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bibliography Biographies. biography Guidebooks. Handbooks and manuals. Illustrated works.Slahi, Mohamedou Ould.
Summary: "This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 SLAItō, Jōichi
Summary: "The future," as the author William Gibson once noted, "is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." WHIPLASH is a postcard from that future.The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are suddenly just one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 304 ITOAliche, Tiffany
Summary: "Introducing the powerful idea of striving for financial wholeness instead of early retirement or millionaire status, Get Good with Money guides us through the ten short-term steps that lead to long-term security. From the simple (best practices for budgeting and saving) to the more sophisticated (investing, taking charge of your credit score, and calculating your insurance needs), Tiffany...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 ALIWatson, Aldren Auld
Summary: Describes the history, community, and daily life of the early American furniture maker, the types of wood he chose, his shop, tools, techniques, and business affairs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.104 WATDeitche, Scott M.
Summary: This book examines all aspects of green careers, beginning with an overview discussing green jobs from environmental, economic, and political perspectives. The core of the book is comprised of chapters that describe specific types of green jobs and career paths. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 DEIGould, Meredith
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.041 GOUReich, David
Summary: "A groundbreaking book about how technological advances in genomics and the extraction of ancient DNA have profoundly changed our understanding of human prehistory while resolving many long-standing controversies. Massive technological innovations now allow scientists to extract and analyze ancient DNA as never before, and it has become clear--in part from David Reich's own contributions to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 REITenzin Geyche Tethong
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated chronicle presents an in-depth, firsthand narrative of the Dalai Lama's life story and the Tibetan saga. From remembrances of those close to him, and a treasure trove of over 400 images of Tibet's priceless visual heritage, it preserves a record of what it was like to create a nation from nothing, in exile, and how His Holiness rallied endlessly for his people. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALAI LAMA XIV TETKull, Andrew
Summary: New England Cemeteries highlights the cultural treasures to be found within this regions graveyards. There are 260 cemeteries worth visiting, and New England Cemeteries will route you to them. -from book jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: S. Greene Press 1975
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.574 KullGalor, Oded
Summary: "In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present, world-renowned economist and thinker Oded Galor offers an intriguing solution to two of humanity's great mysteries. Why are humans the only species to have escaped--only very recently--the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly exceeds all others? And why have we progressed so unequally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9001 GALOurs, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 OURPound, Blake.
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about fly fishing. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J799.12 POUHund, Emily
Summary: "Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry tells the story of how early digital creators scrambling for work amid the Great Recession gave rise to the multibillion-dollar industry that has fundamentally reshaped culture, the flow of information,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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Summary: A cultural and musical history of the 1960s in Britain and America captures the pulse of the era through the music of the Beatles, critically analyzing why the group became a trans-Atlantic phenomenon while discussing the evolution of the group's music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 GOUGould, Jonathan
Summary: "Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Try a Little Tenderness," and "Respect," a song he wrote and recorded before Aretha Franklin made it her own. As the architect of the distinctly southern, gospel-inflected style of rhythm & blues associated with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REDDING, OTIS GOUGould, Sheryl
Summary: "SOS! The Technology Guidebook for Parents of Tweens and Teens is Sheryl Gould's guidebook for parents who seek to keep their children safe online--away from inappropriate content, strangers, and cyberbullying--by equipping them to have the important conversations. With over fifteen years of experience coaching parents and working with families, Sheryl Gould understands how overwhelming and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.678 GOUBound, Mensun
Summary: A renowned marine biologist presents this extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance--a century to the day after Shackleton's death--that captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries, both of whom accomplished the impossible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.8904 BOUEule, Brian.
Summary: Describes the basic rules, skills, and important people and events in the sport of basketball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2003