Sichol, Lowey Bundy
Summary: From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company that even earned its own catchphrase: Google it!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338.7 SICGaneri, Anita
Summary: Describes the characteristics, life cycle, diet, and enemies of frogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.89 GANMiller, Leila
Summary: Advice from a Catholic mother on raising boys to be chaste as they're bombarded with sexual suggestions throughout society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holy Heroes Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.845 MILGoldsmith, Connie
Summary: "In the twenty-first century, military marine mammals detect lost equipment and underwater mines. Large rats are trained to find land mines in more than 80 countries. Military working dogs search for explosive devices and other weapons and are trained to take down enemy combatants. In earlier centuries, military fighters rode horses into battle, relied on elephants to haul supplies, and trained...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 355 GOLScarlata, Kate
Summary: "IBS affects 45 million Americans; it's also a tricky disease--hard to diagnose, miserable to live with. With the advent of the low FODMAP diet, nutrition is one of the primary treatments--but most folks don't know how to connect the dots between our brain and our gut health. Enter world renowned digestive health specialist and registered dietitian Kate Scarlata, and prominent GI psychologist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Presents a step-by-step look at how formations of spores turn into mature mushrooms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579.6 OWIMcIlwain, Charlton D.
Summary: "Black Software, for the first time, chronicles the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the Internet. Through new archival sources and the voices of many of those who lived and made this history, this book centralizes African Americans' role in the Internet's creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 MCISlim, Pamela.
Summary: Inspired by reader submissions to her blog Escape from Cubicle Nation, Slim provides everything one needs to consider before making the decision to become self-employed, from the nuts and bolts of starting a business to a full discussion of the emotional issues involved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 SLIBrearley, Laurie
Summary: From rushing river currents to the waves that crash along coastlines, water power is all around us. For centuries, people have relied on the movement of water for transportation and a power source for simple machines. It can also be used to create the electricity we rely on every day. Readers will find out what makes water flow from one place to another, how dams and turbines are used to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333.91 BREZweig, Connie
Summary: "A guide to working through the inner obstacles of late life and embracing the spiritual gifts of aging"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Street Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging ZweigNelson, Craig
Summary: Backed by a research team’s five years of work, which produced nearly a million pages of documents, as well as Nelson’s thorough re-examination of the original evidence assembled by federal investigators, this work provides a blow-by-blow account from both the Japanese and American perspectives. Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in detail, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars NelsonSchweikart, Larry.
Summary: Traces the rise of the United States as a global superpower from a conservative perspective, challenging popular views while offering insight into the country's influence on world politics, military affairs, and business practices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 SCHNiehoff, Leonard M.
Summary: "Traces the development and evolution of the free speech doctrine in the Supreme Court and explores how the Court, with varying levels of success, has applied that doctrinal framework to 'hard cases' and current controversies, such as those involving hate speech, speech on the internet, speech on campus, and campaign finance regulation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 NIESomers, Suzanne
Summary: "Women's health pioneer and beloved bestselling phenomenon Suzanne Somers aims to provide readers with an arsenal of solutions for thriving, not just surviving in an increasingly toxic world. Suzanne interviews cutting-edge doctors in the fields of environmental medicine and integrative health, providing a clear identification of the core reasons we're so 'tox-sick' as well as a whole-life plan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 SOMJacob, Aglaée.
Summary: "A practical guide to an anti-inflammatory, low-irritant, nutrient-dense diet for IBS & other digestive issues"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paleo Media Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.3 JACSummary: Sexualia takes a lavishly illustrated and expertly written look at human sexuality, its practices and traditions, in cultures from ancient times up through the present day. Written by an international team of cultural critics, scientists, and anthropologists, this book shows an astonishing variety of reactions to the possibilities and problems of sexuality in the course of history. Sexualia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Könemann 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 306.7 BISHuddleston, Cameron
Summary: "As your parents age, you may find that you want or need to broach the often-difficult subject of finances. In Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances, you'll learn the best ways to approach this issue, along with a wealth of financial and legal information that will help you help your parents into and through their golden years."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 HUDKeahey, John
Summary: "A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of history of Ancient Rome through the modern eye. In 66 B.C., young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 KEAOtfinoski, Steven
Summary: "Learn about the history of alternative energy and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333 OTFSummary: "Consists of twelve essays written by twelve different authors from five different countries who all have one thing in common: they were once atheists or agnostics but then came to Christian faith through engaging with the thinking of the New Atheist Richard Dawkins. The authors include academics, journalists, a civil servant, a church pastor, an engineering manager, a counselor, a graphic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kregel Publications 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 COMLerer, 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 LERDu Bois, Steff
Summary: "For those days when you feel like you just can't take it anymore...Everybody struggles. Whether you're breaking down in tears at the grocery store, on the verge of cussing out your toxic family member or coworker, screaming at cars in traffic, or feeling completely alone and friendless on a Saturday night--we've ALL been there. The struggle is REAL. And it's okay to NOT feel okay sometimes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2023
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Summary: This comprehensive work traces Viet Nam's history, a narrative of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious heritage, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms to contending regions, civil wars, French colonies, and modern republics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 KIEHoward, Devon.
Summary: Discusses the step-by-step production process of skateboard building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackbirch Press 2006