Herbert, Brian
Summary: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's "Navigators of Dune" is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classic "Dune."The story line tells the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild), as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF Herbert 2016Summary: The critically acclaimed drama returns for six more riveting episodes. In this season, DC Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott of AC-12 investigate the conduct of Sergeant Danny Waldron of the Armed Response Unit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LINRose, M. J.
Summary: "A talented young artist flees New York for Paris after one of her scandalous drawings reveals a dark secret--and triggers a terrible tragedy. She questions everything and everyone she loves the most in an effort to accept them as the gifts they are and shed her fear of loving and living with her eyes wide open."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Rose 2017Rose, M. J.
Summary: "In this riveting and richly drawn novel from "one of the master storytellers of historical fiction" (New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams), a talented young artist flees New York for Paris after one of her scandalous drawings reveals a dark secret--and triggers a terrible tragedy. In the wake of a dark and brutal World War, the glitz and glamour of 1925 Manhattan shine like a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSFrampton, Megan
Summary: "Thaddeus, the new Duke of Hasford, holds his new title reluctantly, but his sense of duty is strong. Task number one: find a wife and secure an heir. He thinks he's found the perfect choice in Lady Jane Capel--until her sister Lavinia bursts onto the scene. Vivacious, rebellious, and strikingly beautiful, Lavinia is determined to keep him away from her shy, sweet sister. And she's also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRASummary: A major problem in the spread of chlamydia in the developing world is that people rarely have the time to see a doctor, let alone attend a follow-up appointment. In the Philippines a journey to a clinic can take a whole day, and the diagnostic test takes five to six hours. However, the development of a much more rapid screener-a test strip utilizing nanogold technology-has taken place in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Lurking in stagnant pools and muddy watering holes, the guinea worm easily gets into the food chain-and, because it is frighteningly invulnerable to stomach acids and the human immune system, it is next to impossible to remove from the body. But now, scientists are on the verge of eradicating the parasite, humanity's oldest and largest nematode enemy. This program journeys to Sudan, the country...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: On World AIDS Day 2003, WHO and UNAIDS released a detailed and concrete plan to reach the 3 by 5 target of providing antiretroviral treatment to three million people living with AIDS in developing countries and those in transition by the end of 2005. It was a vital step toward the ultimate goal of providing universal access to AIDS treatment to all those who need it. This program travels to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Uganda is at a turning point in its fight against malaria. In Kampala's Mulago hospital, a staggering percentage of admissions are due to malaria and it is the highest cause of death amongst patients. The parasite is becoming resistant to the standard treatments, and infecting children of younger ages. Just as worrying-some mosquitoes are becoming immune to the insecticide commonly used on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Daneshvari, Gitty.
Summary: When a reporter plans an exposé that could shut down the School of Fear, Garrison, Lulu, Madeleine, Theo and Hyacinth seek help from Bishop Basmati, head of the nearby Contrary Conservatory, whose hyperactive, fearless, and extremely impulsive students soon overrun the School of Fearians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DANSummary: Over a half-million women in the world get cervical cancer every year, with nearly 80 percent in developing countries. Human papilloma virus (HPV) causes the cancer and is therefore among the worst instigators of female cancer mortality worldwide. A vaccine is now available against the disease, but how effective is it, and can it save lives in poor, remote regions as well as wealthy areas? This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: A killer flu outbreak isn't just a developing-world nightmare. The influenza virus is so adaptable that the West is as vulnerable as anywhere else. This program outlines the history of influenza and explores current research into what steps, if any, might prevent a future flu pandemic. Viewers are shown how the virus mutates to resist vaccines and has an uncanny ability to jump species...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: At an overwhelmed hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India, young children struggle for their lives. The threat initially appears like the flu or other illnesses, so it often goes misdiagnosed and treated with useless antibiotics until a more experienced doctor sees the patient. By then, it is often too late to prevent either death or severe brain damage. The film provides a glimpse of India's 2005...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Gutman, Dan.
Summary: New third grade teacher Mr. Granite has so many strange ideas about how to make Ella Mentary School environmentally friendly that the students are sure he must be an alien.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUTSummary: Among the research and funding experts of the global health community, the "Big Three" diseases are AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. As urgent as it is to fight these illnesses, many others also need attention and aren't getting it. These "forgotten diseases" include elephantiasis (or lymphatic filariasis), bilharzia (or schistosomiasis), and river blindness (or onchocerciasis), among others....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: More and more drug-resistant strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria (Hib) have emerged in recent years, and the consequences of late or no treatment are devastating. The microbe is estimated to cause at least 3 million cases of serious disease-often meningitis-and up to 700,000 deaths each year among young children. This program examines the tragic problem in Bangladesh, where the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Walters, Eric
Summary: A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection, which affects some 50 million people annually. It is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, South America, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. This program journeys to Thailand to join scientists at the forefront of the fight to contain and eliminate Dengue. Viewers learn about one of the principal challenges...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Brody, Jessica
Summary: When strange things threaten the school's Spirit Weekend, Ally, the daughter of Alice in Wonderland, she is determined to find who is behind the madness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Brody 2017Thomas, M. J.
Summary: "Peter, Mary, and Hank journey to the pyramid-studded desert of ancient Egypt. When the trio become friends with Pharaoh's daughter, they witness first-hand as Moses petitions Pharaoh for the Israelites' freedom. Plagues wreak havoc as the group races to decode the scroll, gets chased by a panther, and battles Pharaoh's cunning advisor, the Great Magician"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/ideals 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Herbert, Frank.
Summary: On the planet of Aurakis, men, nature, and time attend the messianic and evolutionary growth of Leto and his twin sister Ghanima, children and successors of the mighty Muad'Dib.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audiobooks 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF HERHerbert, Brian.
Summary: As the struggle against the thinking robots continues, Serena Butler's forces continue their battle and Selim Wormrider and his Fremen outlaws take the first step into becoming the fighters who would change history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERAnderson, Kevin J.
Summary: Faced with a war between the Hydrogues and Faeros, Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter endeavor to unify the human race while struggling against the disparate clans that would conquer the old order by forging dangerous alliances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aspect 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDYates, Maisey
Summary: "It started with one simple favor. Now one night together has the promise of more . . . No one knows tough-as-nails bar owner Cara Summers better than her best friend, rancher Jace Carson. And when Cara needs someone to stay with her at Lone Rock's most historic, and possibly haunted, hotel to purchase it, Jace is the man for the job - even when the only furnished room has just one bed. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023