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Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
United in the face of peril, the brave firefighters, rescue squad members, and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 are pulled apart by issues beyond their control in the red-hot fifth season. Firehouse Lt. Matt Casey and Gabriela Dawson work to build a safe home for their growing family, even as their life-saving jobs demand their full attention. Rescue Squad Lt. Kelly Severride risks it all, and faces the consequences, while the crew confronts monumental...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An award-winning political journalist for The Atlantic tells the inside story of how the embattled Democratic party, seeking a direction for its future during the Trump years, successfully regained the White House. The 2020 presidential campaign was a defining moment for America. As Donald Trump and his nativist populism cowed the Republican Party into submission, many Democrats-haunted by Hillary Clinton's shocking loss in 2016, which led to a four-year-long...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for appreciating where our free speech protections have come from and how they may develop in the future. Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and what laws shape it? Drawing on parallels between ten seminal Supreme Court cases and current events, Free...
46) The big smoke
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The legendary Jack Johnson (1878-1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers and white America to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka's third work of poetry, follows the fighter's journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white...
Author
Publisher
WordSong, an imprint Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
c2020.
Language
English
Description
"After dark, when we are thinking about going to sleep, many amazing animals are just waking up. What do they do in the dark of the night? *Bats fly out of caves, zigzagging into the sky. * Wolf pups wrestle, growl, and romp. *Tarantulas emerge from their lairs--leg by leg by leg. *Fireflies flit through lawns, their flashes lighting up the dark. With this engaging collection of twenty-one poems, learn about the hidden lives of these nocturnal animals...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Good Friday on the Rez introduces readers to places and people that author, writer, and entrepreneur David Bunnell encounters during his one day, 280-mile road trip from his boyhood Nebraska hometown to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to visit his longtime friend, Vernell White Thunder, a full-blooded Oglala Lakota, descendant of a long line of prominent chiefs and medicine men. This captivating narrative is part memoir and part history. Bunnell...
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas. When it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as a groundbreaking illustrated history of Indigenous activism and resistance in the Americas over the previous 500 years, from contact to present day. Eleven years later, author and artist Gord Hill has revised and expanded the book, which is now available...
Author
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"You'll look inside the human body as never before, discovering your gross anatomy, the parts of the body that can be seen with the unaided eye, and your macroscopic body. You will view graphics, photos, videos, and the digital autopsy table called "Anatomage," to help your understanding of the topics covered. Professor Elizabeth A. Murray takes you on a 24-lecture journey through the major regions of the body in all their complex grandeur. It's safe...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The veteran host and head writer of "Live Wire" traces her lifelong battle with anxiety and the year she spent challenging herself to face her fears in remarkable ways, with hilarious results.
"The story of one chronically anxious woman's hilarious yearlong quest to change her own timid nature by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding. For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show),...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"John Elway's historic moments are known by two-word phrases. Before his NFL career even started, he was at the center of the craziest play in college football history, which is simply known as 'The Play.' Before he signed a pro contract, there was 'The Trade.' His career included 'The Drive' and 'The Fumble, ' and, of course, 'The Helicopter, ' a play so iconic in Super Bowl lore that it's played on highlight reels every January in the lead up to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Doug is the king, but his wife Carrie really rules the roost. Doug is the ultimate guy's guy from Queens, New York. A blue-collar husband who loves his wife so much he is willing to sacrifice his rec room so her father, Arthur, and sister can move in, a decision he's been regretting ever since. Doug's free time is split between quality time with his wife and play time with his buddies. This king proves that you don't have to have a huge castle to...
Series
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Provides coverage of numerous surgical procedures, medical tests and related topics, such as anesthetics, common lab test and procedures, medications and postoperative care. Entries for medical test and surgical include definition; purpose; demographic information; diagnosis/preparation; aftercare; risks; morbidity and mortality rates; alternatives; and more.
Series
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Provides coverage of numerous surgical procedures, medical tests and related topics, such as anesthetics, common lab test and procedures, medications and postoperative care. Entries for medical test and surgical include definition; purpose; demographic information; diagnosis/preparation; aftercare; risks; morbidity and mortality rates; alternatives; and more.
Author
Publisher
Victory Belt Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Every athlete who spends time in the weight room eventually deals with pain/injury that leaves them frustrated and unable to reach their highest potential. Every athlete ought to have the ability to take the first steps at addressing these minor injuries. They shouldn't have to wait weeks for a doctor's appointment, only to be prescribed pain medications and told to "take two weeks off lifting" or, even worse, to "stop lifting so heavy." Dr. Aaron...
58) Nonfiction classics for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on nonfiction works
Series
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2001-2003.
Language
English
Description
Provides critical overviews on the most frequently studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies, and memoirs. Includes discussions of literary format, themes, and structure.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries...
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