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Aly, Götz

Summary: "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 995.3 ALY

Aly, Götz

Summary: "A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums Why the Germans? Why the Jews? Countless historians have grappled with these questions, but few have come up with answers as original and insightful as those of maverick German historian Gotz Aly. Tracing the prehistory of the Holocaust from the 1800s to the Nazis'...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.0049 ALY

Aki, Evi

Summary: In Flavors of Africa, Evi Aki shares the traditional Nigerian dishes she grew up enjoying, as well as typical eats from all across the continent. She introduces customary recipes from each of Africa's different regions, including meals from Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, Angola and more, all of which she collected with the help of relatives and family friends. Whether...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishng Co. 2018

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Avi

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 Avi

Summary: Fourteen children's book artists draw their favorite foods and explain why they love them, using short stories, statements, and poems.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAR

Avi

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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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVI

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2010

Avi

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 Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2020

Weintraub, Aileen

Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018

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Summary: Profiles twelve contemporary artists from three urban centers: Berlin, Johannesburg, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ART

Summary: In 2004, Izzat Majeed founded Sachal Studios to create a space for traditional music in a nation that had rejected its musical roots. After convincing a number of master musicians to pick up their instruments again, they quietly released some classical and folk albums, but it was an experimental album fusing jazz and South Asian instruments that brought Sachal Studios worldwide acclaim. Their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SON

Kato, Kazue

Summary: With both eyes of the Impure King in their possession, Mamushi and Todo head for the temple that was once the center of the Myodha sect, but Mamushi remains unaware that Todo plans to resurrect the Impure King. As he prepares to face the Impure King, Rin learns more about Father Fujimoto's connection to Tatsuma and the origins of the Koma Sword.

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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2012

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Marton, Kati.

Summary: "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, NOEL HAVILAND MAR

Matz, Jeffrey.

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Summary: The bucolic New England town—a suburb of Manhattan—became the site of fervent experimentation by some of the leading lights of the movement in the United States, the architects known as the Harvard Five, whose modern aesthetic could be traced to the Bauhaus school of design. There they promoted their core principles: simplicity, openness, and sensitivity to site and nature, and built glass,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Monacelli Press 2014

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 MAT

Usitalo, Kath

Summary: How did a sparsely populated landmass surrounded by Great Lakes and completely separated from the rest of the state become the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? At the end of each winter what do Yoopers -those hardy souls who call the UP home -measure with a 30-foot tall thermometer? And should you put ketchup or gravy on a pasty? You ll find the answers to these questions and many more in Secret...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 USI

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 USI

Kato, Kazue

Summary: Exorcist Rin Okumura continues to try to control his demonic powers as distrust swirls around the heads of the various Myodha temple families, and he receives a letter that reveals information about his past.

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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2012

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Usitalo, Kath

Summary: To the Anishinaabe-Ojibwa people it was a gathering place, a sacred burial ground, and the home of the Great Spirit Gitchie Manitou. Throughout the 1600s French voyageurs, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders arrived at Mackinac Island. Its strategic location in the straits between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas made it a military outpost the British and Americans found worth...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press, LLC 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN MAC

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.3 USI

Katō, Kazue

Summary: "When Shiemi confronts her old nemesis Amaimon, the demon king of earth doesn't understand just how powerful Shiemi has become. But for Shiemi to achieve her destiny, she also needs to realize her own strength! Back in Assiah, Satan and his minions square off against Mephisto and the Knights of the True Cross to determine the fate of the world. After receiving some enchanted power-ups, the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Konayama, Kata

Summary: "After a harrowing night with their sister and a trip to the hospital, Mogumo tells Tetsu about their past. Between their long struggle with gender dysphoria, the pain of an unsupportive family, and their desperate act of self-harm, life has been far from easy for them. Despite the friction with their family, however, Mogumo decides to reach out for reconciliation. What will happen when they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LOV

Marton, Kati.

Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MAR

Usitalo, Kath

Summary: Touring Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is like taking a two-week trip by station wagon. Not in terms of time---you can sample plenty if four days is all you have. It's about stepping back and appreciating a place of raw scenic beauty dotted with roadside attractions, blinker-light towns, rustic cabins and hand-painted signs advertising smoked fish and homemade jam.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2017

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN UPP

Shlaim, Avi.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.04 SHL

Kalz, Jill.

Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Russian."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2013

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J RUSSIAN 491.78 KAL

Kato, Kazue.

Summary: When Rin Okumura learns his real father is the Demon Lord Satan, he swears to defeat him and enters True Cross Academy to become an exorcist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Marton, Kati.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 MAR

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