Michna-Bales, Jeanine
Summary: "They left in the middle of the night--often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 embarked on a journey of untold hardship in search offreedom, many with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light : Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad imagines how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 MICBaker, Jeannie
Summary: Follows the migration of the bar-tailed godwits from Australia and New Zealand to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAKYates, Jean
Summary: "With Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners you will soon be talking in English as if it were your first language. Inside you will find more than 1,500 commonly used words you hear at work, at school, and on the street, with topics that range from clothing to cooking, and from doctors to digital devices. This new edition also covers numbers, and the many ways...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill Education 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.2 YATYates, Jean
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Publisher / Publication Date: F+W Publications 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.59 YatesYates, Jean.
Summary: Nervous that you're not ready to strike up a conversation with a native Spanish speaker? This book helps you overcome that obstacle and before you know it, you'll be speaking comfortably in your new native language. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation is organized around twelve units that present realistic conversational situations, from making introductions to giving opinions and from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill Education 2016
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Summary: "In all, more than 160 recipes to feed the irresistible passion and teach the methods of 'Chili Madness.'"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8 BUTKates, Bobbi Jane
Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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Summary: No time to cook? Fast and easy 4-ingredient recipes make family meals and entertaining a breeze. More than 800 new recipes help you serve up delicious food every time. Includes easy appetizers, main dishes, salads, unique desserts and much more. Great for tight budgets, too. Don't miss Tropical Mango Salad, Lemonade Chicken, Chili Soup Warmer, Chocolate Amaretto Pie, Butterscotch Crunchies and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookbook Resources 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 COABader, Bonnie
Summary: "Hanukkah is a joyous time when families play dreidel, eat latkes, and light the menorah. It is also a time to remember the reason we celebrate--and the miracle of the small amount of oil that burned for eight nights." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday Bader 202Vescio, Robert
Summary: Words are everywhere! Come on this lively adventure to learn more about how they can be shortened, extended, and even switched around. Meet ugly words, colourful words, and words that just need a friend. The Art of Words is a unique, fun and interactive story about the magic of words. Two children and their adorable dog are illustrated playfully interacting with letters and words, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: EK 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.1 VESMarshall, Jeannie.
Summary: "A lively story about food, family and identity that will make even the most inexperienced among us want to start chopping and cooking. When journalist Jeannie Marshall moved to Rome with her husband, she immersed herself in Italy's famous culinary traditions. But when the couple's son was born a few years later, Marshall began to see how Italy's great food culture was eroding, especially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 MARBaker, Laura Jean
Summary: "With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the "love hormone"--the first effective antidote to her lifelong depression. Over the next eight years, her "oxy" cravings, and her family, only grow--to the dismay of her husband, Ryan, a freelance public defender. As her reckless baby-making threatens her family's middle-class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAKER, LAURA JEAN BAKDonofrio, Jeanine
Summary: Known for her insanely flavorful vegetable recipes and stunning photography, Jeanine Donofrio celebrates plants at the center of the plate with more than 100 new vegetarian recipes in Love & Lemons Every Day. In this book, Jeanine shows you how to make any meal, from breakfast to dessert, where produce is the star. Butternut squash becomes the best creamy queso you've ever eaten, broccoli...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 BLAStillman, Deanne
Summary: In this noirish mother-son tale playing out across the Wild West of mid-twentieth century America, published on the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination, a critically acclaimed writer investigates the short, troubled life of the ordinary man and his mother who took down the leader of the so-called Free World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 STIBaker, Jean H.
Summary: An English emigre who became America's first professional architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe put his stamp on the built landscape of the new republic. Latrobe contributed to such iconic structures as the south wing of the US Capitol building, the White House, and the Navy Yard. He created some of the early republic's greatest neoclassical interiors, including the Statuary Hall and the Senate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LATROBE, BENJAMIN HENRY BAKBaker, Jean H.
Summary: In this lively new biography, an historian argues convincingly that Margaret Sanger deserves the vaunted place in feminist history she once held. Baker's nuanced account of Sanger's life emphasizes the passion of her convictions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SANGER, MARGARET SANBanks, Patrice
Summary: "A do-it-herself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and award-winning entrepreneur Patrice Banks"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 BANMebane, Jeanie
Summary: Freshwater marshes are found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.8 MEBSmialek, Jeanna
Summary: "The marble halls of the Federal Reserve have always held secrets; for decades the Fed did the utmost to preserve its room to maneuver, operating behind the scenes as much as possible. Yet over the past two decades, this elite world of bankers and economists speaking a language that only monetary experts could understand has been forced to change its ways. Amid rising inequality, weakening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 SMIBatts, Brenda.
Summary: Potty training a child with developmental disorders can be a real challenge, and sometimes the extra difficulties make you feel as though you've tried everything, and failed. In this book, Brenda Batts shows how you can overcome problems, big and small, and provides tried and tested methods that really work, tailored to each individual child. Bursting with ideas on how to see past conventional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents BattsBergstrom, Jenne
Summary: Readers can step back in time and imagine themselves at the March family table. In addition to recipes, there are timeless illustrations, favorite passages, and historical trivia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2019