Postel, Sandra
Summary: Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.4 POSAllen, Kendra
Summary: "Looping exultantly through the overlapping experiences of girlhood, Blackness, sex, and personhood in America, award-winning essayist and poet Kendra Allen braids together personal narrative and cultural commentary, wrestling with the beauty and brutality to be found between mothers and daughters, young women and the world, Black bodies and white space, virginity and intrusion, prison and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ALLBrown, Kendra
Summary: "Small but Mighty is an illustrated early nonfiction book about some of the smallest yet mightiest and most fascinating creatures on Earth, along with their impact on the planet."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.4 BROJames, Kendra
Summary: "Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey, attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAMES, KENDRA JAMMuntz, Kendra
Summary: "Introduction to different types of tropical fish using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.17 MUNOster, Emily
Summary: "In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting, the big questions in this age come up less frequently. But we live with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 OSTAtleework, Kendra
Summary: "Miracle Country captures one family's spirit and losses in a harsh landscape that has been shaped and exploited over hundreds of years, and chronicles the author's journey as she realizes that there's nowhere else in the country, no matter how green and welcoming, that feels like home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ATLEEWORK, KENDRA ATLHendra, Tony.
Summary: At 14 years old, Tony began an affair with a married woman that ended when the jilted husband, a devout Roman Catholic, sent Tony to a Benedictine abbey. There, Tony met the remarkably kind and compassionate Father Joe. For the next four decades, Father Joe's guidance never faltered, even as Tony failed in marriage, fought substance abuse, and struggled to find meaning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 921 HendraAdachi, Kendra
Summary: "Be productive without sacrificing peace of mind with the Lazy Genius strategy of focusing on what really matters and ignoring what doesn't. If you need a comprehensive self-help strategy but are tired of reading stacks of self-help books, here is an easyway that actually works. No more cobbling together life hacks and productivity strategies from dozens of authors and still feeling tired. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 ADABean, Kendra
Summary: A celebration of the life and achievements of the iconic Hollywood star offers authoritative discussions of such topics as the creation and maintenance of her glamorous image, her marriages, and her celebrity friendships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GARDNER, AVA BEAKendra, Judith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Learning 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 951 KENPoster, Donna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 POSNeely, Kindra
Summary: "Author Kindra Neely recounts her journey to healing after surviving a mass shooting during her first year of college"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 NEEOster, Maggie.
Summary: Provides instructions for making herbal vinegar and for adding herbal flavors to bottled vinegar, and shares recipes for vinegar-flavored condiments and dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.622 OSTKenda, Joe.
Summary: Joe Kenda, star of Discovery's Homicide Hunter, reflects on past homicide cases and examines the triggers of what led to the crime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 KENCoster, Theo.
Summary: "In 1941, Theo Coster was a student at the Amsterdam Jewish Lyceum, one in a class of 28 Jewish children that the Nazis had segregated from the rest of the Dutch population. Among Theo's fellow students was a young Anne Frank, whose diary would later become one of the most important documents of the Holocaust. In this remarkable group portrait, Coster and five of his fellow classmates gather...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 FRANK, ANNE COSBradshaw, Thelma Finster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crane Hill 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FINSTER, HOWARD BradshawOster, Don.
Contents: Profile of a good hitter -- Batting fundamentals -- Fast pitch, fast bat -- Hitting drills -- Getting ready to bat -- Making your at bat count -- Bunting fundamentals -- Advancing base runners -- Running the bases -- A positive approach to hitting -- Team offense -- Common batter problems -- Final thoughts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 OSTOster, Emily
Summary: "From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 618.2 OSTForker, Dom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FORMotter, Dean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MOTOstler, Rosemarie
Summary: "Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious -- capable of inciting a full-blown grammar war at the splice of a comma, battles readily visible in the media and online in the comments of blogs and chat rooms. With an accessible and enthusiastic journalistic approach, Ostler considers these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word OstlerPowter, Geoff
Summary: This collection of original and previously published pieces includes provocative editorial and opinion work about the state of adventure, personal tales from a life of exploration and risk-taking, some touches of humour, and award-winning profiles of some of Canada's mountaineering greats. Stories include conversations with and profiles of alpine personalities such as Barry Blanchard, Sonnie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd 2018