exclusive interviews with more than two hundred insiders, including team executives, coaches, players, players' wives, team doctors, lawyers, and more, as well as never-before-seen recordings, documents, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 BENBenedict, Jeff
Summary: A revelatory account based on access to the NCAA's highest-level programs throughout the 2012 season describes its system of billion-dollar television deals, high-priced coaches, football "hostessing," castoff athlete-students, and paid test takers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 BENBenedict, Jeff.
Summary: Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased an old house perched on the waterfront in New London, Conn. It wasn't fancy, but with hard work she was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and others along the waterfront in order to win a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343.746 BENBenedict, Jeff.
Summary: When he's not at a notorious crime scene or a mass disaster, Doug Owsley is entering tombs and crypts, unwrapping mummies, or climbing into caves to unlock the secrets of bones. In No Bone Unturned, investigative journalist Jeff Benedict not only unveils a compelling portrait of the man behind America's most notorious cases but also gives us a fascinating look inside the world of forensic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.701 BENCarey, Benedict.
Summary: A leading neuroscientist presents an exploration of what is known about learning and memory that considers how to adapt such negative characteristics as ignorance and laziness to expand learning potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CARBENDICK, JEANNE
Summary: Discusses different kinds of cars and trucks, the operation of several types of auto engines, and five problems resulting from the use of the automobile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1971
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Place a hold to request this item.Gambell, Lizi
Summary: The Unschooled Life combines personal storytelling with advice and guidance for any parent on a home education journey. In this book, Lizi Gambell tells how her eldest son became deeply unhappy at school, and how things transformed when they left the system and started to build their own learning life. Lizi shares the ups and downs of this decision, including the process of confronting her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shore Line 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.042 GAMBenedict, Jeff.
Summary: Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased an old house perched on the waterfront in New London, Conn. It wasn't fancy, but with hard work she was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and others along the waterfront in order to win a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hatchette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 343.746 BENVanheems, Benedict
Summary: "GrowVeg offers simple recipes for gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 VANSummary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014