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 PAUSummary: "In the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, more than 3,000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years over petty crimes. When one parent dared to question his harsh brand of justice, it was revealed the judge had received...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KIDGay, Kim A.
Summary: "After being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder at the age of thirty six, Kim Gay spent several frustrating years looking for answers to her question about the disorder only to find that very little was known about ADHD when it pertained to adults. Her quest for knowledge and enlightenment inspired her to write this book, with the hope of helping others who keep finding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing & Enterprises 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind GayBradshaw, G. A. (Gay A.)
Summary: Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. He argues that a breakdown of ancient elephant cultures has resulted from exposure to violent trauma and urges readers to support elephant recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 BRASummary: This film gives insight into Louise's personal story and shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed. It also reveals how she applies these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual, and professional life. Includes firsthand accounts from people who have been positively affected by Louise's work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HAYDay, John A.
Summary: In THE BOOK OF CLOUDS, we are introduced to earth's great skyscape with a stunning cloud chart, an explanation of how clouds form, hints on forecasting, observing and photographing clouds. Photographs of cumulus, stratus, nimbostratus, cirrus, and other clouds are included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Lining Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.576 DAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Earth DaySchulberg, Jay A.
Summary: "Acts of Our Gentle God presents compelling evidence from the Bible to exonerate God of the charges that he is uncaring, judgmental, controlling, unfair, bad-tempered, or violent. The book demonstrates that the entire Bible, correctly understood, is in harmony with the definitive statement 'God is love' (1 John 4:8)."--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan 2017
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 231.8 SCHStout, Jay A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 STOStout, Jay A.
Summary: During the air battles that destroyed Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one bomb group was especially distinguished. The Hell's Angels. At the outbreak of World War II, the United States was in no way prepared to wage war. Although the U.S declared war against Germany in December 1941, the country lacked the manpower, the equipment, and the experience it needed to fight. Even had an invasion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars StoutYoung Bear, Ray A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 YOURay, James A.
Summary: Argues that true happiness and wealth can be obtained by achieving harmony in all areas of life, challenging popular beliefs about the importance of balance while explaining how to address five key priorities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 RAYMarch, Ray A.
Summary: "Ray A. March exposes a story of mass murder, a community's racism, and tribal treachery in a small Paiute tribe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MARKay, J. A. (John Anderson)
Summary: "The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities and the stewardship of existing ones, and far too much to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 KAYSummary: Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the twentieth century. This is the first major documentary film to explore West₂s life and career, as she 'climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong' to become a writer, performer, and subversive agitator for social change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAEKay, J. A. (John Anderson)
Summary: "In a changing world, forecasts and numbers usually represent bogus quantification. Kay and King tell us how to think smarter. Radical uncertainty changes the way we should think about decision-making. For over half a century economics has assumed that people behave rationally by optimizing among well-defined choices. Behavioral economics questioned how far people are rational, pointing to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRERubenstein, David M.
Summary: "What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world's largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice.​"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.678 RUBLanguirand, Mary A.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction: how will you spend your retirement years? -- Making it work -- Money matters -- Access, opportunities, and services -- Making your home safe -- Getting around -- An apple a day -- Making it count -- Healthy mind -- Healthy body -- Healthy spirit -- Strengthening ties with others -- Giving back -- Epilogue: looking forward -- Checklists and worksheets --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.38 LANSummary: The Dick Cavett Show was the late-night TV home of the biggest names in music. Cavett so enjoyed talking with Ray Charles that he had him on the show three times, including one where he was Cavett's only guest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DICGolkar, Golriz
Summary: "In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.804 GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J919.804 GOLBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARMcDougall, John A.
Summary: Fear of carbs has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades--the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. Here, diet doctor and board-certified internist John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, show that a starch-rich diet can actually help you lose weight and prevent a variety of ills. By fueling your body...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 MCDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 MCDHoehling, A. A. (Adolph A.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madison Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4514 HOEMcDougall, John A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1994