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bibliography biography Free verse. History. Lamentations. Laments. Poetry. poetry. Poésie. Vers libres.Daniele, Guido
Summary: With a gift for fine art and a lifelong love of nature, Daniele paints magnificent animal subjects on an unconventional canvas--human hands. This awe-inspiring collection showcases 16 creatures along with photos and factual information about the various species. Full color.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.9 DANDaniell, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 DANCorchado, Alfredo
Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORRus, Daniela
Summary: "Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind. There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: "From one of the preeminent cultural critics of her generation, a radiant weave of memoir, criticism, and biography that tells the story of black women in music--from the Dixie Cups to Gladys Knight to Janet, Whitney, and Mariah-- as the foundational story of American pop"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roc Lit 101, One World 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SMIDrescher, Daniela.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Drescher 2006Estrada, Alfredo José.
Summary: Takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecon, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Soviet tank in triumph. Estrada reveals the essence of his native city through the events that shaped its fascinating history and the people who left their stamp on its cobblestoned streets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 ESTCybulskie, Danièle
Summary: "A book on how medieval monastic practices can inspire us to live fuller lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 CYBDalziel, Chris
Summary: "Making all kinds of amazing, all-natural stuff out of beeswax is easy and fun. Packed with over 100 step-by-step recipes, The Beeswax Workshop shows you how to make beautiful gifts, household cleaners, beauty supplies and so, so much more. Whether you use beeswax from your backyard hive or purchase a supply, this book offers tips, tricks and techniques for getting the most out of this miracle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638 DALDanhier, Celine
Summary: Examines the development of independent and experimental film in the economically bankrupt and dangerous New York City of the 1970s and 80s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLADykstra, Danell
Summary: How many day-to-day important devices are engineering design products? How does a smartphone send wireless communication? How do batteries release energy? These and other questions are explained using straightforward language that weaves in science terminology and is accompanied by intriguing photographs. Easy experiments demystify engineering concepts with step-by-step instructions to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM Real DykstraFandel, Jennifer.
Summary: "Full-color photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to adjectives as parts of speech"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 425 FANHemingway, Mariel.
Summary: "A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families: the Hemingways"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HEMINGWAY, MARIEL HEMKanigel, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 KANCybulskie, Danièle
Summary: In Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction, you'll find fast and fun answers to all your secret questions, from eating and drinking to sex and love. Find out whether people bathed, what they did when they got sick, and what actually happened to people accused of crimes. Learn about medieval table manners, tournaments, and toothpaste, and find out if people really did poop in the moat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword History 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 CYBDanner, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 DANKanigel, Robert
Summary: Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACOBS, JANE KANMansel, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.618 MANOdgers, Darrel .
Summary: When the vet is helping Helen the mare to have a foal, a big storm, a silly human and a sick Dalmatian keep distracting Trump and the veterinarian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: J Fiction OdgQuiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo.
Contents: Starry Nights -- Faraway -- The Kaliman Maneuver -- Lessons from the fields -- Where the road doesn't lead -- Green eyes -- From harvest to Harvard -- In the land of giants -- Question the rules, when possible make your own -- Brainstorm -- Hopkins -- Gray matter -- Seeing the light -- Finding the steel in your soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 QUIANONES-HINOJOSA, ALFREDO QUIAkers, Daneen
Summary: "Dear Mama God is the all new children’s picture book with an expansive, simple, wonder-filled prayer addressed to God as a Mother." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watchfire Media 2023
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Summary: The culmination of bestselling author Erich von Daniken's long-term research, The Return of the Gods argues that humans are very much in the minds of other cosmic life forms, and as a result, many of the teachings of historical and religious texts--even the idea of Judgment Day--should be reinterpreted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 001.94 DANRivera, Sara Daniele
Summary: "Sara Daniele Rivera's award-winning debut is a collection of sprawling elegy in the face of catastrophic grief, both personal and public. From the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election through the COVID-19 pandemic, these poems memorialize lost loved ones and meditate on the not-yet gone -- all while the wider-world loses its sense of connection, safety, and assurance. In those years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: How Design Books 2003