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Living well (Child's World (Firm))Ottaviani, Jim
Summary: Introduces the lives and work of three eminent primatologists, sharing insights into their educations under mentor Louis Leakey while exploring their pivotal contributions to twentieth-century natural science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, First Second 2015
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Summary: "Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 MARHornbacher, Marya
Summary: When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HORNBACHER, MARYA HORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind HornbacherOlivier, Daria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.07 OLIRoithmayr, Daria.
Summary: "This book is designed to change the way we think about racial inequality. Long after the passage of civil rights laws and now the inauguration of our first black president, blacks and Latinos possess barely a nickel of wealth for every dollar that whites have. Why have we made so little progress? Legal scholar Daria Roithmayr provocatively argues that racial inequality lives on because white...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 ROIHornbacher, Marya
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HORNBACHER, MARYA HORWicks, Maris
Summary: Explores coral reef ecosystems, detailing the organisms that live within the reefs, their importance in the ocean ecological system as a whole, and the scientific and medical advancements developed from coral reefs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 WICCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature Get WicksHesse, María
Summary: "Frida Kahlo fue algo más que dolor y angustia. Quiso ser fiel a su arrolladora personalidad y se convirtió en una artista llena de vida. Su pintura es sangre y sufrimiento, pero también fiesta, color. Fue una luchadora que decidió ponerse el mundo por montera, una mujer apasionada que no se conformó con estar a la sombra de su gran amor, el pintor Diego Rivera, y peleó por alcanzar cada uno de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH HESSnyder, Mariza.
Summary: Shares easy-to-make recipes that follow the DASH diet and includes a twenty-eight day meal plan, exercise advice, and tips for keeping to the diet when on the go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 SNYDawn, Marva J.
Summary: Offers advice to those coping with illness or a disability, providing spiritual and practical suggestions for coping with such aspects of illness as physical pain, regrets, bitterness, and loneliness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Augsburg Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.861 DAWMcDowell, 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 MCDSantoro, Marisa
Summary: "peak up with clear communication and intention, thrive when taking consistent measured risk in your career-and become the influential and confident leader you know you can be. Too often, we become stuck in our own head, focus on our fears, and fail to breakthrough to our goals. To become an effective leader, you need to silence the self-sabotaging thought patterns and learn to trust yourself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SANWicks, Maris
Summary: Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1989
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Summary: "Clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly provides an important and meaningful window into womanhood for those approaching fifty and beyond. A must-read book for every woman who wants to embrace the aging process, Aging Joyfully invites the reader to discover a radiant life filled with freedom, beauty, and joy."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.262 MANManly, Carla Marie
Summary: Sometimes we have huge expectations for the ideal relationship, but dating isn't about being perfect or catching the perfect partner; it's all about creating compassionate self-awareness and stronger self-esteem. A must-read for daters, this no-nonsense guide from clinical psychologist Carla Marie Manly, PhD, takes the guesswork out of dating with real-life examples, the latest research, and 33...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.77 MANKhidekel, Marina
Summary: "From Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global, the "Thrive bible": a revolutionary guide to living and working based on the growing science of microsteps--tiny, science-backed changes that are "too-small-to fail"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 KHIMcDowell, Marta
Summary: "This lushly illustrated book from bestselling author Marta McDowell examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's relationship to the landscape and illuminates how it inspired the beloved Little House Books" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Council Oak Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 CLAVeevers, Marian
Summary: Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in the 1770s, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, and both were influenced by the Romantic ideals of Dorothy's brother, William Wordsworth, and his friends. This book compares their upbringing and education, home lives and loves and, above all, their emotional and creative worlds. Original...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 VEEAmara, Philip
Summary: "This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMABarna, George.
Summary: George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major "faith tribes" (Captive Christians, Casual Christians, Jews, Mormons, Pantheists, Muslims, and Skeptics) in America--documenting who they are, what they believe, how they vote, and what they are passionate about. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barna 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.973 BARLauria, Jo.
Summary: This book is a companion to the Craft in America PBS television series and to the traveling museum exhibition of the same name. This book will show that craft has never been just about pretty things. It has always been about our things, our inheritance, our personal collections. It is about functionality, about identity, about conceptual thinking, about fun and experiment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 LauriaFaris, Stephan.
Summary: While reporting from Darfur, journalist Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began to wonder what current and impending--and largely unanticipated--crises such changes have in store for the world. Here, he provides some answers. Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. The warming world will shift huge populations and potentially redraw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2009