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African Americans Race identity Electromagnetism Geomagnetism H.L. Hunley (Submarine) Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson) 1892-1964 Magnetic fields Military operations, Naval Submarine Solar radiation Health aspects United States World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations SubmarineRoberts, Blain.
Contents: Introduction -- Making up white Southern womanhood : the democratization of the Southern lady -- Shop talk : ritual and space in the Southern black beauty parlor -- Homegrown royalty : white beauty contests in the rural South -- Thrones of their own : body and beauty contests among Southern black women -- Bodies politic : beauty and racial crisis in the civil rights era -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of North Carolina Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 ROBHarden, Blaine
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was stationed on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICHOLS, DONALD HARBlais, Madeleine
Summary: "In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais' in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack--it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond--well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLAIS, MADELEINE BLABlain, Keisha N.
Summary: "Until I Am Free explores the political ideas and philosophies of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer"-- "Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Keisha N. Blain situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.092 BLAHarden, Blaine
Summary: "The untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history sheds new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NICHOLS, DONALD HARHarden, Blaine
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 returns with the riveting and revealing story of one of the most persistent "alternative facts" in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.5 HARHarden, Blaine.
Summary: Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHIN HARLangan, Alana
Summary: It's no secret that time spent in nature is good for us. Nature helps us thrive: it improves our health and well-being and can decrease our stress. But if you don't have the luxury of a forest at your doorstep, bringing the outside in can provide an immediate connection to the natural world and the many benefits that come with it. From the founders of the botanical emporium Ivy Muse and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 LANBettinger, Blaine T.
Contents: Part one: Getting started -- Genetic genealogy basics -- Common misconceptions -- Ethics and genetic genealogy -- Part two: Choosing a test -- Mitochondrial-DNA (mtDNA) testing -- Y-chromosome (Y-DNA) testing -- Autosomal-DNA (atDNA) testing -- X-chromosomal (X-DNA) testing -- Part three: Analyzing and applying test results -- Third-party autosomal-DNA tools -- Ethnicity estimates -- Analyzing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 BettingerBlair, Arthur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 769.56 BLABlair, Joan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 BLAChernila, Alana.
Summary: Written as much for the reader as the cook, The Homemade Kitchen covers a globe’s worth of flavors and includes new staples (what Alana is known for) such as chèvre, tofu, kefir, kimchi, preserved lemons, along with recipes and ideas for using them. Here, too, are dishes you’ll be inspired to try and that you will make again and again until they become your own family recipes, such as Broccoli...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 CHEMitchell, Alanna
Summary: "A cataclysmic planetary phenomenon is gathering force deep within the Earth. The magnetic North Pole will eventually trade places with the South Pole. Satellite evidence suggests to some scientists that the move has already begun, but most still think it won't happen for many decades. All agree that it has happened many times before and will happen again. But this time it will be different. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2018
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Summary: Our world is filled with hidden mysteries and wonders for those who open themselves to possibilities that science has not yet explained. Tim Ellis and Brad Blair, two of the authors who brought you Yoopernatural Haunts: Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society Case Files, continue their exploration of the bizarre and otherworldly in their latest book, Great Lakes Monsters and Mysteries. Join...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visionary Living Publishing/Visionary Living, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Misc Mys BlairBlair, Clay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996
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Summary: "A powerful illustrated history of the Great Migration and its sweeping impact on Black and American culture, from Reconstruction to the rise of hip hop. Over the course of six decades, an unprecedented wave of Black Americans left the South and spread across the nation in search of a better life--a migration that sparked stunning demographic and cultural changes in twentieth-century America....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.049 IMAImani, Blair
Summary: A critically acclaimed historian and outspoken advocate and activist helps readers become informed, compassionate, and socially conscious through discussions on race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 IMABlair, Emma Helen
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 BLALance, Rachel
Summary: "This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024
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Summary: "A story about a woman scientist's journey to discover a submarine"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LANBlair, Margaret Whitman.
Contents: Liberty to slaves -- And some joined the patriots -- War and its aftermath -- Nova Scotia and freedom -- Africa: the promised land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.341 BLABolles, Edmund Blair
Contents: A radical fact resisted -- The opposite of an intriguer -- Not German at all -- I never fully understood it -- Independence and inner freedom -- A mercy of fate -- Picturesque phrases -- Scientific dada -- Such a devil of a fellow -- Intuition and inspiration -- Bold, not to say reckless -- A completely new lesson -- Slaves to time and space -- Where all weaker imaginations wither -- A triumph...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joseph Henry Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 BOLSummary: "A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas--and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 FOUBrown, Blair Lauren
Summary: "Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-intoxicating, non-psychoactive, anti-inflammatory compound of the cannabis plant with enormous therapeutic potential, from relieving stress to alleviating muscular discomfort. Blair Lauren Brown, founder of Vertae Essentials, shares her knowledge of cannabidiol and provides recipes to use in daily practice that can enhance your life. This illustrated guide suggests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Ethos 2020