Chii
Summary: "A diary comic with an upbeat, adorable flair that tells the charming tale of Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition-as well as falling in love with a man who's head over heels for her. Now, Chii is about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIShipp, Josh
Summary: "In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SHIEisner, Peter
Summary: The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EISMaslowski, Peter, 1944-
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MasloMcOrist, Wilson.
Summary: "One hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), accomplishing one of history's most remarkable feats of endurance, even though his crew failed in their mission to cross Antarctica...Less well known, however, is the incredible but often forgotten tale of the Mount Hope party (also known as the Ross Sea party)--six men who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 MCOHeath, Chip
Summary: Understanding numbers is essential - but humans aren't built to understand them. Chip Heath outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say "Wow, now I get it!" This book will help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.4226 HEAHeath, Chip.
Summary: Explains how to overcome natural biases and irrational thinking to make better decisions in work and life, drawing on extensive studies and research to outline specific strategies for enabling clear-headed thinking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 HEAKidd, Chip.
Summary: Kids love to express themselves, and are designers by nature - whether making posters for school, deciding what to hang in their rooms, or creating personalized notebook covers. Go, by the award-winning graphic designer Chip Kidd, is a stunning introduction to the ways in which a designer communicates his or her ideas to the world. It's written and designed just for those curious kids, not to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 740 KIDFrancke, Chip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Leelanau Conservancy 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.2 FRA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 598.2 FRA
Gaines, Chip
Summary: Gaines is a TV star, renovation expert, author, and husband and father of 4 in Waco, Texas. He's also a serial entrepreneur always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn't quite work out as planned. His mentors taught him to never give up and his family showed him what it meant to always have a positive attitude despite your circumstances. And the most important thing was to take that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAINES, CHIP GAICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio GainesHeath, Chip.
Summary: In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. "Switch" shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 HEAGaines, Chip
Summary: Call it a network, a community, a home team. It might be your family, your neighbors, the people you work with. But you need to be intentional about choosing the people in it. Gaines has been building that kind of network his whole life, and he can tell you it doesn't come easy. Here he shares hard-won lessons and personal stories, coaching readers on how to build a network that will make their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.3 GAIVieira, Mark A.
Summary: "In this official centennial history of the greatest studio in Hollywood, unforgettable stars, untold stories, and rare images from the Warner Bros. vault bring a century of entertainment to vivid life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384 VIEJones, Chip
Summary: An investigation into how racial inequality has shaped the heart transplant race describes how in 1968 an injured black man checked into a hospital before his heart was removed and donated without his family's knowledge or consent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 JONWalter, Chip.
Summary: Seeks to explain why homo sapiens survived while other hominids did not, drawing on recent scientific discoveries and examining the survival value of such factors as premature births, long childhoods, and an extremely social nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 569.9 WALGreenwood, Mark
Summary: Describes the transatlantic journey taken by the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, detailing their hardships until they reached their destination in the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 GRETougias, Mike
Summary: "A riveting WWII account of survival at sea-Book 4 in the True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger Publishers 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 PONConley, Chip
Summary: At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He had the industry experience, but Conley was lacking in the digital fluency of his 20-something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CONConley, Chip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2006
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Summary: This book delves into some fascinating mysteries of experience: Why we tend to remember the best or worst moment of an experience, as well as the last moment, and forget the rest. Why “we feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not.” And why our most cherished memories are clustered into a brief period during our youth. Readers discover how brief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 HEAHeath, Chip.
Summary: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? Educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.13 HEAWalter, Chip
Summary: Explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020