Vang, Mai Der
Summary: In this staggering work of documentary, poetry, and collage, Mai Der Vang reopens a wrongdoing that deserves a new reckoning. As the United States abandoned them at the end of the Vietnam War, many Hmong refugees recounted stories of a mysterious substance that fell from planes during their escape from Laos starting in the mid-1970s. This substance, known as “yellow rain,” caused severe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 VANSummary: 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Elliott, Duong Van Mai
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 ELLEgan, Dan
Summary: "The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ EganSummary: "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 PAUSwans
Contents: CD. Lunacy -- Mother of the world -- The wolf -- The seer -- The seer returns -- 93 Ave. B blues -- The daughter brings the water -- Song for a warrior -- Avatar -- A piece of the sky -- The apostate-- --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Young God 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SWAMarz, Ron
Summary: The Skylander Trap Team must work together to conquer grueling tests, win outrageous challenges, and defeat the vile villains to receive champion status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARVan De Car, Nikki
Summary: "Connect to the enchanted mystery of trees, plants, and forests as you engage in rituals, spell work, and seasonal magic crafted by the bestselling author of Practical Magic, Nikki Van De Car. Forest Magic is a guide to befriending the mysterious and wiseguardians of our woodlands. Ancient and wise, trees and plants watch over us-sheltering us and guiding us. At the same time, it is our calling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: When the first purple dragon, Malefor reappears Spyro, Hex, and Cynder struggle to prepare for the evil he unleashes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAREvens, Brecht
Summary: "As night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties-a most dangerous age-arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who's already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites-they're all busy or maybe they just don't want to party-but he's determined to make this night...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 EVESummary: An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BOLMak, Tim
Summary: "A blistering exposae of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 MAKRaz, Guy
Summary: "Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 RAZMao, Zedong
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.05 MAOMak, Geert.
Summary: Journalist Mak spent the year of 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe at the verge of a new millennium. In the voices of prominent figures and unknown players, Mak combines the larger story of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5 MAKMatz, Jeffrey.
Summary: The bucolic New England town—a suburb of Manhattan—became the site of fervent experimentation by some of the leading lights of the movement in the United States, the architects known as the Harvard Five, whose modern aesthetic could be traced to the Bauhaus school of design. There they promoted their core principles: simplicity, openness, and sensitivity to site and nature, and built glass,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Monacelli Press 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 MATMarz, Ron
Summary: Collects the latest adventues of Spyro and his friends as they work to stop Kaos and other villains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2018
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Summary: Four comics reveal the Trap Masters's past and unveil the Kaos' plot for Traptanium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARPaz, Octavio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Weidenfelds 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 PAZBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESMah, Ann
Summary: Author of Mastering the Art of French Eating, Ann Mah is undoubtedly an expert on all things relating to French food. But when she discovered the electric pressure cooker, she realized that it was the secret weapon the French have used for years to speedily prepare the complex dishes of la cuisine de grandmère. In her first cookbook, Ann celebrates everything gastronomically French that an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 MAHPember, Mat
Summary: The Little Veggie Patch Co. DIY Garden Projects includes thirty-eight hands-on, step-by-step activities that will help cultivate your handiness and get you out in the garden. Chapters include projects for kids, vertical gardening, garden basics, using recycled materials, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2016
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Summary: "A look at the racist origins of psychiatry, through the story of the largest mental institution in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020