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California California. Bureau of Investigation. Detective and mystery plays Murder Investigation Murder Investigation California Drama Participant observation Participant observation California Drama Plot-your-own stories Teams in the workplace Teams in the workplace California DramaSummary: The documentary examines the relationship between the civil right legend Rosa Parks and Carolyn Green and discusses Green's quest to continue her cousin's legacy of black activism in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYSummary: Celebrate 50 years of female excellence in sports through the eyes of athletes who changed the system. Hosted by tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King, the film weaves together stories of eight icons to discuss how their own struggles and achievements shaped women's sports.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV GROClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIStilton, Geronimo [fictional character]
Summary: Geronimo Stilton recounts his trip to Niagara Falls when he accompanies some young mice there as part of a school field trip.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STIField, Sally
Summary: One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of seventeen. From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl next door" to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-worthy ferocity and depth of Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Field has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 FIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, SALLY FIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FIELD FIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio FieldNeff, James
Summary: In a book based on newly released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.921 NEFHarris, Nathan
Summary: "In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LPFIC HARHale, Lucy
Summary: When a businesswoman decides to achieve success without compromising her ethics, she discovers that she has become attracted to her cold and efficient office nemesis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distribution Solutions 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HATSummary: A homeless orphan in Kenya becomes a lucrative businessman, only to give it all up and open an orphanage that today serves over 2,000 Kenyan children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Brainstorm Media 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MULSummary: 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
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: This season, Red John strikes into the heart of the CBI. Ever since the serial killer murdered Patrick Jane's family, the California Bureau of Investigation consultant and former faux-psychic has become obsessed with finding the man who destroyed his life. But after a homicide suspect is set ablaze in his jail cell and a CBI agent is later framed as Red John, Patrick realizes his adversary is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENSummary: Children are used to hearing about how important it is to protect nature, but they may not fully understand how the natural world can positively impact their emotional wellbeing. With that in mind, this book looks to show children how nature can be fun, uplifting, consoling and even offer companionship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The School of Life 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J304.2 SCHSummary: The FBI's masterfully manipulative criminal consultant Patrick Jane is back for the seventh and final season of the clever crime series. Now that Agent Teresa Lisbon and Jane have confessed their love for one another, they must find a way to be partners in both their professional and personal lives as they begin their new relationship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENFriend, Tad
Summary: "Is the father I wanted the father my children want me to be, too? Or is the father I got the father I've inevitably become? Almost everyone yearns to know their parents more thoroughly before they die, to solve some of those lifelong mysteries. Maybe, just maybe, those answers will help you live your own life. But life doesn't stop to wait. In his fifties, writer Tad Friend is grappling with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRIEND, TAD FRISummary: Patrick Jane is a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis to help the California Bureau of Investigation. These talents make him appear psychically gifted and help him bring killers to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENSummary: This new series takes your child on a musical adventure over Niagara Falls, inside a spooky cave in Oklahoma, and to the amazing butterfly forest in Mexico. Join Leo, June, Annie, Quincy, and Rocket as they try to complete a mission. Features animation, live-action footage, famous works of art, and classical music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor] 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LITSummary: Red John is dead. Or is he? The season is following on last season?s explosive finale. California Bureau of Investigation consultant and former faux-psychic is obsessed with finding Red John, the serial killer who murdered his family. Jane learns the true price of revenge and must deal with the fallout from his actions of the previous season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENSummary: Patrick Jane returns for Season Five of The Mentalist. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Simon Baker as the California Bureau of Investigation consultant and former faux-psychic obsessed with finding Red John, the serial killer who murdered his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MENBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: When the Franklin Middle School's sixth grade arrives at the amusement park, they find that the electronic cards that serve as all purpose tickets and game trackers have disappeared, so Sam, Egg, Gum, and Cat set out to solve the mystery and save the class field trip--and it is up to the reader to determine the course of their investigation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BREVerde, Susan
Summary: Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and Grandma Addy's memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, Angel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE VERMorlock, Rachael
Summary: "What are pesticides? Why are animals given antibiotics before they become food for us? Can hormones in the animals we eat affect our bodies? Readers explore the answers to these questions in this accessible look at a hot-button issue in nutrition and science. Balanced text presents important information in an objective way, while detailed sidebars provide even more detail. Readers are also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 615.9 MORBrown, Chester
Summary: Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2003