Summary: Skiing and snowboarding are expected fare in a Warren Miller film, but in Storm there is also surfing, backpacking, mountain biking, and 'urban skiing.' The latter exports skateboarding style tricks to skis, where participants ski on stone, metal, and wooden rails, and even jump a road. A group of gung-ho athletes venture to South Georgia (an island 800 miles east of the Falklands) exploring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marketed by Shout! Factory 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARShaw, Gina
Summary: Introduces readers to Nintendo, one of the most influential companies in the video game industry and creator of some of the top-selling video game franchises of all-time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793 SHAWilson, Seán Michael
Summary: "Tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and sometimes fatal condition caused by the Chisso chemical factory's careless release of methylmercury into the waters of the coastal community of Minamata in southern Japan. First identified in 1956, it became a hot topic in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, growing into an iconic struggle between people versus corporations and government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.9 WILSummary: "Brought to life by director Daniel Junge, this is a tale of brilliant innovations, colossal failures and ego-driven rivalries akin to Steve Jobs versus Bill Gates. It is a 50-year-long, multi-generation epic featuring corporate coups, industrial espionage, secret burial grounds and the promise of unimaginable riches just one cartridge away. The only constant through the saga is this: just when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GAMVo, Minh-Tri
Summary: "Create delicious dishes from My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and more with this cookbook inspired by the stunning worlds of Studio Ghibli! Whether they offer a moment of family bonding, comfort in difficult situations, or pesky temptations, the kitchen scenes are always of central importance in Studio Ghibli films. Now, with Studio Ghibli: The Unofficial Cookbook, you can recreate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A look inside the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli. Follows director Hayao Miyazaki, producer Toshio Suzuki, and director Isao Takahata for a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015