Miller, Tessa
Summary: "A riveting and candid account of a young journalist's awakening to a life of chronic illness, weaving together her personal story with reporting to shed light on how Americans live with long-term diagnoses today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 MILLER, TESSA MILSummary: A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AALSummary: Acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Ostergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. Armed with small handycams the Burma VJs stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of Rangoon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BURBejerano, Maya
Summary: A Winding Line gathers poems from the last decade by three of Israel’s most original and insightful poets, all of whom are women. Biblical and mythological allusions, political concerns, landscapes, and personal experiences figure throughout, while each poet brings her unique voice to the pages. Maya Bejerano’s complex poems often speak to human connection. Sharron Hass brings an interest in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zephyr Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 BEJSummary: "'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: www.povertyinc.org 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POVBuller, Kate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins & Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 BULNorman, Jessye.
Summary: Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NORMAN, JESSYE NORFeller, Maya
Summary: "Eating from Our Roots is a love letter to the globe that celebrates nourishing, flavorful dishes from cultures around the world. A registered dietitian and nutritionist known for her approachable, real-food-based solutions, Maya Feller highlights the nourishing roots of foods from regions including the Caribbean, South America, Africa, the Mediterranean, Asia, and more. She shares thoughtful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale, Goop Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 FELCrispin, Jessa
Summary: "Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism... and a bracing manifesto for revolution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CRIFulmer, David.
Summary: In New Orleans' red light district in the early twentieth century, politician Tom Anderson hires Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr to investigate the deaths of several prostitutes, each of whom is found with a black rose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FULFulmer, Ned
Summary: ""Try Guy" star Ned Fulmer and his wife, Ariel, share the recipes they love to cook together. With more than 10 million fans, Ned and Ariel Fulmer are known for their devotion to each other, and their love of homecooked food. From their popular online cooking challenges to their podcast and Instagram posts of last night's dinner, cooking together is a linchpin in their identity as the sweetest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company Independent Publishers Since 1923 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5612 FULHuller, Stephan.
Summary: "Highly controversial but impeccably researched, The Real Messiah explodes the myth that Jesus was the long-prophesied Messiah of the Jewish nation. Indeed, it argues that Jesus never claimed that role but thought of himself as herald to the true Messiah: Marcus Julius Agrippa, the last King of the Jews and Jesus' contemporary. It was he who truly founded what became known as Christianity, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins Publishing 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 270.1 HULJessel, Camilla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5946 JESBuller, Laura
Summary: An introduction to dogs discusses different breeds, their size, strong senses, and behaviors including working dogs that help people by performing such important tasks as search and rescue missions, autism assistance, and sheep and cattle herding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BULBuller, Laura
Summary: Presents information about llamas, describing such characteristics as where they live, why they spit, and the difference beteen a llama and an alpaca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.2 BULBuller, Laura
Summary: "Is that a stick? Or is it a leaf? Neither! It's a bug! Find out what kinds of critters are hiding in plain sight." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2023
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Summary: Introduces hedgehogs, describing why they have prickly spines covering their backs, how they hibernate, and how to properly care for a hedgehog as a pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE BULCrispin, Jessa
Summary: At thirty, Crispin burned her settled Chicago life to the ground and took off for Berlin with a pair of suitcases and no plan beyond leaving. Half a decade later, still on the road, she's in search not so much of a home as of understanding. Fascinated by exile, Crispin traveled an itinerary of key locations that have drawn writers who needed to break free and start fresh. She explores why the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRISPIN, JESSA CRIBlanco, Benny
Summary: "The debut cookbook from benny blanco--pop music super-producer, artist, actor on FXX's Dave, and consummate food freak--teaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoying life, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BLACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 641.5 BLAFuller, Alexandra
Summary: In this sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, the author returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In this book she braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war torn Africa of her own childhood. At its heart, this is...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Summary: "From bestselling author Alexandra Fuller, the utterly original story of her father, Tim Fuller, and a deeply felt tribute to a life well lived"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FULCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FULLER FULFuller, Richard
Summary: Pollution is the single largest cause of death in the developing world. One in seven people in low- and middle-income countries die as a result of it. Simply put, pollution is now the world’s most prevalent health risk. And yet, while most everyone has heard about “going green,” few are aware of the more dire and sinister “brown” pollution—places where man-made toxic pollutants have taken root...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Santa Monica Press 2015