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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALISummary: Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWAline
Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 ALIAliki.
Summary: Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETChan, Alina
Summary: "In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHAChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC CHABirenbaum, Halina
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Publisher / Publication Date: M.E. Sharpe 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 BIRENBAUM, HALINA BIRGreen, 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 GREDas, Alina
Summary: This provocative account of our immigration system's long, racist history reveals how it has become the brutal machine that upends the lives of millions of immigrants today. Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are arrested, imprisoned, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the "deportation machine." The bulk of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325 DASDiffley, Atina.
Summary: "A memoir of making these essential relationships work in the face of challenges as natural as weather and as unnatural as corporate politics, her book is a firsthand history of getting in at the "ground level" of organic farming. One of the first certified organic produce farms in the Midwest, the Diffleys' Gardens of Eagan helped to usher in a new kind of green revolution in the heart of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 DIFMindlin, Galina.
Summary: "Your Playlist Can Change Your Life is the first book to offer scientifically proven methods for using your favorite music to enhance your life. You'll discover how you can use the tunes you love to: Relieve anxiety; Increase your alertness; Feel happier; Organize your brain; Sharpen your memory; Improve your mood; Live creatively; Enhance your ability to fight off stress, insomnia, depression,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.11 MINLevinson, Aliya
Summary: "Willpower, for most, is a refined skill set needed to succeed in life. How to Win with Willpower provides a roadmap to managing this inner strength. From your diet to life in general, you'll find ways to reach your goals faster by eliminating roadblocks like procrastination, temptations, and waning motivation--and embracing positivity. Your personalized program begins with understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 LEVAlink, Merissa
Summary: "From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 ALIWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIHoffman, Adina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9442 HOFFuhrman, Elina
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nut FuhrmanKysar, Alana
Summary: In this gorgeous collection of eighty-five fresh and sunny recipes, Maui native and popular food blogger Alana Kysar takes you into the homes, restaurants and farms of Hawai'i.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59969 KYSWhiteley, 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
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.5 WHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat WhiteleyVolz, 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 VOLWrobleski, Adina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Wrobleski 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.28 WROAliki.
Summary: Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 780 ALIAliki.
Summary: Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1979
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Around AlkiAliki.
Summary: A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1985