Marçal, Katrine
Summary: The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because "real men" carried their bags, no matter how heavy. There were rolling suitcases before the '70s, but they were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 604.82 MARSharif, Manal
Summary: A memoir by a Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job, and legal contradictions changed her perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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Summary: A lusty, kickass post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the loss of her life s savings, and the collapse of her once-happy marriage, Meredith Maran whom Anne Lamott calls insightful, funny, and human leaves her San Francisco freelance writer's life for a 9-to-5 job in Los Angeles. Determined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARAN, MEREDITH MARMaran, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand River Press 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 346.052 MARAral, Sinan
Summary: "Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand River Press 1999
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Maran, Stephen P. PhD
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Publishing Inc 1999
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 520 MaranAmara, Philip.
Summary: Presents a step-by-step guide to creating, publishing and marketing comic books, including developing compelling characters, approaching publishers, and adapting storylines for video games and movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 743.4 AMABaram, Marcus
Summary: In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL BARBeaton, Mabel
Summary: This absorbing and entertaining guide provides all the information needed to construct puppets and puppet theaters. Written by professionals with a passion for their art, the detailed and comprehensive manual contains suggestions for making heads, bodies, wigs, and puppet clothing. Entire chapters tell how to manipulate the puppet, set up and furnish a stage, light scenes, and even how to build...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.5 BEABorges, Marco
Summary: "Accessible and easy-to-follow, The Greenprint is a movement to embrace your absolute best and healthiest life. Through his more than two decades of experience working with clients, including some of the world's biggest celebrities, and spearheading exercise and nutrition research, Borges developed the groundbreaking "22 Laws of Plants," which he's determined are the most important plant-based...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 BORDalal, Devika.
Summary: "Gender identity is an important part of who we are, and how we express ourselves in the world. This playful A-Z book is an introduction to 26 different genders, accompanying young readers aged 5 and up as they explore and discover their authentic selves. Includes a helpful guide for adults by Dr. Michele Angello."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.3 DALGrothe, Mardy.
Summary: Contains a collection of 1,400 quotations that appear self-contradictory, but are often true at a deeper level, from people who include Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Woody Allen, on subjects such as sex, romance, politics, marriage, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535.6 KUEMadel, Marion.
Summary: A fresh, upscale approach to crochet, with 38 simple projects presented in 25 comprehensive yet easy-to-understand lessons for anyone just picking up this craft. Crochet gets a chic makeover in this beginner-friendly book from French designer and crochet teacher Marion Madel. The 38 quick and easy projects include oversized scarves, cozy cowls, lacy shawls, decorative embellishments, bags, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "In this step-by-step guide to creating beautiful cakes, Rahul shares his unique approach to baking, focusing on techniques and scientific explanations, to ensure a perfect bake every time. Whether it is how to avoid a curdled cake batter or buttercream, stacking a 2, 3 or 8 tier cake or perfectly piping decorations, Rahul brings forensic insight into why things don't work and how to fix...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 MANPiercy, Marge.
Summary: Brings together a collection of poems, recipes, personal reminiscences, and an insightful new interpretation of the rituals and symbols of the seder in a guide to creating a meaningful Passover for the entire family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.4 PIEYousafzai, Malala.
Summary: I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Amara, 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 AMADayal, Geeta.
Summary: The serene, delicate songs on Another Green World sound practically meditative, but the album itself was an experiment fueled by adrenaline, panic, and pure faith. It was the first Brian Eno album to be composed almost completely in the confines of a recording studio, over a scant few months in the summer of 1975. The album was a proof of concept for Eno's budding ideas of "the studio as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 DAYMahan, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1991
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Malak, Jonah
Summary: Follows Don Shirley and David Shaw, two high level scuba-divers, as they prepare for and execute a fateful dive in Boesmansgat cave in South Africa to retrieve the body of another diver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAVMalam, John
Summary: A lighthearted look at what building a skyscraper would be like.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 690 MALMarable, Manning.
Summary: Years in the making—the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine. Through his tireless work and countless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011