Summary: "Rare and fascinating films preserved in the museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. ... [These 24 training and public information films cover a] range of subjects from ditching procedures for Halifax bomber crews ... to the best way to rescue crashed fighter pilots from their cockpits. There are...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Maurer, Kevin

Summary: "In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manilla Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Caliber, Penguin Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MAU

Lauer, Amanda

Summary: "The Civil War rages around her, yet Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father's property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner's memory. The beautiful fraulein who nurses him back to health steals something even more important--his heart. For political and societal reasons, Brigid and Dominic must go their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Full Quiver Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAU

Maurer, Gretchen

Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Filipino immigrants.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MAU

Baxter, John

Summary: "The Walt Disney Company honors its 100th anniversary in 2023. As part of the festivities, this must-have coffee table book showcases the company's history and rich legacy--past, present, and future--through vibrant voices and rare Disney concept art and photographs"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384.8 BAX

Moon, Hyun Jin Preston

Summary: "An aspirational treatise on nationhood that illustrates why reunification that is led by Korean civil society is the ultimate answer to security, economic, and social problems created through 70 years of division."--page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James publishing 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 951.9 MOO

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9 MOO

O'Connor, Jim

Summary: "The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name--which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well"--encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept--small plastic...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Business O'Connor

Fanning, Jim

Summary: Spotlighting 100 characters from the 1920s to the 2020s, this book features vintage and modern illustrations from The Walt Disney Company and Andreas Deja's personal archives, as well as essays exploring the history of Disney animation. You can re-create and draw the best of Disney's characters while celebrating the Disney design process, character evolutions, and artist interpretations.-- From...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2023

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.58 FAN

Tankersley, Jim

Summary: "The untold story of what once made America's economy great--and why it now keeps falling into crisis." -- inside front book jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.55 TAN

Summary: It is not widely known that a handful of prisoners in the Nazi death camps managed somehow to take clandestine photographs of the hell that was being hidden from the world. Director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Summary: A thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons's highly anticipated first Haute Couture collection as Christian Dior's new Artistic Director. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with an elegant reverence for the history of Dior, Tcheng's colorful homage is nothing short of magical.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2015

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

Summary: Forming the foundation for nearly everything we do, mathematics not only describes our world but also reveals its beauty and mystery. Join author and Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy as he crisscrosses the globe and enlists distinguished experts to uncover the history, meaning, and wonder of math. Includes three complete programs, The Story of Math, The Music of the Primes, and The...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2013

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

Grim, Patrick.

Summary: Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 1 of 2
Call number: CD 170 GRI Part 2 of 2

Carter, Arlan.

Summary: The American Rowboat Motor covers the development of the outboard motor between the 1890's and the 1920's. During this relatively short time, the country saw remarkable technological advances in communications and transportation. The telephone kept us connected, the radio kept us informed, and we went from a horse drawn society to a motorized one, all in the span of thirty short years. Marine...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [Fall Creek Trading Co.] 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.87 CAR

Summary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Summary: Explore the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the twentieth century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought-after designer and decorator before...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2017

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

LaPlante, Walter

Summary: During the early 1800s, it was difficult and expensive to transport goods from the East Coast to the Great Lakes region. The Erie Canal connected these two areas, causing a population boom in western New York and encouraging settlement around the Great Lakes. Readers learn the history of this important canal through the main content and fun fact boxes, and also discover the many ways travelers...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 LAP

Stahr, Walter

Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN Sta

Eid, Kassem

Summary: Kassem Eid survived arrest in al-Assad's regime, a chemical weapons attack that shocked the world, and the siege of a city where he fought with the Syrian rebel army. This is his story--a unique and powerfully moving testimony for our times, with a foreword by Janine di Giovanni. On August 21, 2013, Kassem Eid nearly died in a sarin gas attack in the town of Moadamiya. At least 1,500 people...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EID, KASSEM EID