Summary: A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill, and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MEDGianluigi Trovesi Ottetto
Contents: As strange as a ballad -- Sogno d'Orfeo -- African triptych -- Canto di lavoro -- Clumsy dancing of the fat bird -- Siparietto I -- Blues and west -- Siparietto II -- Il domatore -- Ramble -- Siparietto III -- Fugace -- Siparietto IV -- Totò nei caraibi.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GianlSummary: Oliver is working as a carpentry instructor in a French suburb. He develops an obsession with a new student and offers him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Oliver's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SONCapula, Massimo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.6 CAPSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLIForni, Pier Massimo.
Summary: Presents real-world examples and strategic advice on how to conduct oneself when confronted with the rude behavior of others, in a guide that makes recommendations for breaking rude cycles by being both polite and assertive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395 FORSummary: Giuseppe Marinoni found his calling when he transitioned from champion cyclist to master bike craftsman. After years hunched over toxic fumes, his passion almost killed him. Today, at age 75, Marinoni is back in top shape, and decided to attempt the world hour record for his age group, all on a bike he built with his own hands almost 40 years ago.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARMassini, Stefano
Summary: "... Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini's masterpiece--like Hamilton--is a story of immigration, ambition, and success; it is the story of America itself from a daring and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MASMariani, Scott.
Summary: Former British Special Air Service operative Ben Hope is crushed over the loss of his wife. Wishing to start anew, he decides to put his deadly past behind him and return to studying theology. But when his professor's archaeologist daughter goes missing, Ben soon finds himself embroiled in a chilling mystery involving a newly discovered artifact and its secret ties to the Book of Revelation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARCassino, Mark.
Summary: This book about the science of snow features photos of snow crystals in their beautiful diversity and includes how snow crystals are formed into different shapes and snow-crystal-catching instructions in the back of the book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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Summary: Now living in Echo, Max Frei joins the night shift secret police and tackles surreal criminal cases involving undead outlaws, alien representatives from another continent, and zombies in the cemetery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRETaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 155.24 TALFrai, Maksim
Summary: Follows the adventures of a vice-driven loafer who becomes a celebrity in a magical parallel universe for his membership in an enchanted secret agent organization and his talent for solving extravagant and imaginative cases.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRETaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Not all swans are white, and not all events are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 003.54 TALMarconi Union
Summary: 2012 release from the British Electronic/Ambient act. Different Colours, their sixth album overall, is the first to prominently feature the work of pianist Duncan Meadows, who joined the group initially for live duties and was asked into the fold more permanently in 2010. Playful and brighter, Different Colours is aptly named and finds Marconi Union shifting the focus from cool introspection to...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: PID 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MARMarconi Union
Contents: Weightless part 1 -- Weightless part 2 -- Weightless part 3 -- Weightless part 4 -- Weightless part 5 -- Weightless part 6
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Proper Records Us 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MARMarinov, Isabelle
Summary: The world was too bright for Leo. And too loud. "I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Notaro, Marconi.
Contents: Desmantelado -- Ah vida avida -- Fidelidade -- Maracatu -- Made in PB -- Antropologica -- Antropologica -- Sinfonia em re -- Nao tenho imaginacao pra mudar de mulher -- Ode a satwa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Lag Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN NOTMarino, Gianna
Summary: Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)/Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003.54 TalebTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 TALMariani, Scott.
Summary: After a world-famous opera star--and ex-flame--asks him to investigate her brother's mysterious death, British Air Service officer Ben Hope gets caught up in a centuries-old web of intrigue surrounding the death--and possible murder--of Mozart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARMassie, Allan
Summary: Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STUMassive Attack
Contents: Metal Banshee (Mad Professor Mix One)(5:48 min) -- Angel (Angel Dust)(6:03 min) -- Teardrop (Mazaruni Dub One)(6:04 min) -- Inertia Creeps (Floating On Dubwise)(6:05 min) -- Risingson (Setting Sun Dub Two)(4:53 min) -- Exchange (Mountain Steppers Dub)(5:43 min) -- Wire (Leaping Dub)(5:20 min) -- Group Four (Security Forces Dub)(8:13 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin Records 2019