Summary: Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CarolKhashoggi, Nabila
Summary: Spartan and friends travel to the Kingdom of Bhutan in Book 4, The Poachers of Tiger Mountain. The travelers arrive at a village hosting a lively archery tournament as part of a Bhutanese festival. They make new friends who invite them to join the feast and watch the performance. Soon the group discovers that poachers have killed off many of the tigers that used to thrive in Bhutan, and now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Full Cycle Publications 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KHAClare, Cassandra.
Summary: Tessa Fell's search for her missing brother leads her into Victorian London's supernatural underworld, where she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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Summary: "Dreams are a window into the subconscious, and for those who understand their meanings, they are also a crucial step in self-understanding. In this comprehensive volume, author Cassandra Eason shares her decades of study on the subject. From visions of angels to trips to the zoo, from buying a dream home to escaping from demons, Eason catalogs 1,001 scenarios, exploring different types of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Ethos 2023
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Summary: In a graphic novel adaptation of the book, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2013
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Summary: "An illustrated guide to socialism for budding anticapitalists who know it's time to dump their toxic ex (Capitalism) and try something finer. Journalist Malaika Jabali debunks myths, centers forgotten socialists of color who have shaped our world, and shows socialism is not all Marx and Bernie Bros-it can be pretty sexy."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.43 JABHabila, Helon
Summary: On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of this tragedy that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2016
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Summary: "America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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Summary: Provides teens who have suffered sexual trauma with advice on reaching out for support, working through feelings of shame or fear, and creating a personal safety plan, in a book that includes stories from sexual abuse survivors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.8 LOHSouffrant, Jamila
Summary: "Journey to Launch podcaster Souffrant debuts with a sound program for achieving financial independence, which she defines as being able to live on the "money you've accumulated in your investment accounts... indefinitely." Her five-step program involves figuring out "what your bills and liabilities are in comparison to what you're earning," paying off most debts, establishing an emergency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humansbelieved that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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Summary: "For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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Summary: Provides step by step instructions for over thirty soap recipes, from multi-colored soaps to those inspired by foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.95 FAIParola, Shirley Tong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diamond Hawaii Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5996 PARJohnson, Michelle (Michelle Cassandra)
Summary: "In times of isolation, heartbreak, and brokenness, reaching out to each other, being in conversation, finding ways to connect with compassion and openness can help us heal, and thrive. It becomes a part of our own personal transformation. This powerful, positive guide coaxes us to go beyond our individual and collective grief, and courageously re-enter and reclaim our sense of community--which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 JOHJohnson, Michelle (Michelle Cassandra)
Summary: "Finding Refuge is a book designed to guide you through exploring what is breaking your heart, where grief resides, and how it impacts you. This book is intended to serve as a tool for healing yourself, thus allowing you to create conditions to heal whatcontinually shatters many of us-the immense amount of suffering on the planet. It is a resource designed for you to be present with your grief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2021
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Summary: Dr. Ruth shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WESTHEIMER, RUTH WESDunn, Carola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2000
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Summary: When we think of French desserts, we tend to imagine ornate creations and confections. Perhaps we envision a tarte Tatin, but rarely a homemade cake, whipped up on a weeknight with little fuss. But that is exactly what Parisians make and eat. Gâteaux are simple, delicious cakes, both sweet and savory, served to family and friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Evans 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 GAVAntonelli, Paola
Summary: Items: Is Fashion Modern? presents 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a profound impact on the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Arranged A-Z encyclopedia-style, it includes designs as iconic as Levi's 501 jeans, the pearl necklace and Yves Saint Laurent's Le Smoking, and as ancient and rich as the sari, the Breton shirt, the kippah and the keffiyeh. The catalog...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Modern Art 2017
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Summary: From aligning and folding the sheets to stitching the body to adding attractive endpapers, this manual provides in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of bookbinding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2001