DiOrio, Rana

Summary: The word 'entrepreneur' may feel distant to some, but this book, with its elegantly expressed concepts and superb imagery, makes entrepreneurial values accessible to children at a personal level--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press 2016

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Keno, Leigh.

Summary: Antique experts Leigh and Leslie Keno describe more than a dozen of their most fascinating treasure hunts and extraordinary discoveries.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000

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Brewster, Hugh.

Summary: Questions and answers present information about the building, passengers, launching, sailing, sinking, and rediscovery of the Titanic. Includes illustrations, archival images, and step-by-step diagrams.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998

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March, Laurie Ann.

Contents: Introduction to wilderness cooking -- Dehydration basics, commercially dried foods, and grocery store finds -- Menu planning -- Recipe creation -- Breakfasts -- Lunches -- Snacks -- Dinners -- Desserts and baked goods -- Beverages -- Making camp food fun for children -- More elaborate dishes -- For the canine companion -- Glossary of special ingredients -- Glossary of cooking terms --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2008

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Thompson, Laurie Ann

Summary: "A picture book biography of Senator Elizabeth Warren"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020

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Thompson, Laurie Ann

Summary: Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015

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Thompson, Laurie Ann.

Summary: Empower yourself in today’s highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2014

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Aldrin, Buzz

Summary: Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz Aldrin. He's a world-class hero, a larger-than-life figurehead, and the best known of a generation of astronauts whose achievements surged in just a few years from first man in space to first men on the moon. Now he pauses to reflect and share what he has learned, from the vantage point not only of outer space but also of time: still a nonstop...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Maestripieri, Dario.

Summary: A primatologist examines unspoken social customs, from jilting a lover to being competitive on the job, to explain how behavioral complexities are linked to humans' primate heritage.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012

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Sanbe, Kei

Summary: "Satoru Fujinuma's power of Revival has sent him eighteen years into his past to relive his middle school days and prevent the death of his classmate Kayo Hinazuki. But even with the advantage of foreknowledge, Satoru finds himself unable to prevent Kayo from becoming a victim yet again. Back in the present, twenty-nine-year-old Satoru is still on the run from the police and no closer to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017

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Sen, Mayukh

Summary: "America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company, independent publishers since 1923 2022

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Farthing, Pen.

Summary: Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010

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Lauria, Jo.

Summary: This book is a companion to the Craft in America PBS television series and to the traveling museum exhibition of the same name. This book will show that craft has never been just about pretty things. It has always been about our things, our inheritance, our personal collections. It is about functionality, about identity, about conceptual thinking, about fun and experiment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2007

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Sen, Amartya

Summary: "From Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, a long-awaited memoir about home, belonging, inequality, and identity, recounting a singular life devoted to betterment of humanity. The Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is one of a handful of people who may truly be called"a global intellectual" (Financial Times). A towering figure in the field of economics, Sen is perhaps best known for his work on poverty and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022

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Skeleton Key.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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Keno, Megan

Summary: In Cast Iron Gourmet, Megan shows that you don’t need dozens of dishes or tons of time in order to create gourmet meals. She showcases the unique, all-purpose nature of cast iron with recipes like Gorgonzola and Herb Skillet Grilled Strip Steak, Summer Vegetable Baked Polenta with Eggs, Czech Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder, Rosemary Focaccia, No Pit Hawaiian Kalua Pork, Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2017

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Laurino, Maria

Summary: Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar caricatures fostered by popular culture, she tells the stories of Sicilian workers imported to replace the labor of freed slaves, the grim realities from which most immigrants came, the lynchings of Italian Americans, and the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015

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Eagle, Kin.

Summary: This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens to the old man in all kinds of weather.Includes music on the last page.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Whispering Coyote Press 1994

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Sen, Paul

Summary: "Einstein's Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. Thermodynamics-the branch of physics that deals with energyand entropy-is the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences. It governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021

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DiOrio, Rana

Summary: "You have the power to protect yourself and others! What does it mean to be safe? Does it mean beating a throw to home plate? Does it mean never taking risks? No! Being safe is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive--no matter the environment or situation. You can be safe in so many simple ways. From being aware of your limits to creating healthy boundaries. By not giving...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2019

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Keen, Andrew

Summary: "Since its creation during the Cold War, the Internet, together with the World Wide Web, personal computers, tablets, and smartphones, has ushered in the Digital Revolution, one of the greatest shifts in society since the Industrial Revolution. There are many positive ways in which the Internet has contributed to the world, but as a society we are less aware of the Internet's deeply negative...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2015

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