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The 99% invisible city : a field guide to the hidden world of everyday design / by Mars, Roman,author.; Kohlstedt, Kurt,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast"--
Subjects: Cities and towns.; Public works.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The public library : a photographic essay / by Dawson, Robert,1950-photographer.; Dawson, Robert,1950-Photographs.Selections.;
"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these institutions--from Alaska to Florida, New England to the West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated writers--including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today--are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution"--
Subjects: Libraries and community; Libraries and society; Library users; Public libraries; Public libraries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I, Daniel Blake [videorecording] / by Johns, Dave,actor.; Laverty, Paul.I, Daniel Blake.; Loach, Ken,1936-film director.; Morris, Jonathan,editor of moving image work.; O'Brien, Rebecca,film producer.; Percy, Sharon,actor.; Ryan, Robbie,director of photography.; Squires, Hayley,actor.; Wilson, Linda,production designer.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy.Daniel Blake, 59, has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, after a heart attack and nearly falling from a scaffold, he needs help from the State for the first time in his life. he crosses paths with a single mother, Katie, and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie's only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn't know some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man's land caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of "striver and skiver" in modern day Britain.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions; Myocardial infarction; Public welfare; Single mothers; Working class;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Willpower doesn't work : discover the hidden keys to success / by Hardy, Benjamin,author.;
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Self; Identity (Psychology); Becoming (Philosophy); Proximity spaces.; Success.; Self-realization.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pick three : you can have it all (just not every day) / by Zuckerberg, Randi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Time management.; Stress management.; Work-life balance.; Work and family.; Success.; Quality of life.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The book spy / by Hlad, Alan,author.;
American librarian Maria Alves, a microfilm specialist trained in espionage, is dispatched to Lisbon to gather vital information from Axis publications, and works in tandem with Tiago Soares, a bookstore owner secretly providing forged passports and visas to Jewish refugees.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Booksellers and bookselling; Espionage; Librarians; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Back to work : why we need smart government for a strong economy / by Clinton, Bill,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Debts, Public; Finance; Financial crises; Fiscal policy;
© c2011., Alfred A. Knopf,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shark : apex predator / by Musgrave, Ruth A.,1960-;
"From tiger sharks to great whites, get ready to face these large and in charge predators as they cruise through Earth's oceans." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Readers (Publications); Sharks; Sharks; Sharks; Top predators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Detective Hitch / by Roth, Megan.; Garbowska, Agnes.;
When Sunny and Izzy go missing, it's up to Detective Hitch and his detective-in-training Zipp to solve the case!
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Readers (Publications); My Little Pony (Trademark); Ponies; Unicorns; Detectives; Investigations; Cartoons and comics.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Luck of the claw / by Foxe, Steve.; Fruchter, Jason.; Pinkfong.;
"Baby Shark and his best fish friend William must put their skills to the test when they play their favorite claw game!"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Readers (Publications); Baby Shark (Fictitious character); Fishes; Cartoons and comics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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