Hagler, Gina
Summary: How does the temperature of ocean water make a difference in the strength of tropical storms? This question and many others can be answered with the principles of earth science. Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, this book discusses everyday events to describe earth science principles in action. Each chapter contains a sidebar with information on places such as the Ring of Fire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature HaglerSummary: Returns to rural southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie, a troubled young boy from ten years ago. The film began as a way of discovering what forces shaped Stevie's life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested for a serious crime, and tears his family apart. The modest profile turned into a chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the justice system and the filmmaker himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STEHacker, Diana
Summary: "The eighth edition of A Pocket Style Manual covers everything you need for college writing - especially researched writing. New step-by-step advice applies to writing assignments in any course. There's also new advice for revision, summary, paraphrase, and quotation. When you add all that great new help to Pocket's tested, trusted grammar and style advice plus more than 300 documentation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them-and Maria-famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria's belief in sharing her love of clay brought success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARSummary: 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 SUMSummary: A young girl must decide between taking care of her father and friend, both of whom are sick and need her the most, and doing what will truly make her happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DRESummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUHagler, Louise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Book Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6565 HagSummary: "From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life. Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind-a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 BLANagler, Monte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MIC 917.74 NagleGrace, Sina
Summary: As teenager Clark Kent and his friends grieve the death of a classmate, Smallville's latest threat pushes Clark to grapple with life's biggest questions in order to become the hero his town needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUPSegrè, Gino.
Summary: Theorizes that temperature is the most revealing method of measurement, considering such topics as the fixed internal temperature of most mammals and the significance of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 536.5 SEGWagler, Ira.
Summary: One fateful starless night, 17-year-old Ira Wagler got up at 2 AM, left a scribbled note under his pillow, packed all of his earthly belongings into in a little black duffel bag, and walked away from his home in the Amish settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa. Now, in this heartwarming memoir, Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life—from his childhood days on the family farm, his Rumspringa rite of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem WaglerWolf, Gita
Summary: The Bhil people of central India are amongst the country's oldest indigenous communities. They have an intimate yet playful relationship with the natural world of animals, plants, trees and forests. All of them are part of their everyday environment. Gangu Bai, Bhil artist, brings this connection alive through a set of joyful paintings in her traditional style, based on her memories of growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tara Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 WOLMaslo, Lina
Summary: When Malala Yousafzai was born, people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into her eyes and knew she could do anything. In Pakistan, people said girls should not be educated. But Malala and her father were not afraid. She secretly went to school and spoke up for education in her country. And even though an enemy tried to silence her powerful voice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YOUHasler, Julie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.443 HASHasler, Nikol.
Summary: Discusses all aspects of sexuality and sexual behavior, including sexual orientation, masturbation, birth control, and sexually transmitted diseases, and answers teenagers' questions on sex in a straightforward and in-depth manner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613.9071 HASWagler, Ira
Summary: "With his singular voice, Ira reveals his experience in BROKEN ROADS. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Ira explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not. Readers may recognize themselves along these paths with Ira, as he grapples with choices, faith, family, the past, and the future. Ira unapologetically, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAGLER, IRA WAGWagler, Ira.
Summary: In this memoir, Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life, from his childhood on the family farm and his Rumspringa rite of passage at age sixteen to his ultimate decision to leave the Amish church for good at age twenty-six.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.7092 WAGPappas, Dina
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 PAPGinn, Ken
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nexus Special Interests 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1331 GINSawabatake, Iina
Summary: "A cookbook filled with over 50 recipes with clear step-by-step instructions for assembling elegant plates of amazing, all-vegan re-creations of classic rolls that mimic the flavor and texture of fish"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SAWSingh, Rina
Summary: A collection of Turkish folktales featuring Nasrudin Hoja and lessons taken from his experiences with his family, at the market, and with animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SINMilbourne, Anna
Summary: "From Romeo and Juliet's star-crossed love, to the dark ambitions of Macbeth, the characters from Shakespeare's plays are famous throughout the world. This collection of stories from all the plays, with beautiful illustrations and quotations, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2016