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Summary: In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Touching 2004

Summary: Provided is an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research, and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, traces the rise...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011

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Adaf, Shimon

Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADA

Summary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOT

Hoffer, Richard.

Summary: "Bouts of Mania describes the glorious era when Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman fought each other in every possible combination, on nearly every possible continent. In their most memorable bouts from 1971 to 1975, the three men created athletic set pieces that continue to resonate: the Fight of the Century, Down Goes Frazier!, the Rumble in the Jungle, and the Thrilla in Manila....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 HOF

Keffer, Ken

Summary: "Earth Almanac presents the greatest hits of North American nature. Structured around phenology, the study of seasonal patterns in nature, these day-by-day descriptions offer insight into activities and connections throughout the natural world. Beginning with the Winter Solstice in December, Earth Almanac highlights a wide range of natural history, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Earth Keffer

Peffer, Jessica

Summary: Illustrated instructions will have you drawing awesome, frightening, and delightful creatures in no time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Impact Books 2005

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 743.87 Peffe

Sheffer, Nelly.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1997

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.59 SHE

Hefner, Tony.

Summary: ""Read former prison guard Tony Hefner's disturbing account of sexual and physical abuse at Port Isabel. What, If anything, is the federal government doing to monitor what happens behind the closed doors and locked gates of its detention centers?"---Carol M. Swain, editor of Debating Immigration" ""Tony Hefner's descriptions of human rights abuses at the Port Isabel Center mirror the complaints...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 HEF

Hoffer, Eric.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1973

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.02 HOF

Symon, Charles.

Summary: This volume affords an opportunity fo UP people to take a look at themselves and swell a bit with pride at "what we have done", and for the rest of the world to awe at what this little, sparsley settled region has produced.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: RonJon Press 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 SYM

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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 977 SYM

Nicolaides, Kimon

Contents: Contour and gesture -- The comprehension of gesture -- Weight and the modelled drawing -- Memory drawing and other quick studies -- The modelled drawing in ink-the daily composition -- The modelled drawing in water color-right-angle study -- Emphasis on contour-the head -- Special form studies -- An approach to the subject of technique -- The simple proportions-effort -- The study of drapery --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1969

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 Nicolaides

Edelman, Shimon.

Summary: Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 EDE

Peffer, J.

Contents: Dragon anatomy and equipment -- Dragon demonstrations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: IMPACT Books 2010

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Helfer, Ralph.

2 holds on 2 copies

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.32 HEL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal Helfer

Helfer, Ralph.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.757 HEL

Helfer, Andrew.

Summary: Helfer and award-winning artist Randy DuBurke capture Malcolm Little's extraordinary transformation from a black youth beaten down by Jim Crow America into Malcolm X, the charismatic, controversial, and doomed national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 X

Helfer, Andrew.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, RONALD HEL

Sheffer, Edith

Summary: "Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.85882 SHE

Sheffer, Edith

Summary: Presents an exploration of the sobering history behind Asperger's Syndrome that reveals child psychiatrist Hans Asperger's influence by Nazi psychiatry and his use of one of the Reich's deadliest killing centers to experiment on disabled children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 SHE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psych Sheffer

Simeon, Sheldon

Summary: "The story of Hawaiian cooking, by a two-time Top Chef finalist and Fan Favorite, through 100 recipes that embody the beautiful cross-cultural exchange of the islands. On two seasons of Top Chef, Sheldon Simeon established himself as a leading young, creative chef (he was both a finalist and Fan Favorite on both seasons). The role he is even more proud to fill, though, is as the storyteller of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59969 SIM

Symon, Michael

Summary: In preparing to open his barbecue restaurant, Mabel's BBQ, Michael Symon enthusiastically sampled smoked meat from across America. The 72 finger-licking, lip-smacking recipes here draw inspiration from his favorites, including dry ribs from Memphis, wet ribs from Nashville, brisket from Texas, pork steak from St. Louis, and burnt ends from Kansas City--to name just a few--as well as the unique...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.7 SYM

Peres, Shimon

Summary: A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nextbook/Schocken 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9405 BEN-GURION, DAVID PER

Symon, Michael

Summary: When Michael Symon found out he had rheumatoid arthritis and external lupus, he suspected that what he ate -- or didn't eat -- could make a profound difference in his levels of inflammation and how he felt. So he committed to a food "reset" on The Chew: no red meat, white flour, sugar, dairy, or alcohol. Michael used social media to share his experiment with his fans, and was shocked by the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 SYM

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