Miller, William Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7 MILTaylor, Diane C. (Diane Carol)
Summary: Discusses what engineering is, highlighting female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in the field and providing activities, including building a suspension bridge, designing and building a kite, and investigating processed food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 TAYWilliams, Dee
Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILWilliams, Dee
Summary: "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, DEE WILGilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker)
Summary: A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GILGilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker)
Summary: The pleasure continues as the Gilbreths return, a little older, a little wiser, but no less delightful! Father has passed away, but the antics of this resourceful clan continue unabated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GILGilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker)
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1984
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 GILGilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker)
Summary: A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 GILWilliams, Billy Dee
Summary: "Film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 GILAdams, William Lee
Summary: "A memoir combining race, glitz, glamour, geopolitics, and the power of pop music, Wild Dances tells the story of how a misunderstood queer biracial kid in small-town Georgia became a Eurovision Song Contest commentator"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, WILLIAM LEE ADAWilliams, Ben.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.12 WILWilliams, Mike
Summary: For the first time, Alaska musher and tribal leader Mike Williams shares his remarkable life story with veteran sports writer Lew Freedman. Williams is a man of many parts, a sports figure, a government figure, a leader of his people, a husband, a father, and a Native man with one foot firmly planted in the twenty-first century and another firmly planted in the roots of a culture that dates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, MIKE WILWeintraub, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1963
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SUN CHIEF TALGilliam, Dorothy Butler
Summary: Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose fifty-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the US, covering a wide swath of media history--from the era of game-changing Negro newspapers like the Chicago Defender to the civil rights movement, feminism, and our current imperfect diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street, Hachette Book Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIAM, DOROTHY BUTLER GILŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANEDA, SANTOKA OYAMillan, Cesar
Summary: Looks at the positive effects that having and training dogs has on their owners, and shares personal stories of how the dogs in his life have given him important lessons in respect, confidence, resilience, and authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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Summary: "Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOYNE, MAGGIE DOYKilmer, Val
Summary: "Legendary actor Val Kilmer shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals the truth behind his recent health struggles in a remarkably candid autobiography. Val Kilmer has played so many iconic roles over his nearly four-decade film career. A table-dancing Cold War agent in Top Secret! A troublemaking science prodigy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KILMER, VAL KILLem, Stanisław.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8 LEMMosler, Layne.
Summary: "A delicious memoir that takes us from Buenos Aires to New York to Berlin as the author, driven by wanderlust and an unrelenting appetite, finds purpose, passion, and unexpected flavor. Layne Mosler's search for her next meal based on a recommendation from a cab driver starts in Buenos Aires: After leaving a tango club following a terrible turn on the dance floor, she impulsively asks her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOSLER, LAYNE MOSMealer, Bryan
Summary: In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But his luck soon runs out. Beset by drought, the family loses their farm just as the dead pastures around them give way to one of the biggest oil booms in American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MEAWeddon, Willah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NOG Press 1994