Summary: "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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Summary: "Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 303.48 BIEBorge, Victor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BORBorde, Raymond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galahad Books 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 BARBurch, Monte.
Summary: Growing your own food is a hot topic today because of the high cost of transporting food long distances, the heightened problem of diseases caused by commercially grown foods, and concerns of the overuse of chemicals in mass food production. Many people — from White House executives to inner–city kids — have recently discovered the benefits of homegrown vegetables and fruits. Community gardens,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2011
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Summary: Covers tools, materials, foundations, framing, sheathing, wiring, plumbing, and finish work for barns, woodsheds, garages, fencing, and animal housing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garden Way Pub. 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.89 BURBurch, Monte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.18 BURBurch, Monte.
Summary: A full-color year-round guide to growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and even grains includes such specialized topics as fall and winter food growing, nutritional benefits, and gardening with limited space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 BURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 BURBurch, Monte.
Summary: The author gives land development practices for hunters and landowners to attract a particular game offering advice on planning food plots, preparing the soil, and what tools and equipment will work best.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Outdoors 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport BurchSummary: Coppelia, a mechanical doll made by the toy-maker Dr. Coppelius, is so life-like that some believe she is his daughter. The mistake leads to intrigue and jealousy in love. This 19th century classic, in an enchanting production by Royal Ballet choreographer Dame Ninette de Valoise, with original designs by Sir Osbert Lancaster. Revival of a production first presented by the Royal Ballet (then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2000
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA COPSolomon, Steven D.
Contents: An overview of infidelity : the different types and how they occur -- The developmental model of long-term love relationships -- The three intimacies : self intimacy, conflict intimacy, and affection intimacy -- Self intimacy -- Conflict intimacy -- Affection intimacy -- The three types of infidelities : infidelities of fear -- Infidelities of anger -- Infidelities of loneliness -- Evaluating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.736 SOLSummary: "This holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Price, the show's stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ORIMoore, Darnell L.
Summary: As a teenager, Moore was tall and awkward and constantly bullied for being gay. And one afternoon three boys from his neighborhood doused him with gasoline and tried lighting a match. What happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected, poor, heavily policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? It wasn't until Darnell was pushed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books, an imprint of Perseus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORE, DARNELL L MOOBurns, Loree Griffin
Summary: On November 14, 1963, something exceptional happened in Iceland--and that's saying a lot. In a country where the average summer temperature is 50°F and the sun only appears for a few hours a day during the winter, an event has to be pretty unusual to stand out. The birth of the island of Surtsey, the newest earth on Earth, was just that. On that November day, a volcano fifteen miles offshore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 BURSummary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROODionne, E. J.
Summary: "Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask--or require--every American to vote? E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that universal participation in our elections should be a cornerstone of our system. It would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.07 DIOMoose, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MOOSummary: Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed cameras would take one picture every hour for three years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHAPatterson, James
Summary: There's a killer on the road, and nobody is safe. Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a terrifying past. Both adopted, and now grown -- Michael is a long-haul truck driver, Megan a college student majoring in psychology -- they trust each other before anyone else. They've had to. Their parents are public intellectuals, an Ivy League clinical psychologist and a renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M PATPARKE, ROSS D
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1981
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In October 1993, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia. With the special forces pinned down at the crash sites, the 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division (2-14) engaged in a ferocious fight to reach the soldiers and bring them home. The infamous event is now shared in riveting detail by the troops and commanders who showed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc BlMorse, Michael A. (Michael Ari)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 MORPalacio, R. J.
Summary: "Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comesc crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022