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Summary: Sweden is a strikingly beautiful country with a reverence for the natural environment. Its extremes in geography, climate, and history have given rise to a population that values honesty, self-sufficiency, and harmony. Swedes are a rights-driven, modern, and tech-savvy people who also retain a deep respect for their own cultural legacy. A good background knowledge of the beliefs and values that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanwell Pub. 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386.224 SHIShippey, Tom.
Summary: "The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J. R. R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.912 SHINeel, Lara
Summary: Knit, sew, and craft your way to self-empowerment. Are you a Nasty Woman ready to smash the patriarchy with a needle and thread? Proudly proclaim your feminism with your very own DIY Bleeding Heart T-shirt? Or stage a protest with the rest of the girls, wearing knitted Pussyhats? Be part of the revolution by reclaiming the "domestic" arts of knitting, sewing, and more--to channel your feminist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 NEESeiple, Samantha
Summary: Looks at the life and accomplishments of Allan Pinkerton, covering his early life and detective agency work, as well as his later espionage work for Abraham Lincoln.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PINYomtov, Nel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359.984 YOMNeel, Alice
Summary: "Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Fine Arts 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1986
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2004
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Summary: The author's main thesis is that Tolkien is a distinctly 20th-century author and that his works have things in common with those of other 20th-century authors. He argues that fantasy was a common method of dealing with the vision of life for those who served in the wars of the 20th-century-although very different kinds of fantasy emerged in authors like George Orwell, William Golding, and Kurt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001
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Summary: "In Nazi Saboteurs, Samantha Seiple brings readers into the high-stakes world of Hitler's most trusted team of saboteurs as the eight men are hand-selected by top Nazi officials to be trained in spycraft and sabotage. With black-and-white photos and fast-paced storytelling, readers follow the men to the coasts of New York and Florida, where they work to establish secret identities for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2000
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Summary: An account of the life of Sitting Bull, including his nomadic childhood, how he became the chief of the entire Sioux Nation, and his role at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2013
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Summary: "Prescription drug use in America has increased tenfold in the past fifty years, and over-the counter drug use has risen just as dramatically. In addition to the dozens of medications we take to treat serious illnesses, we take drugs to help us sleep, to keep us awake, to stop our noses from running, our backs from aching, and our minds from racing. Name a symptom, there's a pill to suppress...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: At the heart of [this book] is [the author's] belief that although aging is an irreversible process, there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. To that end, he draws on the new science of biogerontology (the biology of aging) as well as on the secrets of healthy longevity - diet, activity, and attitude - that he has gathered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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Summary: Mark Zuckerberg's story is an interesting one: who knew that a quiet, code-writing nerd would be the creator of what we call social media, the Chairman and CEO of Facebook Inc., and the youngest self-made billionaire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2003
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Summary: This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, cultures, and today's tourism of Australia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library 2014
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Summary: "From a gifted writer who spent two years in a support group for people caring for elderly and ill spouses, parents, and friends, The Caregivers chronicles the daily experiences--heart-breaking, poignant, and redemptive--of ordinary Americans as they face their final life passages"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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Summary: "In October 1918, World War I had been raging in Europe for more than four years. When Major Charles Whittlesey led the U.S. 77th Division into France's Argonne Forest, his troops were soon surrounded and cut off from escape by German forces. Things became even more dangerous when the division came under friendly fire from U.S. forces. The troops' only hope was to send a carrier pigeon named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: "On February 23, 1945, an American flag was raised atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. The moment-captured in one of the most famous photographs of all time-didn't just boost the morale of the U.S. soldiers fighting on the island. It also lifted the spirits of the American people back home who had grown weary of World War II. How did this remarkable moment come to pass and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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Summary: "When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press, The 2014