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Burger, Warren E 1907-1995 Clothing factories New York (State) New York Safety measures History 20th century Evolution (Biology) Industrial safety New York (State) New York History 20th century Marine reptiles, Fossil New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951 Pirates Juvenile literature Prince Puerto Rico Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, 1911Lerner, Barron H.
Contents: The first Dr. Lerner -- Super doctor -- Illness hits home -- The second Dr. Lerner -- Forging my own path -- Treating the whole patient -- Family practitioner -- Growing disillusionment -- Slowing down -- Epilogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174.2 LERGraetz, Michael J.
Summary: A fresh and revelatory look at the Warren Burger Supreme Court finds that it was not a “moderate” or transitional court, as often portrayed, but a conservative one that still defines the constitutional landscape we live in today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347 GRAWalker, Ronald W. (Ronald Warren)
Summary: Massacre at Mountain Meadows offers the most thoroughly researched account of the massacre ever written. Drawn from documents previously not available to scholars and a careful re-reading of traditional sources, this gripping narrative offers fascinating new insight into why Mormons settlers in isolated southern Utah deceived an emigrant party with a promise of safety and then killed the adults...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.202 TURByler, Darren
Summary: "Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been unfolding for years in China's vast northwestern region, where more than a million and a half Uyghurs and others have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, thousands of government documents, and over a decade of research, Darren Byler, one of the leading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.45 BYLDarden, Bob
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abingdon Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 233 DARNaish, Darren
Summary: Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Guide to How They Lived taps into our enduring interest in dinosaurs, shedding new light on different dinosaur groups. Leading paleontology experts Darren Naish and Paul Barrett trace the evolution, anatomy, biology, ecology, behavior, and lifestyle of a variety of dinosaurs. They also remind us that dinosaurs are far from extinct: they present evidence supporting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 NAINaish, Darren
Summary: "Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea creatures who reigned supreme in the ocean for 150 million years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 NAISewell, Darrel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 SewDarden, Joe T.
Summary: Episodes of racial conflict in Detroit form just one facet of the city's storied and legendary history, and they have sometimes overshadowed the less widely known but equally important occurrence of interracial cooperation in seeking solutions to the city's problems. The conflicts also present many opportunities to analyze, learn from, and interrogate the past in order to help lay the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 DARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 DARFurrer, Nikki
Summary: Women of all ages are using cannabis to feel and look better. For rookies and experienced marijuana users alike, this lively, information-filled book is just the supportive guide you need to find the right dose to relieve anxiety, depression, and inflammation, and mitigate the onset of dementia and other signs of aging. Plus boost moods, ease aches, even lose weight, and get restful sleep. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Wom FurrerTenner, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.483 TENBrown, Laaren.
Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Mandela 2006Marron, Aileen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Journey Editions 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.6 MARKarlen, Neal
Summary: "A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote '3...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRINCE KARDörner, Dietrich
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addison-Wesley Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.42 DORJahren, Hope
Summary: "Hope Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist, a brilliant writer, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. The Story of More is her impassioned open letter to humanity as we stand at the crossroads of survival and extinction. Jahren celebrates the long history of our enterprising spirit--which has tamed wild crops, cured diseases, and sent us to the moon--but also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.738 JAHMarrin, Albert
Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KORPinckney, Darryl
Summary: "Blackballed is Darryl Pinckney's meditation on a century and a half of Black participation in US electoral politics. In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, he investigates the struggle for Black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement, leading up to the election of Barack Obama as president. Interspersed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 PINThurber, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 THUClarren, Rebecca
Summary: "An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government. "A brilliantly conceived family history, one that places questions of responsibility and atonement at the center of the conversation about America's political future."--the Whiting Foundation. Growing up, Rebecca...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 GUTGutner, Howard.
Summary: A basic overview of Puerto Rico, including information on its geography, history, government, religion, people and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press(r) 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.95 GUTMarrin, Albert.
Summary: Describes the conditions in the textile industry in the early 20th century behind the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that led to the death of many young women, and explains its impact on the labor movement and on society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 MARMarrin, Albert.
Summary: Discusses Drake, Morgan, Blackbeard, and other pirates and privateers, both men and women, who have roamed the sea since 1500.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1984