Brandt, Nat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Syracuse University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.123 BRAAidt, Naja Marie
Summary: "In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt's son Carl died at twenty-five years old in a tragic accident. When Death Takes Something from You, Give It Back describes the first year after that devastating phone call, until the shock slowly wears off. It is at once asober account of life after losing a child--showing how grief transforms your relationship to reality, your loved ones, and time--and a book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AIDT, NAJA MARIE AIDBrandt, Nat.
Contents: Warning signs -- "Absolutely fireproof" -- Play and players -- Opening night -- 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, December 30, 1903 -- In the Parquet and Boxes -- In the Dress Circle and Gallery -- The rescuers -- The news spreads rapidly -- Morgue scenes -- In mourning -- A state of shock -- Safety last -- Finger pointing -- Blind justice -- Curtains -- Ashes and Embers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Illinois University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.3 BRASegaloff, Nat
Summary: On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre has lost none of its power to terrify and unsettle. Segaloff reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SEGHentoff, Nat.
Summary: A collection of essays, interviews, and personal recollections in which Nat Hentoff reflects on the inside history of jazz music and the people who shaped its development.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6509 HENShefi, Naama
Summary: "From Rosh Hashanah and Passover to Hanukkah and weekly shabbat dinners, this joyous celebration of all the Jewish holidays offers a treasury of 130 recipes gathered from 30 influential chefs and food professionals around the globe, whose shared stories illuminate the diversity of the Jewish diaspora and its cuisine. As contributor Mitchell Davis puts it, the meal is the holiday. Whether it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC. 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.815 MILOkamoto, Nadya
Summary: "This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 OKAAhmed, Qanta.
Summary: A female, British Muslim doctor describes her practice treating women in Saudi Arabia, where the harsh code of orthodoxy for women is contradicted by some of the private behavior of wealthy women, but imposes a harsh reality on poor women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: KC Publications 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.4 BAHPatterson, Zahra
Summary: "Taking as its starting point an ultimately failed attempt to translate a Sesotho short story into English, Chronology explores the spaces language occupies in relationships, colonial history, and the postcolonial present. It is a collage of images and documents, folding on words-that-follow-no-chronology, unveiling layers of meaning of queering love, friendship, death, and power. Traveling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ugly Duckling Presse 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 PATVan Natta, Don
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 VANRedgrave, Naida
Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SeacoleMehta, Mira
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 MEHWinters, Nasha
Summary: Winters and Kelley explain how to harness the anticancer potential of phytonutrients abundant in low-glycemic plant and animal foods to address the 10 hallmarks of cancer an approach Western medicine does with drug based therapies. Their optimized, genetically-tuned diet shuns grains, legumes, sugar, genetically modified foods, pesticides, and synthetic ingredients while emphasizing whole,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 WINPethiyagoda, Nanda
Summary: "Sri Lanka is a diverse country, made up of many different ethnic and language groups. Readers discover the details about what life is like in this South Asian nation-from its history and economy to its environment and the lifestyles of its people. Colorful photographs give readers an up-close look at this island and those who call it home, and features such as sidebars and fact boxes provide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954.93 PETMehta, Mira
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 613.7046 MEHMehta, Suketu
Summary: "An argument for why the United States and the West should accept more immigrants, and would benefit from doing so."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 MEHThompson, Nato
Summary: "One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 THOSummary: 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURMcDowell, Marta.
Summary: "In this rich and compelling narrative, garden historian Marta McDowell traces the story of how the White House grounds were conceived and how they have changed from administration to administration. From George Washington's obsession with collecting trees to Michelle Obama's kitchen garden, McDowell shows how the White House grounds are a reflection of America's enthusiasms."--Dust jacket. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 MCDKahtz, Anthony W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.932 KAHHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of two abandoned children that come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018