Summary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESTeatro Alla Scala
Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TRASummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMAlthea.
Summary: Examines the nature and importance of truth, explains why telling the truth can sometimes be difficult, and describes the negative effects of lying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.3 ALTHara
Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HARKyle, Taya
Summary: Presents an inspiring collection of stories of Americans who have persevered over adversity and built extraordinary lives after loss, hardship, and setbacks, showcasing the resilience of the American spirit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 KYLRamesh, Jaya
Summary: What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 RAMBlay, Yaba
Summary: "Explores the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 BLAKyle, Taya
Summary: The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KYLE, TAYA KYLIlya
Summary: "A brilliant guide to the art of creating comics... in the format of a comic!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 741.2 ILYDeAlto, Rachel
Summary: "Learn how to connect with anyone, anywhere with this helpful guide for improving your social skills-from relationship expert and media personality Rachel DeAlto"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 DEAScoates, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books Llc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.2 SCOBiello, David
Summary: An environmental journalist examines the world humanity has created through climate change and chronicles the scientists, billionaires, and ordinary people who are working toward saving the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 BIEDillow, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Water Brook Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.843 DILWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: "Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.5 WHICopies Available at Kingsley
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Summary: "With the distinctive sound of their bicycle bells, Chirri and Chirra are off on another whimsical adventure. In this new installment of the beloved series, the twins brave a rainy day together...after all, stormy weather is no match for their boundless energy and curiosity."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2021
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Summary: Through the stories of a varied cast of characters, Dr. Akhtar reveals what happens when we both break and forge bonds with animals. She demonstrates how humans are neurologically designed to empathize with animals, and how violence against them goes against our nature. In equal measure, the love and friendship we give to other species biologically reverberates back to us.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 590 AKHDollo, Xavier
Summary: Who is considered the world's first science fiction author? How did American science fiction begin? What sci-fi novel is the all-time best-seller? What were the "Pulps" and how did they predict with uncanny accuracy the 21st century world around us? The answers are here, along with detailed chapters dedicated to the founders of the genre and their modern-day successors. Discover the origins of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanoids, Inc. 2021
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Summary: No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While mega-sellers like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing book sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we’ve hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 YAFDiSalvo, David
Summary: " Let's be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) "carpe diem" mug-yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life. While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 DISDillon, Michael
Summary: "Now available for the first time--more than 50 years after it was written--is the memoir of Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka (1915-62), the British doctor and Buddhist monastic novice chiefly known to scholars of sex, gender, and sexuality for his pioneering transition from female to male between 1939 and 1949, and for his groundbreaking 1946 book Self : A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology. Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fordham University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DILLON, MICHAEL DILDillon, Mike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.8927 DILGreen, Aliza.
Summary: "Homemade rules in the kitchen, and everyone from artisan bakers to canners and picklers know it.Culinary enthusiasts and hungry home cooks are exploring classic skills again, and making homemade, hand-shaped pasta is on the rise. With the simplest ingredients and easier-than-you-think instructions, Making Artisan Pasta teaches you how make your own linguine, ravioli, lasagna, and dozens of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.822 GREYoung, Alora
Summary: "A true American epic in verse, Walking Gentry Home tells the story of Alora Young's ancestors, from the unnamed women the historical record has forgotten but Alora brings to life through imagination; to Amy, the first of her foremothers to arrive in Tennessee, buried in an unmarked grave unlike the white man who enslaved her and fathered her child; through Alora's great-grandmother Gentry,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2022