Summary: When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EMPPausch, Randy.
Summary: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUPausch, Randy.
Summary: Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your childhood dreams," shortly after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His advice concerned seizing the moment while living, rather than dying.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2008
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: Bean, a calico kitten abandoned on the streets, explores the history of domesticated cats, detailing how evolution and selective breeding have developed such traits in cats as retractable claws, slit pupils, and sense of balance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.75 HIRHirsch, Andy
Summary: In graphic novel format, chronicles the history of the American buffalo and its near extinction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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Summary: How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 HIRHirsch, Andy
Summary: "Giant monsters are on the warpath, and it's Menlo the mech's job to protect the city! But when this metal marvel is shut down by an unlucky lightning strike, a resourceful engineer and his high-energy niece will have to find a way to plug in and power up to save everyone from certain doom! From simple circuits to giant grids, fossil fuel power plants to wind farms, electricity keeps the world...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second Books 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 537.022 HIRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 573.022 HIRHirsch, Andy
Summary: "In this volume, join a crystal-crazy fanboy and a famous rock hunter on a geological journey that will take them to the summit of a volcano, deep within the earth, and even into outer space! They'll learn about the unstoppable forces that shape our planet and they might even pick up a gemstone or meteorite along the way."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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Summary: In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC HIRHirsch, Andy
Summary: Follows an acorn as it learns about its future as a tree, describing each stage of the plant's life from seed germination to maturation, and includes information on different types of trees and their role in the planet's ecosystem.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ILewis, J. Patrick
Summary: The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LEWWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSWilliams, Yohuru
Summary: "Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Forged by Neron (Mastodon) -- Diana (Chelsea Wolfe) -- ANTI-LIFE (Health with Tyler Bates, featuring Chino Moreno) -- Meet me in fire (Maria Brink with Tyler Bates, featuring Andy Biersack) -- Anything, anything (Grey Daze) -- Broken dreams, Inc. (Rise Against) -- Never ending (Manchester Orchestra) -- Bad luck (Denzel Curry, featuring PlayThatBoiZay) -- Skull with a forked tongue (Carach...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC DARCandy
Contents: Good to feel -- Lust for destruction -- Systemic death -- Panic is on -- Bring water -- Distorted dreams -- Joy of life -- Human target -- Bigger than yours
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CANSummary: After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura's home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJE Films 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoHandy, W. C. (William Christopher)
Contents: St. Louis blues (8:50) -- Yellow dog blues (4:16) -- Loveless love (4:28) -- Aunt Hagar's blues / J. Tim Brymn, W.C. Handy (4:57) -- Long gone (from Bowlin' Green) / Chris Smith, W.C. Handy (5:08) -- The Memphis blues (or Mister Crump) / George A. Norton, W.C. Handy (2:59) -- Beale Street blues (4:56) -- Ole Miss Blues / W.C. Handy, Walter Hirsch (4:56) -- Chantez les bas (Sing 'em low) (4:48)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ARMKolsch
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KOLLandy
Contents: A: Just a though--your words not mine--apology (valentine)--Every time it's over--BFF!--Retired sheep--Home--Day for night--Anniversary;--B:To no one in particular--I'll be around--LOST--Cry me a river--Second skin--Apology 2--The meating--I believe in Jack--The beginning (apology)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Apology music
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LANContents: Don't bring me down (The Pretty Things) -- Bo street runner (Bo Street Runners) -- It's not true (Larry's Rebels) -- Make up your mind (The Mike Cotton Sound) -- Number one (The Stormsville Shakers) -- Can you hear me (The Artwoods) -- Stop! Wait a minute (The In Crowd) -- But she's mine (John's Children) -- Wait for me (The Fleur de Lys) -- My time (The Golden Dawn) -- Mr you're a better man...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MOJO 2015
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJSummary: Larry's got it all: a loving wife, good friends, a successful carreer, and a great home. He is prone to speaking the unspeakable, honest to the point of insensitivity, Larry is a walking victim of misunderstandings and missed opportunities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004