Griswold, Eliza
Summary: In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.73 GRISummary: For the first time in paperback, here is the all-in-one "bible" on how to fire up the creative powers of your mind to attain a life of prosperity. The Prosperity Bible is a one-of-a-kind resource that collects the greatest moneymaking secrets from authors across every field-religion, finance, philosophy, and self-help-and makes them available in a single, handy volume.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 650.1 HILPostel, Sandra
Summary: Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.4 POSThygerson, Alton L.
Contents: Background information -- Action at an emergency -- The human body -- Finding out what's wrong -- CPR -- Automated external defibrillators -- Shock -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Bandaging wounds -- Burns -- Head and spinal injuries -- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Extremity injuries -- Splinting extremities -- Sudden illnesses -- Poisoning -- Bites and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 THYSummary: In just 25 years, Chile has gone from a Marxist state to a dictatorship to a democracy. The transition has strengthened Chile's economy, but not all Chilean citizens have shared in the prosperity. In fact, the divisions between rich and poor have widened, causing critics to question whether democratic capitalism is the right solution. As the scenario unfolds, so do the moral issues surrounding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Gaige, Amity
Summary: "Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GaigeGaige, Amity
Summary: "The Folded World tells the story of an idealistic young social worker drawn into the lives of his mentally ill clients. Charlie Shade was born into a quiet, prosperous life, but a sense of injustice dogs him. He feels destined to leave his life of "bread and laundry," and to work instead with people in crisis. On his way, he meets his kindred spirit in Alice, a young woman living helplessly by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAIBrynjolfsson, Erik.
Summary: A pair of technology experts describe how humans will have to keep pace with machines in order to become prosperous in the future and identify strategies and policies for business and individuals to use to combine digital processing power with human ingenuity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 BRYShlaes, Amity.
Summary: A brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOLIDGE, CALVIN SHAGaige, Amity
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAIZitelmann, Rainer
Summary: "In this book, Rainer Zitelmann identifies the reasons behind the sensational growth of Vietnam and Poland's economies, drawing out lessons for other countries from these two success stories. He returns to Adam Smith's 1776 treatise, The Wealth of Nations, to explain their success: the only way to overcome poverty is through economic growth, Smith wrote, and economic freedom is the crucial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2024
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Summary: "From the author of the bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class, a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008-09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to "reset," and, in doing so, paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like--of how we will work and live--in the future"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 FLOShlaes, Amity.
Summary: Shlaes offers a reinterpretation of the Great Depression, seeking to demonstrate how the failures of Hoover and Roosevelt to understand the prosperity of the 1920s directly contributed to massive national burdens that marginalized common citizens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.916 SHLShlaes, Amity.
Summary: A biography of Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 COOLIDGE, CALVIN SHLShlaes, Amity.
Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 978 SHAShlaes, Amity.
Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SHLBernstein, William J.
Contents: A brief history of financial time -- The nature of the beast -- The nature of the portfolio -- The enemy in the mirror -- Muggers and worse -- Building your portfolio -- The name of the game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.6 BERCrane, Cody
Summary: "Knowing how to treat injuries is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can splint a broken finger using only tape? Or that cool water is the first step to treating a burn? Learn all this and more in First Aid -- a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore." -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.02 CRAWann, David.
Contents: Preface: a generation's journey back to health -- Introduction -- Taking stock: how foresight can cut our losses -- Evolutionary income: an instinct for happiness -- Personal assets -- Personal growth: creating a rich life story -- Mindful money: more value from better stuff -- The bonds of social capital: the more we spend, the more we have -- Time affluence: how to save it and savor it --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 WANStrauss, Steven D.
Summary: "Learn how to thrive in even the most volatile economic climate with smart strategies from USA TODAY's top small-business columnist Owning a small business can be challenging enough even in the best of times. And when times get tough-whether the challenges are brought about by pandemics, recessions or any other volatility, you need every tool sharpened and ready to go. You'll find them all in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.02 STRStiglitz, Joseph E.
Summary: "A companion to his acclaimed work in Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz, along with Carter Dougherty and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, lays out the economic framework for a Europe with faster growth that is more equitably shared. Europe is in crisis. Sluggish economic growth in many countries, widespread income stagnation, and recession have led...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.94 STISumac, Yma.
Contents: La molina (The mill song) -- Flor de canela (Cinnamon flower) -- Gallito caliente (The hot rooster) -- La pampa y la puna (The plains and the mountains) -- Dale que dale (The workers song) -- Llora corazon (Crying heart) -- Huachina (Enchanted lake) -- La perla de chira (The pearl) -- Mi palomita (My pigeon) -- Virgenes del sol (Virgins of the sun) -- Gallito ciego (One-eyed rooster) -- Clamor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Right Stuff 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING SUMActress
Contents: Nimbus -- Untitled 7 -- Fantasynth -- Blue window -- Cyn -- X22rme -- Runner -- Falling rizlas -- Dancing in the smoke -- Faure in chrome -- There's an angel in the shower -- Visa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ACTRand McNally and Company
Summary: Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset and national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction and conditions contact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 2016