Hutchens, Alma R.
Summary: An illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than 200 medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished. It includes an annotated bibliography of pertinent books...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ga 7Summary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMSaks, Elyn R.
Summary: Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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Summary: The ultimate reference book for the planets, cities, and battles of the Star wars galaxy! The cross-section artworks offer incredible levels of detail that take you far beyond what is seen on-screen-- even beyond freeze-frame!
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 LUNSummary: When Nate is invited to a big family reunion in Missouri, he sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged wife and growing children. Nate takes delivery on an expensive new SUV, persuades his wife, Dorothy, to tag along, and packs up his three kids for what he thinks will be a leisurely drive from L.A. to St. Louis. However, between his wary wife, arguing kids, angry police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1958
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 973.523 GILSummary: Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESContents: Disc one. Lolita / A.R. Kane -- Sloppy heart / Frazier Chorus -- With Louise / Area -- When I'm an astronaut / Louis Philippe -- I'll remember / The Chameleons -- In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings / Dead Can Dance -- Hay fever / 14 Iced Bears -- Eden / Talk Talk -- Tar baby / Shelleyan Orphan -- A dream of love / Ultra Vivid Scene -- Drugs / This Mortal Coil -- Pop song / David...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.403 GILSummary: Did Henry Kissinger sabatoge the 1968 Vietnam peace talks for his own personal gain? Did he orchestrate the secret bombing of Cambodia? Did he authorize covert operations to overthrow a Chilean President? This explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in United States history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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Summary: "There are so many different kinds of trees in the world, and each has special qualities that make it unique. This lyrical, fanciful collection of poems celebrates the singular beauty of each tree, from the gnarled old apple tree to the tall and graceful aspen." --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUTSummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill 1997
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Summary: In 1203, Theophilos--fool by trade, family man by choice, and spy by design--is ensconced as the Chief Fool in Toulouse. He and his foolish family give the appearance of being the entertainers they claim to be, but they are also members of the Fools' Guild. The ruler of Toulouse, Count Raimon VI, is favored by the guild. Unexpectedly a man arrives claiming to be Baudoin, Raimon's previously...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORSummary: A man and his estranged nephew become the guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls. Their rivals intend to kidnap the girls while the two are delivering a herd of horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BROAlda, Alan
Summary: One of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors, the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 ALDSummary: Honey is a girl from the streets who works in a record store, teaches the occasional dance class at a community center, and treks downtown every weekend to hit the clubs and try out some new hip-hop dance moves. There, she meets a music video producer who offers her a chance to be a choreographer. But Honey decides that she is unwilling to pay his price. Determined to pick herself back up,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HONHitchens, Christopher.
Summary: Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2011