Summary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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Summary: The oldest known military treatise, Sun Tzu's the Art of War is still one of the world's most influential writings on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded or used. Now available in its complete form-including an insightful English translation, the entire Chinese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 SUNSamuels, Robert
Summary: "A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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Summary: Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1524 FONGutiérrez, Raquel
Summary: "Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez's debut essay collection Brown Neon gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutierrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds. Whether contemplating the value of adobe as both vernacular architecture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GUTSamuels, Debra.
Summary: Presents recipes for traditional Japanese dishes that are accessible for the novice home cook, from such familiar favorites as chicken teriyaki and shrimp tempura to pumpkin rounds and mochi dumplings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 SAMSamuel, Julia
Summary: "Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and the process of mourning is still deeply misunderstood. In Grief Works we hear stories of those who have experience great love and great loss -- and survived. Arranged according to one's relationship to the person who has died -- a partner, a parent, a sibling, a child -- these stories show how grief unmasks our greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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Summary: "Humanity is at an inflection point. Stress, disconnection, and increasing environmental degradation have people yearning for more than just material progress, personal freedom, or political stability. We are searching for deeper connection. We are longing to belong. On Belonging is an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and of the fundamental human need to belong. It considers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 SAMGraydon, Samuel
Summary: This inventive new biography of the legendary physicist examines his complex and contradictory nature-from brilliant scientist to charming lothario and life of the party-in 99 vignettes based on intriguingly different particles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EINSTEIN, ALBERT GRAOsherson, Samuel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.632 OSHGammel, Irene
Summary: Author Gammel shows how a literary classic was born. Lucy Maud Montgomery's own life began in the rural Cavendish family farmhouse on Prince Edward Island, the place that became the inspiration for Green Gables. Mailmen brought the world to the farmhouse's kitchen door in the form of American mass market periodicals, sparking young Maud's imagination. She pored over these magazines, gleaning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTGOMERY, L.M GAMFromartz, Samuel.
Summary: " An irresistible account of bread, bread baking, and one home baker's journey to master his craft. In 2009, journalist Samuel Fromartz was offered the assignment of a lifetime: to travel to France to work in a boulangerie. So began his quest to hone not just his homemade baguette-which later beat out professional bakeries to win the "Best Baguette of D.C."-but his knowledge of bread, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 FROMoyn, Samuel
Summary: "A history of how an international effort to outlaw war gave way to an effort to regulate it, with an emphasis on the role played by the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 341.6 MOYSattin, Samuel
Summary: "An accessible, inclusive guide aimed at helping young fans celebrate their okatu spirit by sharing the history of anime and manga while giving young readers advice on how to explore and interact with this fandom. Whether they're watching anime on Netflix and Crunchyroll or bringing home stacks of manga from the library or bookstore, there is no denying that young fans need a guidebook to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 SATHammel, Laury.
Contents: Customer and community first -- Values-based financing -- Partnering with your employees -- Business networking for local value -- Creating partnerships with non-profits -- Making sustainability your competitive advantage -- Collaborating with government -- Building a bridge to the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HAMWillis, Raquel
Summary: "A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women's March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIS, RAQUEL WILHoliday, Samuel
Summary: "Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Under the Eagle ranges from Holiday's childhood years in rural Monument Valley, Utah, into the world of the United States's Pacific campaign against Japan--to Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Central to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 HOLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMonsour, Samuel
Summary: Bold new burgers are appearing on the menus of the country's top restaurants, reverently prepared by some of the nation's best chefs. The burger has become a fine dining event, expertly crafted and fiendishly devoured. Allow award-winning chef Samuel Monsour and noted burger critic and chef Richard Chudy to serve as your guides in this brave new world, bringing that energy and creativity to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Park Press 2015
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Summary: "Despite all the attention paid to it, the problem of online disinformation is only getting worse. Social media may well play a role in the 2020 presidential election and other major political events. But that doesn't begin to describe what future propaganda will look like. As Samuel Woolley shows, we will soon be navigating new technologies such as human-like automated voice systems, machine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 WOOCase, Samuel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prima Pub. 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gerald Duckworth 1989
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PEPSamuel, Julia
Summary: "With her usual warmth and wisdom, bestselling psychotherapist Julia Samuel explores the family: what we inherit and how we can change. Relationships fundamentally influence our health and happiness--and family is the only relationship we cannot leave, however much we might like to. And yet we often think too narrowly about the impact of our families on our lives. Every Family Has A Story sees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Canada 2022
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Summary: Incredible Wild Edibles covers 36 of the best edible wild plants in North America: fruits, berries, nuts, shoots, leafy greens, root vegetables, culinary herbs, teas, and syrups that boast exceptional flavor and nutrition. The plants chosen represent every habitat and every region in North America, from the northern forests to the southwest deserts, from the largest cities to the wildest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forager's Harvest Press 2017