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Summary: This graphic novella recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut, as originally published in the independent online news organization, Insider, through interviews conducted by Anthony Del Col and testimony given to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Zumrat Dawut is a mother of three in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, who was arrested and sent to a detention facility for simply being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Friday, a Lev Gleason imprint 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 DEWMalleson, Col G. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.0317 MALRol, Ruud van der.
Summary: Photographs, illustrations, and maps accompany historical essays, diary excerpts, and interviews, providing an insight to Anne Frank and the massive upheaval which tore apart her world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5318 ROLNewport, Cal
Summary: Outlines recommendations for business leaders on how to maximize a working team's professional productivity by improving administrative support and streamlining digital traffic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384.3 NEWPeternell, Cal
Summary: A cookbook and kitchen manual filled with photos and drawings offers basic techniques and essential recipes that transform standard ingredients--including eggs, beans, and pasta--into simple, elegant dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PETRipken, Cal
Summary: Baseball's Iron Man, Cal Ripken, Jr., retired in 2001 after breaking countless records, including Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played (Ripken played 2,632). Ripken is admired by thousands of fans not only for his relentless perseverance, but also for his unparalleled integrity. Now, in a book that draws on his exhilarating career as well as the wisdom of his legendary father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 RIPGaffin, Dennis/ Bastine, Michael (COL)/ Volpe, John (COL)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BOUNewport, Cal
Summary: "The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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Summary: "A gifty, funny, and practical guide to coming back from even the worst kitchen mistakes, making bad food good and making good food better, from the author of the New York Times bestselling and IACP Award-winning Twelve Recipe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PETRipken, Cal
Summary: Features illustrated guidelines on baseball fundamantals as drawn from the late Cal Ripken, Sr.'s years as a coach and manager and Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-making career, in a primer with complementary information for parents and coaches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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Summary: "As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OV 598 VORCela, Krissy
Summary: An Instagram fitness star shares customizable exercise and nutrition plans in a companion to Do This For You, her illustrated health and fitness guide, featuring advice on diet and portion sizes, recipes and must-do functional exercises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 CELDyer, Ceil.
Summary: Hundreds of recipes that have appeared on the backs of packages for decades, withstanding the test of time, include perennial favorites that are simple, easy to prepare, economical, and delicious.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galahad Books 1989
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.5 BAIGilbert, Bil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 GILSummary: An unearthly child: Teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they follow student Susan Foreman home to an odd police box in a junkyard and meet the Doctor, a strange old man who claims to be Susan's grandfather, who takes them on a short excursion back to 200,000 B.C. ; The Daleks: When the TARDIS lands on the seemingly dead planet Skaro, the Doctor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2012
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Chronicles the birth of the modern women's liberation movement in the 1960s and early 1970s, covering the emergence of the National Organization (NOW), as well as more radical factions such as WITCH (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell!). Includes new and archival interviews with feminists of that era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHESummary: This remarkable collection, which includes poems from both America and Japan, captures perfectly the thrill of baseball. It features the work of Jack Kerouac, the king of the Beat writers, who penned the first American baseball haiku, and Alan Pizzarelli, a major American haiku poet. The collection also includes Masaoka Shiki, one of the four great pillars of Japanese haiku, who fell in love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.0410 BASMetselaar, Menno.
Summary: Photos of the famous diary, school pictures, and the rooms in which she lived with her family while hiding from the Nazis for two years are compiled in this moving biography about the short life and enduring spirit of this young girl and talented writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Pr. 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1986