Han, Han
Summary: Han Han is the most influential (and provocative) young person in China, equally beloved and reviled for the satirical wit with which he takes on everyone from corrupt politicians to ludicrous protesters. In this collection of essays, he tackles everything from Internet culture in a country that censors the Internet to his own escapades driving around with fake police IDs and a megaphone, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 890 HANCallahan, Gail.
Contents: A very reasonable craft. The Big Three : fiber, color heat -- Your dye studio. Setting up your studio ; Safety first ; Be environmentally responsible ; Organizing your supplies ; Heat sources -- Fibers to dye for. What to expect from protein fibers ; The many elements that affect dye color ; Preparing fiber for the dyebath -- Dyes to try. Types of dyes ; Some dying warm ups ; Playing with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 CALWilson, Edward O.
Summary: "Summary Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants-from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest. " Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony. . . . Their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg," writes Edward O. Wilson in his most finely observed work in decades. In a myrmecological tour to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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Summary: Party of One shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics. Having masked his beliefs while climbing the party hierarchy, Xi has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.06 WONWilliams, Marcia
Summary: Draws eight stories from well-known collections of Indian folktales--Hitopadesha tales, Jataka tales, and Panchantra tales--and presents them with cartoon-like illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 WILRadinger, Elli H.
Summary: Love your family, care for your those around you, never give up and always find time to have fun -- these are the golden rules of wolves. These remarkably intelligent animals take empathetic care of their old and injured, bring up their young lovingly and are able to forget everything when playing. They think, dream, make plans, communicate intelligently with one another -- and behave more like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Joseph 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.773 RADSacks, Oliver
Summary: "Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SACPolenova, Elena Dmitrievna
Summary: Presents eight Russian folktales, including "Ivan the Fool and the Firebird," "How the Cat Outwitted the Fox," and "The Nanny Goat and her Family" as retold and illustrated with watercolors by a late nineteenth-century artist and designer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fontanka with the Vassily Polenov Association 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 POLCasey, Dawn
Summary: "A collection of 18 winter-themed folktales from around the world and fully illustrated"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 CASContents: From The adventures of Roderick Random / Tobias Smollett -- From Memoirs of a woman of pleasure / John Cleland -- From The history of Henry Dumont, esq. / Charlotte Gibber Charke -- I and my chimney / Herman Melville -- From Joseph and his friend : a story of Pennsylvania / Bayard Taylor -- From South sea idyls. In a transport / Charles Warren Stoddard -- From Marius the epicurean / Walter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 MITTattersall, Ian
Summary: Argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career-- from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman-- Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 569.8 TATPalazzo, Tony
Summary: An illustrated celebration of America conjures up a nostalgic era, featuring such celebrated figures as Pecos Bill riding a mountain lion, Davy Crockett getting outfoxed by a raccoon, and Sweet Betsy from Pike on her trip west.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 PALDavies, Beth
Summary: A guide to "Solo, a Star Wars story," introduces new heroes, villains, droids, and vehicles from the film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAVHeiligman, Deborah
Summary: "The true story of the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 HEICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 HEIWatts, H. David.
Contents: Facts and lies -- The orange wire problem -- Brain damage -- Let eagles come -- The chart in the window -- Thank you Mr. Nicholson -- Talking about Christmas -- Silence knows the right questions -- One cancer cell -- Anathema -- Telling the truth in the realm of truth -- Ghosts in the machine -- Blood butterfly -- Is something wrong with your prostate? -- The soft animal of the body -- Aspirin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 WATChen, Jiang Hong
Summary: Master artist Han Gan's painted horse comes alive to help save ancient China from attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HONHeller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELSummary: When the shadows grow long in Waterdeep and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson glow, adventurers from across the Forgotten Realms, and even from other worlds, spin tales and spread rumors of dark dungeons and lost treasures. Within this tome are seven of the most compelling dungeons from the 40+ year history of Dungeons & Dragons. Some are classics that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wizards of the Coast 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 793.93 TALDu Sautoy, Marcus
Summary: "Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors? Around the World in Eighty Games is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton's life on and off the big screen. Tom Felton's adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like The Borrowers catapulted him into the limelight, but nothing could prepare him for what was to come after he landed the iconic role...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FELTON, TOM FELChu, Lenora
Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUTallis, Frank
Summary: Love defines us. It shapes the individual, ensures the preservation of the species, and is the principal subject we - as a culture - choose to examine in our art forms. The experience of being in love is powerful and it inevitably changes how we feel and how we behave. Even when love is normal it is so intense that for thousands of years doctors and poets have described love as a kind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 TALLoh-Hagan, Virginia
Summary: "Books in the Magic, Myth, and Mystery series explore those spooky creatures that go bump in the night, fill our dreams (or nightmares!), and make us afraid of the dark. In Dragons you'll learn more about these creepy creatures. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2017
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Contents: Part I : Jerry's secrets for the lawn of your dreams -- Part II : When things go wrong -- Part III : New lawns to no lawns...and everything in between! -- Part IV : Putting it all together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Master Products 2001