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Jurek, Scott

Summary: An expert ultrarunner describes how he set out to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189 mile journey that took an unforeseen physical and emotional toll, but also offered him unexpected rewards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 JUR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JUREK, SCOTT JUR

Furet, Francois

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.4 FUR

Turok, Neil.

Summary: The most anticipated nonfiction book of the season, this year's Massey Lectures is a visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future by world-renowned physicist Neil Turok.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: House of Anansi Press Inc. 2012

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Eureka Books

Summary: Quiet by Susan Cain illustrates the latest research findings about the opposing characteristics of introverts and extroverts. This companion to Quiet includes: Overview of the book; Important People; Key Takeaways; Analysis of Key Takeaways; and much more!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: iDreamBooks Inc 2015

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Shrestha, Suren

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 SHR

Yusen, Atsuko

Summary: Enoki is practically the poster-boy for what a typical nerd looks like: short and slight, complete with big round glasses and social awkwardness. His main hobby is making video games, and he's used to not having many friends at school. Then, he meets Shirataki, a former member of the baseball club and his exact opposite; tall, muscular and sporty. Despite their many differences, the spark of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop Inc. 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YUS

Books, Eureka.

Summary: Say Goodbye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine | Key Takeaways & AnalysisCrystal Paine's Say Goodbye to Survival Mode is a self-help book that targets women who are struggling to stay on top of life's daily tasks. The book offers tips as to how readers can tackle and improve various aspects of their lives. Through personal stories from the author, other experts and bloggers, and the author's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eureka Books 2015

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Dufek, Holly.

Summary: " 'Big Tractors' introduces children to the world of modern farming, showing how the biggest, most powerful tractors handle the demanding jobs of pulling and powering on the farm. This book is filled with colorful action photography, fun illustrations and a cast of cartoon equipment characters. Narrated by Casey the farmer and Tillus the worm, 'Big Tractors' teaches readers how Big Red and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Octane Press 2015

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630 DUF

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630 DUF

Komunyakaa, Yusef.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wesleyan University Press 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 KOM

Lateef, Yusef.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ LAT

Lateef, Yusef.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1987

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ LAT

Salaam, Yusef

Summary: "They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam telling his story. No one's life is the sum of the worst things that happened to them, and during Yusef Salaam's seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, he grew from child to man, and gained a spiritual perspective on life. Yusef learned that we're all "born on purpose, with a purpose." Despite having...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SALAAM, YUSEF SAL

Dufek, Holly

Summary: Busy on the Farm introduces children to modern farming. Narrated by Casey the farmer and Tillus the worm, this book teaches children how Frankie and Fern--Casey's hardworking Farmall tractors--feed, clean, and take care of animals while maintaining Happy Skies Farm. The book also explains the science and art of haymaking with Bailey Baler. Filled with colorful action photographs, fun...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Octane Press 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630 DUF

Dufek, Holly.

Summary: Learn about Modern Farm Equipment with Casey & Friends! A Year on the Farm introduces children to the world of modern farming, showing the tractors, combines and other equipment needed to plant and harvest crops. The book is filled with photographs of equipment at work and a cast of illustrated characters including Casey the farmer and Tillus the worm, and a whole team of equipment characters....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Octane Press 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 630 DUF

Komunyakaa, Yusef.

Contents: Love in the time of war. The jawbone of an ass. A shank -- Gilgamesh's Humbaba was a distant drum -- Here, the old masters of Shock & Awe -- The Mameluke, slave & warrior, springs -- They swarmed down over the town -- My wide hips raised two warriors -- Hand-to-hand : the two hugged each other -- Tribe. Clan. Valley & riverbank. Country. Continent. Interstellar -- The drummer's hands were...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 KOM

Salzman, Yuri.

Summary: Simple step-by-step instructions make it fun and easy for children to draw amazing pictures of favorite prehistoric creatures such as dinosaurs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster 2001

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 743.6 SAL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Draw Salzman

Burk, Rachelle

Summary: Toddlers are natural dancers and they love to move! Channel toddlers’ energy and help them develop balance, coordination, and control with the help of this engaging choice in dance books for toddlers. Moving along with the story will help stimulate little brains and provide a fun, creative way to build spatial awareness. Tons of colorful pictures offer toddlers visual clues for the movements,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 0000

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUR

Slezkine, Yuri

Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.084 SLE

Halter, Marek.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HAL

Marek, Claudia.

Summary: A guide for those newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia, offering information on treatments, medications, pain management, diet and exercise strategies, and research.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marlowe 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.74 MAR

Marek, Walter

Contents: Springtime of youth -- Shadows of war -- Circle closes -- Abduction & escape -- Refugee priest -- Social revolution -- Into the arms of America -- Priesthood -- Spiritual son -- Oratitude.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SMD Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 921 MAREK, WALTER MAR

Komunyakaa, Yusef

Summary: "A selection of new and previously published poems from the celebrated poet"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 KOM

Van Buren, Peter.

Summary: From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq. A shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad, and a vividly rendered tale of ineptitude and corruption.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 VAN

Herek, Raymond J.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7474 HER

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