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Abernathy, Ralph 1926-1990 Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Food Psychological aspects Food security Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 La Rochefoucauld, Robert de 1923-2012 Nineteen sixty-three, A.D Shuttlesworth, Fred L 1922-2011 Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Well-beingFilter By Subjects
Abernathy, Ralph 1926-1990 Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Food Psychological aspects Food security Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 La Rochefoucauld, Robert de 1923-2012 Nineteen sixty-three, A.D Shuttlesworth, Fred L 1922-2011 Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Well-beingSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQURicchi, Kia.
Summary: "You'll learn how to: Develop a concise and inclusive scope of work that details what, exactly, the contractor will do; research the contractor's license and insurance, as well as his or her construction history and personal background; recognize proposals and contracts that are one-sided or unfair."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Centerline Production, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 692 RICJordan, King Abdullah II of.
Summary: A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. This is the inspirational story of a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Beck, Koa
Summary: "Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion in the United States with this powerful new feminist classic and rousing call for change. Koa Beck, writer and former editor-in-chief of Jezebel, boldly examines the history of feminism, from the true mission of the suffragettes to the rise of corporate feminism with clear-eyed scrutiny and meticulous detail. She also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 BECMellody, Pia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSan Francisco 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 MELBrodell, Ria
Summary: Katherina Hetzeldorfer, tried "for a crime that didn't have a name" (same sex sexual relations) and sentenced to death by drowning in 1477; Charles aka Mary Hamilton, publicly whipped for impersonating a man in eighteenth-century England; Clara, aka "Big Ben," over whom two jealous women fought in 1926 New York: these are just three of the lives that the artist Ria Brodell has reclaimed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 BRODeges, Pia
Summary: Features forty unique Christmas projects, including Yule t-shirts, jingle bells, and New Years Eve party hats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F & W Media Inc 2013
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: OVS 745.594 DegKix, Paul
Summary: "A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat--cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands--from the officers of Special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, ROBERT DE KIXSummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWIEagle, Kin.
Summary: This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens to the old man in all kinds of weather.Includes music on the last page.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whispering Coyote Press 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EAGGiasullo, Gia.
Summary: Collects seventy recipes for a variety of sodas, egg creams, and floats celebrating the history and stories of classic American soda fountains, ranging from classics like the Purple Cow and Cherry Lime Rickey to contemporary innovations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 GIALevi, Lia
Summary: "1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice -- until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. It's difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LEVCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LEVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People LeviSperry, Kip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everton Publishers 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3745 SperrObolensky, Kira.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.98 OBOBleidner, Via
Summary: "If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now is an insider's collection of funny and warmhearted stories about coming of age in the Los Angeles suburb famed for birthing the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bling Ring. For Via Bleidner, transferring to Calabasas High from the private Catholic school she's attended since second grade is a culture shock, not to mention absolutely lonely. Suddenly thrust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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Summary: "In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB THUNDERCLOUD THUAllaway, Zia.
Summary: Each of its 200-plus projects, on subjects as diverse as planting spring bulbs to growing Thai herbs and spices, shows you exactly what is required: the materials, the ideal site, the time it takes, as well as aftercare and handy tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ALLJia, Zhangke
Summary: Looks at the history of Shanghai through the personal stories of eighteen people from all walks of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC IKix, Paul
Summary: "A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat--cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands--from the officers of Special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, ROBERT DE KIX,Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 940 KIXHuber, Lia
Summary: "A noted entrepreneur, food writer and recipe developer serves up an evocative adventure story of her quest for love, God, and the perfect persimmon pudding. Hunger comes to us in many forms, writes Lia Huber--we long to be nourished physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Nourished: A Memoir of Faith, Food, and Enduring Love (with Recipes) invites readers on Huber's search for a sustenance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 HUBTolentino, Jia
Summary: A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 TOLKix, Paul
Summary: It's one of the iconic photographs of American history: A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963. In May of 2020, as reporter Paul Kix stared at a different photo-that of a Minneapolis police officer suffocating George Floyd-he kept returning to the other photo taken half a century earlier, haunted by its echoes. What, Kix wondered, was the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.1 KIXMowry, Tia.
Summary: "Oh, Baby! tells moms-to-be what pregnancy really entails, in a funny, matter-of-fact, tell-it-like-it-is voice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 MOWSperry, Kip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003