Parker, Jeff
Summary: "One summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more--the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PARFarrell, Mary Cronk
Summary: Shares the story of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II, centering the story around Charity Adams, the woman who commanded the only black WAAC battalion sent overseas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 FARCrane, Carol
Summary: Examines the history and lore of Thanksgiving from A for "across the Atlantic Ocean" to Z for the "zeppelin-like" balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2003
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Summary: "Learn all about robots, from how they are designed and built to which exciting new kinds of robots you might see in the future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 CRACrane, Cody
Summary: "Book introduces the reader to the sun"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 CRACrane, Leo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1925
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 CRACrane, Nicholas
Summary: "Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their goal of establishing the exact shape of the Earth by measuring the length of 1 degree latitude at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.85 CRAFarrell, Mary Cronk
Summary: ". . . tells the story of French-born Catherine Leroy, one of the Vietnam War's few woman photographers, who documented some of the fiercest fighting in the twenty-year conflict. Despite being told that women didn't belong in a "man's world," she was cool under fire, gravitated toward the thickest battles, went along on the soldiers' slogs through the heat and mud of the jungle, crawled through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 LERCrane, Cody
Summary: "This book shows readers the awesome power of hurricanes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.55 CRACrane, Cody
Summary: "Discover the main systems of our amazing human body with this new series of books!Our respiratory system is responsible for cleaning the air that we breathe, supplying our bodies with oxygen, and getting rid of carbon dioxide. Did you know that you breathe in and out about 22,000 times a day? Or that your left lung is slightly smaller than your right? That leaves room in your chest for your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 611 CRACrane, Hart
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.52 CRACrane, Kathleen.
Summary: An autobiography of oceanographer Kathleen Crane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westview Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 CRAArany, Lynne
Summary: "Whether you want to visit art galleries in Santa Fe, explore Georgia O'Keeffe's studio at Ghost Ranch, or learn about Native American history in Taos, the local Fodor's travel experts in New Mexico are here to help! Fodor's In Focus Santa Fe guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USAChand, Meira
Summary: Tells the tumultous history of Singapore as it journeys along the long, hard path to independence through the story of three families whose lives are intertwined and relationships are tested over time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Uk 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAChant, Christopher
Summary: The Vietnam War constitutes a defining moment in modern history. Starting from a time soon after the Japanese surrender in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, and lasting to the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975 to re-create a unified Vietnamese state, the war pitted the Communists of Vietnam, against a number of opponents. Those included first the French and second the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 959.7 CHACrase, Douglas
Summary: MacArthur "genius" Douglas Crase is best known for his invocations and revisions of Whitmanian transcendentalism. Out of print since 1987, his book The Revisionist has still been enough in some opinions to establish him as one of the most important poets of his generation; on its strength, says the Oxford Book of American Poetry, "rests a formidable underground reputation." Now, by combining...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightboat Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 CRALanting, Frans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.32 LANCragg, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.2465 CRACramb, Ian
Contents: Introduction -- [pt. 1]. The traditional method of building random rubble -- Choosing your stone -- Beginning the work -- The building method -- Points to remember -- Building a wall on sloping ground -- Building a circular wall -- Pier or buttress with sloping face -- Coping for random rubble walls -- Window sills -- Figures for this section -- [pt. 2]. Tower construction -- The tower's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Publications 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 693.1 CRAJames, Franke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 JAMKrans, Kim
Summary: "Visionary artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Unknown Kim Krans returns with a decadently illustrated and incredibly raw graphic memoir that chronicles her multi-layered search for truth and recovery from an eating disorder and infertility in the throes of a health and wellness-obsessed culture, touching on the healing potentials of creativity and spirituality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem KransTrang, Corinne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 TRAArana, Marie
Summary: "Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region:exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.08 ARAChalk, Gary.
Summary: Original verses to "Yankee Doodle" depict such events from the American Revolution as the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, and the battle of Saratoga. Includes the traditional version of the song.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1993