Tran, Thi Minh Phuoc
Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRAMarch, Aleida.
Summary: Che Guevara's widow reveals the story of a great revolutionary romance, tragically cut short by Che's assassination in Bolivia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ocean Press 2012
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Slade, Suzanne
Summary: "June Almeida loved learning about science and nature. An excellent student, she was especially interested in biology and won the top science prize at her school. Creative and observant, June noticed details that others often missed. She dreamed of attending university but economic hardships caused her to leave school at age 16. Still, June was determined to pursue her passion for science. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALMAlameida, Roy Kakulu
Summary: Forty-five tales, stories and legends adapted from various sources about the natural history of Hawaii and the customs, crafts, arts and history of Polynesian Hawaiians. Includes one original story by the compiler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bess Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 Alameida1997March de la Torre, Aleida.
Summary: Forty-five years after Che's assassination in Bolivia in 1967, his widow and the great love of his life has finally released her memoir of their years together. They met as fellow guerillas during the revolutionary war in Cuba and married in June 1959, a few months after the revolution. They had four children together. Here, with great passion and poignancy, Aleida describes their shared dreams...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ocean Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCH DE LA TORRE, ALEIDA MARSinha, Manisha.
Summary: "Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SINDrinko, Clay
Summary: "In Play Your Way Sane, educator Clay Drinko offers over a hundred simple games to help readers feel more present, less anxious, more positive, and more connected to other people. Divided into 10 sections, including Calm the Hell Down, Killing Debbie Downer, and Thou Shalt Not Judge, the book draws on the principles of improve comedy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, in a funny, irreverent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793 DRIMainardi, Diogo
Summary: The Fall is a memoir like no other. It is a celebration of love, an homage to a courageous child, and an honest look at the ways beauty and art can be deceptive forces in our lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 MAIBrugioni, Dino A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 BRUNGUYEN, DINH-HOA
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.922 NGUDiehn, Gwen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Crafts DiehnDinan, Kim
Summary: "Plagued by anxiety and a persistent feeling that there was more to life than paychecks and mortgages, Kim and her husband decide to uproot their lives and travel around the world. Just before their departure, they're given an unexpected gift that will shape their adventures: a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away to those they encounter on their journey....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel DinanMcMahon, Dinny
Summary: A stunning inside look at how and why the Chinese economy is barreling towards disaster and the impact its collapse would have on the rest of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 336 MCMRicho, David
Summary: "Why is that despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in our lives? In this provocative and inspiring book, David Richo distills thirty years of experience as a therapist to explain the underlying roots of unhappiness--and the surprising secret to finding freedom and fulfillment. There are certain facts of life that we cannot change--the unavoidable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 RICDando, Justin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ward Lock 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9672 MinWilliams, Dinah (Dinah J.)
Summary: Since the beginning of recorded history, people have been mystified by UFOsunidentified flying objects. Even Christopher Columbus, on a 1492 voyage aboard the Santa Maria, was puzzled by a sight he described as a light glimmering at a great distance in the sky. While no UFOs have ever been captured or recovered, there may be startling clues to their existence left behind in places where they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.9 WILBacon, Lindo
Summary: "Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates 'thin' with 'healthy' is the problem. The solution? Health at every size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 BACFried, Dinah
Summary: No recipes, but an assortment of photographic interpretations of culinary moments from contemporary and classic literature. Fried pairs each place setting with the text from that book that inspired its creation. She includes food facts and anecdotes about the authors, their work, and their culinary predilections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 FRIArandojo, Diego
Summary: When night falls in Buenos Aires, the city comes alive. Artists flock to cafes and dives to exchange ideas, listen to music, watch outré performance art, pen poetry, fall in love. In these raucous, smoke filled rooms, the bohemian heart and soul of this vibrant city, a conflagration of creative energy burns. With the improvisational pacing of a jazz performance, Beatnik Buenos Aires follows the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ARAWilliams, Dinah (Dinah J.)
Summary: Profiles for over eighty gods and goddesses from over thirty pantheons from all over the world, illustrated by artists from those cultures. Filled with family drama, heroic deeds, impossible feats, battles and magic, stories have been used to address life's biggest answers for centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 201.3 WILCech, Richo
Summary: Making Plant Medicine is about making herbal medicine. This is a modern medicine making book and formulary with its roots in original herbalism designed for every medicinal herb gardener to cultivate the full potential of the plant-human relationship. Richo Cech tells very good stories based on his experience as a global wanderer, gardener, herbalist and medicine maker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herbal Reads 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 RICDiNoto, Andrea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1999