Bergman, Gina Hamadey
Summary: "In this engaging book, she chronicles how twelve months spent writing 365 thank you notes to strangers, neighbors, family, and friends shifted her perspective - and why developing a lasting active gratitude practice can make you a happier person, heal complicated relationships, and reconnect you with the people you love -- all with just a little bit of bravery at the mailbox"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179 BERBirkman Fink, Sharon
Contents: You are here! taking the Birkman -- Identifying your strengths -- The components -- Esteem and acceptance -- The power of structure -- Authority : a boss or just bossy? -- Advantage and activity: are you in it to win it -- Empathy and thought how your emotions can help or hurt a decision -- Are you a frustrated maverick in the workplace? -- Challenge the wide angle : how do i look?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.283 FINCascone, Gina
Summary: "In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now. In every minute of every hour of every day, something wonderful is happening around our world. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist sits behind his easel working on a painting. While at the same...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CASSummary: Dedicated insurance investigator Nate Ford becomes disillusioned with his job when the company he works for refuses a claim that allows his 8-year-old son to die. Assembling a team of con artists, professional thieves, and computer hackers, Nate turns his attention to aiding those who have been wronged by corrupt corporations, by stealing their money back for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Chronicles a man's search for his lost brother who was sent out to Israel for adoption after World War II when he was a child in a displaced persons camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AIDSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUBerkman, Seth
Summary: Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador or general had been able to resolve in the sixty-five years since the end of the Korean War. Against all odds, the group of young women were able to bring North and South Korea closer than ever before.The team was built for this moment....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.962 BERBorgman, Harry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1977
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Summary: Trout is arguably the finest single volume ever produced on how, why, and where to catch trout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BERSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: When Malala Yousafzai was born, people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into her eyes and knew she could do anything. In Pakistan, people said girls should not be educated. But Malala and her father were not afraid. She secretly went to school and spoke up for education in her country. And even though an enemy tried to silence her powerful voice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YOUPappas, Dina
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 PAPBergsman, Steve
Summary: "In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous and respected, and even made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. However, there were many others, such as Margie Day, Helen Humes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 782.42 BERWolf, Gita
Summary: The Bhil people of central India are amongst the country's oldest indigenous communities. They have an intimate yet playful relationship with the natural world of animals, plants, trees and forests. All of them are part of their everyday environment. Gangu Bai, Bhil artist, brings this connection alive through a set of joyful paintings in her traditional style, based on her memories of growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tara Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 WOLBergman, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BERBergman, Mara.
Summary: Describes a chain reaction that is caused by Elizabeth pushing her classmate Joe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BERBergman, Paul
Summary: "Sometimes it makes sense to handle a court case without an attorney. This book breaks down the trial process into easy-to-understand steps so that you can act as your own lawyer -- safely and efficiently. Whether you're a plaintiff or a defendant, this book will help you confidently handle a divorce, personal injury case, landlord/tenant dispute, breach of contract, small business dispute, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2016
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Summary: Presents an assessment of Israel's state-sponsored assassination programs that evaluates the protective beliefs that are instituted into every Israeli citizen, the role of assassination in the state's history, and the ethical challenges of Israel's policies on targeted killings. "The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.9 BERGrace, Sina
Summary: As teenager Clark Kent and his friends grieve the death of a classmate, Smallville's latest threat pushes Clark to grapple with life's biggest questions in order to become the hero his town needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUPSegrè, Gino.
Summary: Theorizes that temperature is the most revealing method of measurement, considering such topics as the fixed internal temperature of most mammals and the significance of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 536.5 SEGMeryman, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WYETH, ANDREW MERRaphael, Rina
Summary: "The wellness industry has grown from modest roots into a $4.4 trillion entity and a full-blown movement promising health and vitality. While wellness may have sprung from good intentions, we are now relentlessly flooded with exploitative offerings, questionable ideas, and a mounting pressure to stay devoted to the divine doctrine of wellness. What happens when the cure becomes as bad as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 RAPSingh, Rina
Summary: The true story of a boy who grew up to bring extraordinary change to his village with regards to sex discrimination
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020