Thomas, Isabel
Summary: Our planet is heating up, and it needs your help! If you want to learn to reduce your carbon footprint and cool the Earth, here are practical tips and projects that make a difference! The bad news is, global warming is a real problem that won't go away on its own. But the good news is, there are lots of easy ways you can get involved and make a difference! From swapping your stuff to assigning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 THOBrunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter)
Summary: "This book presents a comprehensive history of Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan, its founders, and its place in the Arts and Crafts movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.09774 BRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 738.09774 BRUSummary: 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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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Kidd, Thomas S.
Summary: "Thomas Jefferson was arguably the most brilliant and inspiring political writer in American history. But the ethical realities of his personal life and political career did not live up to his soaring rhetoric. Indeed, three tensions defined Jefferson's moral life: democracy versus slavery, republican virtue versus dissolute consumption, and veneration for Jesus versus skepticism about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFERSON, THOMAS KIDMerton, Thomas
Contents: v. 1. Run to the mountain / edited by Patrick Hart -- v. 2. Entering the silence / edited by Jonathan Montaldo -- v. 3. A search for solitude / edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham -- v. 4. Turning toward the world / edited by Victor A. Kramer -- v. 5. Dancing in the water of life / edited by Robert E. Daggy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271.125 MERHamilton, W. T. (William Thomas)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 HAMHawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Contents: Introduction -- Ideas about the universe -- The expanding universe -- Black holes -- Black holes ain't so black -- The origin and fate of the universe -- The direction of time -- The theory of everything -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Millennium Press 2002
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Summary: The Breakaway" is a must have resource for any parent or provider looking for a concrete and realistic approach for guiding their neurodiverse teen into young adulthood. Inspired by the many families with whom the author has worked, the title refers to these, teens/developing young adults, as they face the challenge of taking greater initiative and responsibility for themselves. This practical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents WelchHawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Summary: Presents seven lectures by physicist Stephen Hawking on such topics as black holes, string theory, space-time, and a "unified theory of everything," accompanied by images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Millennium Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 HAWGreenspon, Thomas S.
Summary: Explains what perfectionism is and describes various ways of overcoming it, including developing coping skills, changing one's self-view, and talking to parents or other trusted adults.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 GREPhelan, Thomas W.
Summary: Noting that of all the behavioral problems parents face from their children, temper tantrums may be the most upsetting, this handbook arms confused and frustrated parents with simple, easy-to-follow directions on how to best manage the problem and guide kids appropriately. Readers will learn the three main causes of temper tantrums, the true power of the "10-Second Rule," the anatomy of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ParentMagic, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PHEMcNamee, Thomas
Summary: The authorized biography of Alice Waters and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented "American cuisine." Not so long ago it was nearly impossible to find a cappuccino or a croissant in this country, most people had no idea what "organic" food was, and even fewer thought about "sustainable farming." But in 1971, in Berkeley, a young Francophile opened a small...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATERS, ALICE MCNSummary: Mobilization of Russian Army for World War I. Huge rally in Palace Square in St. Petersburg. Czar Nicholas II; Czarina Alexandra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1914
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Erikson, Thomas
Summary: Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Reds are dominant and commanding, Yellows are social and optimistic, Greens are laid back and friendly, and Blues are analytical and precise. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson provides practical advice for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business EriksonKean, Thomas H.
Contents: Kean: September 11, 2001 -- Hamilton: September 11, 2001 -- Set up to fail: approaching an impossible task -- A start-up: setting up on a shoestring -- Cooperate or confront? : what to ask for and how to get it -- Finding the facts: negotiations, subpoenas, and more negotiations -- Getting the story: from field officers to cabinet offices, distant lands to detainees -- Finding a voice: public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 KEASacks, Oliver W.
Summary: Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does--humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks's compassionate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.11 SACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.11 SacContents: Disc 1,1944-1953. Blues (JATP) ; Oh, lady be good! (JATP) ; I've found a new baby (Lester Young) ; Trav'lin' light (Billie Holiday) ; Repetition (Charlie Parker) ; Picasso (Coleman Hawkins) ; Tonga (Machito) ; Celia (Bud Powell) ; Just friends (Charlie Parker) ; Bloomdido (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) ; Jeep's blues (Johnny Hodges) ; Drum boogie (Gene Krupa) ; Port of Rico (Illinois...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ VERThomas, Evan
Summary: "This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 THOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 THOThomas, William
Contents: The FBI's most wanted -- Paperwork, polygraphs, and push-ups -- Books, bullets, and boxing gloves -- Into the alley -- On the job.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2010