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Harrison, Helen A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 HAR

Dakers, Diane

Summary: "Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and an intellectual giant of the twentieth century. This fascinating biography reveals Einstein's life story, and how his theories changed the way we looked at the universe. Born in Germany in 1879, Einstein focused his studies on science and mathematics. He won a Nobel Prize in Physics and was instrumental in persuading U.S. President Roosevelt to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EIN

Dakers, Diane.

Summary: Chronicles the story of the British band through its sensational successes of the 1960s and the four solo careers its breakup spawned in 1970, looking at the band's formation and how its music defined a generation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2013

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEA

Hayes, Denis

Summary: Presents an assessment of America's dependence on cows that traces the historical role of bovines while exploring the environmental and health challenges posed by the cattle industry.

Format: text

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

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 HAY

Beers, Diane L.

Contents: Resurrecting the voice : animal advocacy in history -- A movement takes shape : the origins of animal advocacy -- Leaders and followers : the new humanitarians -- "The voice of the voiceless" : early campaigns, 1866-1915 -- Reaching out to the mainstream : animal advocacy evolves, 1915-45 -- "Our most strenuous protest" : antivivisection before 1945 -- The road to liberation : the rise of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.3 BEE

Summary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Summary: "What can you find on the farm? With raised pages for little ones to touch and explore, this book is perfect for helping babies discover their world."--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Highlights for Children 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE FIN

Ayers, Mike

Summary: "A collection of the songs that have moved us, changed us, or amplified our lives. . .Highlights some of the most emotionally resonant music ever created, in the words of more than thirty musical legends and up-and-comers. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes, these essays encourage us to examine the soundtracks of our own experiences and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 AYE

Summary: "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EAR

Curry, Constance

Summary: In 1965 the Carter family sent seven of their children to integrate the schools of Sunflower County, Mississippi, where the school board offered a "freedom of choice" policy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.247 CUR

Ayers, Patricia.

Summary: Follows a school class as they learn about different kinds of herbs and plant and care for their own herb garden.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635.7 AYE

Donne, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: J.M. Dent 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.3 DON

Geer, Donne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 704 GEE

Bergstrom, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 641 BER

Millner, Denene

Summary: The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" -Ebony For almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood on her critically acclaimed website MyBrownBaby,com. The site, hailed as a "must-read" by the New York Times, speaks to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden, an Agate imprint 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MIL

Yenne, Bill

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Glance Books 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 729.5 YEN

Blanton, DeAnne

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 BLA

Byers, William

Contents: Turing on the light -- The light of ambiguity. Ambiguity in mathematics -- The contradictory in mathematics -- Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- The light as idea. The idea as an organizing principle -- Ideas, logic, and paradox -- Great ideas -- The light and the eye of the beholder. The truth of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 BYE

Giles, Jenne.

Summary: Giles combines innovative felting techniques with dye colors, fiber combinations, and patterns to make captivating felt fabric, from which she designs and constructs pieces that are truly wearable art.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.0463 GIL

Penne, Barbra

Summary: "The fabled oasis in the desert mirage is just one example of the strange things that can happen when light hits the air in certain atmospheric conditions. This captivating volume takes a closer look at mirages and similar phenomena, explaining to elementary readers that there is much more to these natural optical illusions than meets -- or doesn't meet -- the eye. Topics covered include...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.56 PEN

Hardesty, Constance.

Summary: Provides plans and instructions for growing twenty-six different gardens, with recipes for using what is grown. Gardens and recipes are divided by difficulty level, from easy to advanced.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Kids 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 HAR

Jones, Constance

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 JON

Snow, Constance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 SNO

Wu, Constance

Summary: "Through raw and relatable essays, Constance shares private memories of childhood, young love and heartbreak, sexual assault and harassment, and how she "made it" in Hollywood. Her stories offer a behind-the-scenes look at being Asian American in the entertainment industry and the continuing evolution of her identity and influence in the public eye"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022

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