Lacey, Stephen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Co. 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635.968 LACSummary: Betty is a best selling novelist who has invented her name to escape a troubled past made worse by her emotionally unstable and violent mother. When her young son is killed in an accident, her mother brings her a "replacement", a boy she kidnapped off the street.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALISummary: Straight from the front lines in Iraq, it is the first war movie filmed by the soldiers themselves. Steve is a wisecracking carpenter who aspires to be a writer. Zack is a Lebanese-American university student who loves to travel and is fluent in Arabic. Mike is a father and resolute patriot who rejoined the Army after 9/11. These soldiers captured over 800 hours of footage, providing a glimpse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Bach, Steven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BACSummary: Join Dr. Hazel Barton and Nancy Aulenbach as they travel to unique and forbidding ice caves in Greenland, underwater caves in the Yucatan, terrestrial caves in the Grand Canyon and other spectacular locations. For those compelled to push their limits in the world's most hostile environments, the risk of fatal danger and thrill of new discovery are the everyday factors that make cave exploration...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOUBlock, Stephen R.
Summary: "In Why Nonprofits Fail, author and nonprofit expert Stephen Block explains that many well-intentioned leaders hold on to views of their nonprofit organizations that perpetuate problems rather than help fix them. According to Block, the first step to success is to challenge one's own personal paradigms and ideas and be open to unique and alternative approaches to solving problems. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.048 BLOSummary: The documentary explores the intersection between Colin Kaepernick's anthem protests and the reactions they spurred in the United States, revealing unique insights into America's ongoing racial turmoil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KAPSummary: "Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INDNelson, Willie
Summary: On April 29 and 30 of this year, a variety of artists spanning genres and generations came together with Willie Nelson to celebrate the legend's 90th birthday for a star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two CD+Blu-ray set captures the highlights of this amazing night, including 39 performances across the two CDs and the same songs captured in HD on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Dick, Steven J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.839 DICSummary: In 2016, a new exhibit on the work of visionary director Guillermo del Toro will begin at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), before moving on to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and the Minneapolis Museum of Art (MIA). This book will be the perfect accompaniment to the exhibition, which focuses on del Toro’s creative process, including the well-defined themes that he obsessively...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GUIAlexander, Stephon
Summary: "Where does great physics come from? As a young graduate student, cosmologist Stephon Alexander had a life-changing lesson in the subject. When asked by the legendary theoretical physicist Christopher Isham why he had attended graduate school, Alexander answered: "To become a better physicist." He could hardly have anticipated Isham's response: "Then stop reading those physics books." Instead,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 ALEAlexander, Stephon
Summary: "A theoretical physicist and jazz musician combines his two loves to present a new theory of the universe: sound as the link between Einstein's relativity with quantum mechanics,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of Perseus Books Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 ALEWhaples, Robert
Summary: Presents lectures on economic issues in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 MODSummary: A psychedelic precursor to music videos, in which The Mothers of Invention, a touring musical group, wreak havoc in Centerville, a stereotypical American town. The first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film, it includes many visual effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE TWOLauck, Jennifer.
Summary: The author continues the story of her life, relating her journey into adulthood while confronting the demons of her traumatic childhood and considering the troubled soul of her brother Bryan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.033 LAUTack, Karen.
Summary: The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.8 TACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 TACPack, Michael
Summary: Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation battle. But beyond the headlines, Thomas' life is a classic American tale; born poor in the segregated South, only to become one of the most influential justices in the highest court in the land. In the follow-up to the wildly successful documentary by the same name, Created Equal builds on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE PACMack
Summary: Presents an illustrated look at the center of the earth, focusing on stone caves, geysers, volcanoes, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Lank, Edith.
Contents: To sell or not to sell -- Agent or FBSO -- Finding a good agent -- The listing process -- Some legal matters -- Pricing your property -- Preparing your house to sell -- Showing your home -- Negotiating your sales contract -- Your buyer's financing -- In the tunnel -- The day of reckoning -- Moving and tax considerations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dearborn Trade 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.338 LANSack, Rebekah
Summary: Preparing for interviews in the job market is something seldom learned in classrooms but is overwhelmingly important for long-term success. Learning the skills necessary for getting the job is something you can start now. Learn all the tips and tricks you need in order to land the summer job you've had your eye on or to get that camp counselor position you've always wanted. Inside, you will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650 SACLacz, Kevin
Summary: "A first-person account of the Iraq War, from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team 3 with American Sniper Chris Kyle, describes their legendary unit, “The Punishers,” and provides gripping details of their missions in Ramadi,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2016