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Geothermal resources Great Britain Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography II, Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth 1926- Interpersonal relations Manipulative behavior Queens Great Britain Biography Renewable energy sources Trust Social aspects United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.Summary: Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. A extraordinary documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the island's 'Adam and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GALSummary: Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD BRECopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BRESummary: In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager missions as a way of exploring the solar system's outermost planets, capturing images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their moons. "The farthest" documents Voyager's journey, including first-hand accounts of the men and women who built the ships and guided their missions. Bonus film "Second genesis" explores the scientific quest to find life, or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 919.9 FARHardman, Robert
Summary: "On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from the rest. Queen Elizabeth II has seen more of the planet and its people than any other head of state and has engaged with the world like no other monarch in modern history. Since her coronation, she has visited over 130 countries across the ever-changing globe, acting as diplomat, stateswoman, pioneer, and peace-broker. She has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QUEEN ELIZABETH HARSummary: "In this dazzling collection, fifteen writers explore this rich phase in essays that are profound and moving and above all, brimming with joie de vivre. This diverse array of voices--including Veronica Chambers, Meghan Daum, Kate Bolick, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Sloane Crosley, KJ Dell'Antonia, Julie Klam, Jessica Lahey, Catherine Newman, Sujean Rim, Jena Schwartz, Sophfronia Scott, Allison Winn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ONAbramson, Kate
Summary: A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024
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Summary: "No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is not just the head of the most famous family in the world. He is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution that must redefine its place in the digital age while others insist on rewriting the past. With unrivaled access to the king, the royal family, and the court,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 941.086 HARHardman, Robert
Summary: "A definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the seventieth anniversary of her reign by a renowned royal biographer."--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II, QUEEN HARHardman, Robert.
Summary: An intimate portrait of England's longest-reigning queen, in celebration of her diamond jubilee -- and the first-ever book interview with her grandson, HRH, the Prince of Wales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH II HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Greece and Rome, including peasant, slave, Olympic pankratist, laborer, fuller, gladiator, and soldier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in ancient Egypt, including bleacher, embalmer, quarry worker, paint mixer, farmer, housewife, brick maker, and miner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: "In this . . . science book readers will find out why we burn fossil fuels, the harm it is causing, and why evolution in the geothermal industry could make it a powerful weapon in the fight to create a sustainable future."--Google books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cheriton Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.44 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Presents several of the most dangerous, dirty, and otherwise unpleasant jobs done in medieval times, including peasant, bog iron collector, woad dyer, fuller, barber-surgeon, and plague doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.1 HARHardyman, Robyn
Summary: Find out more about democracy, which countries use it to govern, and learn some positives and negatives about this type of government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 321.8 HARHausman, Gerald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.71 HAULandman, Annlee.
Summary: Demonstrates traditional quilting skills through twelve progressive, step-by-step projects, and provides information about fabric selection, machine- and hand-sewing techniques, assembling layers for quilting, and finishing touches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 LANMATE, FERENC
Summary: This book is a true-life adventure of a couple who did what most of us only dream of doing: they gave up the rat race of the big city for a new life in Tuscany. Candace and Ferenc Mate - she a painter, he a writer - arrive from New York in the late 1980s knowing almost no Italian, and with only four weeks to find a country house to live in. They finally conclude the deal on the hood of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NORTO 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.55 MATMate, Ferenc
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MATHarman, Sally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.443 HARBerkus, Nate
Summary: Presents a step-by-step home decorating guide to creating stylish and innovative rooms that reflect an individual's true personality, interests, tastes, and lifestyle, with photographs that provide inspirational ideas and techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.88 BERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 747.88 BERFrisch, Nate.
Summary: "The history of the National Football League's Detroit Lions, surveying the franchise's biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1929 to today"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Paperbacks 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.3 FRIBall, Nate
Summary: The PBS television host and his team of young scientists investigate how the water cycle works by shrinking themselves down to the size of a raindrop to explore such elements as ice, steam, estuaries, snowflakes, and puddles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: "From Funny Or Die senior writer and former artistic director at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre comes a collection of absurdist, hilarious stories and essays on relationships, technology, and contemporary society. A brave archaeologist journeys into a suburban man cave. Leif Eriksson writes Christopher Columbus a long overdue letter. A corporate flack admonishes a room of marijuana sales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 DERLeBoutillier, Nate.
Summary: "A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Romanian Nadia Comaneci--of the Olympic sport of gymnastics, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896"--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2012