Summary: Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rain forest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon. Two of the most celebrated men from their respective nations, Roosevelt and Rondon set out with twenty other adventurers in 1914. Over eight eventful weeks...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018

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Summary: A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2004

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Summary: This epic ten-episode limited event series tells the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's journey of bringing Francis Ford Coppola's cinematic masterpiece The Godfather to the big screen. This critically acclaimed series contains over 2.5 hours of special features, including featurettes, deleted scenes, and more!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2022

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Summary: In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, who is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become normal, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and Jailbreak. Together, these unlikely heroes embark on an epic app-venture through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the code that will fix Gene!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Gordi

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020

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Summary: Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009

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Summary: Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970s England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions, fueled by his music, slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008

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Gordi.

Summary: The debut album from Gordi.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Jagjaguwar 2017

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Fordon, Kelly

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Modiano, Patrick

Summary: Born at the close of World War II, 2014 Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano was a young man in his twenties when he burst onto the Parisian literary scene with these three brilliant, angry novels about the wartime Occupation of Paris. The epigraph to his first novel, among the first to seriously question Nazi collaboration in France, reads: "In June 1942 a German officer goes up to a young man...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015

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Soriano, Jen

Summary: The power of quiet can haunt us over generations, crystallizing in pain that Jen Soriano views as a form of embodied history. In this searing memoir in essays, Soriano, the daughter of a neurosurgeon, journeys to understand the origins of her chronic pain and mental health struggles. By the end, she finds both the source and the delta of what bodies impacted by trauma might need to thrive. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Gorton, 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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2020

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Gorton, Wendy

Summary: "This guide to hiking with children has been handcrafted for Northwest parents, educators, and caregivers looking for the best 50 trails in the area to hike with kids. 50 Hikes with Kids: Oregon and Washington not only offers detailed hiking information with maps and keys to difficulty, but also adds a layer of fun with plant, wildlife, and natural history to foster kids' genuine lifelong...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2018

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Gorton, Wendy

Summary: The latest entry into the bestselling 50 Hikes with Kids series highlights the most kid-friendly trails in New England. It offers all the basics--maps, length of hike, things to see along the trail--plus fun extras that will foster a curiosity about the region's flora, fauna, and geology.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Incorporated 2021

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Gurdon, Martin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Lyons Press 2004

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Fordon, Kelly

Summary: If you thought the suburbs were boring, think again. Kelly Fordon's I Have the Answer artfully mixes the fabulist with the workaday and illuminates relationships and characters with crisp, elegant prose and dark wit. The stories in Fordon's latest collection are disquieting, humorous, and thought-provoking. They might catch you off guard, but are always infused with deep humanity and tenderness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2020

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Gorton, Wendy

Summary: "California kids live in a magnificent natural playground, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the region's geology, flora, and fauna. For successful adventures with even the youngest trekkers, award-winning author Wendy Gorton includes a detailed map,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019

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Ray, Gordon Norton

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1974

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Rivera, Mariano

Summary: The nineteen-year veteran pitcher for the New York Yankees describes his life, discussing the difficulties in being a Latino baseball player in the U.S., how he keeps his Christian values in professional sports, and his championships and rivalries.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014

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Modiano, Patrick

Summary: Presents three short novels which explore the influence of the past, the complexities of human relationships, and the mysterious power of Paris over its residents and visitors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2014

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Bordon, David.

Summary: 101 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE YOU RETIRE will inspire you with 101 unique and creative ideas to get more out of life than just punching a clock. This book will show readers how to live life to the max and challenge them to experience the adventure God has planned for their lives, moment by moment. Who says your career is the defining element of your life?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Faith 2006

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Gurdon, Martin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyon's Press 2005

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Lordon, Claire

Summary: "Something is wrong with Claire, but she doesn't know what. Nobody does, not even her doctors. All she wants is to return to her happy and athletic teenage self. But her accumulating symptoms--chronic fatigue, pounding headaches, weight gain--hint that there's something not right inside Claire's body. Claire's high school experience becomes filled with MRIs, visits to the Mayo Clinic, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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