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African Americans Social life and customs Harlem Cultural Festival. Harris, Kamala 1964- Heroes Irish question Natural disasters Padel, Ruth 1946- Travel Asia sieur de La Salle, Robert Cavelier 1643-1687 Tigers Conservation Asia United States. Congress. Senate Biography Juvenile literatureSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUMGraffin, Greg.
Summary: Most people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, but few know that he also has a Ph.D. and teaches evolution at UCLA. Here, Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. As an adolescent growing up when "drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night," Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ItBooks 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 210 GRAGriffis, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 380 GRIDreffin, Tina
Summary: How would your life change if it included a family adventure that was so wild, it erased painful feelings from your past? Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa, Finding Healing Through Travel, is a memoir about a sailing adventure that Tina and her family embark upon. She ponders traumatic issues of her past during a long flight to Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 DREGriffey, Harriet.
Summary: Discusses the Egyptian preservation of dead bodies, stories associated with mummies, and mummies from different cultures, including Incan and Sicilian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around GriffeyGriffis, Joan A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.A. Griffis 1993
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 GriffGriffen, John Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buccaneer Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 GRIGriffey, Harriet.
Summary: Describes natural disasters which have occurred in various places throughout the world including the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the Yellow River flood in 1887, and the Australian bush fires in 1983.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Nature GriffeyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE GRIRaffin, Michele
Summary: Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world’s most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. In The Birds of Pandemonium, she lets us into her world--and theirs. Birds fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 RAFCameli, Christina
Summary: A quick path to a bold quilt design, wedges are versatile and captivating―a must-have shape in the modern quilter's toolbox. Expertly piece this trendy and versatile shape without complicated math or drafting. Sew up 10 distinctive quilts, each with full-size patterns, plus get tips on how to accurately cut and sew wedges. Best-selling author Christina Cameli's wedge quilt patterns are so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 CAMHarris, Kamala
Summary: Now adapted for young readers, Senator Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life. As the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris has blazed trails on her path to the national stage. But how did she achieve her goals?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARRifkin, Jeremy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 RIFHarris, Kamala
Summary: "Senator Kamala Harris's picture book memoir in which she tells her life story and shows how everyone can be a superhero"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARRifkin, Jeremy.
Summary: Describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.12 RIFMartinez, Zarela.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Pub. Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 MARVarela, Barry.
Summary: Follows Nanu, a baby polar bear, and Seela, a newborn walrus, as they grow up in the Arctic and deal with the possibly deadly consequences of a warming climate. Portrays their often dangerous struggles for survival, with only their natural instincts and mothers' guidance to help them face the many challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC VarelLibert, Steve
Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 LIBGribbin, John
Summary: What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant’s shoes—and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRIGribbin, John.
Summary: How did the universe begin? Where do galaxies come from? Where do the material particles we are made of come from? Today we have only provisional answers to such questions, but this will improve dramatically over the next ten years, predicts astronomer Gribbin. He focuses on what we think we know about ten issues and explains how cutting-edge research may yield solutions in the very near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 GRICamera Obscura.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CamerCamelo, Wilson.
Summary: Presents a brief history of the United States Air Force and explores its structure, training, and career paths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 358.4 CAMNehanda, Walela
Summary: "When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NEHZimmerman, Andrea Griffing.
Summary: Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers