Sharkey, Alix
Summary: In this remarkable memoir, a harrowing true story of family, violence, guilt and atonement, a journalist reflects on his own journey to come to terms with his brothers terrible crimes - and to find justice for the young girl he killed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHARKEY, ALIX SHAParks, Stella
Summary: "From one-bowl devil's food layer cake to a flawless cherry pie that's crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like blueberry muffins and glossy fudge brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, your favorites are all here..."--Amazon.com. A celebration of classic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 PARAliu, Akim
Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALISparkles, Tina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Craft SparklesSparke, Penny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BARRN 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 SparkeParkes, Clara
Summary: "Renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes uses the metaphor of knitting to tell her own story via twenty-two captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays."--Front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 746.43 PARParkes, Clara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potter Craft 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ParkesAvi
Summary: When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family. John Huffam is sure the tall man's beard is false. He's sure of little else in November 1849, the year he is fourteen, the year his father is sentenced to London's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC AviSparke, Penny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.4442 SPAStarnes, Todd
Summary: The author, a journalist, broadcaster, author and host of Starnes Country on Fox Nation, shares his insights and predictions on how today's political and cultural trends could affect the United States of the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 STAStarker, Ron
Summary: "Why do we need libraries when we have Google?" Today's libraries are in jeopardy. And yes, perhaps if libraries were only book warehouses, we wouldn't need them. But libraries can be so much more than a place to check out books. In the Digital Age, it's more important than ever for libraries to evolve into gathering points for collaboration, spaces for innovation, and places where authentic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: EdTechTeam Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 025 STASEARLES, BAIRD
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.09 SEAStarkey, David.
Summary: Starkey examines the rituals of diplomacy, marriage, pregnancy, and religion that were part of daily life for women at the Tudor Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 STARKStarnes, Lauren
Summary: "This book is designed to help support adults in having potentially difficult or emotionally charged conversations with young children about world and family events"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 STAAvi
Summary: As Crispin tries to fulfill Bear's dream of moving to Iceland, he must leave Troth behind at a convent that needs a healer but, after falling in with thieves posing as musicians, he makes a new friend, Owen, and together they continue the arduous journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2010
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Summary: Adventurous golden mouse Ragweed is on a freight train leaving the city of Amperville. On his journey he meets Lotar, a young, annoying, and lost raccoon who₂s desperate to reunite with his mother. Though Ragweed doesn't really want to help the raccoon, by doing so he winds up in Dimwood Forest. Ragweed is now ready to strike off on his own, but it's not long before he hears a cry for help....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2020
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2020Anderson, Sparky
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ANDBartkowski, Alli.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 BartkowskiKamozawa, Aki.
Summary: The writers of Popular Science's "Kitchen Alchemy" online column share informative essays that explain both food-preparation methods and underlying science, building on today's popular "geek-chic" trends with one hundred recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 KAMVolz, Alia
Summary: "During the 70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Each was devoted to the occult, and they regularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLZ, ALIA VOLSearles, Steve
Summary: "In this wondrous and eye-opening exploration, Steve Searles, the reknown and respected "Bear Whisperer" of Mammoth Lakes, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of these remarkable creatures and the world we share. In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome bear population. But as he began to prepare for the grim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.78 SEAAnderson, Sparky
Summary: BLESS YOU BOYS chronicles the incredible 1984 season of the Detroit Tigers--from opening day, to clinching the American League East Division, to winning the American Pennant, straight through to beating the San Diego Padres in five games to become the 1984 World Champions. Sparky Anderson, the Tigers' colorful manager and 1984 American League Manager of the Year, tells all in this, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 ANDSharot, Tali
Summary: "We all have a duty to affect others--from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts--from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control--are ineffective, because they are incompatible with how peoples minds operate. Sharot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 SHAAlm, Sara
Summary: "The Flat Pattern Method teaches you to customize your clothes with new pattern shapes, style lines, and details with step-by-step instructions!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Publishing International 2017