Neiman, Susan
Summary: "As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 NEIBaddeley, Alan D.
Contents: What is memory? -- Stort-term memory -- Working memory -- Learning -- Organizing and remembering -- Forgetting -- Repression -- Storing knowledge -- Retrieval -- Eyewitness testimony -- Amnesia -- Memory in childhood -- Memory and aging -- Improving your memory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books (U.S.) 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 BADHenner, Marilu.
Summary: If you could remember the confidence you felt when your prom date said yes, could it embolden you to ask for a raise today? Would the details of your early days with a heartbreaking ex help you recognize the potential red flags in a new romance? Marilu Henner says, "Yes!" In this revolutionary book, the author and memory expert helps you develop the ability to remember more of your past, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 HENAmen, Daniel G
Summary: "Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life ... but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.8 AMECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.83 AMEKelly, Lynne
Summary: In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky, and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us struggle to memorize more than a short poem. Using traditional Aboriginal Australian song lines as a starting point, Dr. Lynne Kelly has since...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 301 KELKelly, Lynne
Summary: Groundbreaking anthropologist and memory champion Lynne Kelly reveals how we can use ancient and traditional mnemonic methods to enhance and expand our memory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books, Ltd. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 KELGrody, Steve.
Summary: Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. Cholo (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 GROSiegel, Lawrence M.
Summary: Many children have learning disabilities and it's up to parents and schools to work together to ensure that each child's unique educational needs are met. But what if the school disagrees with your goals for your child? You are at a disadvantage if you don't know the law. This book teaches you to: identify a learning disability; understand your child's rights to education; untangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9 SIEKrekelberg, Alyssa
Summary: "Shares three stories of children learning how to set boundaries and have healthy relationships. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the stories. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index." -- Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177 KREGhosh, Madhushree
Summary: "Khabaar is a food memoir/narrative braiding global journeys of South Asian food through immigration, migration and indenture focusing on chefs, home cooks, and food stall owners asking the simple question of what it means to belong, and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. This question is braided into the author's own immigration journey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 GHOKrekelberg, Alyssa
Summary: "Shares three stories of children learning how to work together as a team. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the stories. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index." -- Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.7 KREOakley, Barbara A.
Summary: Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. In her book, she offers you the tools needed to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 OAKNguyen, Viet Thanh
Summary: "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 NGULinsenbach, Sherri.
Summary: "A parents' guide to homeschooling"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.04 LINKandel, Eric R.
Contents: Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different regions of the brain -- Searching for an ideal model for studying memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KANBudson, Andrew E.
Summary: "As you age, you may find yourself worrying about your memory. Where did I put those car keys? What time was my appointment? What was her name again? With more than 41 million Americans over the age of 65 in the United States, the question becomes how much (or, perhaps, what type) of memory loss is to be expected as one gets older and what should trigger a visit to the doctor. Seven Steps to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.83 BUDLemonick, Michael D.
Summary: "In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has uncovered. Lonni Sue Johnson was a renowned artist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B JOHNSON LEMGenova, Lisa
Summary: The Harvard-trained neuroscientist presents an exploration of the intricacies of human memory that distinguishes between normal and concerning memory loss while explaining the profound roles of sleep, stress, and other contributing influences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 GENCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 GENPeters, Mark
Summary: Grammar can be an intimidating subject. This guide helps you learn-- or relearn-- the essentials, and makes learning and using proper grammar simple.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 PETAllen, Rebecca J.
Summary: This title explores ways that people can find jobs and start making money, offering helpful suggestions on how to navigate interviewing, splurging after a paycheck, and quitting a job. Features include an ask the expert section, tips on being healthy, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.533 ALLNunn, Patrick D.
Summary: The traces of much of human history - and that which preceded it - lie beneath the ocean surface. This is fertile ground for speculation, even myth-making, but also a topic on which geologists and climatologists have increasingly focused on in recent decades. This is the first book to present the science of submergence in a popular format. Patrick Nunn sifts the fact from the fiction, using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.94 NUNKing, Neil
Summary: "A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City--an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr's desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KING, NEIL, JR. KINGopnik, Alison
Summary: "Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and thereby a particular kind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016