Powers, Kevin
Summary: Offers poems capturing the life of a soldier, including waiting in the dusty Middle Eastern heat and writing a love letter back home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 POWSummary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOSPoses, David
Summary: "In his groundbreaking memoir, The weight of air, David chronicles his struggle to overcome mental illness and addiction. By age nineteen, he'd been through medical detox, inpatient rehab, twelve-step programs, and a halfway house. He saw his drug use as a symptom of depression, but the experts insisted that addiction was the problem. Over the next thirteen years, he went from one relapse to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R PosesBowers, Q. David.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Whitman Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 737.4973 BOWBowers, Matt (Matthew David)
Summary: "A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Paralympic football, sitting volleyball, and goalball events. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's team sports. Readers will be introduced to some rules and how they may differ from their Olympic counterpart. Includes Q & A features, table of contents, photo captions, glossary, further resources, and index"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus/Amicus Ink 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.04 BOWBowers, Q. David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vestal Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 BOWPowell, Kevin
Summary: "When Kevin Powell's elderly mother became ill, he returned home every week to take her grocery shopping in Jersey City. Walking behind her during those trips, Powell began to hear her voice, stories, and language in a new way--examining his own healing while praying for hers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 POWBowers, Matt (Matthew David)
Summary: "A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Paralympic athletics, cycling, archery, and triathlon events. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's individual sports. Readers will be introduced to some rules and how they differ from their Olympic counterpart. Includes Q & A features, table of contents, photo captions, glossary, further resources, and index."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus/Amicus Ink 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.04 BOWBowers, Matt (Matthew David)
Summary: "This book for elementary readers highlights the sequence of events from idea to implementation. Engaging photographs and a timeline support each step in the process, from campaigning through primary elections, general elections and the final vote. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus/Amicus Ink 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 BOWSummary: A two-part, four-hour documentary that explores America's youth mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people, who speak about their lived experience with mental health challenges, from depression to addiction to suicide ideation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIDEdwards, Gavin
Summary: Looking back at the history of the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show and the creative visionary behind it, Edwards reminds us of the indelible lessons and insights that they conveyed and why they matter. With dozens of interviews of people whose lives were touched by Fred Rogers, this book is a love letter to this unforgettable cultural hero and role model and to the beautiful...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 ROGERS, FREDBowers, Sharon
Summary: "Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. In two smartly designed and straightforward encyclopedias of DIY, Home Ec for Everyone and Shop Class for Everyone (previously published together as The Useful Book), here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 BOWBowers, Sharon
Summary: "Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. In two smartly designed and straightforward encyclopedias of DIY, Home Ec for Everyone and Shop Class for Everyone (previously published together as The Useful Book), here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 BOWRogers, Andy (Andrew David)
Summary: "Introduces readers to the most dynamic pro football stars of today and yesterday, including notable statistics and records"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.332 ROGPeters, David W.
Summary: "Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for Americans under forty-five. Those who have caused accidents walk among us. They are us. Episcopal priest David W. Peters unintentionally killed someone in a traffic accident as a young man, and in Accidental, he guides readers through the aftermath of these tragedies toward healing and recovery"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 PETGates, Galen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books/Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.977 GATSummary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOGalvin, Brendan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GALLavin, Talia
Summary: The unapologetic journalist and anti-discrimination activist recounts her immersive investigation into white supremacy to reveal how it proliferates online, exposing a rampant Web subculture of religious extremism, misogyny, racism and anti-Semitism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.56 LAVTowers, Jacqueline
Summary: "The ancient practice of tea leaf reading is one of the easiest forms of divination to learn--all it takes is tea leaves, some hot water, and a creative mind! The leaves left at the bottom of the cup of tea can form symbols and images--much like the shapes we often see in cloud formations--that can be interpreted by the tea leaf reader. This easy-to-use guide book will teach you how to prepare...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Publishing 2024
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Summary: "Basketball's most unlikely-and most sought-after-training guru offers an inside look at his career, his methods, and the all-star players whose games he's helped transform. Where do the best basketball players in the world turn when they want to improve their game? Whom does a future NBA Hall of Famer thank at his press conference when he's named Rookie of the Year? Who is it that Sports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAVIN, IDAN RAVSummary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG
Bowers, Rick
Summary: In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011