Parker, Priya
Summary: "We spend our lives gathering - first in classrooms and then in meetings, weddings, conferences and away days. Yet so many of us spend this time in underwhelming moments that fail to engage us, inspire us, or connect us. We've all sat in meetings where people talk past each other or go through the motions and others which galvanize a team and remind everyone why they first took the job. We've...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302 PARCarter, Rita
Summary: Combining the latest findings from the field of neuroscience with expert text and state-of-the-art illustrations, "The Human Brain Book" is a complete guide to the one organ in the body that makes each person a unique individual. Includes an interactive DVD.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 611.81 CARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 612.82 CarSummary: The first issues of nine of comics' most compelling new titles are collected in this shelf-busting compendium. Discover new horror, drama, fantasy, and science fiction by some of comics' top talent-- writers and artists who will draw readers into their worlds and hook them in a single issue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WILSummary: "As the epic second season begins the fight to save humanity rages on even as civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Director Robert J. Flaherty journeyed with his wife, Frances, and their children to the South Seas island of Savai'i to capture on film the exotic lifestyles of the Samoan people. In doing so, they resurrected and dramatized the recently vanished customs and struggles of the people just before modernization permanently altered the cultural landscape of the island. In 1975, nearly 50 years after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOAWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINFarber, David.
Summary: A behind-the-scenes examination of the Iran Hostage Crisis paints a portrait of the events leading up to the ordeal as a means for understanding it, drawing parallels to the current war on terrorism. A timely and revealing history of America's first engagement with terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955.054 FARBraun, Eric
Summary: Describes the kinds of things that major league baseball players do, such as catching balls and hitting home runs, and discusses the training needed to become a baseball player.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of essays by regional journalists, academics, and religious and community leaders commemorates the October 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue while describing how neighbors are working together to heal and help preventfuture tragedies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 BOUErickson, Erick
Summary: Offers ten open letters directed to the author's children, penned after he learned that both he and his wife faced grave medical issue, addressing life's enduring values and offering practical, inspirational, and spiritual advice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 ERINewman, Ericka
Summary: I never would have thought I’d be living in this moment, who woulda thought so much pain would bring me so much joy, But I healed myself, I learned to love myself, I’m not perfect never wanted to be and this is proof of all my flaws and imperfections. I’ve been used judged and mistreated. I’ve been played on and preyed upon and here I am still standing. As you read these words, and flip through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ericka Newman 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NEWMAN, ERICKA NEWSummary: A hardworking Maltese fisherman, struggling to provide for his family amidst strict regulations imposed on his traditional family business by the European Union, enters Malta's fishing underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUZFerber, Edna
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. 1941
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FERSanchez, Ericka
Summary: From the author of Aguas Frescas & Paletas comes another collection of over 100 Mexican recipes with a unique spin, delivering the authentic flavors everyone craves, but swapping in easy-to-find, healthful ingredients your family will love. From breakfasts and salsas to meatless meals and special recipes for Dia de Los Muertos and other special occasions, ¡Buen Provecho! is the perfect cookbook...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 SANBarber, John Warner
Summary: "Barber and Howe go west! This 1868 collaboration from American historians John Warner Barber (1798-1885) and Henry Howe (1816-1893) surveys twenty-one states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin) and nine territories...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2019
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 973 BARBarber, John Warner
Summary: "Barber and Howe's collaboration, originally published in 1841, opens with a general history of the state, followed by the details of each town, arranged alphabetically by county, then town, then city or village. Entries contain geographical and architectural descriptions, original Native American place names, political and religious history, population statistics, and interesting anecdotes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 BARSanchez, Ericka
Summary: The creator of the award-winning culinary website Nibbles & Feasts delivers 38 easy recipes for fresh-made Mexican drinks and popsicles that feature a variety of fruity and flowery flavors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Familius LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.862 SANFerber, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 974.4 BARFaerber, Esme.
Contents: What bonds can do for you and why you should consider investing in them -- Characteristics of bonds -- Risks of bonds -- Yield and price -- Duration and convexity -- The economy and the bond markets -- Money market securities -- Treasury securities -- Government agency and pass-through securities -- Corporate bonds -- Municipal bonds -- Convertible bonds -- Zero coupon bonds and zero coupon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2009
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Summary: An autobiography of Nazi spy Erich Gimpel chronicling his efforts to sabotage America's atomic program in World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5487 GIMHoyt, Erich
Summary: "Invites readers to dive into the dazzling nighttime ocean. Countless microscopic plankton -- larval creatures such as ornate ghost pipefish, left-handed hermit crabs and bony-eared assfish -- ascend to the upper waters to feed, returning to the depths before sunrise."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2022
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 578.77 HOYSummary: Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ELESummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023