Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: "Structured around a walk in the woods, On a Mushroom Day is an artful introduction to the wonderful world of mushrooms."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2024
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Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLIHay, Carol
Summary: "An audacious and accessible guide to feminist philosophy-its origins, its key ideas, and its newest directions. Think Like a Feminist is an irreverent yet rigorous primer that unpacks two hundred years of feminist ideas. Professor Carol Hay takes the long view on our current moment, framing it within the philosophical thinking that underlies the organization and activism that has transformed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 HAYFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 FRASchrader, Alejandra
Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCHCrapanzano, Aleksandra
Summary: Once known for its watery potatoes, stringy mutton, and grayed vegetables, London is now considered to be the most vibrant city on the global food map. The London Cookbook reflects the contemporary energy and culinary rebirth of this lively, hip, sophisticated, and very international city. It is a love letter to the city and an insider's guide to its most delicious haunts, as well as a highly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5941 CRADumas, Alexandre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2007
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Summary: "This book introduces readers to rocks"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 POTPotenza, Alessandra
Summary: "This book shows readers the awesome power of wildfires"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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Summary: PSYCH One of the early leaders of the New Age movement, Hay (Empowering Women, LJ 2/1/97) has collected letters from all over the world that appeared in her syndicated column, 'Dear Louise.' Here she continues her thoughts on self-healing, relationships, addictions, aging, death, and disease. Each chapter contains a brief introduction, several letters with responses, and a final affirmation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HAYHagy, Fred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 HagyHan, Han
Summary: Han Han is the most influential (and provocative) young person in China, equally beloved and reviled for the satirical wit with which he takes on everyone from corrupt politicians to ludicrous protesters. In this collection of essays, he tackles everything from Internet culture in a country that censors the Internet to his own escapades driving around with fake police IDs and a megaphone, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 890 HANHam, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.2 HAMHamilton, Alexander
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty Fund 2001
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Summary: "Discussions about "race" are too often confused with political correctness or cultural buzzwords. Using One Blood for Kids, parents can have this difficult conversation with children in a way they can understand."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Master Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.8 HAMHam, Paul
Summary: In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HAMBahamn̤, Alejandro.
Summary: Rematerial features projects that rescue discarded materials, from paper cups to cargo containers, and transform them into imaginative, attractive, efficient buildings and projects that are sustainable, innovative, even daring from a conventional perspective --Rematerial brings to light a movement of diverse professionals from around the world who address this fundamental theme: the reuse of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010
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Summary: "A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent-offering a way to extend yoga's gifts and tools for all who parent. Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 DESHorowitz, Alexandra.
Summary: What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds each other and that other quirky animal the human. This is a fresh look at the world of dogs from the dog's point of view. As a dog owner Horowitz is curious to learn what her dog thinks about. As a cognitive scientist she's intent on understanding the minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 HORKurland, Alexandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ringpress Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1088 KURWallner, Alexandra.
Summary: A brief biography of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony that discusses her early years and her battle to earn women fair treatment and the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANTHorowitz, Alexandra.
Summary: What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009