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Boxers (Sports) United States Drama Boxing Tournaments United States Drama Father-son relationship United States Drama Fathers and sons United States Drama Grief Mothers and sons Fiction Mothers and sons Juvenile fiction Retirement United States Drama San Francisco (Calif.) Drama United StatesSummary: Wherever you need to monitor sound levels, VLIKE Sound Level Meter will do the job. The meter utilizes a 1/2-inch electric condenser microphone to monitor sound levels from 30 to 130 decibels at an accuracy of +/-1.5 dB with a 0.1 dB resolution. The VLIKE Sound Meter weighs less than 6.7 ounces, and is designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. Choose between either A or C weighting,...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: VLike 2016
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2 available in Sight and Sound Equipment, Call number: Sound Level MeterCain, Susan
Summary: Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death, bitter and sweet, are forever paired. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 155.2 CAIWinchester, Simon
Summary: Land--whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city--is central to our existence. Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing, and have done, with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 333.3 WINCain, Susan
Summary: "With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 155.2 CAISummary: Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige and developers look to maximize limited urban space, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. In China alone, dozens of buildings reach over 1,000 feet, with a few approaching 2,000 feet. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIGSummary: This rockin' and rollin' modern-day story finds Goofy bonding with his teenage son, Max, on a cross-country road trip. But en route to the ol' fishing hole, they find themselves up to their floppy ears in misadventure! Will Max learn there's nothing wrong with taking after dear old dad-- even if he is a little goofy?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney DVD 2000
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GOOCowley Heller, Miranda
Summary: "Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the freshwater pond below 'The Paper Palace' - the gently decaying set of cabins in the Back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she passes the house, Elle glances through the screen porch at the uncleared table from the dinner the previous evening: empty wine...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCSummary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURSummary: A charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco struggles with the twin demands of being successful at his job and acting as a good role model for his son.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVd Movie Thank 2006Summary: A handbook on the basics of shooting and shooting-related activities. Chapters on Safety, Mental Preparation, Developing Defensive Shooting Skills, Strategies for Home and Personal Safety, Firearms, Self-Defense and the Law, Selecting Firearms, Ammunition and Accessories for Personal Protection.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Rifle Association 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 BASShraya, Vivek
Summary: "A playful story ... about a young boy's fascination with the dot on his mother's forehead"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHRMcGahan, Andrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCGSummary: It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI SUNPryor, Mark
Summary: When his bookseller friend, a former Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, is kidnapped and other booksellers are murdered, Hugo Marston, head of security for the U.S. embassy in Paris, discovers a shocking conspiracy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seventh Street Books 2012
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC PRYSummary: After his wife dies, Matt Calder and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Calder is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston. When Weston's beautiful fiancée then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking western.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIVSchumann, Robert
Contents: Liederkreis, op. 39 / nach Gedichten von Joseph Eichendorff (25:36) -- Aus den hebräischen Gesängen, op. 25 Nr. 15 (3:59) -- Er ist's, op. 79 Nr. 23 (24) (1:15) -- Der Nussbaum, op. 25 Nr. 3 (3:23) -- Der Soldat, op. 40 Nr. 3 (2:36) -- Die Lotosblume, op. 25 Nr. 7 (1:46) -- Mignon, op. 79 Nr. 28 (op. 98a Nr. 1) (3:48) -- Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42 / Liederzyklus nach Gedichten von Adelbert...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SCHUMSummary: During World War II, 70,000 Finnish children were shipped off to Swedish families who had agreed to shelter them for their own protection until the end of the war. This is the story of one such boy, Eero. After the death her husband, grief stricken Kirsti agrees with great reluctance to send Eero to Sweden. His surrogate parents, Signe and Hjalmar, are grieving the recent loss of a daughter....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Matila Röhr Productions 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOTYum, Hyewon
Summary: One rainy day, a little boy is upset because he can't go out and play. His mom comes up with a way to keep him entertained - by drawing a picture of herself and him going outside, playing in the rain, and splashing in a giant puddle. They have so much fun drawing themselves that they decide to venture out and make the most of the rainy weather. --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YUMSummary: Notoriously camera-shy, Lewitt refused awards and rarely granted interviews, yet in this cinematic portrait, the pioneering conceptual American artist comes alive. Using extensive interviews and documentation of artwork installed around the world, director Chris Teerink explores the artist's work and philosophy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOLSummary: Marty is a devoted mom, who last saw her son, Henry, three years ago when she was unhealthy, coarse, and overweight. When Henry returns home from his latest secret operation, he brings his fiancée to meet his mom. Marty's still coarse, but has become a babe with a healthy libido. Henry is horrified, but his girlfriend, Emily, is entranced. When Marty begins dating the sultry Tommy, Henry gets...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008