Fauci, Anthony S.
Summary: "Compiled from hours of interviews drawn from the eponymous National Geographic documentary, this inspiring book from world-renowned infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci shares the lessons that have shaped the celebrated doctor's life philosophy, offering an intimate view of one of the world's greatest medical minds as well as universal advice to live by"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.92 FAUMessner, Kate
Summary: The definitive picture book biography of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the most crucial figures in the COVID-19 pandemic. Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father's pharmacy on his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follow Dr. Anthony Fauci as he grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and his 50-year career as the Nation's leading public health advocate. Witness a rarely seen side of the physician, husband, and father as he confronts political backlash, a new administration, and questions of the future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 billion in annual taxpayer-provided funding for scientific research, allowing him to dictate the subject, content, and outcome of scientific health research across the globe. Fauci uses the financial clout at his disposal to wield extraordinary influence over hospitals,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1962 KENSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISRaven, Margot Theis.
Summary: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 RavWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: Presents paintings of Claude Monet, accompanied by phrases in the painter's own words, edited to form a simple rhyme that runs through the text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
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Summary: "World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J943.1550 TUNTrump, Donald
Summary: Composed entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. On September 19, 2018, Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," said President Trump to hurricane victims. "Have a good time!" he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRUBarron, Leo.
Summary: Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, an Army veteran and historian explores one of the most famous yet little understood clashes of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BARClark, Lloyd
Summary: "From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CLASummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREMeyer, Kimberly
Summary: Traces how a once-bohemian dreamer and her college-student daughter shared a summer retracing the pilgrimage of a fifteenth-century Dominican friar from Venice through the Middle East to strengthen their bond and confront personal demons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 MEYSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATGoldstein, Bill
Summary: "A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernism The World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make over the course of one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GOLGorton, Stephanie
Summary: "A fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure's and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm--and a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 GORFaruqi, Reem
Summary: "From the author of Lailah's Lunchbox and Unsettled comes a powerful picture book biography about Maryam Faruqi, the founder of the Happy Home Schools, which provided education to thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls weren't encouraged to go to school. Milloo lives in a time when school is considered unnecessary for girls. But to Milloo, education is essential. When Milloo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 FARSummary: Quotations and text messages from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick compiled by Detroit Free Press reporters M.L. Elrick and Jim Schaefer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watchmen Ink LLC 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 ELRSaunders, George
Summary: "In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 891.7 SAUCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word SaundersBrowne, Anthony
Summary: The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708 BROLeClaire, Virginia
Summary: Compiled collection of materials on Anthony "Bundy" Brief, widely considered the most famous professional sports player to come from Traverse City, Michigan. He played professional baseball from 1912-1928, with the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 921 BRIGarcia, Jerry
Summary: Brief quotations from interviews share the late guitarist's outlook on life and music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wolf Valley Books 1995