Summary: A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILPeterson, Nolan
Summary: "Ask most combat veterans to name the worst experience of their lives, and they'll probably tell you it was war. But ask them to choose the best experience of their life, and they'll usually say it was war, too. For someone who has not been to war, this is nearly impossible to understand. The spectrum of emotions experienced by a combat veteran is far wider than that experienced in civilian...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Casemate Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 PETHoxie, Jim
Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Disabl HoxieMorel, Olivier
Summary: A gripping graphic novel illustrates the challenges of Iraq War veterans as well as their inspiring triumphs. After the shock of 9/11, for hundreds of thousands of young Americans there was Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Abu Ghraib--the war in Iraq. Then came the trauma. From the torment of these vets to their reflections, this book demonstrates the seemingly impossible return of those who aspire to get...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 MORMusgrave, John
Summary: "A Marine's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUSGRAVE, JOHN MUSNorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Contains death records of more than 36,000 G.A.R. members, who served in regiments from 37 states and territories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2007
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 973.76 NORSummary: Heroic, daring and more than just a little colorful, The A-Team is a brave band of brothers who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Pile into that famous black van for another season of adventure with Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. as they fight for justice against criminals, while staying one step ahead of their archenemy, Colonel Decker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ARuliffson, Jess
Summary: "Candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 RULSummary: Not wanted : Hollywood legend Ida Lupino makes her directorial debut in this ahead-of-its-time shocker! Naive teenager Sally Kelton falls for womanizing jazz pianist Steve Ryan. When the struggling musician suddenly leaves town for another gig, the lovestruck girl runs away from home to find him. But Steve rejects her, leaving Sally to fend for herself on the street. She is taken in by kindly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA IDAGrey, Zane
Summary: Keven Bell returns to Rogue River a war victim but not a hero. His bitterness deepens when he discovers that Gus Atwell has stolen his girl, ruined his reputation and prospered by his absence. He turns to the deep, fast-moving Rogue River and there he finds the will to fight against men who are as unscrupulous as he is honest, as crooked as he is straight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1930
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREPetrie, Nicholas
Summary: "Peter Ash's friend Lewis has helped him out of jam more times than he can count, and has saved his life more than once. So he doesn't hesitate when Lewis asks a favor. Lewis has left his criminal past behind, but a former associate may be in trouble, and he and Peter must make a trip to check in on the man. But their visit immediately takes a dark turn when they arrive to find a smoldering...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PETCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETKorman, Gordon
Summary: Twelve-year-old Trevor Firestone loves playing war-based video games and he idolizes his great-grandfather Jacob who came home from World War II a celebrated hero; now ninety-three Jacob wants to retrace his journey in memory and reality and return to the small French village that his unit liberated, and Trevor is going with him--but not everyone in the town want Jacob to come, and Trevor is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: FIC KORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KORWolk, Lauren
Summary: Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her rural Pennsylvania town. Until the day Betty Glengarry moves to town. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying at first seems isolated, things quickly spin out of control, escalating until Betty mysteriously disappears. As the town searches for Betty...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WOLBush, George W. (George Walker)
Summary: A collection of military oil paintings and profiles presents the stories of post-9/11 veterans, their experiences on the battlefield, road to recovery, and continuing contributions as civilians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 757 BUSSummary: "On June 6, 1944, the greatest military operation in the history of the world succeeded in landing more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Northern France. Before the battle of Normandy was won in late August, these troops endured some of the most costly fighting of World War II. This video looks back sixty years on this awesome military event from the point of view of soldiers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: FamilyNet 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OVENorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are listed alphabetically.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2005
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3772 NORSummary: Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. face off against new criminals with the most outrageous schemes yet-- from toxic-waste dumping to wild-game poaching to restaurant sabotage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ASummary: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LASCarr, Robyn
Summary: Dakota Jones is the second youngest of four children who had a difficult upbringing living with parents who struggle with mental illness. He escaped his family as soon as he could by joining the military. Now, after several tours of duty he has been discharged. He has nowhere to go and no solid plans for the future. Refusing to return home to his parents he arrives in Sullivan's Crossing where...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARFerguson, Chris
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C. Ferguson 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.5 FERMaddox, Jake
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Kaleb has always looked up to his older stepbrother, Luke, in snowboarding and everything else, so when Luke is wounded in Afghanistan Kaleb is devastated--and to honor his brother he is set on competing on the difficult slopestyle course.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADNorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are in alphabetical order.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3773 NORTraverse City Record Eagle
Summary: A tribute to our troops is a special project undertaken early in 2010 by the Record-Eagle to celebrate and honor our area veterans-with help from their families, friends, and descendants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D-Books Publishing, Inc. 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.46 TRI1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.46 TRI
Summary: Blind war veteran Ambrose McKinley has recently moved to Crescent Bay, a seemingly peaceful community on the outskirts of a dense forest. On his first night in his new home, hears his elderly neighbor attacked by something he's convinced isn't human. When the creature then kills his seeing eye dog, McKinley's thirst for justice turns into a one-man vendetta against the monster that's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015