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Autobiography Authorship Biography as a literary form Conduct of life Detective and mystery stories Authorship Doyle, Arthur Conan 1859-1930 Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Ethics Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Philosophy Lake Oswego (Or.) Biography Juvenile literature Totalitarianism Psychological aspects Wiener, Alter 1926-2018Filter By Series
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Summary: "The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 WALCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health WalkerCarter, Walter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GPI Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.87 CARSalter, Edwin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1980
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3749 SalteDesmet, Mattias
Summary: "Occasionally, there are books that try to make sense of a key moment in history - and become an indispensable guide to the times we live in. This book is one of them. In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow collective psychosis to take hold. By analysing our current global situation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.53 DESRicard, Matthieu.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3437 RICBoström, Mattias
Summary: "Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author's own attempt to escape his invention? In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828 BOSAlter, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK ALTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Stacks, Call number: 973.932 ALTAlter, Robert
Summary: Presents a modern translation of the Books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, and provides annotations and commentary for each verse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 223.077 ALTSmith, Helmut Walser
Summary: "The first major history of Germany in a generation, a work that presents a five-hundred-year narrative that challenges our traditional perceptions of Germany's conflicted past. An epic in the tradition of Jonathan Spence's The Search for Modern China andJill Lepore's These Truths, Helmut Walser Smith's sterling work promises to redefine our perception of German history. For nearly a century,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943 SMIHalper, Jeff
Summary: "Governments today are waging a 'war against the people' - whether 'securitization' against asylum seekers in Fortress Europe, 'counterinsurgency' in Afghanistan, or the subliminal war of policing and surveillance arising everywhere. Israel's contribution to this is key: exporting the high-tech weaponry, security systems and methods of pacification perfected on the Palestinians in the Occupied...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PlutoPress 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 HALWainer, Howard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.5 WAIAlter, Adam
Summary: A groundbreaking guide to getting unstuck making breakthroughs in every sphere of life, from creative pursuits and sports to entrepreneurship and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 ALTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 ALTSalyer, Hannah
Summary: "Around the world, our ancient ancestors' mysterious art is left behind on cave walls, in rain forests, and with ink made from charcoal and crushed clay. These people told their stories in magnificent drawings that still speak to us today, echoing across generations. In her own stunning artwork that features the deserts of North America to the caves of Papua New Guinea, Hannah Salyer showcases...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.01 SALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.01 SALSatter, Ellyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kelcy Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2083 SATLevy, Matthys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.21 LEVHalber, Deborah.
Summary: In America today, upwards of forty thousand people are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated from their names, are being adopted by the bizarre online world of amateur sleuths. It's DIY CSI. The web sleuths pore over facial reconstructions (a sort of Facebook for the dead) and other online clues as they vie to solve cold cases and tally up personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 HALWilser, Jeff
Summary: Structured around key moments in Biden's life and career--and filled with Biden-isms like "That's a bunch of malarkey" and "I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid"--this blend of biography, advice, and humor will reveal the experiences that forged Joe Biden, and the lessons we can use in our own lives. Along the way, readers will also encounter fun sidebars on his love of muscle cars, his most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIDEN, JOE WILKalder, Daniel
Summary: "Since the days of the Roman Empire dictators have written books. But in the twentieth-century despots enjoyed unprecedented print runs to (literally) captive audiences. The titans of the genre--Stalin, Mussolini, and Khomeini among them--produced theoretical works, spiritual manifestos, poetry, memoirs, and even the occasional romance novel and established a literary tradition of boundless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 KALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: 329.1 KALSalyer, Hannah
Summary: Discusses how creatures thrive in packs hunt in groups to confuse predators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 SALWilner, Barry.
Summary: "A collective biography of the top 10 running backs, both past and present, which includes accounts of game action, career statistics, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2011
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Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARAlther, Lisa.
Summary: A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 ALTBalzer, Paula.
Summary: Talks readers through process of telling their personal stories. This title gives readers the knowledge and skills they need to turn their most important stories into meaningful reading experiences for others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.06 BALHauter, Wenonah.
Summary: Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2012