Summary: Perfect man: Holly Hamilton is on a mission to find her single mom a perfect man ... even if she has to make the man up. One crazy mishap after another leads the two of them to discover that sometimes what you want is right in front of you.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TRI

Aliu, Akim

Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALI

Rather, Dan

Summary: "In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 323.6 RAT

Rather, Dan

Summary: "In a collection of essays, the venerated television journalist celebrates our shared values, reminds us of what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320 RAT

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.6 RAT

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 323.6 RAT

Prado, Ric

Summary: "A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.127 PRA

Duncan, Arne

Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUN

Prothero, Stephen R.

Summary: "One summer evening in 1916 in Blanchester, Ohio, a sixteen-year-old farm boy was riding his horse past the town cemetery. The horse reared back and whinnied, and Eugene Exman saw God. For the rest of his life, he struggled to recreate that moment. Through a treasure of personal letters and papers, God the Bestseller explores Exman's personal quest. A journey that would lead him in the late...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.5 PRO

Shapiro, Ari

Summary: "In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAPIRO, ARI SHA

Berman, Ari

Summary: "On the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a riveting and alarming account of the continuing battle over the right to vote The adoption of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965 enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet fifty years later we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 BER

Baldwin, Alec

Summary: A satirical memoir written in the style of Donald Trump shares lampooning insights into the forty-fifth president's election, disdain for the press, backroom strategy sessions with White House advisers, and world-changing decisions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2017

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817 BAL

Summary: "The film follows a carnival owner, a labor-recruiter, and workers from a small town in Mexico who join the carnival legally on seasonal visas ... an honest on-the-ground portrait of the financial, emotional, and physical challenges they all face"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Media Distribution 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAR

Summary: "Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups, and corporate control. Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a journey through the darker corridors of the US media, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values.Tracing the story of media...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHA

Arnn, Larry P.

Summary: Lectures presented online by Hillsdale College, September, 2011.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hillsdale College 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 INT

Summary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRE

Walker, David

Summary: "A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the Black Panther Party"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.42 WAL

Baldwin, Alec

Summary: A satirical memoir written in the style of Donald Trump shares lampooning insights into the forty-fifth president's election, disdain for the press, backroom strategy sessions with White House advisers, and world-changing decisions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, a imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 BAL

Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOU

Gillespie, Dizzy

Contents: Tin tin deco -- Birk's works -- We love to boogie -- Lady be good -- Love me pretty baby -- The champ -- I'm in a mess -- School days -- Swing low sweet Cadillac -- Bopsie's blues -- I couldn't beat the rap -- Caravan -- Nobody knows -- The bluest blues -- On the sunny side of the street -- Stardust -- Time on my hands -- Blue skies -- Umbrella man -- Pops' confessin' -- Ooh-shoo-be-doo-be --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy Jazz Records 1976

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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ GIL

Summary: The mighty Mads Mikkelsen unleashes a maelstrom of bloodshed in the Wild West in this white-knuckle tale of revenge. When he lays waste to the scoundrels who killed his wife and son, a Danish ex-soldier incurs the wrath of a sadistic gang leader hell-bent on hunting him down. Exploding with eye-popping action, dazzlingly dramatic frontier landscapes, and a smoldering performance by Eva Green,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2015

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN SAL

Nevala-Lee, Alec

Summary: "From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America's idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FULLER, BUCKMINSTER NEV

Havrilesky, Heather

Summary: "If falling in love is the peak of human experience, then marriage is the slow descent down that mountain, on a trail built from conflict, compromise, and nagging doubts. Considering the limited economic advantages to marriage, the deluge of other mate options a swipe away, and the fact that almost half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce anyway, why do so many of us still...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAVRILESKY, HEATHER HAV

Gay, Heather

Summary: "Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is known to dish God's honest truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, Heather is unafraid to blaze a new trail; even if at the isolation of her family, friends, and church. Heather was born and bred Mormon. Growing up in Utah, not even the snow-capped mountains could draw attention from the state's most...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAY, HEATHER GAY

Arkin, William M.

Summary: A leading military expert looks at America's state of perpetual war, and offers solutions such as civilian control of the military and the use of a "Global Security Index" to determine if intervention is truly necessary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 ARK