Hutchens, Alma R.
Summary: An illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than 200 medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished. It includes an annotated bibliography of pertinent books...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1991
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Saks, Elyn R.
Summary: Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.898 SAKLund, Kristin
Summary: The ultimate reference book for the planets, cities, and battles of the Star wars galaxy! The cross-section artworks offer incredible levels of detail that take you far beyond what is seen on-screen-- even beyond freeze-frame!
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 791.43 LUNGilpin, Alec R. (Alec Richard)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1958
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 973.523 GIL1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 973.523 GIL
Summary: Did Henry Kissinger sabatoge the 1968 Vietnam peace talks for his own personal gain? Did he orchestrate the secret bombing of Cambodia? Did he authorize covert operations to overthrow a Chilean President? This explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in United States history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRIGilpin, Alec R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.403 GILHutchens, Verlie
Summary: "There are so many different kinds of trees in the world, and each has special qualities that make it unique. This lyrical, fanciful collection of poems celebrates the singular beauty of each tree, from the gnarled old apple tree to the tall and graceful aspen." --Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 HUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUTSummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation AldaFeirer, John Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 694 FEIAlda, Alan
Summary: One of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors, the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.028 ALDHitchens, Christopher.
Summary: Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 HITAlda, Alan
Summary: The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 153 ALDAlda, Alan
Summary: The popular actor looks back to reassess the meaning of his own life and the paths he has taken, from the turbulent 1960s to the tragedy of September 11, and to answer such questions as "What do I value?" and "What, exactly, is the good life?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.02 ALDMILLER, ALAN, R
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Summary: "A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend's family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant and vivacious wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fightduring the courageous final months of her mother's life, Townsend - a lifelong scientist - was indelibly altered. He began to see scientific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Contains articles that provide information on the major interactions between pharmaceutical drugs and food, specific nutrients, and herbs; arranged alphabetically by generic drug name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 GABOakes, Alma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Batsford 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 OAKKamuda, Alan R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Free Press 1993
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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MI 680 KAMHitchens, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER HITHitchens, Christopher.
Summary: Includes never-before-collected quotes from the controversial best-selling author on hundreds of subjects--from atheism and alcoholism to Iraq and George Orwell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 081 HITVolz, Alia
Summary: "During the 70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Each was devoted to the occult, and they regularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLZ, ALIA VOLGuillermoprieto, Alma
Summary: Alma Guillermoprieto--an award-winning journalist and arguably our most clear-eyed observer of Latin America--now turns her keen powers of observation onto her own, younger self. In this richly evocative chronicle, Guillermoprieto describes the remarkable, transforming journey she made as a twenty-year-old, when her love of dance--which had led her from her native Mexico to the New York dance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.91 GUIAbernathy, Alta.
Summary: In 1909 5-year-old Temple and 9-year old Bud rode from Guthrie, OK. to Santa Fe, NM alone. In a span of 4 years, the brothers traveled the U.S. (more 12,000 miles) by horseback, car, and motorcycle. Their famous father, U.S. Marshall "catch-'em alive" Jack Abernathy of Oklahoma encouraged them, according to this account related by Temple Abernathy to his wife of 64 years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dove Creek Press 1998