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Juster, Norton

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1982

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Summary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Storm, Morten

Summary: Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist cleric. But after a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STORM, MORTEN STO

Summary: Recounts how the struggle between North and South, long defined by battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, and Bull Run, was actually dependent on events in the West. Although often overlooked, the western theatre saw some of the conflict's bloodiest encounters, such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chickamauga, and featured iconic leaders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIV

Smith, Norman Foster

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1995

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 582.16 SMI
1 available in Reference, Call number: R 582.16 SMI

Smith, Norman Foster

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1978

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.16 SMI

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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Summary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011

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

Gorton, Stephanie

Summary: "A fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure's and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm--and a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 GOR

Ray, Gordon Norton

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1974

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RAY

Gorton, Wendy

Summary: "This guide to hiking with children has been handcrafted for Northwest parents, educators, and caregivers looking for the best 50 trails in the area to hike with kids. 50 Hikes with Kids: Oregon and Washington not only offers detailed hiking information with maps and keys to difficulty, but also adds a layer of fun with plant, wildlife, and natural history to foster kids' genuine lifelong...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 GOR

Gorton, Wendy

Summary: The latest entry into the bestselling 50 Hikes with Kids series highlights the most kid-friendly trails in New England. It offers all the basics--maps, length of hike, things to see along the trail--plus fun extras that will foster a curiosity about the region's flora, fauna, and geology.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Incorporated 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 GOR

Dorion, Leah

Summary: "Leah Dorion captures the Métis way of life in the bison hunting days of long ago. She describes how the Métis interacted with the bison and their importance to all aspects of culture and how all parts of the bison were used in different ways."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gabriel Dumont Institute Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 DOR

Olney, Buster.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.327 OLN

Auster, Paul

Summary: "Each year, approximately forty thousand Americans are killed by gunshot wounds, which is roughly equivalent to the annual rate of traffic deaths on American roads and highways. Of those forty thousand gun fatalities, more than half of them are suicides, which in turn account for half of all suicides per year. Add in the murders caused by guns, the accidental deaths caused by guns, the law...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 AUS

Summary: "Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day's Night, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAR

Poindexter, Buster.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1987

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK POI

Duster, Michelle

Summary: Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer covers Wells' early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance, and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WELLS, IDA B. DUS

Duster, Michelle

Summary: "An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells-who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader-as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WEL

Gorton, Wendy

Summary: "California kids live in a magnificent natural playground, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the region's geology, flora, and fauna. For successful adventures with even the youngest trekkers, award-winning author Wendy Gorton includes a detailed map,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 GOR

Horton, Alvin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ortho Books, Chevron Chemical Co. 1988

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 Horton

Norton, Jim

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.702 NOR

Summary: "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EAR

Childers, Thomas

Summary: A series of 12 half-hour lectures on a college course level. Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 HIS
Call number: DVD 943.086 HIS

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