Summary: A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AALGoldsmith, Howard.
Summary: Young Thomas Edison saves a child from being hit by a train and, as his reward, asks for training as a telegraph operator because that will help him prepare to become an inventor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GolSummary: How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bill Nye is a man on a mission, to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. With intimate and exclusive access, as well as plenty of wonder and whimsy, this behind the scenes portrait of Nye follows him as he takes off his Science Guy lab coat and takes on those who deny climate change, evolution, and a science-based world view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BILAline
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALISchneider, Anny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.321 SCHManne, Kate
Summary: "The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it-from the acclaimed author of Down Girl and Entitled. For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 MANNerjordet, Arne
Summary: "Across 15 years and 7 uniquely beautiful instructional books, Arne & Carlos have built their brand, from breakout phenomenon to reliable supplier of creative inspiration. Now they've gathered the "best of the best"--70 of their favorite techniques and patterns, including balls, dolls, birds, slippers, sweaters, scarves, mittens and more--in a sourcebook that has something for everyone. Arne &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 NERStrager, Hanne
Summary: "This book delves into our dual nature with orcas, as they are both feared and persecuted, as well as admired and worshiped"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 599.53 STRBrimi, Arne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norsk Fakra Forlag 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 BRIDaulter, Anni.
Summary: Chill out! You can indulge in deliciously sweet and juicy ice pops without consuming refined sugar and fake sweeteners. What could be better than a sticky-sweet frozen treat to cool you down on a hot summer day? How about a heavenly, fresh and wholesome ice pop that you can feel good about enjoying and giving to your kids? Using fresh, seasonal fruits; sweet, nutritious vegetables;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sellers Publishing 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7103 SEINúñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 NUNDonewald, Anny.
Summary: "An explosive memoir of transformation from a high-end stripper and escort who hit rock-bottom, turned to God, and left the sex trade to found Eve's Angels, a ministry reaching out to women in the sex industry "--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 DONEWALD, ANNY DONReese, Anney
Summary: "The concept of feminism has evolved and changed so much over the last few decades that it can be confusing for people to keep up. Luckily, Anney Reese and Samantha McVey break it all down every week on their popular iHeart podcast, Stuff Mom Never Told You. In this book-their first-they explore the history, strategy, and emotion that went into several milestones and emergent issues of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 REEDuncan, Arne
Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNAlvarado, Melissa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.34 ALVAline
Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 ALIToriseva, Janne
Summary: The Angry Birds' adventures continue as they visit a pastry fair, play tricks on the pigs, and check out what is burning on the island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW/Rovio Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ANGAngel, Ann
Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century French scientist who discovered the process for destroying harmful bacteria with heat and opened the door to the new science of microbiology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Children's Books 1992
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PASTEUR ANGAlward, Ron
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nat'L Ctr For Appropriate 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 690.89 ALWAnno, Masaichirō.
Summary: Simple text and pictures introduce the mathematical concept of factorials.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANNManne, Kate
Summary: "An urgent exploration of men's entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl, which Rebecca Traister called "jaw-droppingly brilliant." In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from the Kavanaugh hearings and "Cat Person" to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 MANRudolph, Annet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995