Walters, Wendy S.
Summary: "I have never been particularly interested in slavery, perhaps because it is such an obvious fact of my family's history. The fact that I am descended from slaves is hard to acknowledge on a day-to-day basis, because slavery does not fit with my self-image. Perhaps this is because I am pretty certain I would not have survived it." In the manner of Calvino's Invisible Cities, Wendy Walters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarabande Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 WALReddy, Anne Waller
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 1995
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3754 ReddyWalters, Kerry S.
Contents: An Ars moriendi for today -- Living toward a good death -- Trust : Joseph Bernadin -- Love : Thea Bowman -- Gratitude : Etty Hillesum -- Obedience : Jonathan Daniels -- Courage : Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Patience : John Paul II -- Christing : Caryll Houselander -- The great text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 WALWalters, Ryan S.
Summary: "He's the butt of political jokes, frequently subjected to ridicule, and almost never absent a "Worst Presidents" list where he most often ends up at the bottom. Historians have labeled him the "Worst President Ever," "Dead Last," "Unfit," and "Incompetent," to name but a few. Many contemporaries were equally cruel. H. L. Mencken called him a "nitwit." To Alice Roosevelt Longworth, he was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery History 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARDING, WARREN G. WALSummary: A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: Caught in a cycle of loss, Jane Austen fan Lily jumps at the opportunity to travel to England to re-enact Mansfield Park. While there Lily thinks she may finally realize her dream of living in a novel. But even in England, where she is immersed in a literary festival so rich it seems Jane Austen is present, her problems find her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONSummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Summary: From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company that even earned its own catchphrase: Google it!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338.7 SICHenry, Jessica S.
Summary: "Rodricus Crawford was convicted and sentenced to die for the murder by suffocation of his beautiful baby boy. After years on death row, evidence confirmed what Crawford had claimed all along: he was innocent, and his son had died from an undiagnosed illness. Crawford is not alone. A full one-third of all known exonerations stem from no-crime wrongful convictions. The first book to explore this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2020
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Summary: "This book paints a picture of the early settlers of the Genesee Country who were among the first wave of migrants moving westward after the Revolutionary War. Author Marian Henry begins with families enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census and links these first settlers of present-day Steuben County to their eastern origins -- usually New England, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. The sketches cover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 HenryFazio, Wende.
Summary: Describes the history, landscape, wildlife, and activities of Everglades National Park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.939 FAZWolters, Lynda
Summary: "Though the mainstream acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and queer community has made leaps and bounds over the past few years, many pivotal groups within our modern society still respond to the LGBTQ+ community with an overwhelming, knee-jerk reaction of 'us' vs. 'them.' Despite the progress that has been made, misunderstanding, hatred, animosity, aggression,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 WOLHendy, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2242 HENHendy, David.
Summary: "The first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present. Doctor Who; tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles and the Stones; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: for one hundred years, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been the preeminent broadcaster in the UK and around the world, a constant source of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384.5506 HENEmmons, Henry.
Summary: A practical guidebook for maintaining a sharp and healthy mind combines the latest neuroscience research with Eastern holistic mindfulness practices to outline a drug-free program for resilient mental aging.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 EMMLewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1996
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Summary: "In The Queen V, the beloved OB-GYN, celebrity doctor, and star of Bravo's Married to Medicine reveals the twelve principles behind a happy and healthy vagina...and other lady parts. After twenty years of private obstetrics and gynecological practice, there's nothing Dr. Jackie Walters hasn't seen. And now, in her new book, the widely-adored OB-GYN invites you to put your feet in the stirrups...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andy Cohen Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 WALWatters, Ethan.
Summary: Journalist Watters explores the American exportation of how the world goes mad, arguing that as we introduce Americanized ways of treating mental illnesses, we are in fact spreading the diseases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 WATWiedemer, David (John David)
Summary: "Aftershock warns of a very different economic future from what most people think. The full impact of the recent bubble pop will create far more problems than we have now, especially for the dollar, and will push home prices and stocks even lower. Unlike most books that try to explain our economic troubles, Aftershock goes beyond the outdated notion of "market cycles" to help readers clearly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 WIEWalters, Eric
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Sam and her father scrape by caring for rescued elephants until an offer comes through that may not only save the sanctuary, it may also restore an extinct species. Includes facts about woolly mammoths and cloning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WALWalters, Guy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.48 WALBarber, John Warner
Summary: "Barber and Howe's collaboration, originally published in 1841, opens with a general history of the state, followed by the details of each town, arranged alphabetically by county, then town, then city or village. Entries contain geographical and architectural descriptions, original Native American place names, political and religious history, population statistics, and interesting anecdotes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 BARWalters, Josh
Summary: "Remember those early days of love? When your heart felt all fluttery, and you saw your person through rose-colored glasses? They could do no wrong. You were going to have the most beautiful life with big adventures and lots of sex. Of course, everyone says marriage is work, you knew that. But that was okay; you could get through anything together. It was going to be great. Until it wasn't....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2024