Sasse, Benjamin E
Summary: Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 SASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult SasseBenjamin, Robert E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benjamin of Mackinac Island 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.74 BENPark, Benjamin E.
Summary: "The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.309 PARPark, Benjamin E.
Summary: "An extraordinary story of faith and violence in nineteenth-century America, based on previously confidential documents from the Mormon Church. Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city,...
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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: 289.3 PARCohen, 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 COHHaltiner, Robert E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Jesse Besser Museum] 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377481 HaltinerSade
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 843.6 SADNetanyahu, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NETANYAHU, BINYAMIN NETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B NETANYAHU NETGasser, Nolan
Summary: "From the chief architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love" -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.1 GASSalle, David
Summary: How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminates the work of many of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Engaging with a wide range of Salle's friends and contemporaries-from painters to conceptual artists such as Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Roy Lichtenstein, and Alex Katz,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 SALStassi, Laura
Summary: "Offers insight, encouragement, and hope to older adults getting back on the dating scene. Includes the author's own experiences as well as those of other gray love seekers and finders. Features sidebars that list insider tips gleaned from experts the author interviewed. Covers both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.73 STAMakdisi, Saree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.95 MAKSante, Luc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Girous 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 SANHassed, Craig
Summary: A house is merely physical but a home is far more subtle and elusive. The Mindful Home takes the view that being 'at home' is a metaphor for finding ourselves - finding our core. What do we find at our core? Well, if the world's great wisdom traditions have anything to say about it then home is about qualities that we could equate with 'good' itself - true happiness, peace, beauty, wisdom and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Exisle Publishing Pty Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 HASZaske, Sara
Summary: "When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She was surprised to discover that German parents give their children a great deal of freedom--much more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 ZASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 ZASGrasse, Steven
Summary: From the wildly creative team behind Philadelphia's Art in the Age comes The Cocktail Workshop, a deep-dive into 20 classic drinks that make up the foundation of cocktail creation, and the delicious variations that will make them all your own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.874 GRAHaise, Fred
Summary: "The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAISE, FRED HAIIshida, Sanae
Summary: "In Sewing Love, a follow-up to our 2016 hit hybrid sewing book with personal essays, Sewing Happiness, Sanae Ishida guides readers on a journey to loving the body they have right now as they learn to sew beautiful, simple handmade clothes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.1 ISHIshida, Sanae
Summary: Perfect for gifting, these one-of-a-kind handmade treasures are sure to be cherished. Each project in Ishida's beginner-friendly craft book includes several animal-themed variations. The sewing projects can be adapted for kids' room decor, handmade toys, and wearable accessories. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 ISHIshida, Sanae
Summary: Twenty simple sewing projects are tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story of how sewing brought Sanae Ishida profound happiness. Each seasonal project, specially designed to promote health, creativity, relationships and more, provides gentle inspiration to live your best life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 643 ISHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 ISHRobertson, Sadie
Summary: "Are you tired of the struggle? Tired of fear, loneliness, anxiety, and not knowing who you are or what you're meant to do? You don't have to struggle anymore! In [this book], bestselling author and star of Dancing with the Stars Sadie Robertson shares her story of overcoming anxiety and fear. Sadie battled insecurity, comparison, and isolation -- just like so many of us do. And she went on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 248 ROBMassie, Allan
Summary: Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STUHesse, Josiah
Summary: "Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall's Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)--and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating "runner's high" they all seek"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 HESGoff, Sissy
Summary: As a parent, you can use certain strategies to help your teenage daughter when she struggles with worry and anxiety. But it is also important that she learns how to work through her emotions on her own, especially as she approaches adulthood. This guide--created for girls ages 13 to 18--will help your daughter understand anxiety's roots and why her brain is often working against her when she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2021