Herzog, Brad
Summary: For 108 years, fans of Chicago Cubs baseball suffered every playofff season, with mishap after mishap each being traced back to 1945 when a friendly goat was kicked out of a World Series game. But the 2016 season felt different. Would this finally be the year that the Billy Goat Curse was reversed? Author Brad Herzog tells the story of the curse's origin and follows the Cubs right through that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kessinger Publishing 1953
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 947.08 SVADufu, Tiffany
Summary: "A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go. Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed. Like so many driven...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUFU, TIFFANY DUFGallmann, Kuki.
Summary: Kuki Gallmann went to Africa to convalesce from a devastating car accident and stayed there. She lost her son and her husband, but her undying love for Africa still prevails.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.6204 GallmKaku, Michio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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Summary: A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIM, SUKI KIMShen, Fuyu
Summary: Weaving together his childhood memories and those of his ancestors with the stories of fifteen artisans as their lives intersect over the course of a century, the author reflects on the changes of small-town life in China during the epic shift from agricultural to industrial civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FUYCudi, Azad
Summary: "A gripping narrative by an Iran-born Kurdish journalist who joined the ranks of the Kurdish army as a sniper in the fight against ISIS. In 2002, at the age of nineteen, Azad, a young Iranian-Kurdish man, was conscripted into Iran's army and forced to fight against his own people. Refusing to go to war against his fellow Kurds, Azad deserted and smuggled himself to the United Kingdom, where he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 CUDDeLoach, Nuke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pick-Up Publications 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 TUKTutu, Desmond.
Summary: The Nobel Peace Prize-winner joins his daughter, an Anglican minister, to share a powerful vision on why each of us can find hope and joy even in troubled times--because we are all made for goodness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 170 TUTFerguson, Suki
Summary: "Discover a powerful global tradition. Unlock your inner wisdom. And steer your destiny. For hundreds of years, people have turned to tarot to seek answers. This book helps young truth-seekers use these mysterious cards to navigate the trials and triumphs of their lives. Tarot readers-in-training can discover the origins, symbols, and uses of tarot, and find out how to practice readings for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2022
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Summary: It is so easy to make beautiful, elegant, boutique-style jewelry with artistic wire. All you need is the wire and a few basic tools and you are ready to make any of the designs in this book. Step-by-step instructions teach you ten different wire techniques, including coiling, wrapping, making headpins and eyepins, and working with flat wire. Project instructions show you how to apply these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.27 SHIBrown, Curt
Contents: Storm within the storm -- The Mataafa -- The scow, the Umbria, and the Owen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MBI Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.749 BROChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC CHATutu, Desmond.
Summary: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has a Dream, his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop Tutu reaches out to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 TUTCulp, Stephanie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1989
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.43 CULGaku, Keito
Summary: "To be my true self. Sales for Boys Run the Riot skyrocket when the famous LGBTQ YouTuber WING introduces the brand to their fans... but in the process, also outs Ryo as transgender to the whole world! With his secret now out in the open, Ryo is left to face the confusion of his classmates-- most of all from his best friend and crush, Chika-- and finds that the regret of staying silent is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BOYKaku, Michio.
Summary: For the first time in history, the secrets of the living brain are being revealed by a battery of high tech brain scans devised by physicists. Now what was once solely the province of science fiction has become a startling reality. Recording memories, telepathy, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis are not only possible; they already exist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2014
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Contents: Predicting the next 100 years -- Future of the computer : mind over matter -- Future of AI : rise of the machines -- Future of medicine : perfection and beyond -- Nanotechnology : everything from nothing? -- Future of energy : energy from the stars -- Future of space travel : to the stars -- Future of wealth : winners and losers -- Future of humanity : planetary civilization -- A day in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.48Modan, Rutu.
Summary: "After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter, Mica, to Warsaw to reclaim a family property lost during World War II."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MODTutu, Desmond.
Summary: "The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. At the center of this attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on South...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.065 TUTUTutu, Desmond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Newmarket Press 1989