Summary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOMChrisp, Peter.
Summary: Chronologically traces human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day using a detailed timeline, covering key events, people, inventions, and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909 CHRHodge, Susie
Summary: "Full of stunning images and amazing facts, The Arts: a Visual Encyclopedia is the essential guide to painting, sculpture, photography, music, and dance."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J700.9 ARTSummary: Young at Heart Chorus is based in Northampton, Massachusetts. See the final weeks of rehearsal for the group, whose average age is 81 and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs that range from James Brown to Coldplay. The group has toured Europe and sung for royalty. Now they are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YOUSummary: The film features David Byrne, and blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen. Includes behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals, and interviews. Tracks: Once in a Lifetime; Life is Long; I Zimbra; Road to Nowhere; One Fine Day; The Great Curve; My Big Nurse; Burning Down the House; Houses in Motion; Air;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Vision 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DAVSummary: Mel Brooks, the comedian, director and screenwriter, has energetically avoided a documentary profile from being made, until now. He has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MELKramer, Mattea/ Comerford, Jo (CON)/ Dana, Samantha (CON)/ Heady, Sheila (CON)/ Hellman, Chris (CON)
Summary: From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book about the federal budget also covers up-to-the-minute numbers and an explanation of President Obamas 2013 budget request.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.4 KRASummary: With poker-faced impersonation as their weapon, and World Trade Organization officials as their target, the Yes Men pull off one bold prank after another in an effort to raise political consciousness. And when their outrageous stunts are actually swallowed - hook, line and sinker - the Yes Men must up the satrical ante and push the art of public spectacle to hilarious new heights.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YESSummary: Combining compelling narrative with state-of-the-art computer graphics and high-quality drama reconstruction, this production throws new light on the way gladiators really fought and trained and reveals that many of them were the superstars of their age.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COLGillman, Claire.
Summary: Your guide to having fun throughout the summer months, with amazing adventure ideas for children to enjoy, refreshing treats for everyone to savor, and great games for the whole family to play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 790.1 GILHellman, Peter
Summary: In Vino Duplicitas marks a new, notorious legend in wine: the story of Rudy Kurniawan, a 20-something Indonesian immigrant who bursts onto the rarified scene of ultrafine wines in 2002. Blessed with the gift of a discerning palate and a knack for tracking down impossibly hard-to-find bottles, he transforms himself from a virtual unknown, living illegally in the US, into one of the most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Experiment 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KURNIAWAN, RUDY HELSummary: Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TILGillman, Claire.
Summary: A cold weather-themed activity treasury for kids and caregivers features a wide variety of indoor and outdoor suggestions from ice skating and snowball fights to making toffee apples and snowshoes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 790.1 GILMillman, Chad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 MILChrisp, Peter.
Summary: Explores the life and times of Columbus and his discovery of the New World.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLHorn, Tina
Summary: "In a draconian America where sexuality is strictly bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique talents for bondage and seduction, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their incarcerated friends, and fight the power!" -- from publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SFSBillman, Jon
Summary: "Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people who vanish in the wilderness without a trace and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2336 BILSummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: At many points in Dan Millman’s seminal story of personal transformation, the old warrior Socrates shrugs off Dan’s questions with a laconic “It’s the House Rules.” Here, Millman takes more than 100 of the book’s most interesting and enigmatic passages and explores in detail the key ideas behind them, showing their genesis in spiritual philosophies old and new. Drawing on 25 years of experience...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H J Kramer Book 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 129 MILMillman, Lawrence
Summary: "At the End of the World is the remarkable story of a series of murders that occurred in an extremely remote corner of the Arctic in 1941. Those murders show that senseless violence in the name of religion is not only a contemporary phenomenon, and that a people as seemingly peaceful as the Inuit can become unpeaceful at the drop of a hat or, in this instance, a meteor shower. At the same time,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 MILCheris, Elaine.
Summary: "Fencing: Steps to Success" covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fencing, as well as a valuable reference for instructors of this highly technical sport. One of the most recognized fencing figures in the United States, author Elaine Cheris shares her expertise as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 CHEDillman, Erika.
Summary: "It takes a village: your funeral posse; who's hot, who's not: planning your guest list; menus, massage, and mojitos: care and feeding of guests; dance this mess around: your funeral soundtrack; bye-bye bling: your funeral gift bags"--Cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393.9 DILMillman, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.J. Kramer 2006
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Summary: Describes the achievements of the scientists who have discovered and interpreted the fossils of the dinosaurs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2009