Bering, Jesse.
Summary: "A groundbreaking argument that perversions are more common than we think, from everyone's favorite provocateur In his eye-opening new book, Perv, the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering argues that we are all sexual deviants on one level or another. As Bering takes us into the lives of a woman who falls madly in love with the Eiffel Tower, a young man addicted to seductive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 BERLao, She
Summary: Stories by a Chinese writer. They range from A Man Who Doesn't Lie, which is a caricature of a habitual liar, to The Grand Opening, on a hospital which gives VD patients injections of tea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Hawaiʻi Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAOLao-tzu.
Summary: The book examines one of the world's most enduring and influential literary works, the Dao De Jing, through the timeless art of qigong, investigating the original text's relevance for mental, spiritual and physical health practices. In his words, Lao Tzu (or Laozi), author of the Dao De Jing, embodies qigong principles, advocating the cultivation of mind and body. Only when we know qigong can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: YMAA Publication Center 2018
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Summary: "Get the facts about the dangers and destruction caused by blizzards in 12 in-depth chapters that include topics on windchill, whiteouts, frostbite, and Nor'easters. Includes safety tips, statistics, sidebars, and critical thinking questions, plus editor-curated online resources for up-to-date information"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 12-Story Library 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.555 CORMcDonald, Liam
Summary: "American schoolchildren have long been taught that their country was 'discovered' by Christopher Columbus in 1492. But the history of Native Americans in the United States goes back tens of tens of thousands of years prior to Columbus's and other colonizers' arrivals. So, what's the true history?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.1 MCDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J793.1 MCDBenson, Sara
Summary: "Compact and affordable, Fodor's Compass American Guides: Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks is the perfect companion for those who want an easy-to-pack guidebook to some of the most exciting national parks in the United States."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BOBLeibovitz, Liel
Summary: Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created-Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four-occupy Hollywood's imagination and production schedules, generate billions at the box office, and come as close as anything we have to a shared American mythology. This illuminating biography focuses as much on Lee's ideas as it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, STAN LEIVolz, Alia
Summary: "During the 70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Each was devoted to the occult, and they regularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLZ, ALIA VOLKino, Carol
Summary: The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers, celebrated in their time as stars in their respective fields, but have largely been forgotten since. Here, in Double Click, author Carol Kino provides us with a fascinating window into the golden era of magazine photography and the first young women's publications, bringing these two brilliant women and their remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KINSegrè, Gino.
Summary: Theorizes that temperature is the most revealing method of measurement, considering such topics as the fixed internal temperature of most mammals and the significance of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 536.5 SEGBial, Raymond.
Summary: Discusses the nature and importance of soil and the many forms of life it supports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J577.5 BiaLebo, Kate
Summary: "Inspired by twenty-six fruits, essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends the culinary, medical, and personal in a book of lyrical essays, accompanied by recipes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LEBLibal, Autumn.
Summary: Considers the lessons to be found in North American folk proverbs and riddles, looks at their origins, and discusses their appearance in history, advertising, the health world, and other venues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.9 LIBMorillo, Elio
Summary: "Elio Morillo's life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space. Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MORILLO MORBenson, Tedd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.837 BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hand Print Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4302 KAZLigos, Laura.
Summary: Welcome to clean eating: a healthy lifestyle that incorporates more real food into your diet. The 200 recipes make clean eating healthy, easy, and delicious. This book supports a wholesome way of life you'll be happy to adopt for a long time. This go-to clean eating cookbook not only gives you advice on what to eat, but also provides important information to make your transition to clean eating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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Summary: A witty and wide-ranging exploration of a book that has perplexed and delighted people for centuries: the Talmud. For numerous centuries, the Talmud--an extraordinary work of Jewish ethics, law, and tradition--has compelled readers to grapple with how to live a good life. Full of folk legends, bawdy tales, and rabbinical repartee, it is inspiring, demanding, confounding, and thousands of pages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.12 LEILeibovitz, Liel.
Summary: A look not only at the inner man but also at the environments that shaped Leonard Cohen, from the rock scene of New York in the 1960s to the remote Zen monastery where Cohen spent years later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD LEIKrissoff, Liana.
Summary: This hip, modern handbook is filled with fresh and new ways to preserve nature's bounty throughout the year. It features full-color photographs, recipes, and detachable canning labels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.4 KrissoffMaslo, Lina
Summary: A lyrical nonfiction picture book about the inspired life of C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia--from Free as a Bird author-illustrator Lina Maslo. Perfect for fans of The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown and Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWBenson, Peter
Summary: Whittling can help you relax even as you create useful and beautiful art with just a knife and some timber. The Whittling Handbook helps beginners explore this time-honored craft and learn foundational skills, from gathering the basic tools to choosing the right wood to keeping your knife sharp. Begin with straightforward projects like a kitchen spatula, and then progress to more complex and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark 2020