Summary: "Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has the support of the plant's operators and the NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission--yet has stoked a great deal of controversy in the surrounding community, including a vocal anti-nuclear contingent concerned that what...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IND

Summary: "The Great Storm of 1913 was one of the worst to hit the Great Lakes--an area infamous among navigators for the intensity and unpredictability of its weather. In three days, 19 ships were tossed against the shore and 12 were lost, but in the aftermath of the disaster, it was the fate of the small packet steamer Regina that attracted the most speculation. As bodies washed ashore, those of the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008

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

Ruggiero, Michael

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.932 RUG

Ruggieri, Paul

Summary: In this book, Dr. Ruggieri opens the operating room doors and unlocks the secrets of the inscrutable place where lives are saved and lost. Here, he exposes an occupation that is valiant, sometimes suspect, and largely misunderstood.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B RUGGIERI RUG

Ruggiéro, Roberta

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: F. Fell 2003

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med Ruggiero

Chrisp, Peter.

Summary: Explores the life and times of Columbus and his discovery of the New World.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Pub. 2001

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

Cheris, Elaine.

Summary: "Fencing: Steps to Success" covers all of the essential skills of the epee and foil forms of fencing. This book will serve as the perfect training guide for less experienced fencers and students of fencing, as well as a valuable reference for instructors of this highly technical sport. One of the most recognized fencing figures in the United States, author Elaine Cheris shares her expertise as...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.86 CHE

Chrisp, Peter.

Summary: Describes the achievements of the scientists who have discovered and interpreted the fossils of the dinosaurs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2009

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE CHR

Chrisp, Peter.

Summary: Chronologically traces human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day using a detailed timeline, covering key events, people, inventions, and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 909 CHR

Chin, Curtis

Summary: "Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung's Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone--from the city's first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples--could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHIN, CURTIS CHI

Kohl, Cris.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH

Ruggerio, David.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 RUG

McDougall, Chros

Summary: This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.3 MCD

Chrisp, Peter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2004

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.3 Chr

Kohl, Cris.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.916 KOH

Peterson, Cris.

Summary: The story of a 100-year-old family farm in Wisconsin is told in photographs and in anecdotes about the three generations of Persons who have owned and farmed the land.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 1999

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.1 PET

Beam, Cris.

Summary: An intimate, authoritative look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.73 BEA

Kohl, Cris.

Summary: A proven bestseller just got better! New second edition includes the 51 best shipwrecks in the eastern Great Lakes (Lakes Ontario, Erie & Huron). Several new shipwrecks not in the previous edition appear now due to recent discoveries and sinkings. Exciting histories and wreck descriptions. Updated and new GPS coordinates for precisely locating shipwrecks. 122 color photos spread throughout the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seawolf Communications 2005

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 1
Call number: 910.452 KOH VOL 2

Chrisp, Peter

Summary: Describes the history and civilization of ancient Rome, from how gladiators fought and what daily life was like for people in Rome to the events at Pompeii.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 937 CHR

Chrisp, Peter.

Contents: Pearl Harbor -- Why war came -- Japanese conquests -- Striking back -- The battle of Midway -- Home fronts -- U.S. offensives -- The island campaign -- Attacking Japan -- Atomic bombs -- Victory and defeat.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5426 CHR

Duffy, Chris (EDT)

Summary: A collection of graphic novel adaptations of popular fables includes the tales of the hare and the tortoise, the boy who cried wolf, the town mouse and the country mouse, and the grasshopper and the ants.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAB

Crist, David.

Summary: Reveals the covert operations that have brought the United States and Iran to the brink of open war, including Iran's proposal for peace after 9/11, which was rejected by President Bush, and Iran's secret army in post-U.S. invasion Iraq.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012

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

Leachman, Cloris.

Summary: Film and television darling Leachman tells her life story through the challenges of her stellar career all while raising five children. She also discusses her many famous friends in the entertainment industry as well as in the political arena.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Pub. 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEACHMAN, CLORIS LEA