Summary: Examines the circumstances surrounding the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRBrown, Michael David
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 BrownBrown, Michael L.
Summary: "A Queer Thing Happened to America chronicles the dramatic cultural changes that have taken place in our country in relation to homosexuality and pointedly asks the question: Are we heading in the right direction? Written in a lively and compelling style and at the same time backed with massive research, this forthright and yet compassionate study evaluates the extraordinary impact gay activism...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Equaltime Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.766 BROSummary: "Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHOSummary: Two blind men and a man who is a double leg amputee, together with companies who create assistive techniques and technologies, climb a difficult eight pitch rock during the No Barriers Festival in the Dolomites in Cortina, Italy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Serac Adventure Films 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOUHenner, Marilu
Summary: Marilu Henner was moving on with her life after a divorce when her old college classmate Michael Brown, whom she had not seen in over twenty years, called her out of nowhere. Within days of their reconnecting in 2003, they became inseparable. But only months later, Michael was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and then lung cancer. Marilu refused to lose the love of her life so easily. With the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 HENSummary: 2001 National Federation of the Blind, Allegra Mount Everest Expedition featuring Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind climber to reach the summit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Outside Television 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FARSummary: Even a novice gardener can cultivate small plants whose natural homes are high in the hills. The convenient monthly guidance given in this exquisitely illustrated volume makes the subject accessible to anyone who wants to grow dwarf trees, herbaceous perennials, bulbs, grasses, sedges, and other hardy plants. Each monthly chapter describes the timely delights of the rock garden, explains the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 JEFSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETStewart, Ebony
Summary: "Rings on every finger. Hood and educated AF. You've met her. Wearing all her feelings and responding with a side-eye or a tongue-pop. You've seen her. At the grocery store. In restaurants. On the subway. At the bus stop. In a car you pulled up next to blaring whatever matches her mood. Hair in some natural or protective style for the Gods. Ebony Stewart. An around the way girl. One part human,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Button Publishing, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 STEBooth, Michael
Summary: Citing a rise in food-borne illnesses in recent years and the challenges posed to consumers in the form of rapidly rising costs, an analysis of problems in current food-safety standards explains how to make informed decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Natl Book Network 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.945 BOOSummary: This series explores the startling new map of the brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience and shares a revelatory view of this most complicated organ, which now contradicts much of what we previously believed. Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary and cutting-edge animation. Viewers will not only...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECBrown, Don
Summary: Conveys the history of the Earth in humorous graphic novel format, from the big bang through continent formation, discussing how weather events and climate change continue to shape the landscape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.7 BROHeatley, Michael
Summary: This is the ideal guide for those, perhaps starting out in a band, who need to know quickly and simply how to develop the appropriate styles needed to play lead guitar in a rock band. Starting with invaluable information on the background, sounds and guitars of rock, the reader is then provided with description and instruction on the various guitar techniques that can be used. The main section...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Flame Tree Publishing 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.87 HEABrown, Roslind Varghese
Summary: A popular destination for European and American tourists, Tunisia is known for its bazaar-style markets, appreciation of outdoor sports, and healing thermal spas. This book provides an overview of the long history of Tunisia, as well as a snapshot of the people and culture today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 961.1 BROBendis, Brian Michael
Summary: One of the Hood's gang learns how to turn off the Avenger's powers, Thor and the Dark Avengers battle the frost giant Ymir, and Ronin sets out to assassinate Norman Osborn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2017