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Murphy, Mannie

Summary: "What begins as an affectionate reminiscence of Mannie Murphy's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix--specifically his role in Gus Van Sant's classic film, My Own Private Idaho--slowly transforms into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's long and shameful history of white nationalism. Told in the style of an illustrated diary, with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MUR

Kim, Carol

Summary: "In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANN

Harris, Maurine

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry Publishing 1989

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 929.103 ANC

Kerbel, Deborah

Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.4 KER

Manning, Jack.

Summary: "Informative, engaging text and vivid photos introduce readers to longhouses"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Blanning, Beverley.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.22 BLA

Mangino, Kate

Summary: "From gender expert and professional facilitator Kate Mangino comes Equal Partners, an informed guide about how we can all collectively work to undo harmful gender norms and create greater household equity. As American society shut down due to Covid, millions of women had to leave their jobs to take on full-time childcare. As the country opens back up, women continue to struggle to balance the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 MAN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 MAN

Bayarri, Jordi

Summary: "Mary Anning made some of the most notable fossil discoveries of the nineteenth century. Her uncovering of ichthyosaur remains, plesiosaurus remains, and more expanded people's knowledge of prehistoric life. This graphic biography follows Anning from her early life in a family of fossil hunters in a coastal British town to her years as a collector who impacted scientific research and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023

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Fanning, Robbie.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Co. 1980

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Hemingway, Mariel.

Summary: "A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families: the Hemingways"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HEMINGWAY, MARIEL HEM

Banting, Erinn.

Summary: This book explores the plants, animals, and environment of the tundra.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.586 BAN

Lauria, Jo.

Summary: This book is a companion to the Craft in America PBS television series and to the traveling museum exhibition of the same name. This book will show that craft has never been just about pretty things. It has always been about our things, our inheritance, our personal collections. It is about functionality, about identity, about conceptual thinking, about fun and experiment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 Lauria

Lourie, Bruce.

Summary: There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone-disrupting phthalates and air pollutants. Smith and Lourie prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we smear on our skin-- day after day. Then they give us the good news about what is in our control and the steps we can take for reducing our toxic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 LOU

Lanning, Michael Lee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LAN

Fréchet, Marie-Laure

Summary: "An introduction to the French art of baking bread--including ingredient selection, starter cultivation, and bread-making techniques--with more than 100 recipes. The quintessential staple of French cuisine is the humble baguette, but the country's bread baking tradition-along with variations assimilated from other world cultures-offers a vast repertoire. With an introduction to the history of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.815 FRE

Blanning, Tim

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007

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Mannon, Melissa.

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Publisher / Publication Date: [Archivesinfo.com] 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.3 MAN

Lourie, Peter

Summary: A riveting adventure biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a focus on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world. A celebrity among the ranks of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton at the turn of the twentieth century, Fridtjof Nansen contributed tremendous amounts of new information to our knowledge about the Arctic. At a time when the North Pole was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NAN

Monnig, Alex.

Summary: Provides a history of the Oklahoma Sooners college football team.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2013

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.332 MON

Spalding, Maddie

Summary: "The Everglades are unique among the national parks for their warm wetlands. Everglades National Park explores the park, including its geology, plant and animal life, the peoples who have called it home, and its main attractions. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject." -- Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.79 NAT

Jaggar, Louisa

Summary: "The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAN

Lanning, Michael Lee

Summary: "Michael Lee Lanning tells the story of the courageous airmen who evaded capture and escaped to safety after being shot from the skies during World War II. Lanning covers the hows and whys of escape-and-evasion and aerial combat in the European theater, but also vividly captures the stories of the airmen who did the escaping and evading"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LAN

Manning, Jack.

Summary: "Informative, engaging text and vivid photos introduce readers to pueblos"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.1 MAN

Manning, Richard

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.16 MAN

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