Summary: A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2008
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German, Roger.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.5 GERDeutscher, Guy
Summary: A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 410 DEUDeutscher, Guy
Summary: "Language is mankind's greatest invention--except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Deutscher's investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of meaning? Drawing on recent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401 DEUGermano, Kate
Summary: The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2018
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Summary: When Mirka is forced to babysit her disapproving little sister Layele, they encounter a wish-granting fish in the woods, but soon discover the fish has a generation-old grudge with Layele's mother--and possesses Layele in order to get revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DEUDeutsch, Stefanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.7221 DEUBertsche, Rachel.
Summary: "For fans of The Happiness Project and The Year of Living Biblically comes a pointed look at our fascination with celebrities, as one woman strives to remake herself in the image of her favorite stars. What woman hasn't seen pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, or Beyonce and wished she had their clothes, their abs, their seemingly flawless lives? For Rachel Bertsche, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERTSCHE, RACHEL BERBertsche, Rachel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERTSCHE, RACHEL BERBertsche, Rachel
Summary: "Picture it--it's 8:30 p.m. You close the door to your child's room just as you hear your partner closing the dishwasher, and now it's time for an hour or two of glorious freedom. What do you do? Read the book you've been waiting to crack open all day? Chat on the phone with a friend, glass of wine in hand, or go out with pals and share a whole bottle? Or, like many modern parents, do you get...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BER1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 BER
Summary: See how the Germanic tribes lived, fought and worshipped their gods. Intricate 3D animation shows how they built their settlements, buried their kings, vanquished their enemies. Roman cities such as the ancient Cologne, home of the Romanophile Germans, and the Roman limes, the border to free Germania, are also reconstructed through computer graphics and full-cast reenactments.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GERHermann, Matthias
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Galahad Books 9730
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.63 HERGutsche, Andrea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lynx Images 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.3132 GUTBrée, Germaine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 840.81 BREGutsche, Andrea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lynx Images 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 GUTO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 OREGerman, Mike
Summary: Impressively researched and eloquently argued, former special agent Mike German’s Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide tells the story of the transformation of the FBI after the 9/11 attacks from a law enforcement agency, made famous by prosecuting organized crime and corruption in business and government, into arguably the most secretive domestic intelligence agency America has ever seen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 GERGerman, Roger.
Contents: Getting started. Old and new ; Water, the bane of basements ; Evaluating walls and floors ; Checking the mechanical systems ; The critical path -- Inspiration and ideas. Rec rooms ; Bedrooms ; Bathrooms ; Laundry and utility rooms -- Design and planning. Design ; Planning ; Building codes and permits -- Demolition and repair. Demo ; Basic structural repairs -- Framing walls. Anatomy of a wall ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dt. Literatur-Verl. Melchert 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 FIC LONPermann, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potter Craft 2011
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Summary: With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187-424--one of the millions of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem KermanLerman, Paul
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1981
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 362.21 LERGherman, Beverly.
Summary: Describes the life and work of the popular American artist who depicted subjects including children, family scenes, astronauts, and the poor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ROCKWELL GHETerman, D
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1979