Peters, Torrey
Summary: "[A novel] about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender, motherhood, and sex..."-- Reese had what previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Ames...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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Turvey, Peter.
Summary: Text and cut-away illustrations present a variety of common items and how they work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 600 TURWorley, Peter
Summary: This book is a collection of practical lesson and activity plans to use in the primary classroom that will get children thinking philosophically and creatively around different curriculum areas. The sessions- called thought adventures- use thought experiments, stories and poems to get children discussing and understanding topics more deeply.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.8 WORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.8 WORWorley, Peter.
Summary: " ... Draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value of happiness, non-existent entities, moral dilemmas, the philosophy of prophecy, and the nature of love ..." -- back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum International Pub. Group 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.67 WORWorley, Peter.
Summary: This is a practical resource packed with 'philosophical thought experiments' - imaginary situations designed to test an idea or intuition though profound thinking. Can computers think? What makes something human? How big is infinity? From Sartre to Searle, this practical book is rooted in accepted philosophical theory, and introduced at a level suitable for children. Each chapter offers an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WORSummary: It's the holiday of Hogswatch in the parallel universe of Discworld, the night when kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather. But someone--or something-- wants the Hogfather out of the way. Now it's up to the most unlikely of heroes to get the holiday back on track before humanity loses all hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR HAMSummary: Aspiring stand-up comedian Will is forced to face the realities of relentless hecklers, drunk comedy groupies and hard-to-impress morning radio DJs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Enterainment 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OPEDorsey, Tommy
Contents: You must have been a beautiful baby : from the Warner Bros. film "Hard to get" / Johnny Mercer ; Harry Warren (2:50) -- Sweet Sue, just you / Will J. Harris ; Victor Young (2:53) -- Hawaiian war chant / Johnny Noble ; Leleiohaku (3:08) -- Milenberg joys / Paul Mares ; Leon Roppolo ; Jelly Roll Morton (5:08) -- Tea for two / Irving Caesar ; Vincent Youmans (3:07) -- Night in Sudan / Tommy Dorsey...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DORDorsey, Tommy
Contents: Yes indeed / Sy Oliver (3:32) -- Will you still be mine / Tom Adair ; Matt Dennis (3:24) -- Swing low sweet chariot / trad. ; arranger, Deane Kincaide (4:05) -- This love of mine / Sinatra ; Sanicola ; Parker (3:40) -- I guess I'll have to dream the rest / Harold Green ; Mickey Stoner (3:30) -- Loose lid special / Sy Oliver (2:47) -- Blue skies / Irving Berlin (3:15) -- Hallelujah! / Robin ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DORContents: Gossip (Cyril Neville) (2:35) -- If it's good to you (it's good for you) (Eddie Bo) (2:29) -- Right place, wrong time (Ray J.) (2:55) -- Chicken strut (The Meters) (2:45) -- Tequila (Allen Toussaint) (3:11) -- Hot Tamales (The Prime Mates) (2:37) -- Show it (Betty Harris) (2:55) -- Four corners (Lee Dorsey) (2:51) -- You keep me hangin on (Bonnie and Sheila) (2:42) -- Yeah you're right, you...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEWContents: Choo choo ch'boogie (Clifton Chenier) (3:15) -- They all ask'd for you (The Meters) (4:08) -- Breakfast, lunch & dinner (Kermit Ruffins) (3:13) -- Second line (Charmaine Neville) (2:57) -- Skip to my blues (Buckwheat Zydeco) (2:49) -- Ya ya (Lee Dorsey) (2:25) -- I like it like that (Chris Kenner) (1:54) -- Whole lotta lovin (Fats Domino) (1:37) -- Ain't got no home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV PUTContents: Disc one Star revue / Warren Lee -- Why you wanna do it / Willie Harper -- Blues tears and sorrow / John Williams -- Sinner girl / Benny Spellman -- Love affair / Eldridge Holmes -- Let's make it / Joe Haywood -- Get low down / Curly Moore -- Hercules / Aaron Neville -- Struttin' on Sunday / Aaron Neville -- Climb the ladder / Warren Lee -- Don't pity me / Curly Moore -- Oh love this is Sonny /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Snapper UK 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SEEContents: Handclapping song (the Meters) -- Hip drop (the Explosions) -- Who's gonna help brother get further (Lee Dorsey) -- It's gonna rain (Gentleman June Gardner) -- Check your bucket (Eddie Bo) -- Big chief (Professor Longhair) -- Free, single, and disengaged (Huey "Piano" Smith & his Clowns) -- Can I be your squeeze (Chuck Carbo) -- Hercules (Aaron Neville) -- I've got reasons (Mary Jane Hooper) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEWSummary: New Orleans developed a unique funk sound. Many slaves were brought from Haiti and brought with them the religion of Voodoo and its drums and music. Jazz funeral marching bands were solemn brass bands accompanying a coffin and would, on burial, be joined by a second line of drummers and dancers which would turn the event into a celebration of the spirit cutting free from earth. The backline...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEWSummary: Depicts the harrowing true story from World War II of the Nazis' efforts to develop an atom bomb and the Allies' desperate struggle to prevent it from happening. The series starts in Stockholm in 1933 as the German scientist Werner Heisenberg is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, and although considered unreliable by the Nazis, he is allowed into the secret Nazi nuclear energy project,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEAMeters
Contents: You've got to change (you've got to reform) -- Stay away -- Birds -- The flower song -- Soul island -- Do the dirt -- Smiling -- Lonesome and unwanted people -- Gettin' funkier all the time -- Cabbage Alley -- People say -- Love is for me -- Just kissed my baby -- What'cha say -- Jungle man -- Hey pocky a-way -- It ain't no use -- Loving you is on my mind -- Africa -- Out in the country -- Fire...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Entertainment Company 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES METParker, Maceo.
Contents: To be or not to be -- Basic funk: 101 -- What you know about funk? -- ABC -- Song for my teacher -- Speed reading (It-si-bi-ya) -- What a wonderful world -- Arts & crafts -- Advanced funk -- I'm gonna teach you.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BHM Productions GmbH 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES PARPeterson, Roger Tory
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1981
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1 available in Reference, Call number: REF 598.2973Peterson, Roger Tory
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1968
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc Corp. 2001
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BEAPeterson, Roger Tory
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 598 PETPeterson, Roger Tory
Summary: Presents illustrations and detailed descriptions of the most common species of birds found in the western areas of North America, with advice on bird identification and maps indicating the range of each species.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010