Mehra, Nishta
Summary: Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MEHRA, NISHTA MEHSummary: Fifty years after anger and frustration over police-community relations boiled over into a rebellion in Detroit, there are lots of people asking what we’ve learned, how we’ve changed. ...There are so many ways that the factors that led to the uprising are still with us. There are so many reminders, both physical and metaphorical. If there is good news, 50 years after the 1967 uprising, it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 INTWilkinson, Karen
Summary: Displays the best exhibits, artwork, and projects in the Exploratorium museum, including a city built out of one hundred thousand toothpicks and a musical instrument that is powered by the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 WILWood, Zachary R.
Summary: There's no one Zach Wood refuses to debate or engage with simply because he disagrees with their beliefs--sometimes vehemently so--and this controversial view has given him a unique platform on college campuses and in the media. But Zach has never shared the details of his own personal story, and how he came to be a crusader for open dialogue and free speech. In Uncensored, he reveals how he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOOD, ZACHARY R WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOOD WOOZevin, Dan.
Summary: Dan Zevin, master of "Seinfeld-ian nothingness" (Time), is trying his best to make the transition from couplehood to familyhood. Acclimating to the adult-oriented lifestyle has never been his strong suit, and this slice-of-midlife story chronicles the whole hilarious journey--from instituting date night to joining Costco; from touring Disneyland to recovering from knee surgery; from losing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.6 ZEVLockman, Diane B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Outskirts Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371 LOCSmith, Jeremy N.
Summary: Contains personal narratives in which fifteen individuals comment on the influence of local food, farms, and gardens in their lives, and discuss how community gardens and community-supported agriculture can address social problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.09786 SMIGreene, Jay.
Summary: Jay Greene shows how important it is to build a culture in which design is more than an after-the-fact concern, it's part of your company's DNA. Drawing on interviews with top executives, Greene illuminates the methods of companies that rely on design to stand out in their industry.--[book jacket]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 GREGarcía Hernández, César Cuauhtémoc
Summary: "An in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 GARNowicki, Stephen
Summary: "We all want our kids learn the social skills they need to thrive. Yet many of today's kids are struggling to connect, often with no apparent reason why. In most cases, the explanation is simple: a child hasn't fully mastered the nonverbal language of everyday social interaction, like how to take turns in a conversation, how to respect boundaries of personal space, or how to tell whether a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 NOWAutomaton (Musical group)
Contents: Point of entry (the future is with control) -- Intersection point between empy deserts and written deserts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strata
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC AUTBrown, Tricia
Summary: "Profiles accompanied by photographs of ten Alaska Native kids and how they experience the intersection of their cultures and the modern world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of West Margin Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Pittsburgh corporate lawyer Nick Fallin's high life has gotten the best of him. Arrested for drug use, he is sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service. He must now squeeze those hours into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions, and board meetings. Reluctantly, he is now a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2010
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Summary: "The hardship caused by type 2 diabetes is fueled by profit-seeking food manufacturers. And while it is easy to place blame on the food industry, it is also important to understand our own roles in creating these circumstances. You might wonder why, if type 2 diabetes is reversible, it is commonly treated as a lifelong condition. ... In this book, Eric Edmeades and Dr. Rubén Ruiz give you a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2024
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Summary: "From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WISScott, Laurence
Summary: Drawing on the intersection of philosophy, politics, and memoir, an existential meditation on personal loss and the role of digital tech in how we find meaning in today's world illuminates the transition into self-defined but vulnerable intangible realities. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 SCOBerger, Joel
Summary: "On the Tibetan Plateau, there are wild yaks with blood cells thinner than those of horses' by half, enabling the endangered yaks to survive at 40 below zero and in the lowest oxygen levels of the mountaintops. But climate change is causing the snow patterns here to shift, and with the snows, the entire ecosystem. Food and water are vaporizing in this warming environment, and these beasts of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 BERRamesh, Jaya
Summary: What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 RAMFahey, John
Contents: Introduction -- When the springtime comes again -- Joe Kirby blues -- Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt -- When the catfish is in bloom -- Lion -- Dance of the inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain -- View east from the B & O Railroad viaduct and the Riggs Road intersection -- On the sunny side of the ocean -- The great Santa Barbara oil slick -- In Christ there is no east or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Water 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK FaheyHolland, R. William.
Summary: Shows what a prospective employer finds important; emphasizes those skills, accomplishments, and qualities in resumes and interview answers; identifies the intersection between talents and what the marketplace needs; and unlocks the power of social media.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 HOLDavis, Wes.
Summary: In the bleakest years of World War II, when it appeared that nothing could slow the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for German domination of the Middle East. But German command had not counted on the eccentric band of British intelligence officers who would stand in their way, conducting audacious sabotage operations in the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 DAVJohnson, Chelsea
Summary: A handy book about intersectionality that depicts the nuances of identity and embraces difference as a source of community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dottir Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHRyle, Robyn
Summary: "This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today's athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020