Lerer, Seth
Summary: Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. Seth Lerer here explores the iconic books, ancient and contemporary alike, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.89282 LERFerrer, Sean Hepburn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEPBURN, AUDREY FERLester, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
Contents: Beyond wishful thinking : facts, deductions, and grounded assertions about climate and energy -- An energy innovation system that works -- Electric utilities and the three waves of energy innovation -- The first wave : unlocking innovation in building energy efficiency -- The second wave of innovation-Part 1 : Low-carbon electricity supply -- The second wave of innovation-Part 2 : The rest of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIT Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.79 LESFerer, Christy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 FERLefer, David.
Summary: Provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 LEFLeser, David
Summary: In Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing, author David Leser presents an essential and incisive investigation, unearthing the roots of misogyny, its inextricable links to the patriarchy, and how history brought us to the #MeToo movement and the wave of incandescent female rage that is sweeping the world. his book calls on men (yes, all men) to be accountable for their contribution to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 LESLever, Évelyne.
Summary: A biography of the French queen explores the intrigue surrounding her life from her birth, through her unhappy marriage, her lavish life at Versailles, to the events leading up to her death by beheading during the French Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARIE ANTONINETTE LEVSeah, Audrey
Summary: "The history of Vietnam is complicated and filled with conflict, and that history has impacted the nation's culture in major ways. Readers explore the relationship between Vietnam's history, geography, and culture in this thoroughly updated look at the Southeast Asian nation. With chapters highlighting economics, arts, religion, language, and the lifestyles of the Vietnamese people, readers are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 959.7 SEALehrer, Jonah
Summary: Drawing on the fields of psychology, neuroscience and anthropology, a New York Times best-selling author unlocks the secrets of mystery's allure, shedding new light on everything from the formulas of our favorite detective shows to the calculated risks of the stock market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 LEHLehrer, Jonah.
Contents: Walt Whitman : the substance of feeling -- George Eliot : the biology of freedom -- Auguste Escoffier : the essence of taste -- Marcel Proust : the method of memory -- Paul Cézanne : the process of sight -- Igor Stravinsky : the source of music -- Gertrude Stein : the structure of language -- Virginia Woolf : the emergent self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 LehrerLehrer, Jonah.
Summary: Offers a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making--and how it can help us make better choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.83 LEHStern, Seth (Seth Ross)
Summary: This book is a sweeping and revealing insider look at court history and the life of William Brennan, champion of free speech and public access to information, and widely considered the most influential Supreme Court justice of the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRENNAN, WILLIAM J STELehrer, Jonah.
Summary: "New York Times"-bestselling author Lehrer ("How We Decide") introduces readers to musicians, graphic artists, poets, and bartenders to show how they can use science to be more imaginative and make their cities, their companies, and their culture more creative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.3 LEHBerkman, 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 BERGodin, Seth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dearborn Financial Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.024 GODLloyd, Seth
Summary: Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 LLOLynch, Seth
Summary: Lakes can be hundreds of miles long and thousands of miles deepor small enough to swim across! Its common for homes and roads to be built near lakes because they offer such beautiful scenery as well as needed resources. Readers are introduced to the lake biome that may be in their backyard through lakes main features, animals and plants that may live there, and examples of some of the largest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.6 LYNLipsky, Seth.
Summary: Lipsky provides a no-nonsense, entertaining, and learned guide to the fundamental questions surrounding the document that governs how we govern our country. Features more than 300 illuminating annotations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7302 LIPFeser, Edward.
Contents: Bad religion -- Greeks bearing gifts -- Getting medieval -- Scholastic aptitude -- Descent of the modernists -- Aristotle's revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Augustine's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 FESGlezer, Maggie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.815 GLELeBor, Adam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.948 LEBLeamer, Laurence
Summary: Describes the brutal killing of a young black man and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 Alabama and the civil suit that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 LEALeiser, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 688.7912 LEIHerman, Gail
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the shortstop and captain of the New York Yankees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015