Filter By Subjects
Authorship Chickasaw Indians Folklore Chin family Creative writing Documentary television programs Indians of North America Mississippi Folklore Kirk, Rahsaan Roland 1936-1977 Rattlesnakes Folklore United States. Navy Juvenile literature United States. Navy Vocational guidance Juvenile literatureFilter By Subjects
Authorship Chickasaw Indians Folklore Chin family Creative writing Documentary television programs Indians of North America Mississippi Folklore Kirk, Rahsaan Roland 1936-1977 Rattlesnakes Folklore United States. Navy Juvenile literature United States. Navy Vocational guidance Juvenile literatureEger, Edith Eva
Summary: Edith Eger was sixteen years old when the Nazis came to her hometown in Hungary and took her Jewish family to an internment center and then to Auschwitz. Her parents were sent to the gas chamber by Joseph Mengele soon after they arrived at the camp. Hours later Mengele demanded that Edie dance a waltz to 'The Blue Danube' and rewarded her with a loaf of bread that she shared with her fellow...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EGER, EDITH EVA EGEEger, Edith Eva
Summary: The author draws on her experiences as a Holocaust survivor, as well as the lives of her patients, to offer practical, uplifting advice about how to recognize and stop destructive, self-sabotaging patterns to find freedom and greater life fulfillment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 EGECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help EgerSummary: Documents the 72-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ONEWeiland, Scott
Summary: The controversial frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver chronicles his rise to stardom, long battle with addiction, his problems with the law, and how he has been able to surmount all his difficulties and stay relevant in the music business.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEILAND, SCOTT WEIWieland, Terry
Summary: "Rich in history and filled with information useful for every shotgun owner from beginner to expert, this book explores the makers, the uses and the trends in shotguns past and present. Inside you'll find information on: the shotgun through history, from its humble beginnings to its iconic status today; a complete examination of shotgun and shotshell types; advice on loading your own shells;...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.426 WIEChin, Ava
Summary: "Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history--and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and present. Chin's ancestors became lovers, classmates, sworn enemies, and, eventually, through her birth, kin--all while converging at a single Chinatown...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHIN, AVA CHISummary: Despite blindness, becoming paralyzed, and America's racial prejudices, Rahsaan Kirk was a one of a kind musician. His career was sparked by his desire to give more exposure to jazz music, particularly on television.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CASSummary: This film is the first feature-length documentary about how health care professionals actively implemented and covered up the tortures in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the CIA Black Sites. The film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of these American doctors. The little-known story is told by military, legal and medical experts and portrayed through staged...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shelter Island 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOCAvi
Summary: When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family. John Huffam is sure the tall man's beard is false. He's sure of little else in November 1849, the year he is fourteen, the year his father is sentenced to London's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC AviSawyer, Ava
Summary: "How do we know about the plants and animals that lived millions of years ago? Fossils! Every continent contains fossils that tell us about organisms that once existed on Earth. Fossils also give us details about what the planet was like in these prehistoric times. Find out how fossils are formed, how they are identified, and much more."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 560 SAWAvi
Summary: As Crispin tries to fulfill Bear's dream of moving to Iceland, he must leave Troth behind at a convent that needs a healer but, after falling in with thieves posing as musicians, he makes a new friend, Owen, and together they continue the arduous journey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2010
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2010Ata, Te.
Summary: Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ATAAtlas, Nava.
Summary: Shares vegan recipes that star nutritious leafy greens, featuring ideas from wraps and dips to juices and smoothies, and introduces different preparation techniques.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.654 ATLBéland, Pierre
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons & Burford 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.53 BELMilani, Alice
Summary: "A graphic account of a pioneering scientist who conducted innovative research on radioactivity. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 921 CURNyland, Elizabeth
Summary: People everywhere are waking up to the extraordinary health benefits of coconut oil. Rejoice, then, in more than 75 mouthwatering, gluten-free, grain-free coconut oil and coconut flour recipes paired with beautiful photographs. Why coconut? Sales of coconut oil are skyrocketing as health-conscious people everywhere are embracing the health benefits of this wonder food. Coconut oil has been...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 NYLPildas, Ave.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C.N. Potter 1980
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 PILToland, John.
Summary: "A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people - from Hitler's personal chauffeur...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 TOLWelland, Michael
Summary: From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553.622 WELAvi
Summary: Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. On his journey he meets Lotar, a young, annoying, and lost raccoon who₂s desperate to reunite with his mother. Though Ragweed doesn't really want to help the raccoon, by doing so he winds up in Dimwood Forest. Ragweed is now ready to strike off on his own, but it's not long before he hears a cry for help....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2020
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2020Milande, Véronique.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 MICSobel, Dava.
Summary: Recounts John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer in eighteenth-century England.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 526.62 SOBUeland, Brenda.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 1987