Dreyer, Benjamin
Summary: "Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word DreyerDreyer, Benjamin
Summary: "Authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot forward in writing prose. Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 DREDreyer, Danny.
Summary: A running coach and nationally ranked ultra-marathon runner draws on the principles of t'ai chi to develop a comprehensive running program that promotes greater speed and distance with less effort while preventing injuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 DREWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIDreyer, Danny.
Summary: A practical guide that teaches the principles of T'ai Chi, incorporating it into a walking regimen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 DREMarron, Aileen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Journey Editions 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.6 MARWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: Meet thirty-five female athletes who played hard, broke records, and inspired girls around the world. You'll read about the first woman horse jockey to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the number one tennis player in the world, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack, and a snow boarder who landed a death-defying jump, along with many others. Includes: Simone Biles * Gretchen Bleiler * Hannah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids/Running Press Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIDreher, Rod.
Summary: When a colleague teased writer Dreher one day about his visit to the "lefty" local food co-op, he started thinking about the ways he and his conservative family lived that put them outside the bounds of conventional Republican politics. Shortly thereafter, Dreher wrote an essay about "crunchy cons," people whose "Small Is Beautiful" style of conservative politics often put them at odds with GOP...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 DREFisher, Aileen
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1966
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FISWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: Presents a collection of gross riddles, jokes, and puzzles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2005
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Summary: Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 BRENilsen, Anders
Summary: "Dogs and Water "chronicles a piece of a lonely journey, without origin or destination. A young man wandering a nameless path has only a stuffed bear as a companion, which inertly endures his desperation, anger, and musings along the way. The landscape is cold and bleak with few landmarks, and offers only precarious encounters with animals and armed men. These interactions are rife with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NilsenMarron, Aileen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Journey Editions 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.6 MARWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: A book of knock knock jokes. Includes other puzzles and activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.132 WEISalley, Coleen.
Summary: A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SALSteyer, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551 STEVeit, Quentin F.
Summary: "Part memoir, part how-to manual, The Bumpy Road paints a vivid picture of life on the farm during the Great Depression. The author, recounting stories from his boyhood, brings to life the everyday trials and tribulations of his family and neighbors as they struggle to survive under daunting economic conditions. The hard work they put in was a given (to them), and their solutions to everyday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willow Bend Press 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VEIT VEIDrexler, Peggy.
Summary: A research psychologist offers a study of boys raised in female-headed households without a male role model, arguing that such young men grow up more empathetic and well-rounded than those in traditional mother-father families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 DREEllgen, Pamela.
Summary: "College is a time of learning. But it'll be hard to ace your classes if you fail to feed yourself well. 'The Five-Ingredient College Cookbook' makes it easy for students to prepare truly tasty, mostly healthy, and totally realistic meals. They're still fast. They're still cheap. But they're a whole lot better for you than the alternative."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 641.512 ELLKreger, Randi
Summary: "Drawing on the same powerful approach outlined in the self-help classic, Stop Walking on Eggshells-which has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide-this essential guide offers skills and strategies for parenting a child of any age with borderline personality disorder (BPD). With this book, readers will learn better ways to communicate and improve their relationship with their borderline...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2022
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Summary: A "book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from 'Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?' to 'Why is it called a traditional Indian fry bread taco?' to 'What's it like for Natives who don't look Native?' to 'Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?' and beyond, [this book] does exactly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 970.004 TRETreuer, David
Summary: "Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated-if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today-and the fight to preserve language...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 970.004 TRECahill, Coleen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friedman/Fairfax 2001