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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385.3 HODDahlén, Micael
Summary: "How many unread emails are there in your inbox? How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? We're drowning in digits and immersed in integers, and More Numbers Every Day, by internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen is a timely and powerful investigation - and warning - about the trouble numbers can bring us. Today...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 DAHSummary: In one of Paris' finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef, setting off a hilarious chain of events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MichaelSummary: A documentary film that will tell the bittersweet story of one of the most innovative comedians who ever graced the stage, screen and television, before his untimely death from a drug overdose at the tender age of only 33. Immortalized for his uniquely bold, energetic, and in-your-face comedic style, Chris Farley's off the charts talent cemented his place as a key player in a movement that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC IHedges, Chris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 HEDHedges, Chris.
Summary: "In the vein of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Chris Hedges and American Book Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco bring us a searing on-the-ground report on the crisis gripping underclass America and crime-ridden poverty enclaves--in prisons, urban slums, and rural communities--metastasizing around the nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 HEDHedges, Chris
Summary: "Chris Hedges's powerful memoir of his year of teaching inmates in a maximum-security New Jersey prison takes readers into the lives of men who were all but destined to become incarcerated because of their impoverished and dangerous childhoods and shows why criminal justice reform is so essential"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.6 HEDHedges, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elsevier-Dutton 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 797.124 HEDRyan, Muchael
Summary: Join intrepid chefs Michael Ryan and Luke Burgess on the best sort of culinary adventure - one that could happen only in Tokyo. From daybreak to late night, discover the creative people and compelling stories behind the restaurants, bars and tea houses of the world's most exciting food destination. This is a book as much for people travelling to the city as it is for those with an appreciation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.2135 RYAWeissman, Michaele
Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEIMichaeli, Ethan
Summary: "A groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Israel by award-winning author Ethan Michaeli, who documents the nation at its most volatile moment by weaving together the personal histories of Holocaust survivors, tech millionaires, Torah scholars, Ethiopian Prisoners of Zion, Russian emigres, West Bank settlers, and Palestinians"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.694 MICSummary: This is the shocking and incredibly true story of the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. From terrorist training in Libya to the terrorists sneaking into the Olympic Village to the tension-filled negotiations to the shocking conclusion at a German airport. Told with actual video shot during the crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONEHedges, Chris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241.52 HEDHedges, Chris.
Summary: Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of the American empire at home and abroad, from the coarsening effect of America's War on Terror to the front lines in the Middle East and South Asia and the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Underlying his reportage is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.09 HEDHedges, Kristi.
Summary: When some people speak, everyone listens. When they need commitment to projects, others jump on board. These are the lucky few with "presence"--that subtle magnetic field that signals authority and authenticity. Wouldn't it be great if doors opened as effortlessly for you? They can! Everyone, regardless of position or personality, can strengthen their presence. The key is to cultivate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Management Association 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 HEDDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DEPMystic Michaela
Summary: "Your aura tells your unique story: and this book can help you understand and embrace the colors you shine out to the world. In What's My Aura?, aura expert and psychic to the stars Mystic Michaela teaches you everything you need to know to "see" and identify your aura colors and to learn what each color means and how they represent different personality traits. She provides insight about how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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Summary: "Find out what a desert is and what kinds of plants and animals call the desert home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WEGDePrince, Michaela
Summary: "At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED DEPHerge
Summary: Whether he's trolling the high seas for treasure or blasting off for the moon, young reporter-sleuth Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, have delighted readers everywhere for generations with their timeless adventures. Join Tintin and Snowy as they tackle the toughest mysteries around the world in The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714, and Tintin and the Picaros.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown 1993
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Summary: Whether he's trolling the high seas for treasure or blasting off for the moon, young reporter-sleuth Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, have delighted readers everywhere for generations with their timeless adventures. Join Tintin and Snowy as they tackle the toughest mysteries around the world in The Castafiore Emeralds, Flight 714, and Tintin and the Picaros.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 1992
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Summary: Introduces the basic skills and strategy of table tennis, and demonstrates grip, spin, stance, serves, footwork, loops, flips, chops, and lobs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.346 HODHodges, Margaret
Summary: Relates the story of Offero, whose service to Jesus brought him the name of Christopher the Christ-bearer and caused him to be the patron saint of travelers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2002