Childs, Craig Leland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasqyatch Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.978 CHIChilds, Craig
Summary: Discusses the Earth's inherent instability and susceptibility toward violent natural disasters and climate extremes, challenging beliefs about apocalyptic inevitabilities while revealing how to change humanity's place within the planet's cycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 CHIChilds, Craig
Summary: "From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. Scientists squabble over the locations and dates for human arrival in the New World. The first explorers were few, encampments fleeting. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.7 CHIChilds, Craig
Summary: Written in his trademark lyrical style, Childs' riveting book carries readers directly into his adventures and discoveries, lifting the curtain on the ethical dilemmas and dark side of archaeology and exploring the field's transgressions against the cultures it tries to preserve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 CHINelson, Willie
Summary: On April 29 and 30 of this year, a variety of artists spanning genres and generations came together with Willie Nelson to celebrate the legend's 90th birthday for a star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two CD+Blu-ray set captures the highlights of this amazing night, including 39 performances across the two CDs and the same songs captured in HD on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Presented by an anonymous North Korean professor, this anti-Western propaganda film attacks the moral attenuation, political manipulation and hyper-consumerism that characterize the Western world. ... Toward the end of this propaganda piece, the role of North Korea in all of this becomes clear: the country would like to offer itself as headquarters for the mounting fight against consumer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PROSummary: "Takes you on an exclusive and rarely seen journey into the process behind creating a duets recording. Legendary entertainer Tony Bennett teams up with the biggest names in contemporary music, all live in the studio recording side by side with Bennett and his superb jazz quartet. This "behind the scenes" musical diary, complete with exclusive "in the moment" interviews, was shot completely in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TONSummary: The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUMelvin, Leland
Summary: A memoir by the former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver traces his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that create opportunities for success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MELVIN, LELAND MELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MELVIN MELLeland, Nita.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 LelandJames, Leland.
Summary: Inside Apples contains poems, in both formal and free verse, in moods whimsical and reflective. Accessible verse for both young and old. For those readers who appreciate and enjoy poetry, those who study poetry and those who do not, in the belief that poetry should be accessible, should often delight, not necessarily be depressing, may have meter and rhyme or not, and should always have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 JAMLeland, Andrew
Summary: "A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LELAND, ANDREW LELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LELAND LELSummary: "Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora and discover new details of their history that they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV LEELeland, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 LELLeland, John
Summary: A "look at what it means to grow old and a ... guide to well-being, [this book] weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the 'oldest old'--those eighty-five and up"--Dust jacket flap. In 2015, Leland set out to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group: 85 and up. He anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 LELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.2 LELLeland, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Cragg, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.2465 CRAUeland, Brenda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 UELTraig, Jennifer.
Summary: A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRAIG, JENNIFER TRAKraig, Bruce.
Contents: Inside the dog: lore and history -- Democratic food and popular culture -- Hot dog people: entrepreneurs, experts, and fans -- Hot dog emporia: signs and meanings -- Doggie styles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AltaMira Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.66 KRAChilds, Laura.
Summary: Promoting her latest blend from within her Charleston tea shop throughout a blooming southern spring season, Theodosia Browning suspects foul play when broker Mark Congdon promptly dies after winning a bid for a rare monkey-face orchid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHICleland, Lee
Contents: About this book -- Before you begin -- Making designs fit -- Quilting designs -- Quilt patterns -- Quiltmaking techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: That Patchwork Place 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 CLECleland, Esi
Summary: Learn simple Akan for getting around Ghana and making friends.Modern Akan is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Akan language.This kasahorow language guide includes- a basic grammar for Akan readers and writers- useful phrases for warming up a new relationshipWritten in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan....
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Publisher / Publication Date: [manufacturer not identified] 2009