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Summary: "Growing up in Paris, the daughter of a German mother and an Irish father, Svenja O'Donnell knew little of her family's German past. All she knew was that her grandmother and her mother had fled their home city of Königsberg in the far east of Germany near the end of World War II, never to return. But everything changed when O'Donnell traveled to Königsberg -- now known as Kaliningrad, and part...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IRMEN, INGE ODOHugstad, Kristi
Summary: "Outlines daily practices that promote physical, mental, and emotional health for young people making the transition to adulthood. The author covers practices such as journaling, exercise, healthy sleep habits, time management, and mindfulness, with briefdiscussions of scientific research showing the proven benefits of each practice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 HUGO'Donnell, Lawrence
Summary: "The 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's political awakening, and in the decades since it has remained one of his abiding fascinations. For years he has deployed one of America's shrewdest political minds to understanding its dynamics, not just because it is fascinating in itself, but because in it is contained the essence of what makes America different, and how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 ODOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 ODOO'Donnell, Kate
Summary: "This book offers a new way to think about your health and understand the cause-and-effect relationship between your body, your environment, and your lifestyle. Through 70+ self-care recipes and routines, this book provides sound instructions and suggestions for living a healthy and energetic life with an Ayurvedic lens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 361.37 DITRainer, Tristine.
Summary: Provides practical coaching on writing long or short autobiographical narratives, including a history of autobiography and examples from such writers as Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Russell Baker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 RAIO'Connell, Jennifer
Summary: "This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lawrence Anthony and the deep bond he forged with the matriarch of the herd he saved at his animal reserve in South Africa. When Lawrence died, the matriarch led all the elephants from remote parts of the reserve in a procession to his home, where they gathered to mourn him. They returned on the same day at the same time for the next two years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Movement is a key part of many inventions. In this book, readers will discover the science behind movement by building their own carousel, speedboat, and solar-powered fan. They will find out how different types of energy work and which forces affect moving objects. They will also learn about some of historys coolest moving inventions." -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 HOLDitchfield, Christin
Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the Virginia Colony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.5 DITDitchfield, Christin.
Summary: Describes what freedom of speech is, how and why it is guaranteed in the United States, how it is expressed, what its limits are, what censorship is, and what some of the surrounding debates are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 DITKrimstein, Ken
Summary: "One of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a hero of political thought, the largely unsung and often misunderstood Hannah Arendt is best known for her landmark 1951 book on openness in political life, The Origins of Totalitarianism, which, with its powerful and timely lessons for today, has become newly relevant. She led an extraordinary life. This was a woman who endured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 KRIKrimstein, Ken
Summary: When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII-found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KRIO'Connell, John
Summary: A tasty compendium of spices and a fascinating history and wide array of uses of the world’s favorite flavors—The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary reveals the amazing history of spices both familiar and esoteric. John O’Connell’s erudite chapters combine history with insights into art, religion, medicine, science, and is richly seasoned with anecdotes and recipes. Discover why Cleopatra...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 OCOAptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe
Summary: A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities. Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools-or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUTTER, THOMAS D APTPearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell)
Summary: In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 PEAGooley, Tristan
Summary: "A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.63 GOODanielsson, Krissi.
Contents: My baby is gone -- Looking for causes of miscarriage -- Miscarriage testing and treatments -- Alternative treatments and stress reduction -- Coping with pregnancy loss -- Trying again -- Pregnant again -- For dads only: a quick miscarriage coping primer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.3 DANHolzweiss, Kristina
Summary: "Learn how to complete DIY projects dealing with aviation. Along the way, get a look at some of history's most incredible inventions and scientific discoveries."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: "Learn how to complete DIY projects dealing with electricity. Along the way, get a look at some of history's most incredible inventions and scientific discoveries."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 537 HOLMarusic, Kristina
Summary: "For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We're better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 MARDitchfield, Christin.
Summary: Describes the history, equipment, events, and scoring of gymnastics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.44 DITO'Connell, John
Summary: ""The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from." --David Bowie // Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. // In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 OCOO'Connell, Mark
Summary: "From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous murder in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. Malcolm MacArthur was a well-known Dublin socialite and heir. Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023