Music from the Florida Folklife Collection - Summary: "From "Shove It Over," a WPA recording of a work song performed by Zora Neale Hurston, to "Orange Blossom Special," performed by Gamble Rogers and Will McLean, this CD spans fifty years of Florida folk music."

For a complete track list or to download this CD, visit: http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/folklife/folklife_cd.cfm

Call number: Music Florida Folklife CD

More Music from the Florida Folklife Collection - Summary: "This CD features selections from well-known artists such as Don Grooms, Etta Baker, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and Jean Ritchie."

For a complete track list or to download this CD, visit:http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/folklife/folklife_cd2.cfm

Call number: Music More Florida CD

Shall We Gather At The River: African-American Sacred Music from the Florida Folklife Collection - Summary: "This disc highlights Florida’s African American religious music traditions. The collection features both nationally recognized acts and previously unknown local artists, including the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Georgia Sea Island, the Versiteers, and the Amigo Male Singers."

For a complete track list or to download this CD, visit: http://www.floridamemory.com/collections/folklife/folklife_cd3.cfm

Call number: Music Florida Shall We CD

Flavors of St. Augustine: An Historic Cookbook

Call number: TX715 .H1782 1999

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion - Publisher's Marketing: "This book will be the ultimate visual companion to the second movie in the blockbuster Narnia series, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain. One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy.
This behind-the-scences guide, written by the on-set publicist, includes riveting accounts of how the screenplay adaptors and storyboard artists brought C.S. Lewis's story to graphic life, where the movie was filmed, an update on the four child actors from the first movie and how the overwhelming success of the first movie affected their lives, a look at the new main characters, including Ben Barnes who plays Prince Caspian, details of the special effects, costumes, makeup and more. Four-color throughout, this book also includes still shots from the film, photos of the production, conceptual art and design, anecdotes from cast and crew, and much more."

Call number: PN1997.2 .P7555M35 2008

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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Publisher's Marketing: "Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. "Reading Lolita in Tehran" is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature."

Call number: PE64 .N34 A3 2004

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Mobilizing For Evidence-Based Character Education - Summary: "Presented as a resource primarily for project directors who are federal grantees embarking on an evaluation of a character education intervention, although it contains useful information that can benefit other education administrators who also are providing these interventions. This publication offers strategies for working with external evaluators and key stakeholders in planning and implementing a scientifically sound evaluation."

Call number: LC311 .M53 2007

PDF available online: http://www.ed.gov/programs/charactered/mobilizing.pdf

Supporting Charter School Excellence Through Quality Authorizing - Summary: "Identifies real-world examples of innovative education practices that are helping students achieve in schools all across the nation. This publication profiles eight authorizers, the ones responsible for approving new schools, monitoring schools' compliance with applicable laws, providing technical assistance, and evaluating schools' performance, who share a commitment to quality and remain focused on improving and expanding the education options in their areas. This publication also serves as resource for policymakers, current charter school authorizers, and potential authorizers so that they may replicate the successful practices described within this guide."

Call number: LB2806.36 .S87 2007

PDF available online: http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/charter/authorizing/authorizing.pdf

Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks For Teaching Children To Read: Kindergarten Through Grade 3 - Summary: "Describes the findings of the National Reading Panel Report and provides analysis and discussion in five areas of reading instruction: 1) phonemic awareness, 2) phonics, 3) fluency, 4) vocabulary, and 5) text comprehension. This guide, designed by teachers for teachers, summarizes what researchers have discovered about how to successfully teach children to read. Each section of the publication defines the skill, reviews the evidence from research, suggests implications for classroom instruction, describes proven strategies for teaching reading skills, and addresses frequently raised questions."

Call number: LB1140.5 .R4 A74 2003

PDF available online: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbooklet.pdf

Applying Research In Reading Instruction For Adults: First Steps For Teachers - Summary: "Provides an introduction to research-based principles of reading instruction for instructors in adult education and literacy classes. This publication is intended as a first resource for those with little knowledge of reading instruction and is written with the needs of teachers in mind, those who want to improve their ability to provide reading instruction for adults in family literacy and other basic education programs. This volume begins by building background knowledge of important concepts and principles and then suggests practical ways to apply research recommendations to the adult learning setting."

Call number: LC5225 .R4 M39 2005

PDF available online: http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/applyingresearch.pdf

Threat Assessment In Schools: A Guide To Managing Threatening Situations And To Creating Safe School Climates - Summary: "Outlines a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools. This guide is intended for use by school personnel, law enforcement officials, and others with protective responsibilities in our nation's schools. It includes suggestions for developing a threat assessment team within a school or school district, steps to take when a threat or other information of concern comes to light, consideration about when to involve law enforcement personnel, issues of information sharing, and ideas for creating safe school climates."

Call number: LB3013.32 .T47 2002

PDF available online: http://edpubs.ed.gov/Document/ED001356P.PDF

A Child Becomes A Reader: Proven Ideas From Research For Parents: Birth Through Preschool - Summary: "Provides ideas for parents and caregivers for playing, talking, and reading with children that will help them become good readers and writers later in life. This publication contains: 1) a short summary of what scientific research says about how children learn to read and write; 2) things to do with children from birth through age two to help them become readers; 3) things to with children between ages three to four and what to look for in quality day care centers and preschools to help children become readers; 4) a list of helpful terms, which appear throughout the publication in bold type; and 5) ideas for books to read and organizations to contact for more help and information."

Call number: LB1525 .A76 2006

K-8 Charter Schools: Closing The Achievement Gap

Call number: LB2806.36 .K2 2007

PDF available online:http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/charterk-8/report.pdf

Logan's Run - Summary: "In the year 2274, everyone lives a wonderful life until they’re 30 years old-- then they’re executed." Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. Based on the novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.

Call number: PN1997 LogansRun DVD

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Snakes of the Southeast - Publisher's Marketing: "Filled with more than 300 color photos and 47 maps, this is an accessible, fact-filled guide to Southeastern snakes."

Call number: QL666 .O6 G35 2005

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Snakes: A Natural History - Publisher's Marketing: "The definitive book on the natural history of snakes--reissued with a brand-new, spectacular cover! More than 500 huge full-color photos display hundreds of breeds, including many rare and endangered species, all in their natural habitat. Thirteen experts combine their knowledge to explain the lifestyles, behavior, biology, and appearance of each species, from their nervous systems and sensory organs to reproduction and locomotion.
"This abundantly illustrated, oversize volume contains a wealth of information..."--"Booklist
"Extraordinary color photos, charts, and interesting sidebars...."--"Reptile & Amphibian Magazine
"No other recent book attempts to provide the depth of information offered by "Snakes."--"Science Books & Films"

Call number: QL666 .06 S392513 1994

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There Will Be Blood

Call number: PN1997 ThereWill DVD

The Kite Runner - Vendor's Marketing: "Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant. Together the two boys form a bond of friendship that breaks tragically on one fateful day when Amir fails to save his friend from brutal neighborhood bullies. Amir and Hassan become separated and as first the Soviets and then the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan Amir and his father escape to the United States to pursue a new life. Years later Amir now an accomplished author living in San Francisco is called back to Kabul to right the wrongs he and his father committed years ago."

Call number: PN1997 KiteRunn DVD

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Vendor's Marketing: "The remarkable and inspirational true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind."

Call number: PN1997 DivingBel DVD

Inside Man - Vendor's Marketing: "Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster and Academy Award nominee Clive Owen star in this intense and explosive crime thriller. The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind (Owen), a determined detective (Washington), and a power broker with a hidden agenda (Foster). As the minutes tick by and the situation becomes increasingly tense, one wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them. From acclaimed director Spike Lee comes the edge-of-your-seat, action-packed thriller that Wall St. Journal is calling a heist film that's right on the money."

Call number: PN1997 InsideMan DVD

Darkon - Vendor's Marketing: "Darkon is an insightful, moving and often funny theatrical documentary about a unique realm within the extraordinary worldwide phenomenon of live action role playing (LARP). Follows the real-life adventures of an unusual group of weekend ’warrior knights,’ fantasy role-playing gamers whose live action battleground is modern-day Baltimore, Maryland, re-imagined as a make-believe medieval world named Darkon."

Call number: GV1469.6 .D37 2007 DVD

The Rose - Vendor's Marketing: "An exhausted rock star turns to drugs, alcohol and a lover when her greedy manager will not let her quit."

Call number: PN1997 Rose DVD

Since You Went Away - Vendor's Marketing: "A Midwesterner holds down the home front with her daughters and bulldog during World War II."

Call number: PN1997 SinceYouW DVD

A Hard Day's Night - Vendor's Marketing: "In 1964, The Beatles had just recently exploded onto the American scene with their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The group's first feature film, A Hard Day's Night, offered fans their first peek into a day in the life of The Beatles and served to establish The Fab Four on the silver screen, as well as to inspire the music video format that has become a standard for musicians today. Now, decades later, the band's legendary popularity endures and continues to grow, and A Hard Day's Night joyfully resurrects the excitement of the group's early days."

Call number: PN1997 HardDays DVD

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Vendor's Marketing: "A drifter, a bandido and a bounty hunter reach a stand-off over buried gold. Directed by Sergio Leone."

Call number: PN1997 GoodBad DVD

Edison - The Invention of the Movies (1891-1918) - Vendor's Marketing: "Commerical motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the company employed such accomplished early directors as John Collins and Alan Crosland."

Call number: PN1993.5 .U6 .E347 2005 DVD

W.C. Fields Comedy Collection - Vendor's Marketing: "CONTAINS THESE CLASSICS-MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, ITS A GIFT, YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN, THE BANK DICK, & INTERNATIONAL HOUSE."

Call number: PN1997 WCFields DVD

Rome: The Complete Second Season

Call number: PN1997 TV Rome Season2 DVD

Forrest Gump - Vendor's Marketing: "Through three turbulent decades, Forrest rides a tide of events tha whisks him from physical disability to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love. Forrest is the embodiment of an era, an innocent at large in an America that is losing its innocence. His heart knows wht his limited IQ cannot. His moral compass never wavers."

Call number: PN1997 ForrestG DVD

The Lost Weekend - Vendor's Marketing: "Long-time alcoholic Don Birnam, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks of past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this looks like his last...one way or the other."

Call number: PN1997 LostWeek DVD

Boyz N the Hood - Vendor's Marketing: "Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in the hood."

Call number: PN1997 Boyz DVD

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Vendor's Marketing: "After finding her hired "Santa" too inebriated to stand, Doris Walker, a Macy's executive, quickly recruits a white-bearded man for the parade float and, later, employs him for the store's holiday rush. The store's psychologist doubts the sanity of the kindly man and brings him to a trial that must decide whether or not there is a Santa Claus."

Call number: PN1997 Miracle34 1947 DVD

Chariots of Fire - Vendor's Marketing: "British runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell compete in the 1924 Olympics for personal reasons. Oscars for best picture and Vangelis' score."

Call number: PN1997 ChariotsF DVD

Diner - Vendor's Marketing: "Immature buddies regroup at an all-night diner after various escapades in late-1950s Baltimore. Directed by Barry Levinson."

Call number: PN1997 Diner DVD

Dog Day Afternoon - Vendor's Marketing: "The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day."

Call number: PN1997 DogDay DVD

Ocean's Twelve - Vendor's Marketing: "Ocean’s Twelve reintroduces Ocean and his perfectly trained team of con men. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting."

Call number: PN1997 Oceans12 DVD

Ocean's Thirteen - Vendor's Marketing: "When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Banks. Banks’ even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff’s misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won’t stand for Banks and what he’s done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Banks, the crew is out to pull off a major plan. One that will unfold on the night Banks’ newest hot spot opens up, when the crew is out to bankrupt one of the city’s most despised businessmen. But this is not about the money, this time it is for revenge."

Call number: PN1997 Oceans13 DVD

Blue - Vendor's Marketing: "The first film in a trio of films about contemporary French society.A French woman tries to withdraw from life after her daughter and composer husband die in a car crash. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski."

Call number: PN1997 Blue DVD

White - Vendor's Marketing: " Divorced and ruined in Paris, a Polish hairdresser gets even with his French ex-wife. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski."

Call number: PN1997 White DVD

Red - Vendor's Marketing: "Tapped phone lines connect a Swiss law student, a model and an ex-judge who eavesdrops. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski."

Call number: PN1997 Red DVD

Bee Movie - Vendor's Marketing: "From creator Jerry Seinfeld comes "Bee Movie," a comedy that will change everything you thought you knew about bees. Take a closer look at their world through the eyes of one bee in particular -- Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld). A recent college graduate, Barry wants more out of life than the inevitable career that awaits him and every other worker in New Hive City -- a job at Honex making honey. Barry jumps at the chance to venture out of the hive, and soon encounters a world beyond his wildest dreams. When Barry inadvertently meets a quirky florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger), he breaks one of the cardinal rules of beedom ", he talks to her. A friendship soon develops, and Barry gets a guided crash course in the ways of the human race. When he shockingly discovers that anyone can purchase honey right off the grocery store shelf, he realizes that his true calling is to stop this injustice and set the world right by suing the human race for stealing the bees' precious honey."

Call number: PN1997 BeeMovie DVD

Miss Potter - Vendor's Marketing: "A sheltered but talented young woman, Beatrix Potter has delighted generations with her beloved childrens tales. When she falls in love with her publisher, she enters a forbidden relationship that changes her life forever."

Call number: PN1997 MissPott DVD

Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father - Publisher's Marketing: "The beloved author of "Little Women" was torn between pleasing her idealistic father and planting her feet in the material world.

Louisa May Alcott's name is known universally. Yet, during her youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson--an eminent teacher, lecturer, and admired friend of Emerson and Thoreau. Willful and exuberant, Louisa flew in the face of all her father's intricate theories of child rearing. She, in turn, could not understand the frugal life Bronson preached, one that reached its epitome in the failed utopian community of Fruitlands. In a family that insisted on self-denial and spiritual striving, Louisa dreamed of wealth and fame. At the same time, like most daughters, she wanted her father's approval. As her father struggled to recover from a breakdown and slowly resurrect his career, Louisa learned to support her family, teaching if she must, but finally finding her vocation in writing. This story of their tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters. 26 illustrations."

2008 Pulitzer Prize for biography

Call number: PS1018 .M34 2007

Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research

Call number: QC928.7 .N38 2003

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 - Publisher's Marketing: "Historian Howe illuminates the period of American history from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent."

2008 Pulitzer Prize for History

Call number: E338 .H69 2007