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Summary: Rematerial features projects that rescue discarded materials, from paper cups to cargo containers, and transform them into imaginative, attractive, efficient buildings and projects that are sustainable, innovative, even daring from a conventional perspective --Rematerial brings to light a movement of diverse professionals from around the world who address this fundamental theme: the reuse of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.47 BAHOliva, Alejandra
Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLISchrader, Alejandra
Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCHDumas, Alexandre
Summary: Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated until his escape years later when he exacts his revenge on those who wronged him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsworth Editions Limited 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Dumas 2002Jadad, Alejandro R.
Summary: "A provocative manifesto that teaches you how to take control of your own health, no matter your age or circumstances-from an innovative doctor and his philosopher daughter. Dr. Alex Jadad is the creator of the Jadad scale, a methodology to assess the quality of clinical trials that has become the most widely used in the world, and Tamen Jadad-Garcia is a health entrepreneur and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 JADDumas, Alexandre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2007
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Summary: "Dante brings the legendary author--and the medieval Italy of his era-- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANTE ALIGHIERI BARBarbero, Alessandro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 BARAnderson, Jessica Lee
Summary: When Naomi's veterinarian mother brings home a sick snake, Naomi is inspired to form a snake rescue club, and while her best friend Emma and brother Nolan are on board, her next door neighbor, who is afraid of snakes, is less than thrilled. Includes glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC ANDExquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Summary: Of all the pirates to terrorize the Caribbean waters, none are as notorious as Sir Henry Morgan. His fame rests in part on an extraordinary document: the diary of buccaneer Alexander Exquemelin, who sailed under Morgan and recorded his infamous and bloody adventures. Originally published in 1678, Exquemelin's classic account of joining "the wicked order of pirates," and of the most fearsome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008
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Summary: "A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent-offering a way to extend yoga's gifts and tools for all who parent. Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications, Inc. 2023
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Summary: What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds each other and that other quirky animal the human. This is a fresh look at the world of dogs from the dog's point of view. As a dog owner Horowitz is curious to learn what her dog thinks about. As a cognitive scientist she's intent on understanding the minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 HORKurland, Alexandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ringpress Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1088 KURWallner, Alexandra.
Summary: A brief biography of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony that discusses her early years and her battle to earn women fair treatment and the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANTConnor, Alexandra.
Summary: Could a single scandalous painting rock two British monarchies, centuries apart and threaten the lives of everyone who knows of its existence? It could--if the painting contains proof of a liaison between a prostitute and a prince.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Oak 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONHorowitz, Alexandra.
Summary: What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HORMunroe, Alexandra.
Summary: "This illustrated book is the first full survey of the artist's career to include work in all media, including film and music. An introductory essay by Alexandra Munroe explores Ono's life, her relationship to international avant-garde movements in America and Japan, and the aspects of her art and thought that have guided her prolific production over four decades. Jon Hendrick's study of Ono...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Japan Society 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 700.92 MUNPopoff, Alexandra.
Summary: Discusses the lives of six wives who were married to famous Russian authors, describing their dedication to their husbands' careers and the hardships they endured under the repressive policies of Russian regimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.709 POPRobbins, Alexandra
Summary: "A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins. Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1 ROBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social RobbinsZapruder, Alexandra
Summary: The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ZAPKitty, Alexandra
Summary: Beauty in imperfection! Learn the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi and understand why, in the way of kintsugi artists, broken is better than new. This is your guide to putting the pieces back together to restore broken plates, vases, and other ceramics and glass items to be even better than before. Starting with repairing a simple dent or crack, you'll gain the skills to reconstruct goblets,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738 KITLange, Alexandra
Summary: "From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development. Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 711 LAN1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 711 LAN
Lapierre, Alexandra
Summary: "Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin's ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he's abruptly and mysteriously deported from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020