Elder, Robert
Summary: Describes the life of the American statesman and political theorist who served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and argued in favor of slavery and laid the groundwork for the South to secede the Union.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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Summary: Traces the inspirational story of a breast-cancer survivor whose new puppy ran away from its caregiver while the family was on vacation, a loss for which the author's family was assisted by numerous helpers from the police chief to local school children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.728 ELDElder, John
Summary: Following the Brush is the engaging story of an American's experience as a student and observer of traditional Japanese culture. A professor of English, John Elder lived for a year with his family in Kyoto. As a cultural outsider and devoted amateur, Elder brings a distinctive and sympathetic eye to arts and institutions that are, as the author points out, peopled by Japanese who are these days...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.04 ELDElder, Karen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 ELDElser, Smoke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Pub. Co. 1980
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Summary: Presents advice on low-maintenance gardening, with tips for easy landscaping, short-cut composting, container gardening, and reliable plant combinations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2011
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Summary: "With the legalization of marijuana in many states making headlines today, many parents and teachers are trying to find ways to discuss the harmful effects of this drug with children and teenagers. It's important for young people to understand the risks associated with marijuana. This book breaks down the history and use of the drug with information about the problems surrounding it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Health Danger BensonKelder, Diane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. A. Praeger 1969
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.952 RUSMoke, Jenny Elder
Summary: Sam Knox must use her archaeological skills and her knowledge of ciphers to crack the code of a mysterious diary and outsmart a nefarious brotherhood seeking to activate the curse of the Specter Queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured thirty years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to establish its legitimacy, agents of Information across the globe strive to keep the peace and maintain the flows of data that feed the new world order. In the newly-incorporated DarFur, a governor dies in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Tom Doherty Associates Book 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLDRobison, John Elder.
Summary: John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.986 RUSKelton, Elmer
Summary: The earth lay dying. Crops dried up, and fertile soil dissolved into clouds of yellow. Ranchers did everything within their power, and federal forces were called in fruitlessly. Only Charlie Flagg, old-time Texas cattleman, saw it as a fight worth continuing--and refused to give up his battle against Nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge Books 1973
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KELVan Gelder, Sarah
Summary: "YES! magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline - it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, 'If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361 VANElzer-Peters, Katie.
Summary: This book includes planting, care, and harvesting information for more than 60 fruits, vegetables and herbs; popular selections, from arugula to zucchini; a variety of additional common and unusual fruits, vegetables, and herbs; and advice on garden planning, creating the perfect soil, watering, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: FT Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 EDEEgger, Robert.
Contents: Introduction : "Brother, can you spare a dime?" : a brief history of the handout -- Soup kitchen confidential -- Doing good versus doing right -- Feeding the tapirs -- Starfish and random acts -- Whom are you serving? -- M=EC² -- The tangible link -- Taking Troy -- Take it to 11 -- Keeping the faith -- Grab the future by the face -- Epilogue : Redemption city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.7068 EGGEtler, Cyndy
Summary: When the author is sent to Straight, Inc., a "tough love" program for troubled teens, she is psychologically beaten for months and forced to return to high school with a battered psyche.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ETLNader, Ralph
Summary: "A scathing wake-up call derailing the many ways that wealth manipulates American politics, labor, media, environment and the quality of national life today. By telling the success stories of average Americans, the iconic consumer advocate and big-business anti-hero makes the case about how the nation can--and must--be managed by communities, not corporations. Nader at his best--indignant and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Publishers 2016
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Contents: What I learned from my youth -- The wisdom I gained from my family life -- My views on marriage, relationships and love -- The people and things that influenced my life -- My philosophy about the world -- My beliefs about spirituality and religion -- What I want you to know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Horizon Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.4 ALDElzer-Peters, Katie
Summary: "No-Waste Kitchen Gardening is a fun and colorful exploration of the amazing results you can get by re-growing vegetable cutoffs and scraps into harvestable, edible plants. Stop tossing your carrot stumps, loose cilantro sprigs, lettuce and cabbage stalks, and apple cores in the trash! The expert advice in No-Waste Kitchen Gardening, gives you all the instruction and tricks you'll need to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2018