Summary: This documentary explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic assumptions of their way of life. A riveting story of transformation and healing, the documentary portrays the farmers' sometimes amazing connections with the animals under their care, while also providing insight into the complex web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tribe of Heart 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Since first donning a tattered fedora and a glove of eviscerating blades in 1984, Robert Englund has become one our generation's most beloved horror icons. A classically trained actor and talented director, Englund has starred in many well-received movies in the years since Freddy's cinematic birth as well as directing his own feature film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC HOLSummary: Documentary film detailing the partnership between The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that led to the creation of Cirque du Soleil's stage production 'Love' at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Includes interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, Olivia Harrison and George Martin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cirque Apple Creation Partnership 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALLAmara, Philip
Summary: "This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMAMadigan, Mary Jean Smith.
Contents: Living with Steuben -- An American legacy -- An ageless alchemy -- Preserving the craft tradition -- In good company -- Masterworks -- The art of giving -- Collectible art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 748.2 MADHart, Melissa Joan
Summary: "The frank and witty memoir from Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch--a cultural icon for a generation Thousands of young people consider Melissa Joan Hart an integral part of their childhoods. She played the title roles in the trailblazing Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All and the wildly popular Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, but she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HART HARHart, Melissa Joan
Summary: Melissa Explains It All: her childhood and family, her career from its beginning to the present, her rebellious teen years, the mistakes she's made, the actors she worked with, competed against, befriended--and the wacky stories of trying to fit in, stand out, and juggle the roles of wife, mother and TV star. She shares the lessons she's learned along the way: what's kept her grounded and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "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,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSmart, Ninian
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: UCMBT 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291 SMAFritz, Jean.
Summary: A brief biography of the Irish saint who was known for his love of books and his missionary work throughout Scotland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1981
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Summary: Featuring more than 50 delicious dishes for making with friends, serving at parties, and learning all about the kitchen, this book inspires young girls to have fun in the kitchen and get creative with food. Also includes extra craft projects to help the young hostess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5 SMASmart, Elizabeth
Summary: Elizabeth Smart follows up her bestseller, "My Story" with a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life. This is both an up-close-and-personal glimpse into her healing process and a heartfelt how-to guide for readers to make peace with the past and embrace the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SMART SMAGerson, Mary-Joan.
Summary: The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.26 GERSmart, Ed.
Summary: The parents of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart offer their perspective on the abduction of their daughter, discussing their long ordeal, the faith that kept them going, and their joy over the ultimate rescue of their daughter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.154 SMASmart, Elizabeth
Summary: "For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.154 SMACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SMART SMASummary: Examines the long career of the Grateful Dead featuring new interviews with the surviving members of the group and never-before-seen footage of the group's performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2018
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Summary: Final Destination: Disaster informs the public, for the very first time, of what actually precipitated the controversial sale of Eastern Air Lines--at one time the second largest airline in the free world--to Frank Lorenzo's Texas Air Corporation, which led to its certain demise. This unbelievable story is written by an eighteen-year veteran Eastern pilot who was intimately involved in many...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 629 JENMa, Jian
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.1045 MASummary: "...Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, 'The Civil War: The First Year' brings together over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis..."--Dust jacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 CIVGerson, Mary-Joan
Summary: A collection of folktales from various cultures in Mexico, all focusing on the important roles of women, such as Rosha, a young girl who rescues the sun; the goddess Tangu Yuh; Kesne, a Zapotec princess; and the Virgin Mary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 GERCramer, James (James Edward)
Summary: 'Window Boxes' offers dozens of inventive, innovative ideas for window box gardens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CRAKimball, Jeana
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Publisher / Publication Date: That Patchwork Place 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 KIMJeans, Deborah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferrets 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.9766 JEAMa, Jian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005