Diaz-Montes, Teresa P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 DIATeresi, Dick.
Summary: This book, an innovative history of science, explores the scientific breakthroughs from peoples of the ancient world--Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Africans, New World and Oceanic tribes, among others--and the non-European medieval world. They left an enormous heritage in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first comprehensive,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509 TERTeresi, Dick.
Summary: Examines how the business of organ harvesting further complicates the process of death declaration and evaluates how death has been determined throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 TERSummary: When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into the Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups' archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with Victoria Vance, a meteor-obsessed mad scientist, to steal the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A 12-year-old tech prodigy's science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, his dog. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY THICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THISummary: As big business takes hold of the rail industry, a local depot gang is forced to either adapt to the new managerial double-talk or take chances with receiving severance pay. Agreements set long ago are suddenly undermined by a new managing director who wipes the slate clean. Tensions mount when the men show up the the depot only to find there is no work for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAVContents: Disc one. Lolita / A.R. Kane -- Sloppy heart / Frazier Chorus -- With Louise / Area -- When I'm an astronaut / Louis Philippe -- I'll remember / The Chameleons -- In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings / Dead Can Dance -- Hay fever / 14 Iced Bears -- Eden / Talk Talk -- Tar baby / Shelleyan Orphan -- A dream of love / Ultra Vivid Scene -- Drugs / This Mortal Coil -- Pop song / David...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHESummary: With no clue how to plan anything for the holidays, Shrek sets out to give Fiona and their children a perfect Christmas. With the help of a book and some party crashers, Shrek will learn what really matters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Shrek 2008Motter, Dean.
Summary: Selina Kyle is dead and Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and Oswald Cobblepot are just a few of the suspects in this story of murder, blackmail, and hidden identities that provides an alternative view of the Dynamic Duo and several of their famous enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUMotter, Dean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MOTSummary: 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 PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Contents: Use your head (Money Mark) (2:47) -- Corcovado (Everything but the Girl) (3:56) -- Desafinado (Astrud Gilberto + George Michael (3:20) -- Non-fiction burning (PM Dawn with Flora Purim + Airto (4:31) -- The boy from Ipanema (Crystal Waters) (4:24) -- Interlude (0:14) -- Seguranca (Maxwell) (3:29) -- E preciso perdoar (Cesaria Evora + Caetano Veloso + Ryuichi Sakamoto) (6:01) -- Interlude (0:33)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN REDMonti, Dean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Academy Chicago Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONSummary: Story of five young African-American men who are determined to break into the music business. Their dream takes them from amateur nights to the top of show business and personal tragedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIVSummary: The citizens of Hope Valley find the true meaning of the season with a Wishing Tree that, through the magic of the holiday, helps everyone's wishes come true. And for Elizabeth, this means having Jack back. Together they help Robert with a family problem, while Abigail, Bill and the other people from Hope Valley work together to create a special Christmas parade that warms the hearts and brings...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHEGipsyland
Contents: Viva la mGusica (3:55) -- Torito (3:02) -- Ana Maria (3:24) -- La bodega (4:47) -- La quiero, no, no (3:32) -- La droga (3:33) -- Me siento triste (4:09) -- Cantame gitano (3:22) -- Mama (3:02) -- Me va me va (4:07) -- Amigo de verdad (3:48) -- Ole ola (3:11) -- Santa Sarah (4:00).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GIPJones, Rickie Lee
Contents: Pink flamingos (6:32) -- Altar boy (2:26) -- Stewart's coat (4:32) -- Beat angels / Bernardi (4:12) -- Tigers / Jones, Bernardi (4:49) -- Rebel rebel / Bowie (4:37) -- Jolie Jolie (4:23) -- Running from mercy / Jones, Kottke (5:59) -- A stranger's car (2:53) -- The albatross / Jones, Kottke, Leftwich (3:11).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JONSummary: Based on the true story of young anthropologist Dian Fossey who travels to the African mountains to study rare mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GORSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATContents: Morning in America / Durand Jones & the Indications -- Time storm / The Blow Monkeys -- The Light in us / Stone Foundation (feat. Laville) -- Colors / Black Pumas -- Love and hate in different time / Gabriels -- Wind before the train / Marvin Powell -- Overture: Macbeth / Third Ear Band -- Cosmorama / Beautify Junkyards -- In another room / Paul Weller -- When I was part of your picture / P.P....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJWilliams, John
Contents: Los caujaritos : pasaje / Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo -- El totumo de guarenas : golpe / Benito Canonico -- Como llora una estrella : valse-canción / Antonio Carillo -- Seis por derecho : joropo / Antonio Lauro -- No me olvides : canción / Ovelio Riera -- Las perdices : golpe / Pedro López -- Alma llanera : valse / Pedro Elías Gutiérrez -- Salve / Vicente Emilio Sojo -- Five pieces. Cántico ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING WILHitz, Frederick P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823 HITSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010