Summary: In 1985, two young British friends travelled to a remote corner of Peru. Ambitious mountaineers, their aim was to conquer the unclimbed west face of a notorious 21,000 ft. peak "Siula Grande". Their story has become part of mountaineering legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Touching 2004James, Simon
Summary: Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 JAMJames, Simon
Summary: Documents ancient Rome and the people who lived there as revealed through the many artifacts they left behind, including shields, swords, tools, toys, cosmetics, and jewelry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2008
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James, Simon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 JAMJames, Simon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0491 JAMJames, Simon.
Summary: A photo essay documenting ancient Rome and the people who lived there as revealed through the many artifacts they left behind, including shields, swords, tools, toys, cosmetics, and jewelry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 937 JAMSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Follows Damon Gameau as he embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as healthy. Highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Discover one of history's greatest civilizations, from its vast empire to the bloody gladiator fights"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 JAMSummary: This annual bestseller ranks the hottest, must-visit countries, regions, cities and best value destinations for 2020. Drawing on the knowledge and passion of Lonely Planet's staff, authors and online community, we present a year's worth of inspiration to take you out of the ordinary and into the unforgettable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 LONSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BOYSummary: The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After renowned nutritional scientist and bestselling author Dr. T. Colin Campbell gives a stirring speech on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his son Nelson, and Kentucky State Representative Tom Riner work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PlantPure Productions LCC 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLASummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMSummary: The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGSummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSimon, Rita J. (Rita James)
Contents: Introduction, by R. J. Simon.--Radicalism in the thirties: the Trotskyist view, by M. Shachtman.--The Huey Long movement, by G. L. K. Smith.--Writers in the thirties, by G. Hicks.--The thirties in America as a Socialist recalls them, by N. Thomas.--My experience in the labor and radical struggles of the thirties, by A. J. Muste.--The student movement of the thirties: a political history, by H....
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1967
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Summary: By 1910, the forest region of the Great Lakes states was largely denuded, logged over by industrialists who coveted its timber, particularly the giant white pine. After unsuccessful attempts to farm this "cutover" region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, a group of visionaries began to dream of restoring the North Woods as a place of solace and beauty, of recreation and retreat, for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2001
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Adaf, Shimon
Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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Summary: Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball? How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? How do you prevent a nuclear war? Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have been trying to make predictions about what's in store for us. We do this on a personal level, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: This volume affords an opportunity fo UP people to take a look at themselves and swell a bit with pride at "what we have done", and for the rest of the world to awe at what this little, sparsley settled region has produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RonJon Press 1987
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Summary: Draws on philosophy, literature, and brain science to explain why the pursuit of happiness is a more complicated effort than understood by most people, sharing insights into how to apply scientific methods for increasing one's chances of achieving happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
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Summary: "Well before Simone confronted the pressure of the Olympics, she faced real-life challenges as a kid while moving in and out of foster care. With the support and love of her family, she rode an unwavering drive to make history and grew into an incredible role model and activist--not to mention one of the greatest athletes of our time."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2020