Jarvis, Jeff
Summary: Argues that the growth of social networking and increased openness online is beneficial in the digital age and can lead to increased collaboration and changes in the way people organize, govern, teach, and learn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 JARJarvis, Jeff
Summary: A manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today's leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do? To demonstrate how to emulate Google, Jarvis lays out his laws of what he calls "the new Google century," including such insights as: Think distributed; Become a platform; Join the post-scarcity, open-source, gift economy; The middleman has died;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Business 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 JARSummary: Part 2 examines the biblical answers to the fundamental human questions and then traces their influence on the Western mind. This second section witnesses the transformation of philosophy from a monothetic search for explanations to a spiritual quest for meaning and understanding informed by a profound fideism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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Summary: Expert cyclists and casual enthusiasts alike will enjoy this bucket-list collection of biking routes around the globe. Each one- to five-page spread introduces you to a spectacular route, from traffic-free paths in Maine to rugged mountain bike trails in Utah, and the incredible cloud forest mountain of the Mae Hong Son Loop in Thailand. Smith includes alternate routes, a bit of history, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: ​​Larry's back -- and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO brought back the hit series starring writer/producer/comedian Larry David as ... writer/producer/comedian Larry David. Each episode features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) as he gets into everyday predicaments with both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: A guide for parents and baseball coaches that offers instructions on teaching players how to hit a baseball; includes information on selecting a bat, using the right pitch, avoiding the ten most common mistakes, and learning how to work with a team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bittinger Books 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PLAGalvin, Brendan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GALSummary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARThompson, Jeoff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.8153 THODerf
Summary: "A commemorative 50th anniversary graphic-novel account of the May 4, 1970 shootings of Vietnam War college student protesters by the Ohio National Guard draws on in-depth interviews to profile the tragedy's four victims"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.771 BACJeffs, Rachel
Summary: "In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFParker, Jeff
Summary: "Join the Hulk, Spider-man, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers in these action-packed crime-fighting adventures for all ages"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PARSummary: From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELParker, Jeff
Summary: "Join the Hulk, Spider-man, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers in these action-packed crime-fighting adventures for all ages"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PARGarten, Ina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 GARGarvey, Marcus
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Publisher / Publication Date: Majority Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 GARGaskin, Margaret.
Summary: Churchill called it his nation's greatest trial and its finest hour. Europe had fallen to Hitler and Britain stood alone. Determined to bomb the English into submission, the German Luftwaffe attacked London nearly every night, targeting the "Square Mile," the heart of the city and the site of some of its greatest landmarks. In this gripping historical narrative, Margaret Gaskin puts the reader...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 GASJeffs, Rachel
Summary: The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFFortier, Jean-Martin
Summary: Offers information on setting up a micro-farm, with negligible capital outlay, by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, including crop yields, harvest periods, hand tools to use, appropriate machinery, and pricing approaches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 FORParker, Jeff
Summary: Join the Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers in this action-packed crime-fighting adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1973
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 822.33 SHATrachtenberg, Marvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1986