Kates, Gary
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.034 KATGeary, James
Summary: "A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom."--Stephen Fry. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there's the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.7 GRESummary: Enter the mythical world of the Gargoyles and get to know the ancient creatures that once guarded a medieval Scottish fortress, and who now have come alive at night to protect the city of Manhattan from evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GARClary, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&M ; Altwerger and Mandel 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 CLAEades, Mary Dan
Contents: Low-carb comfort food guidelines -- Bread and other delicious low-carb baked goods -- Low-carb comfort food breakfasts, brunches, and light meals -- Low-carb comfort food appetizers, soups, salads, and light lunches -- Comfort food poultry, meat, game, and seafood entrees -- Pasta, pizza, tortillas, and more--delicious low-carb Italian and Mexican recipes -- Comfort food veggies and side dishes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 EADEades, Michael R.
Summary: Introduces a lifestyle program that includes motivational advice, recipes, health tips, and nutritional guidelines to assist in treating major health problems, including diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and heart disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.28 EADEades, Michael R.
Contents: 1. Why low-carb works -- 2. Getting ready to go low carb -- 3. So, what do I eat? -- 4. The 30-day low-carb diet solution meal plans -- 5. Recipes -- Appendix A. Carbohydrate content of combination foods (dairy, nuts, soy) -- Resources -- Meal planner worksheet -- Appendix B. Recommended multivitamin and mineral profile -- Appendix C. Visualizing meat portion sizes -- Appendix D. Protein...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 EADClary, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.22 CLAClary, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maritime History in Art 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.41 CLAWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINSummary: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ARTEades, Michael R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.2 EADSummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMSummary: John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHEddy, Mary Baker
Contents: Prayer -- Atonement and eucharist -- Marriage -- Christian Science versus spiritualism -- Animal magnetism unmasked -- Science, theology, medicine -- Physiology -- Footsteps of truth -- Creation -- Science of being -- Some objections answered -- Christian Science practice -- Teaching Christian Science -- Recapitulation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Church of Christ, Scientist 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.5 EDDEDDY, MARY BAKER
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1934
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel EddyOakes, James
Summary: "An award-winning scholar uncovers Lincoln's strategy for abolishing slavery in this groundbreaking history of the sectional crisis and Civil War. Some celebrate Lincoln for freeing the slaves; others fault him for a long-standing conservatism on abolition and race. James Oakes gives us another option in this brilliant exploration of Lincoln and the end of slavery. Through the unforeseen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 OAKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 OAKOakes, James.
Summary: This is a book about two towering figures in our nation's history. It is a moving story about an improbable friendship, and an important story about an equally improbable alliance. [In the book, the author] has written a ... narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America. -Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7114 OAKSummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILOakes, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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Summary: "An academic and activist takes an entertaining look at the Nordic welfare state--and shows us how we, too, can have a far more equal and just economic system In America, many Democrats invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most Republicans fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But the left and right can usually agree on one thing: that the Nordic system is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 LAKOakes, James.
Summary: Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.714 OAKDaly, James A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bobbs-Merrill 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 DALLaken, Valerie.
Summary: Hoping to rekindle their troubled marriage while renovating a historic house in Ann Arbor, Kate and Stuart Kinzler learn that the house had been the scene of a devastating crime thirty years earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2009