Sams, Eric.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM SHAChin, Jimmy
Summary: "Filmmaker, photographer, and world-class mountaineer Jimmy Chin goes where few can follow to capture stunning images in death-defying situations. There and Back draws from his breathtaking portfolio of photographs, captured over twenty years during cutting-edge expeditions on all seven continents--from skiing Mount Everest, to an unsupported traverse of Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau on foot, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.092 CHISummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: As an early pioneer in the farm-to-fork movement, Chef Sonoskus has been creating delicious dishes at the Tupelo Honey Cafe in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, since it first opened in 2000. This cookbook collection of more than 125 innovative riffs on Southern favorites is illustrated with four-color photographs of the food, restaurant, locals, farmers' markets, and farms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SIMSummary: Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science. This film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Fuse Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BETSummary: Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HORSimms, Ami
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mallery Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SimmsSimms, Brendan
Summary: In 'Europe,' Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery there has shaped the modern world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 SIMSummary: Grammy-nominated film that chronicles the life and career of Arif Mardin, the man who produced more than 50 gold and platinum records and won twelve Grammys. Featuring interviews and/or studio footage with Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, Jewel, Daryl Hall, Phil Collins, Norah Jones and many others. The Greatest Ears in Town is one of the most insightful, inspirational and enjoyable documentaries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESimms, Ami
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mallery Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SIMTaback, Simms.
Summary: "This is the house that Jack built," a favorite rhyme for children for several centuries, was first published in 1755 and probably derived from an ancient Hebrew chant in the 16th century."
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TABSimms, Annabel
Summary: The spectacular medieval castle where Henry V died, Napoleon's private château, dancing in fifties guinguette cafés, a Victorian gunpowder factory – these are just some of the unexpected delights discovered by Annabel Simms just half an hour from Paris. Following the format of her small classic, An Hour from Paris, and written with the same delight in the little-known treasures of the Île de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pallas Athene 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.43 PARIS SIMSimms, Brendan
Summary: "By early December 1941, war and genocide had changed Europe beyond recognition. Nazi Germany had occupied most of the continent and opened concentration camps, while millions of soldiers had died on the front. In Asia, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War had turned mainland China into a battleground and the Pacific Islands into an armed camp. Still, these far-off conflicts were not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SIMTaback, Simms.
Summary: Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TABCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE TABSummary: National headlines blazed the story: Churchgoers Gunned Down During Prayer Service in Charleston. South Carolina. After a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, nine African Americans lay dead, leaving their families and the nation to grapple with this senseless act of terror. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMASummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACHicks, Faith Erin
Summary: When Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph return to Earthen Fire Industries--the factory owned by Toph's father--Team Avatar finds that the once small town is now booming. Expecting a warm welcome, Aang is surprised when their arrival is met with unimpressed, cold-shouldered spectators. As soon as the team is asked for help at a business council meeting, the reason for the slight becomes clear--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2018
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Summary: "Three of the nation's top scholars, known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America, turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 EDISimms, Susan Rose
Summary: Build students' personal finance skills. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 SIM1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332.1 SIM
Simon, Sarah
Summary: "With an elegant spiral binding and layflat design, Modern Watercolor Botanicals features: Lessons with detailed instructions for 3 skill levels- beginner, intermediate, and advanced; Over 100 pieces of traceable artwork, so no drawing experience is required; Easy-to-understand diagrams, pictures, and instructions; Each lesson builds upon skills learned in the previous lesson; "Why Art?" essays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paige Tate & Co. 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 751.4224 SIMBanting, Erinn.
Summary: Caves are unique ecosystems that are found on all seven continents. This book explores the plants and animals that have adapted to life in this unique environment. Learn more in Caves, an AV2 media enhanced book. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AVp2s by Weigl 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.584 BANBanting, Erinn.
Summary: This book explores the plants, animals, and environment of the tundra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.586 BANBrin, Geri
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth&Spring Books 2004