McQuerry, Maureen
Summary: "Wangari Maathai worked to heal and revive damaged land by planting new trees. Discover her big ideas about restoring nature and ways you can help too!"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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Summary: This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAAOgada, Ayub.
Contents: Obiero -- Dala = Home -- Wa winjigo ero -- Thum nyatiti -- Kronkronhinko -- Chiro -- 10% -- Ondiek = Hyena -- Kothbiro -- En mana kuoyo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OGASummary: Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MOGMcVeigh, Jennifer
Summary: "After six years exiled in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya and the farm where she spent her childhood, only to find the home she has longed for in the grip of change. Her father's new companion--a strange, intolerant woman--has taken over the household, and the political climate in the country is growing more unsettled by the day. Looming over them all is the threat of the Mau Mau - a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCVSummary: Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Inspried by Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree", which chronicles a story of two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAFSummary: A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the rigid respectability of the town they live in.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE GRESummary: The lion who thought he was people; A documentary chronicling the life of Christian, an affectionate lion cub born in a London zoo and raised by two young Australians. Unable to keep Christian as a pet, they contact the stars of "Born free" and real-life wildlife expert George Adamson, who helps them introduce Christian to his native habitat in Kenya.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Films 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Family 2012Blinky Bill
Contents: Lwanda magere -- Atenshan -- Bills to pay -- Don't worry -- Winner -- Feeling it -- I'll care more next time -- Mungu halali -- Let that go -- Showdown -- Oh way -- Happy
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP BLIJamieson, Victoria
Summary: "Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar's nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future ... but it would also mean leaving his brother, his only family...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC JAMMcLain, Paula.
Summary: "Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature's delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction McLain 2015Pateman, Robert
Summary: "From the capital of Nairobi to the savannas that are home to animals such as giraffes and lions, readers take a journey through the East African nation of Kenya they won't soon forget! With focused chapters that highlight Kenya's rich history, important economic contributions, and geography, the text supports social studies curriculum topics, while stories about sports, stunning photographs of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 967.62 PATSummary: This program spotlights the eastern African countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. In Aksum and Addis Ababa, Jonathan Dimbleby learns about initiatives to improve farming across Ethiopia; follows a pilgrimage to Aksum's Church of St. Mary of Zion; observes the Eid al-Adha festival in Addis Ababa; attends a session of a coffee-growers' commodity exchange; and visits some fair trade...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Shots of life in Kenya under British rule
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1953
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Summary: British Colonialism Kenya. Includes shots of the Mau Mau crisis.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954