Rosenstock, Barb
Summary: Describes how Vasya Kandinsky's creative life was profoundly shaped by a neurological condition called synesthesia which caused him to experience colors as sounds and sounds as colors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2014
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Summary: Stanley and his friends paint boxes, and learn that by mixing paints they can use all the colors of a rainbow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD BEEHudak, Heather C.
Summary: "This series offers an exciting glimpse into the world's most daring sports and the athletes who take part in them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6 HUDFairchild, Barbara
Summary: A comprehensive cooking compendium from America's leading food and entertaining magazine, Bon appétit, selects more than 1,200 of the periodical's best-loved recipes for every meal, taste, budget, and occasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 FAISummary: The authors expose the fascinating ways that we can blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and happiness ... drawing on the extensive correspondence the authors have received over the years, they have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using [the book] to improve their lives and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 LEABox, C. J.
Summary: Joe Pickett investigates the disappearance of a local businessman, who recently had his intended retirement property declared wetlands and is suspected in the murder of two EPA employees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS BOXFiorani, Francesca
Summary: A new biography of the artist behind the Mona Lisa distinguishes between his life as an artist and as an inventor and discusses how he used his understanding of optical science to perfect his painting techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.5 FIOGates, Henry Louis
Summary: "A magnificent, foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves, in resistance to the lies of racism and often in heated disagreement with each other, over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s legendary Harvard introductory course in African American Studies, The Black Box:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 908.996 GATBoyle, T. Coraghessan
Summary: "From the title story, which features a so-called relive box that allows users to experience anew almost any moment from their past, to 'The Five-Pound Burrito,' the tale of a man aiming to build the biggest burrito in town, the twelve stories in this collection represent a whole new way of looking at the world"--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYEvans, Richard Paul.
Summary: An inspirational Christian tale on a dying woman who convinces a busy shopkeeper in Utah to devote more time to his family because their love is God's greatest gift. This is the hardcover edition of a paperback self-published last year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVABennett, William J. (William John)
Summary: His legend has spanned seventeen centuries, across Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and beyond. But if all you know of him is an image of a jolly, plump toy-bringer, you are about to be introduced to a tale of adventure, complete with emperors, knights, villians, shipwrecks, kidnappings, treasure and dark dungeons. A tale of the age-old struggle of good against evil, right against might.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2009
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Summary: "This book explores all aspects of toy creation, using many types of materials. Melt, tint, and pour as you create sidewalk chalk cubes, paints made from berries, a jumbo crayon, and more!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J745.5 FELClark, Walter Van Tilburg
Summary: Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLACumming, Charles
Summary: "Lachlan Kite is a member of BOX 88, an elite transatlantic black ops outfit so covert that not even MI6 and the CIA are certain of its existence--but even the best spy can't anticipate every potential threat in a world where dangerous actors lurk around every corner. At the funeral of his childhood best friend, Lachlan falls into a trap that drops him into the hands of a potentially deadly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUMBeck, Glenn.
Summary: Revisits Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" in light of contemporary American issues, and suggests that some of the very freedoms given as reasons that independence was first necessary are again in jeopardy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BECIvinson, Yvonne
Summary: A fox sets out across the sea in a floating box on a grand adventure full of endless possibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IVIShiloh, Toni
Summary: "Hollywood hair stylist and makeup artist Neveah loves making those in the spotlight look their best. But when the spotlight is on her after a photo of her and Hollywood heartthrob Lamont goes viral for all the wrong reasons, they suddenly find themselves in a fake relationship to save their careers. In a world where nothing seems real, can Neveah be true to herself...and her heart?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction ShilohBrown, Box
Summary: "Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.72 BRODean, James
Summary: Uses stories about Pete the cat to teach children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DEAFinando, Donna.
Summary: Myofascial pain syndromes are among the fastest growing problems that physicians, osteopaths, acupuncturists, and physical, occupational, and massage therapists encounter in their patients. In Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain Donna and Steven Finando have organized vast amounts of information on treating myofascial pain into an accessible "user's manual" for healthcare practitioners....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Healing Arts Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 FINLevin, Yuval.
Summary: "In The Great Debate Yuval Levin explores the origins of the familiar left/right divide in American politics by examining the views of the men who best represent each side of that debate: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. In a groundbreaking exploration of the origins of our political order, Levin shows that our political divide did not originate (as many historians argue) in the French...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 LEVWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: "One day in the park, the Aldens' dog, Watch, comes across a mysterious box with a note inside. 'Congratulations!' the note says. 'You've found it!' The box is part of a game called Geocaching. Soon, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are searching all over town for hidden boxes and making friends with other kids in the geocaching club. But is one of the club members a thief?" -- p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARAdams, Ansel
Summary: "A New Year Graphic Society book."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 ADAEsmonde-White, Miranda
Summary: Three essential factors determine how you move through the world without pain, feeling healthy in your body: flexibility, strength, and posture. For decades Esmonde-White has been developing her daily Essentrics workout, and here she has distilled the program into a life-changing addition to every wellness library. You will learn how to train your body as one intereconnected unit, use constant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2023