Summary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWICrothers, Tim.
Summary: The astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who, inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary, becomes an international chess champion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUTESI, PHIONA CROMixon, Myron.
Summary: "The secret to the best barbecue from the man who barbecues the best: Keep it simple! In the world of competitive barbecue, nobody's won more prize money, more trophies, or more adulation than Myron Mixon. And he comes by it honestly: From the time he was old enough to stoke a pit, Mixon learned the art of barbecue at his father's side. He grew up to expand his parent's sauce business, Jack's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 MIXDizon, Don S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 DIZNixon, David
Summary: In 1984 President Ronald Reagan gave NASA the go-ahead to build a Space Station. A generation later, the International Space Station is an established and highly successful research centre in Earth orbit. The history of this extraordinary project is a complex weave of powerful threads - political, diplomatic, financial and technological among them - but none is more fascinating than the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Circa Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.442 NIXNixon, Kari
Summary: "For readers of Mary Roach and Adam Diamond, an innovative look at the histories of different epidemics and what it meant for society, alongside what lessons different diseases have to teach us as society battles the novel Coronavirus"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.4 NIXNixon, Kelsey.
Summary: Shares a full-color array of one hundred essential recipes, including grilled fruit skewers with chili and lime, steak and pepper stir-fry, and fudge mint brownies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.3 NIXNixon, Madeline
Summary: Mako sharks are known for their speed. They swim faster and jump higher than any other shark. Find out more in Mako Shark, one of the titles in the Sharks series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.3 NIXNixon, Madeline
Summary: Hammerhead sharks are named for their unusually shaped heads. Great hammerheads are the largest of the nine different types of hammerheads. Find out more in Hammerhead Shark, one of the titles in the Sharks series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.3 NIXRothery, Ben
Summary: "Ocean Planet is the stunning new book from natural-history illustrator Ben Rothery-- and offers a rich exploration of the creatures from the coastal and offshore waters of the world--from penguins, seagulls, polar bears and seahorses, to plankton, sharks"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2021
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Summary: "After vegan chef Lindsay S. Nixon wrapped up her popular cookbook The Happy Herbivore Cookbook last year, she went back to her kitchen in her new home of St. Maarten. Island living encouraged her to come up with simpler recipes, which led her to create a follow-up cookbook with a focus on recipes that bring tasty back to quick-and-easy. Now, in Nixon's much-anticipated follow-up cookbook,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5637 NIXAcemoglu, Daron.
Summary: Evaluates the reasons that some nations are poor while others succeed, outlining provocative perspectives that support theories about the importance of institutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 ACECoxon, Michele.
Summary: Join the small kitten on its travels around the farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starbright Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 468 CoxDanon, Danny.
Summary: Outlines a plan for Israel's future, arguing against any acquiescence to U.S. foreign policy and discussing such topics as the "two state/one state" stalemate, nationalism, and the potential for severing the bond between Israel and the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 DANEberhart, Dikkon.
Summary: He was destined from birth for literary greatness."If only his father hadn't stolen all the words."As the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet laureate Richard Eberhart, Dikkon Eberhart grew up surrounded by literary giants. Frequent dinner guests included, among others, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath.To the world, they were literary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBERHART, DIKKON EBELeake, Diyan.
Summary: Describes the training, equipment, and work of a firefighter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.378 LEALim, Dion
Summary: If the workplace is a battlefield for women, this is the playbook they need. Women face unique circumstances on their road to success, no matter age or experience, what their goals are, or industry. Make Your Moment addresses a wide range of career and workplace scenarios and "microinteractions" you must master if you care about succeeding in business. This book covers crucial career skills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGrawHill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.101 LIMLeonard, Dion
Summary: While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Crafts DiehnDinan, Kim
Summary: "Plagued by anxiety and a persistent feeling that there was more to life than paychecks and mortgages, Kim and her husband decide to uproot their lives and travel around the world. Just before their departure, they're given an unexpected gift that will shape their adventures: a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away to those they encounter on their journey....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DINAN, KIM DINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel DinanEdison, Diane.
Contents: Design principles and the visual elements -- Understanding color through paint mixing -- First painting: wet on wet -- Second painting: wet on dry and scumbling -- Third painting: Venetian painting technique -- Subject matter and content.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4 EDIPixin, Weng
Summary: "Let's Not Talk Anymore weaves together five generations of women from Weng Pixin's family, each at age 15. Her lineage is full of breakages -- her great grandmother Kuān is sent away from her family in South China, her grandmother Mèi is adopted by a neighbor to help with housework, and her mother Bīng is heartbroken by her father's estrangement. Pixin's own story centers on her feelings of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PIXDidion, Joan.
Summary: ""Life changes fast. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." These were among the first words Joan Didion wrote in January 2004. Her daughter was lying unconscious in an intensive care unit, a victim of pneumonia and septic shock. Her husband, John Gregory Dunne, was dead. The night before New Year's Eve, while they were sitting down to dinner, he suffered a massive and fatal...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813.54 DidioDuron, Lori.
Summary: Discusses the author's experiences raising an effeminate son who may be gay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2013