Summary: Documents the conservation scientist author's diving exploration of the Phoenix Islands in an effort to establish an act to preserve the region's healthy and abundant sea life that also addresses the needs of Kiribati's fishing industry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.9736 UNDSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, this series delves deep into the Ladies personal and political lives. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world changing political contributions, the impact of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FIRGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GREDJ Snake
Contents: Butterfly effect -- Quiet storm / (feat. Zomboy) -- When the lights go down -- Recognize / (feat. Majid Jordan) -- No more / (feat. Zhu) -- Made in France / (feat. Tchami, Malaa & Mercer) -- Enzo / (feat. Offset, 21 Savage, Sheck Wes & Gucci Mane) -- Smile / (feat. Bryson Tiller) -- Try me / (feat. Plastic Toy) -- Loco contigo / (feat. J. Balvin & Tyga) -- Taki taki / (feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DJMura, David
Summary: "From the country's founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura unmasks how white stories about race attempt to erase the brutality of the past and underpin systemic racism in the present. Mura shows how deeply we need to change our racial narratives to dissolve the myth of Whiteness and fully acknowledge the experiences of Black Americans"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MURBowles, David (David O.)
Summary: "A brilliant steampunk reimagining of Frankenstein set in colonial Mexico. In the Republic of Santander, non-Christian magic is frowned upon, if not outright prohibited. But when Cristina Franco, an apprentice shaman, is killed by witch owls, her brother Enrique cannot let her go. With forbidden alchemy and engineering, Enrique brings her back to life: part human, part machine. Though her very...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CLOBowles, David (David O.)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWObama, Michelle
Summary: "Becoming" ist eines der am meisten erwarteten Bücher in diesem Jahr. Aufrichtige und inspirierende Memoiren der ehemaligen First Lady der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika haben sich bereits mehr als 3 Millionen Mal verkauft, wurden in 32 Sprachen übersetzt und standen 10 Monate an der Spitze des prestigeträchtigsten Buchrankings Amazon. In ihrem Buch teilt Michelle Obama zum ersten Mal die...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bombora 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 OBABowles, David (David O.)
Summary: "Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BOWBowles, David (David O.)
Summary: In modern Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States. As a memento, she takes with her an ancient conch shell. In 1521, Calizto is trapped in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. He has fought valiantly for his people against Spanish invaders, but hope is fading. Desperate, he takes up a sacred conch and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury YA 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BOWBowles, David (David O.)
Summary: The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. In the course of that history we learn about the Creator Twins--Feathered Serpent and Dark Heart of Sky--and how they built the world on a leviathan's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2018
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Summary: "A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOWSummary: A ballet based on Shakespeare's tragicomedy that focuses on King Leontes, who accuses his boyhood friend of betrayal, condemns his wife for adultery, and banishes his newborn daughter. The story is taken up fifteen years later when the wronged and innocent parties are re-united with the king who has since come to his senses and now lives in a state of perpetual grief and regret.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA WINSummary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICSummary: Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2011
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2 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MADOkura
Summary: "Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives--going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Enix Manga 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 IPrince, Erik
Summary: The founder of Blackwater, the world's most controversial military contractor, describes how the company took on high-risk security jobs around the world, completing nearly 100,000 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have opponents tarnish their reputation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.35 PRILyon, David O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Donning Co. Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Transport LyonStewart, David O.
Summary: "In March 1900, as former Congressman John Bingham of Ohio lies dying, he begins to tell a strange tale to his physician, Dr. Jamie Fraser. Bingham famously prosecuted eight members of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill Lincoln. But during the 1865 trial, conspirator Mary Surratt divulged a secret so explosive it could shatter the republic. Though Bingham takes the secret to his grave, Fraser...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STETaylor, W. David O.
Summary: "The creator of the groundbreaking film The Psalms, featuring Bono and Eugene Peterson, shows how the Psalms enable us to find a more transparent, resilient, and fearless life of faith"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 223 TAYMiller, David (David M. O.)
Summary: Completely new selection of guns featured - this book does not repeat the content of other similar volumes by the same author or with the same title.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Colin Gower Enterprises 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 683.4 MILContents: Gorilla Hunt (The Altecs) -- I'll Blow My Mind (Spencer's Van Dykes, vocal by Eddie Zarate) -- The Mad Scientist (The Zanies) -- Satisfaction (Los Corvets) -- Meet The Bongo Man (Johnny O) -- Everybody's Movin' (The Debonairs) -- The Day Is Hard (The Wrench) -- Grandchus (Bobby Fry) -- TNT In A T-Shirt (The Rebels) -- Camel Walk (Davie Allan & Arrows (issued as by The Zanies)) -- Midnight Star...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018