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City and town life Wisconsin Drama Crime Wisconsin Drama Drinking water Lead content Drinking water Lead content Michigan Flint Eccentrics and eccentricities Wisconsin Drama Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 Massage therapy Michigan Flint Self-care, Health Sheriffs Wisconsin DramaSummary: "For the past 35 years 12,000 people on 430 teams have come to Stevens Point, Wisconsin for The World's biggest Trivia Contest. Clustered together in basements, garages and converted storefronts for 54 straight hours..." -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Media Targeting Associates 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRIClark, Anna (Anna Leigh)
Summary: "When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city's water supply to a source that corroded Flint's aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.6 CLACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.6 CLACopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ ClarkSummary: In 2014, to reduce costs, city officials changed the source of Flint, Michigan's drinking water supply and as a result subjected its population to dangerous levels of lead contamination. This program looks at the logistics of the Flint water crisis and exposes vulnerabilities that exist in water systems throughout the county.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POIButing, Jerome F.
Summary: Interweaving an insider's account of the true crime saga behind "Making a Murderer" with other controversial cases from his career, Steven Avery's defense attorney reveals the flaws in America's criminal justice system and puts forth a persuasive call for reform.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345 BUTHollis, Matthew
Summary: Renowned as one of the world's greatest poems, The Waste Land has been said to describe the moral decay of a world after war and the search for meaning in a meaningless era. It has been labeled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. A century after its publication in 1922, T. S. Eliot's enigmatic masterpiece remains one of the most influential works ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 HOLSummary: After an injury and losing her college basketball scholarship, a young woman returning home struggles to rebuild her life as she and her family in Flint, Michigan face internal turmoil and the aftermath of a deadly water crisis. The bonds of family are all they have left as they rebuild their lives, their town, and their hope for their future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLICicchini, Michael D.
Summary: "A criminal defense attorney goes beyond the popular Netflix documentary to detail the legal nightmare that led to the conviction of Steven Avery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345 CICCooper, Candy J.
Summary: Reveals the true story of Flint, Michigan's poisoned water supply, describing how the water crisis unfolded in 2014 and the history of racism and segregation that led up to it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 615.9 COOSummary: Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. A two-year FRONTLINE investigation uncovers the roots and extent of a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak during the water crisis, and how officials failed to stop it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FLIHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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2 available in Adult, Call number: 615.9 HANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ Hanna-AttishaHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: 615.9 HAN Book Club KitStevens, Thomas N. (Thomas Nichols)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 973.7475 STEFaulkner, Steven
Summary: Steven Faulkner and his sixteen-year-old son Justin are paddling and portaging their way on a thousand-mile journey along the seventeenth-century Mississippi River discovery route of French explorers Marquette and Joliet. Tired, hungry, lost, lonely, fogbound, canoe-wrecked, unable to make their way in the darkness, they are having a wonderful time paddling along Lake Michigan's shore to Green...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RDR Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.7049 FAUSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Apfelbaum, Steven I.
Summary: "In Nature's Second Chance, the author captures the intimate relationship he has created with the land and shows how the restored farm is serving as a model for the human community around him. Opening with his very first walk on the farm, this deeply personal account relates how Apfelbaum and his family worked to restore acres of native wildflowers and wildlife on land he found depleted after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.909 APFSummary: Eccentricity defines daily life in Rome, Wisconsin, where the Tin Man from "The wizard of Oz" is murdered, a student brings a severed hand to school for show-and-tell, and a woman runs over her husband with a steam roller pleading "not guilty by reason of menopause." Sheriff Jimmy Brock has seen it all. Indeed, behind the tidy picket fences of this quirky little town lie all the same problems...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PICShapira, Kim
Summary: "Dietitian Kim Shapira has developed six simple rules that will change your relationship with food forever. In This Is What You're Really Hungry For, she breaks down the science to get your brain and your body on board; replaces fad diets that do not last with a sustainable method that encourages you to eat what you love; and empowers you to be the authority in your own body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INDSuenaga, Yuki
Summary: "As a prominent rookie with a target on her back, Akane takes an opening slot with the goal of clapping back against the veteran futatsume, Rien Konjakuan, who insulted her. While her crisp rakugo performance wows the crowd, Karashi finds something about it worrying... Then, a shocking truth is discovered about Akane's repertoire, leaving her at a huge disadvantage as a zenza. How will Akane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AKA (Book 5)Stephenson, Jane
Summary: "An easy-reference guide to the nutritional data for over 4,500 foods, including information on setting nutrition goals and maintaining a balanced diet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.202 STEAlbert, Lee (Lee Michael)
Summary: Proven, practical, easy-to-follow program to reduce and even eliminate chronic muscular pain through simple movements and home care. Demonstrates how Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT) effectively treats pain patterns caused by injury, stress, repetitive strain, postural distortion and chronic neuromuscular conditions. Includes specific wellness plans for: headache, neck and shoulder pain, low...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dudley Court Press 2018