Rediker, Marcus Buford.
Summary: Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest from a neighboring tribe responsible for the slave's capture.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.3 REDMumford, George
Summary: "Michael Jordan and countless other NBA stars credit George Mumford with transforming their game. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford shares his story and strategies in The Mindful Athlete. His proven techniques transform the performance of anyone with a goal, be they an Olympian, weekend warrior, executive, hacker, or artist. A basketball player at the University of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team MumfordSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRERumford, James
Summary: While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 975.004 RumfoBRETON, MARCOS
Summary: Examines the story of Latin baseball as seen through the eyes of Miguel Tejada, a promising young Dominican shortstop in the Oakland A's organization; and provides insight into the efforts of Latin ballplayers to succeed in America's professional sports arena.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: SIMON 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BREBarcus, Frank
Summary: Yarns and reminiscences of the greatest storm in inland navigation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1986
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI South BarcusMarcum, Diana
Summary: Atop a hill in the rainforest of Belize, next to the ruins of a fallen civilization, a butterfly farm raises the brilliant blue morpho. What starts out as the worst vacation ever turns into a quest to learn more about the first-of-its-kind farm when journalist Diana Marcum inadvertently discovers this wildlife sanctuary, which is supported by an international live-butterfly trade. She quickly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCUM, DIANA MARBarcus, Frank
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BAR1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 BAR
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977 BARRumford, James.
Summary: A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHARumford, James.
Summary: Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age--the fourteenth century in a time before Columbus, when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, some seventy-five thousand miles in all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around RumfoCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB IBN BATTUTA RUMMugford, Simon.
Summary: Describes various reptiles and amphibians, with color photographs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Priddy Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J597.6 MUGMarkus, Peter
Summary: For over twenty years, award-winning short story writer and novelist Peter Markus has made his living teaching creative writing in the Detroit Public Schools. As a teaching artist with Detroit's longest enduring literary non-profit — InsideOut Literary Arts Project — Markus has inspired thousands of students to become believers in the power of words, armed with nothing but an ordinary pencil —...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARKUS, PETER MARHuxford, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738 HUXFarina, Marcos
Summary: "Revel in the warm, inviting, retro-style illustrations from Argentinian creator, Marcos Farina, in these early concepts board books featuring Colors in the Garden and Animal Opposites"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.] 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1951
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3758 PIOBurford, Tom.
Contents: Apple varieties A to Z -- The orchard primer -- Planning and designing an orchard -- Planting and cultural management -- Propagation -- Apple products -- Recommended uses of apple varieties.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.11 BURBurford, Tom
Summary: "Beyond the predictable grocery store displays is a world of apples few have ever explored. In Apples of North America, fifth-generation apple grower Tom Burford shares portraits of little-known but delicious varieties -- from American Beauty to Yellow Bellflower, in flavors sweet to spicy to tart. You'll learn how best to grow apples at home -- including planting and pruning -- plus way ways...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 634.11097 BURHuxford, Sharon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.0977 HUXDuFord, Stacey.
Summary: A fairy gets stuck to a girl's painting of her backyard. The girl feeds the fairy and wins an art contest. Afterwards, the fairy grants the girl special talent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac Island Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC DUFCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION DuFordGarces, Cristina
Summary: Disney characters share their favorite Christmas recipes, including Belle's classic winter porridge for breakfast, Lightning McQueen's pot pie for dinner, and Pooh Bear's mini honey buns for dessert.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2014
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 641.5 GARJansen, Marius B.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.025 JENMarques, Luana.
Summary: In Almost Anxious, Luana Marques, Ph.D., describes the spectrum of almost anxiety symptoms, from normal situational anxiety on one end to a full-blown diagnosable anxiety disorder on the other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8522 MARMotum, Markus
Summary: "Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars and now she's ready to guide you through her journey firsthand. From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 MOTMarkus, Peter
Summary: "These poems remind us of the importance of both relationships and of place are even more important with that in the background"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2021