Brenner, M. P. (Michael P.)
Summary: "Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work. The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and social media feeds. But to a scientist they are also perfect pedagogical explorations into the basic scientific principles of cooking. In Science and Cooking, Harvard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BREO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: "When The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations was published in 1987, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And he kept writing funny stuff for another thirty-five years. Now, for the first time, P.J.'s best quips and riffs have been collected in one volume, edited by his longtime friend and award-winning magazine editor Terry McDonell. The Funny Stuff is organized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 O'ROLerner, Eric J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Random House 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.18 LERSummary: With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEALong, John J. P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trout Unlimited/Challenge Chapter 0000
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1 available in Michigan Room, Call number: MIO 799.17 EmeNight, P. J.
Summary: When Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake during a game of Truth or Dare and then receives a text message warning her to stay away from him, she starts suspecting that her stalker is a ghost, and not a jealous classmate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NIGO'Rourke, P. J.
Contents: Juvenilia delinquent : "underground" press, 1970-1972 -- The truth about the sixties and other fiction -- Days of wage : National lampoon, 1971-1981 -- Drives to nowhere : automotive journalism -- Essays, prefaces, speeches, reviews, and things jotted on napkins -- Current and recurrent events. -- Bad sports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 O'ROKenyon, J P
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.06 KENO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: A collection of O'Rourke's writings about cars for Car and Driver, Automobile, Esquire, Forbes, and other publications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5402 OROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5402 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: P.J. O'Rourke reads and interprets Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 330.153 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: "No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Or, as celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P. J. O'Rourke put it in his endorsement of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton: "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: "When P.J. O'Rourke sets off around the world to find answers to some of our most pressing problems - famine in Somalia, plague in Haiti, multiculturalism in the former Yugoslavia - he returns with some surprising observations. But then this is the bestselling author of "Holidays in Hell" and "Give War a Chance" and politically correct he isn't: 'If the outdoors is so swell, ' he asks after an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: A follow-up to "Holidays in Hell" collects classic travel pieces written throughout the author's post-retirement years, a period marked by his haphazard journeys with and without family to such regions as China, Kyrgyzstan, and America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 OROO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: P.J. O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe looking for trouble, the truth and a good time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 O'RouO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: An upbeat dissemination of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" condenses and illuminates the key points of the original works while discussing how their messages remain relevant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.153 OROVernon, P. J.
Summary: "Her husband is missing. Visiting her family's South Carolina estate, socialite Gray Godfrey wakes from a night out to an empty bed. Her husband Paul is gone and a thrashing hangover has wiped her memory clean. At first, she's relieved for the break from her tumultuous marriage; perhaps Paul just needed some space. But when his car is found abandoned on the highway, Gray must face the truth:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERO'Rourke, P. J
Summary: A portrait of the baby boom generation celebrates the bad trips, questionable politics, and outrageous styles of the author and his generation while analyzing how the boom shaped contemporary America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 OROParrish, P. J.
Summary: A deep freeze is bearing down on the Florida Everglades. For Detective Louis Kincaid, the coldest night of the year brings a grisly discovery that will lead him into a nightmarish battle of wits with a ruthless predator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pinnacle Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M ParCoovert, J. P.
Summary: "With Draw A Comic!, you'll learn to create and print your own comic books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics--you can use a pen, a brush, or even a computer. With the help of a photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends!"-- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.51 COOO'Rourke, P. J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 OROStrate, J. P.
Summary: "In their debut book, JP Strate and Liz Spillman, creators of the popular DIY YouTube channel The Rehab Life, bring over 20 new beginner-friendly furniture projects to your home. Their distinctive style pairs clean, contemporary designs with natural wood and warm stains to give your space that urban farmhouse look. There's no need for prior woodworking experience or a garage full of fancy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.08 STRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.08 STRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.08 StrateSummary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020