Summary: After the death of Jack Sanderson's father, he was not looking forward to the holiday season, so he decided to jump right into the middle of it and become Santa Claus. Follow Sanderson as he gets a custom Santa suit, attends the American Events Santa School, and then takes on Santa jobs. Along the way he rides in the 57th Annual Quincy Christmas Parade, rings a bell on a street corner, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2011
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD 394.2663 BECRobin, Michael
Summary: Defines over five hundred words using simple sentences and illustrations from classic DC Comics art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Downtown Bookworks 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 423 ROBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 423 RobMeyers, Jane Cannon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American School of Needlework 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 MEYMayer, Jane
Summary: Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against "big...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.5 MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 MAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.520973 MAYMayer, Jane.
Summary: An investigation into the growing radical right reveals a network of wealthy people with extreme Libertarian views, led by the Koch brothers, that has been systematically influencing and controlling academic institutions, the courts, and the United States government.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.52 MAYMayer, Jane.
Summary: In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 MAYMayer, Jane.
Summary: A look at the confirmation process for Clarence Thomas' appointment to the Supreme Court.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 MAY(BECK, MRS. IRWIN, COMP.)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4635 YESSummary: This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ZELSummary: Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family HouseboatByers, William
Contents: Turing on the light -- The light of ambiguity. Ambiguity in mathematics -- The contradictory in mathematics -- Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- The light as idea. The idea as an organizing principle -- Ideas, logic, and paradox -- Great ideas -- The light and the eye of the beholder. The truth of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 BYETack, Karen.
Summary: The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cupcaking into a national pastime is back, with utterly new, eye-popping creations anyone can make.
Format: text
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 TACMack
Summary: Presents an illustrated look at the center of the earth, focusing on stone caves, geysers, volcanoes, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.1 MACJauck, Andrea.
Summary: Describes the life and natural environment of the pony breed that lives on the long barrier island off the Maryland and Virginia coast.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1993
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.66 JAUReese, Jacy
Summary: "Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals brought widespread attention to the disturbing realities of factory farming. The End of Animal Farming pushes this conversation forward by outlining a strategic roadmap to a humane, ethical, and efficient food system in which slaughterhouses are obsolete--where the tastes of even the most die-hard meat eater are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179 REESack, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650 SACNack, William.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 NACPassmore, Jacki.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Letts 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 PASTack, Karen.
Summary: Hello, Cupcake! inspired millions to become cupcake artists and launched an international sensation. Now the talented pair who started it all returns, with projects that are more hilarious, more spectacular, more awe-inspiring--and simpler than ever -- Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.8 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, CLARENCE PACNack, William.
Summary: Secretariat is an elegantly crafted, exhilarating tale of speed and power, grace and greatness, told with such immediacy that the reader is lost in the rush of horses and the clatter and ring of the grandstand." —Laura Hillenbrand, bestselling author of Seabiscuit Updated with a new preface by the author. In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010
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Summary: "A collection of the songs that have moved us, changed us, or amplified our lives. . .Highlights some of the most emotionally resonant music ever created, in the words of more than thirty musical legends and up-and-comers. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes, these essays encourage us to examine the soundtracks of our own experiences and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 AYESummary: Provided is an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research, and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, traces the rise...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011