Summary: Arriving in 1924, Pesachʹke Burstein, the dancing-singing comedian, quickly became a leading figure in the Golden Era of Yiddish theater. On stage, he would meet, fall in love with and eventually marry raising star Lillian Lux. Embarking together on triumphant overseas tours as a couple, they soon became the parents of twins. Before long the children, Mike and Susan, were given stage names and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KOMHarley, Avis.
Summary: Short poems about undersea life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.6 HARAmes, Louise Bates.
Summary: Discusses the behavior, health, intellectual development, and personal relationships of seven-year-old children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.124 AMEAmes, Louise Bates.
Summary: Describes typical characteristics of nine-year-olds and suggests solutions to behavior problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Trade Paperback 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.124 AMESummary: "The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTStelson, Caren Barzelay
Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASAmos, Carol B.
Summary: H.O.P.E. for the Alzheimer’s Journey equips Alzheimer’s caregivers with knowledge, tools, and advice for their difficult road ahead. The concepts are conveyed in an open, honest, and creative manner using original family email communications from Carol B. Amos’s own journey. Carol also introduces The Caregiving Principle™ : a simple approach that provides a deeper understanding of a person with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.97 AMOHavel, Václav.
Summary: "As writer, dissident, and statesman, Vaclav Havel played an essential part in the profound changes that occurred in Central Europe during the last decades of the twentieth century, and became a powerful intellectual and political force for the reestablishment of democratic principles and institutions. Now, in this memoir, he recollects the pivotal experiences and ideas of his life. Known in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAVEL, VACLAV WILHusain, Amir
Summary: Explores universal questions about humanity's capacity for living and thriving in the coming age of sentient machines and AI, examining debates from opposing perspectives while discussing emerging intellectual diversity and its potential role in enabling a positive life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 HUSTsarfati, Amir
Summary: "The Mossad has uncovered Iran's plans to smuggle untraceable weapons of mass destruction into Israel. The clock is ticking, and agents Nir Tavor and Nicole le Roux can't act quickly enough. Nir and Nicole find themselves caught in a whirlwind plot of assassinations, espionage, and undercover recon, fighting against the clock to stop this threat against the Middle East. As they draw closer to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction TsarfatiAliu, Akim
Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALIO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 OREBlir.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE BlirHavel, Václav.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 HAVHamel, Gary.
Summary: "Critical insight from the man Fortune called "the world's leading expert on business strategy"About the only thing a leader can be sure of is that what worked yesterday is unlikely to work today, let alone tomorrow. Never before have businesses faced a more fractured, contentious and dynamic environment. If ever there was a need for fundamentally new thinking about values, competition,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HAMHanel, Marnie
Summary: "A picnic is a great escape from our day-to-day and a chance to turn a meal into something more festive and memorable ... With variations on everyone's favorite deviled eggs, 99 uses for a Mason jar (think cocktail shaker, firefly catcher, or cookie jar), rules for scoring lawn games, and refreshing drinks to mix up in crowd-friendly batches, let The Picnic take the stress out of your next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 642.3 HANHanel, Rachael.
Contents: We'll be the last ones to let you down -- Digger O'Dell -- In the midst of life we are in death -- Stormy weather -- Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints -- Break the plow -- As you think, you travel -- When beauty dies -- A gossamer world -- Helter skelter -- Opening night -- The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away -- What was left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HANEL, RACHAEL HANHavel, Václav.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.7043 HAVAczel, Amir D.
Summary: The story of Fermat's last theorem, that the square of a whole number can be broken down into two other squares of whole numbers but the same cannot be done with cubes or higher powers. After three hundred years, a proof for the theorem was developed by Princeton-based mathematician Andrew Wiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 512.74 ACZHavel, Václav.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.7043 HAVAczel, Amir D
Summary: Analyzing the theories and findings of such titans as Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin, a renowned science writer and mathematician demonstrates in multiple ways that science has not, as yet, provided any definitive proof refuting the existence of God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 215 ACZAczel, Amir D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 ACZAmer, Lindz
Summary: "An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queer-friendly children in a gender-affirming space. In the face of so many injustices across society for LGBTQ+ people, it can be easy for parents of young children to feel helpless and hopeless. While they may not be able to address every problem across the country, there's a simple place to start: right at home. Rainbow Parenting is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 AMEAmin, Jahirul
Summary: "Anatomy for Artists presents an extensive visual reference guide to the human form for artists of all abilities and mediums. Over 240 specially commissioned photographs capture every detail, from muscle definition and bony landmarks to a valuable catalogue of postures and poses. Every photograph is overlaid with musculature, planar, and contour diagrams... Detailed diagrams reveal the inner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 3DTotal Publishing 2020