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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6463 GAGCase, Steve
Summary: Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 CASMueller, Tom.
Summary: For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities, not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6463 MuellerGulian, Jared
Summary: "For Jared Gulian, leaving the United States and moving to the capital of New Zealand was a big enough switch from the bright lights of big cities. So when his partner decided they just had to buy a rundown olive grove out in the middle of nowhere, it was almost too much. To get there they'd have to drive over a dangerous mountain road - and Jared was terified of heights. And them they'd have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucky Pony 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Wagner, Kurt
Summary: "In battle for the Bird, Bloomberg journalist Kurt Wagner takes the reader inside Twitter's everchanging headquarters, charting its rise from flippant 140-character posts to one of the world's most consequential tech companies. From Jack Dorsey's triumphant return as CEO in 2015 to the rise and fall of @realDonaldTrump to the contentious $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, Battle for the Bird...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 WAGHarris, Duchess
Summary: What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter examines the police shootings that fueled the movement, the events that led up to racial tensions in the United States, and the goals the movement has set for the future. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8960 HARStone, Biz.
Summary: "Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STONE, BIZ STODemuth, Patricia.
Summary: "Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET GATESSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALMurdoch, Sierra Crane
Summary: "When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MURDickinson, Joan D.
Summary: Presents a biography of the math whiz kid who grew up to co-found Microsoft, the world's leading computer software firm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB GATES DICSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA VALRichardson, Heather Cox
Summary: "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.473 RICWells, Jonathan Daniel
Summary: "Although slavery was outlawed in the northern states in 1827, the illegal slave trade continued in the one place modern readers would least expect, the streets and ports of America's great northern metropolis: New York City. In 'The Kidnapping Club,' historian Jonathan Daniel Wells takes readers to a rapidly changing city rife with contradiction, where social hierarchy clashed with a rising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 WELWeinzweig, Ari.
Summary: A guide to understanding, eating and enjoying extra virgin olive oil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6463 WEISchiffer, Zoë
Summary: "When Elon Musk took over Twitter, two versions of reality emerged. In one, he was a free-speech crusader, a fearless visionary who could grab back power from Twitter's entitled workforce, motivate them to get "extremely hardcore," and multiply Twitter's profit and potential by orders of magnitude. In the other reality, there was the truth. Pulled from hundreds of hours of inside interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this explosive follow-up to his Oscar-nominated film Gasland, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level (in 32 countries worldwide).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GASKoutalianos, Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6463 KOUSummary: When it comes to her three free-spirited daughters, Daphne is just your normal over-protective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie, will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all wrong things for all the right reasons - and all in the name of motherly love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BECCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie BecauseRothman, Joshua D.
Summary: "In The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest and most powerful slave trading company in the United States. In so doing, he reveals the central importance of the domestic slave trade to the development of American capitalism and the expansion of the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 ROTWright, Jim
Summary: "Owls are some of the most beneficial and enjoyable wildlife we can spot near our homes-screech owls specifically are one of the only species that can and do nest successfully near humans, notably in suburbs and city parks. As traditional screech owl habitats are lost to development, providing new housing for these owls is increasingly vital, and this first-of-its-kind, complete guide will show...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Broughton, Chad.
Summary: "In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 BROLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASAguilar Camín, Héctor
Summary: "This novel marks the long-awaited arrival in English of a masterful voice in Mexican and noir fiction "Death in Veracruz "is a gritty and atmospheric noir centered on the so-called oil wars of the late 1970s, which pitted the extremely powerful and corrupt government-owned oil cartel PEMEX against the agrarian landowners in the coastal regions of Southern Mexico. This novel, translated for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schaffner Press 2015