Lewin, Benjamin.
Summary: Pinot Noir is a uniquely challenging grape with an unrivalled ability to reflect the character of the site where it grows. Winemakers all over the world have set out in search of the Holy Grail: to repeat Burgundy's success with Pinot Noir. "In Search of Pinot Noir" investigates the changing character of Burgundy, asks what happens to Pinot Noir outside of Burgundy, and examines how the wines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vendange Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.2 WINE LEWWebster, Rachel J.
Summary: "A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time, putting the past into urgent conversation with the present. In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WEBCohen, Benyamin
Summary: "Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B EINSTEIN COHNetanyahu, Binyamin
Summary: "From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled with purpose. Born in the wake of the Holocaust at the dawn of Israel's independence and raised in a family with a prominent Zionist history, they understood that the Jewish state was a hard-won and still precarious gift. All three studied in American high schools--where they learned to appreciate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2022
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Summary: "In this entertaining and informative book, science writer Till Hein shares the most tantalizing findings from the world of seahorses, opening up some of the secrets of these magical creatures of the sea. He reveals their intriguing biological features, such as their unique prehensile tails, their fins, and their lack of a stomach (seahorses only have intestines!). He speaks to experts about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 HEIEdin, Kathryn
Summary: "Three of the nation's top scholars, known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America, turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions for astral projection techniques, including travelling to different times and eras, reuniting with departed loved ones, and receiving direction from spirit guides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9 MCCAlexander, Bevin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 ALEMcCoy, Edain
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 MCCEding, June.
Summary: Presents the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 and her imprisonment by her half-sister, to her reign as queen, which brought peace, stability, and prosperity to sixteenth-century England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ELIHaas, Hein de
Summary: Drawing on three decades of research, this authoritative guide to global migration dispels many of the myths behind one of our most divisive political issues and presents solutions to make migration work better for everyone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325 HAAHeslin, Nancy
Summary: Describes the towns and villages of Provence and the Riviera and lists points of interest, beaches, hotels and restaurants, recreation, and entertainment for each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 PROCohen, Bevin.
Summary: "Just a few generations ago we were a nation of seed savers because it was essential to our survival. Many of us have lost touch with this ancient practice, but the knowledge is still inside each and every one of us just waiting to be unlocked. As the demand for locally grown food increases, the demand for local seed is not far behind. After all, food is only as local as the seed that grows it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 631.5 COHHardin, David
Contents: The daughter of the confederacy : Winnie Davis -- The conqueror's son : Tom Sherman -- The general's last battle : Ulysses S. Grant -- The diarist : Mary Boykin Chesnut -- The crippled knight : John Bell Hood -- That devil Forrest : Nathan Bedford Forrest -- The mad woman : Mary Todd Lincoln -- The good hater : Joseph E. Johnston -- The legend : Robert E. Lee -- The turncoat : George H. Thomas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2010
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Contents: Introduction: shipwrecked with God -- The genesis of gender -- Trans experience in the Torah -- Close encounters with an incomprehensible God -- Reading between the binaries -- Knowing the soul of the stranger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brandeis University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3086 LADYadin, Yigael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1966
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Summary: "A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.8 FALHeiden, Eric.
Summary: A five-time Olympic gold medalist and a U.S. Olympic team physician present a fitness program based on a philosophy of applying exercise as a prescription medication, in a guide that discusses key principles in fitness and weight loss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Living 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker and Company 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9042 ALEAlexander, Bevin.
Summary: Conventional wisdom holds that the South's defeat was inevitable. Yet military historian Alexander's new look at the Civil War documents how a Confederate victory could have come about--and how close it came to happening. Moving beyond theoretical conjectures to explore actual plans that Confederate generals proposed and the tactics ultimately adopted in the war's key battles, he shows why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.713 ALEShein, Christopher.
Summary: Offers information to gardeners of any skill level on how to create permaculture in their own backyard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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Summary: "A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harrisand her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. After two decades of brilliant research on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.3 EDIHeing, Bridey
Summary: "In the ongoing debates surrounding the United States' voting process, few topics are as heatedly discussed as the electoral college. It was established as a safeguard for democracy, but today many fear the electoral college does just the opposite; twice in recent elections the president who won the election did not win the popular vote, and many are concerned that the electoral college has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018