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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale Research Co. 1969
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.4 BARMarçal, Katrine
Summary: The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because "real men" carried their bags, no matter how heavy. There were rolling suitcases before the '70s, but they were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 604.82 MARDrury, Bob.
Summary: November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 951.904 DRUPollard, Velma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canoe Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.9729 POLChocano, Carina
Summary: "Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard, a mercurial phantom. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CHOFaith, Karlene.
Summary: "At the age of twenty-one, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to death, along with Charles Manson and several of his other disciples, for the infamous murder rampage spanning two nights in August 1969. Leslie, who was present at the Rosemary and Leno LaBianca murders, cheerfully accepted her sentence, wishing only that she had better served Manson in carrying out his apocalyptic vision of "Helter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northeastern University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FAIJardine, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.21 JARKanipe, Jeff
Contents: Hunting for snarks -- The race for the most distant galaxies -- To the end of the beginning -- Cosmic canvas -- The egg before the chicken -- It stinks, but it rocks -- Keck : sailing across an unknown ocean -- Peculiar universe -- Distant reflections in a nearby universe -- More of everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.112 KANGallo, Carmine.
Summary: Public speaking coach and bestselling author Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED (technology, entertainment, design) presenters as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to get their cutting-edge insights and to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.4 GALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.452 GALHarrington, Jacine.
Summary: Describes how to connect yoga's physical movements with chakra balancing, which uses the chakra energy centers that store feelings and thoughts to release negative energy or issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 HarriKalins, Dorothy
Summary: "A beautifully written tribute to the people who teach us to cook and guide our hands in the kitchen, by the founding editor of Saveur"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 KALKhanduri, Kamini.
Contents: Painting -- Woodblock prints -- Sculpture -- Metalwork -- Pottery -- Lacquerware -- Architecture -- Gardens -- Calligraphy -- Theater -- Cross-currents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.52 KHAGallo, Carmine
Summary: "The communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them, from the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life every day. As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 GALPolmar, Norman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5302 POLHamalainen, Karina
Summary: "Learn about the history of animation and find out how animated films are made today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 777 HAMLongworth, Karina
Summary: In recent months, the media has reported on scores of entertainment figures who used their power and money in Hollywood to sexually harass and coerce some of the most talented women in cinema and television. But as Karina Longworth reminds us, long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes—the Texas millionaire, pilot, and filmmaker whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LONHarline, Craig.
Summary: Traces the significance of Sunday from ancient times to present-day America, looking at the religious and secular rituals that have defined the day over the centuries, from early Christian celebrations of the liturgy, to the end of "blue laws" during the1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.3 HARHarris, Maurine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry Publishing 1989
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 929.103 ANCKanipe, Jeff
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 KANPolgar, Zsuzsa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2003
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Summary: Located all the way at southern tip of Florida, Everglades National Park is the nation’s only subtropical park. This vast expanse of wetlands is home to many plants and animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the country. Readers will find out how the park was formed and why it is so wet, learn why environmental issues are affecting the Everglades today, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.9 HAMParini, Jay.
Contents: Of Plymouth Plantation -- The Federalist papers -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- The journals of Lewis and Clark -- Walden-- Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The souls of black folk -- The promised land -- How to win friends and influence people -- The common sense book of baby and child care -- On the road -- The feminine mystique -- 100 more books that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 011.7 PARKarlin, Mary.
Summary: "A contemporary guide to making 100 artisan cheeses at home--from classic favorites to popular, modern varieties--written by cheese-making authority Mary Karlin. In recent years there has been an explosion in the artisan cheese movement and a kitchen crafting revival. Artisan Cheese Making at Home inspires and encourages do-it-yourselfers with approachable, easy-to-follow instructions to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 KARBrown, Tami Lewis
Summary: "...a... picture book biography of modern art icon Keith Haring, celebrating the ways his life embodied the message: art is for everyone."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020