Summary: A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major...
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Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILBalio, Tino.
Summary: "Largely shut out of American theaters since the 1920s, foreign films such as Open City, Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, The Seventh Seal, Breathless, La Dolce Vita and L'Avventura played after World War II in a growing number of art houses around the country and created a small but influential art film market devoted to the acquisition, distribution, and exhibition of foreign-language and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BALBrickner, Balfour
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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Summary: "In this entertaining and informative book, science writer Till Hein shares the most tantalizing findings from the world of seahorses, opening up some of the secrets of these magical creatures of the sea. He reveals their intriguing biological features, such as their unique prehensile tails, their fins, and their lack of a stomach (seahorses only have intestines!). He speaks to experts about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597 HEIBruckner, Pascal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1986
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Summary: "The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. " -- Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellfleet Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 031.02 ROSHank the Tile Doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 696.1 SHOTill-Mobley, Mamie
Summary: The mother of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose 1955 murder ignited the civil rights movement, discusses the crime, her despair over the acquittal of the accused killers, and her struggle to overcome her grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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Summary: This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2009
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Summary: Celebrate the hope of Jesus and the true meaning of Easter with this basket-shaped board book of poems and prayers from DaySpring's Really Woolly series. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will giggle along with this lovable sheep as they discover that the Easter story is full of joy, from baby ducklings and blooming flowers to knowing that Jesus is alive forever and ever!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1930
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Contents: Birth of the Commonwealth, by M. M. Quaife.--The developing Commonwealth, by Sidney Glazer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1948
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Jones, Lolo
Summary: "Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones delivers a tough yet inspiring look into the strategies she has used to overcome immense obstacles on her way to becoming the number-one women's hurdler in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 JONSegrè, Gino.
Summary: Theorizes that temperature is the most revealing method of measurement, considering such topics as the fixed internal temperature of most mammals and the significance of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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Summary: The Glass Castle meets A League of Their Own in Solo , a candid and moving memoir about family, loss, and reconciliation from Hope Solo, the supremely talented, headline-making goalkeeper for the U.S. women's national soccer team. During the 2011 Women's World Cup, Solo became an idol, role model, and sex symbol to a new generation of young American sports enthusiasts, inspiring the kind of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2012
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Bilow, Rochelle.
Summary: Rochelle, a classically trained cook and devoted foodie, was nursing a broken heart and frustrated with her yet-to-take-off writing career when she was assigned to write an article about a small, “full-diet” farm in central New York. It took just one day of moving hay bales, feeding pigs, and tapping maple sap for her to become hooked on farm life. The air was fresh, her muscles felt useful,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1977
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Summary: "The book follows a young business planning manager, who takes after her father's confectionery company operations. With help of her mentor, an ex-management consultant, the couple formulates a viable turn-around business plan, builds trust among key stakeholders, and successfully convinces the CEO for companywide implementation. Concepts and Theories: Introduction to the entire process of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books, Inc. 2009
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Summary: "Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Just as Anthony Bourdain did for the world of food, in Dopeworld, writer Niko Vorobyov travels the globe to find out more about the war on drugs and how it affects global politics and our day-to-day lives. Dopeworld is a bold and intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, this book traces the emergence of psychoactive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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Summary: An inspiring, life-affirming debut activist book in rhyming couplets and triplets about Black heroes for little ones, their families, and anyone who loves A is for Activist and Antiracist Baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square 2023