Tish, Ben
Summary: "Sicily is both at once a frugal peasant land with a simple robust cuisine, but also full of ornate glamour and extravagance. A most beautiful and complex contradiction in terms, Ben Tish unlocks the secrets of Sicily's culture and food within these pages, diving into its diverse tapestry of cultural influences. Sitting at the heart of the Mediterranean, between east and west, Europe and North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Absolute 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.6 OSHFong, Stacey Mei Yan
Summary: Growing up in Singapore, Indonesia, and Hong Kong, Fong watched movies set in the US and dreamed of road-tripping from coast to coast, eating pie at diners along the way. Her book is an ode to her chosen home: honoring the people, places, and flavors that made her fall in love with this country by creating a pie for every state. Each pie is a tribute to its region's unique ingredients and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8652 FONCole, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palatine Transcripts 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3747277 COLShepherd, Margaret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2008
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Summary: Offers an open letter to the first woman president, and all women striving to achieve something, containing forward-thinking advice and inspiration for future women leaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 PALBennett, Roger
Summary: "One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett traces the origins of his love affair with America, and how he went from a depraved, pimply faced Jewish boy in 1980's Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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Summary: "In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman's bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Frightened and in pain, she was once forced to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B QADERI QADFletcher, Doc
Summary: This book is a fan's love letter to baseball played at the Corner of Michigan and Trumbull, in downtown Detroit, first at wooden Bennett Park (1896-1911) and then at its steel and concrete replacement known by three names: Navin Field (1912-1937), Briggs Stadium (1938-1960), and finally, Tiger Stadium (1961-1999). The Cathedral at The Corner was where-together with our great-grandparents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AuthorHouse 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FLEFlor, Martina
Summary: The Golden Secrets of Lettering is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. With easy-to-understand instructions and guidelines, plenty of inspirational examples, and hundreds of hand sketches and illustrations, Martina Flor shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and handdrawn sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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Summary: "After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters--whom he someday may not recognize--and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben's story will captivate and encourage you to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2016
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Summary: "After the success of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott brought her genius for characterization and eye for detail to a series of revolutionary novels and stories remarkable for their forthright assertion of women's rights. In the largely autobiographical Work: A Story of Experience, twenty-one-year-old orphan, Christie Devon, announces 'a new Declaration of Independence' and pursues economic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALCRousseau, Jean-Jacques
Contents: Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Discourse on the Sciences and Arts or First Discourse. Replies to Critics. Letter to M. l'Abbe Raynal. Observations [to Stanislas, King of Poland]. Letter to Grimm. Last Reply. Letter about a New Refutation. Preface to Narcissus. Preface of a Second Letter to Bordes -- Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men or Second Discourse....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1997
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Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1995
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BALYate, Martin John
Summary: In the newest edition of his classic cover letter guide, job search expert Martin Yate shows you how to dramatically increase your chance of landing an interview. The key, as Yate explains, is to use language drawn from the job posting itself, words that will send your application to the top of database searches. In this completely updated guide, you'll find numerous sample cover letters, along...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650 YATJacoby, Susan
Summary: During the Gilded Age, Ingersoll raised his voice on behalf of Enlightenment reason, secularism, and the separation of church and state with a vigor unmatched since America's revolutionary generation. Jacoby restores Ingersoll to his rightful place in an American intellectual tradition, as a public figure who devoted his life to liberty of conscience belonging to the religious and nonreligious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2013
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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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Summary: "A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart--by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as "a star of the 2016 campaign" (The New York Times) who coined the term"whitelash" Van Jones burst into the American consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign with an unscripted,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 JONRoloff, Jeremy
Summary: More than 2.3 million people watched as Jeremy and Audrey Roloff shared their vows and committed their lives to each other. Now, the former co-stars of TLC's show Little People, Big World share their imperfect, resilient, and inspiring love story. The journey to their wedding day was the culmination of a bumpy and complicated dating relationship. From health problems, to emotional walls, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241 ROLSummary: Children will learn the different sounds that each letter makes. With 29 easy reader books, children can practice the different letter sounds using short,fun to read stories containing 3 and 4 letter words. Meet the Letter Sounds also introduces basic phonics rules, such as "r-controlled vowels" and "silent e."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "A masterpiece of warrior wisdom that shows how to overcome obstacles with positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other. Two years ago, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard froma former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he hadn't seen in a decade. Drew Sheets had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 GRESummary: Pregnant as the result of an adulterous affair, Hester Prynne pays for her sin publicly while her unnamed lover wrestles with his conscience in private. But Hester transforms her shameful badge - the letter A sewn from red cloth - into a gorgeous emblem of honor as she earns both spiritual redemption and the respect of her Puritan peers. This production of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1979
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Summary: This unabridged collection covers a multitude of subjects, including philosophy, politics, turkeys, and dogs. It includes Ralph Waldo Emerson's ''Self Reliance''; Henry David Thoreau's ''Walking'' and ''Civil Disobedience''; Mark Twain's ''Hunting the Deceitful Turkey''; Benjamin Franklin's ''Reply to a Begging Letter''; and Thomas Paine's ''The American Crisis''. Also includes essays by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Words 2012