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Brescia, Ray
Summary: "At this time of tumultuous change and threats to the rule of law in the United States, Lawyer Nation explores the critical role that American lawyers have played since the nation's founding, and the role they must play today and in the future, in defending and advancing justice and inclusion in our multi-racial democracy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2024
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Summary: "This pocket-size encyclopedia features diverse fairies from around the world that have charmed our imaginations for centuries, perfect for fans of mythology, folklore, and cottagecore"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2024
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Summary: "Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and was a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Get inspired--and prepared--for your best life at 50+. Living Your Best Life after 50 All-in-One For Dummies is your guide as you explore new opportunities and make the most of your fifties and the decades that follow. Find a new job, travel for weeks or months at a time, boost your health with yoga routines, take up pickleball--whatever it is you want to do, this book will inspire you to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2024
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Summary: "Staying strong and flexible becomes even more important as we age. This guide to exercise for seniors makes it easy to stay in motion with short and simple exercises you can do anytime and anywhere. With clear illustrations alongside step-by-step instructions from licensed physical therapist Ed Deboo, you'll learn how to build muscle mass, improve bone density, and feel great in only 10...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Callisto Publishing, an imprint of Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7044 DEBLynch, Becky
Summary: "This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin--a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch--delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame. By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This collection of 80 dramatic firsthand writings by Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and others brings to life the struggle for racial justice from the Civil War to World War. A vital resource for the teaching of the history of race in America that traces the ascendency of white supremacy after Reconstruction--and the outspoken resistance to it led by Black Americans and their allies. W.E.B....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 JIMLe, Nam
Summary: "An explosive, devastating debut book of poetry from the acclaimed author of The Boat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "Updated and revised for the first time in over a decade, the second edition of African American Almanac: 400 Years of Black Excellence is a comprehensive and inspiring book that celebrates the African American experience, highlighting the extraordinary people and their profound influence on American history. It covers a wide range of topics, including literature, art, music, the civil rights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 BRAMontell, Amanda
Summary: "'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2024
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Summary: The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: "Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 523.2 KALRothfeld, Becca
Summary: "A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent. In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic Becca Rothfeld takes on one of the most sacred cows of our time: the demand that we apply the virtues of equality and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: "Trauma, heartbreak, anxiety, and mourning are all parts of the human experience, and Josh Fletcher's mission in life is to normalize the need to find a trusted professional with whom you can discuss all of life's scariest aspects. Through the lens of four of his patients--you'll share in their self-discovery and recovery as they untangle themselves from an all-too-familiar web of emotions. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s, with rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rising sharply. The author lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time, and then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permission and the process for how to grieve and heal at your own pace. In As Long As You Need, J.S. offers an honest and unrushed engagement with grief, decoding four types of grieving-spiritual, mental, physical, and relational-and offering compassionate self-care and soul-care along the way. If you are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2024
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Summary: A gorgeous, sophisticated celebration of Audrey Hepburn's lifelong connection to the City of Light, featuring all the places in Paris she loved most, illustrated with vivid photographs, and featuring never-before-published stories about her films, family, friendships, photoshoots, and fashions. One of the world's most iconic actresses and one of the world's most iconic cities together in one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2024
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Summary: "Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 FRESummary: "How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children's Screen Consumption? The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family. Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2024
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Summary: "YouTube star, podcaster, and Bible teacher Jeanine Amapola helps young women navigate the complex worlds of dating, friendship, body image, career choices, faith- and more. Sharing real-world advice and tips from her own struggles and poor choices, she helps women overcome any challenge and live the full, fruitful, and free lives they were created for"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers / Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024
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Summary: "The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisdom, humor, and experience in seven extraordinary fly-fishing expeditions that mark one year in his journey through the middle part of life when worldly demands increase even as fishing continues to beckon-and must be pursued.In David Coggins's previous book, The Optimist, he tackles the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 799.124 COGTrent, J. Dana
Summary: "An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a divinity degree from Duke University-and then realizes she must confront her past to truly find her way home. "Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins." Born to drug-dealing parents in rural Indiana, Dana Trent is a preschooler the first time she uses a razor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2024
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Summary: "A feminist-forward guide to setting boundaries, assessing safety, and defusing violence using the self offense strategy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2024