Ward, Jon
Summary: Draws on interviews with major political leaders in an account of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign to secure the Democratic presidential nomination instead of incumbent Jimmy Carter that discusses how their rivalry reflected significant party changes. "From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 WARSummary: "More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegaic summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to capture the farewell performance of the legendary group The Band at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (led by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY MUSIC LASAlward, Ron
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nat'L Ctr For Appropriate 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 690.89 ALWSummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREDe Waard, E. John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 DeWaardDe Waard, E. John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brompton 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.4 DEWWard, Bob
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VON BRAUN, WERNHER WARSummary: On 12.12.12 some of the world's leading artists came together for a live, one-night-only fundraising concert at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The concert was broadcast all across North & South America, Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia. The all-star line-up includes The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Paul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TWEBeard, Jo Ann
Summary: A collection that includes seven essays and two pieces of short fiction captures both the small moments of daily existence and times when life and death hang in the balance, including the title work about a searing journey through India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 BEABeard, Jo Ann.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BEAFord, Joan
Summary: "This book reignites quilters' love of scraps and their creativity by explaining how scraps plus one new element--a fabric, color, theme, or technique--can breathe new life in to any tired but beloved fabric collection"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 FORSummary: Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REEAgard, John
Summary: Books contain countless tales but what if Book told its own story? From clay tablets to e-readers, here is a quirky, kid-friendly look at the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 002 AGAAgard, John
Summary: Excitement spreads like wildfire through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference! From Australia to Antarctica, Amazon to Africa, goddesses will debate the burning environmental issues of our times . . . and bushy-tailed, smooth-talking Coyote wants in on the action. Can this infamous trickster come up with a plan to infiltrate the conference and leave a lasting legacy for our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGASummary: For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. "Woodstock Nation" existed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD WOOSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDSummary: Mildred Pierce is a woman who will do anything to satisfy the demands of her spoiled daughter Veda, including divorce, opening her own business, and possibly murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MILBarr, John
Summary: "From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.15 BARSummary: Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel-bending, brick-smashing rock star in the '70s and '80s whose theatrical band THOR hit the scene alongside Metallica and Kiss, but never achieved the gold record status of its contemporaries. After a brief but memorable film career saw him starring in the cult classics Rock 'n' roll nightmare and Zombie nightmare, Thor all but disappeared from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISummary: At 14, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Ludlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the 'demigods of Canadian metal,' releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VH1 Films 2009
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Clausewitz, Carl von
Summary: On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. The most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1976
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Summary: Explains the challenges that face our planet as trash continues to build up, and teaches the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling items in order to reduce the amount of waste produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.72 WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETWard, D. J. (David John)
Summary: Introduces the past missions to Mars, describes the characteristics of Mars and explains how scientists might explore Mars in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.43 WARFord, John
Summary: "A retired Maine game warden and master storyteller recounts some of his adventures with a touch of humor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015