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Summary: Symptoms and treatments for diabetes and how this condition affects people's daily lives. Diabetes affects how the body turns food into energy. Read this book to find out the causes, symptoms, and treatments for this condition, and how people living with diabetes can enjoy happy, healthy lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Bear Books 2023
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Summary: "In this book, John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle illuminate an underexplored aspect of worked-over cultural icon Henry David Thoreau and what his thinking has to tell us about the way we work now. Henry at Work overturns the popular perception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse, scornful of work and other mundanities. Just the opposite, they argue, Thoreau worked hard and thought intensely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 KAABrimner, Larry Dane
Summary: "Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.845 BRISchedneck, Brooke
Summary: "Theravada translates as "the way of the Elders," indicating that this Buddhist tradition considers itself to be the most authoritative and pure. Tracing all the way back to the time of the Buddha, Theravada Buddhism is distinguished by canonical literature preserved in the Pali language, beliefs, and practices-resources for which are often specialized and academic in tone. By contrast, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 SCHKiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIEOlson, Elsie
Summary: This title explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Biology field. Accompanying the main text are activities from paper flower seeds to a microbe garden. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO 2024