United Nations World Water Assessment Press
Summary: A global assessment of the state of freshwater resources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: UNESCO Publishing 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 UNISummary: When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost. With masterful acting and a heart-racing plot, an acclaimed film inspired by actual events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHISummary: Howard Silk is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross, where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COUSummary: The Scott Catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Publishing Co, is updated annually for 150+ years and lists all the stamps of the entire world . There are hundreds of thousands of price changes every year and it is essential for collectors to have the most recent issue. It is published in eight large volumes that include six volumes containing all the countries of the world that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amos Media 2019
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 769.56 SCOSummary: In 1961, Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia while en route to ceasefire negotiations between non-combatant UN forces and troops from the breakaway state of Katanga. What started as conspiracy theories have evolved into a growing consensus that Hammarskjold and fifteen other people were shot down, inciting the UN to reopen the case on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Scott Catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Publishing Co, is updated annually for 150+ years and lists all the stamps of the entire world . There are hundreds of thousands of price changes every year and it is essential for collectors to have the most recent issue. It is published in eight large volumes that include six volumes containing all the countries of the world that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amos Media 2019
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 769.56 SCOSummary: In one of the hidden corridors of power at UN headquarters, translator Silvia Broome overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller investigates her claim, is she a victim or a suspect?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Interpreter 2005Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER INTAlbright, Madeleine Korbel
Summary: In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America?s first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. "I don't want to be remembered," she answered. "I am still here and have much more I intend to do. As difficult as it might seem, I want every stage of my life to be more exciting than the last." In that time of transition, the former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBRIGHT, MADALEINE ALBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALBRIGHT ALBAnnan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Summary: With eloquence and immediacy, Annan writes about the highs and lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle-diplomacy during crises such as Kosovo, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine to the wrenching battles over the Iraq War to the creation of the landmark Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANNAN, KOFI A. ANNGaiman, Neil
Summary: During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GAICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAIMontgomery, Ramsey.
Summary: Your involvement in the Model United Nations leads you into the heart of global decision-making: a meeting of the United Nations dignitaries in New York City. Will you become the youngest delegate ever to help bring peace to a warring nation, or will your nose for danger lead you into trouble so deep your political career isn't long for this world?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MONSummary: In June of 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its neighbor to the south, beginning a see-saw war that would engulf the entire Korean Peninsula. For the next three years, the United Nations and the Communists would wage a bloody and brutal war. Though the Korean conflict is often referred to as the "Forgotten War", those who fought and sacrificed for freedom will never...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Timeless Media Group 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Simmons, J.K.
Summary: A low-level government worker discovers that his agency guards a parallel dimension where he has an identical counterpart who is a successful spy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COUHall, Dave
Summary: In 1996, the Aryan Nations was the most dangerous white supremacist group in the United States. This brutally violent neo-Nazi organization dreamed of carving a homeland out of the American Northwest--a dream financed by robbery, intimidation, and murder. The FBI had sought to infiltrate them for years. Enter Dave Hall, a tattooed, 350-pound, six-foot-four former biker. A thoughtful, articulate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008