Jones, Lisa
Summary: "Broken" entwines the story of writer Lisa Jones with that of quadriplegic healer Stanford Addison, a Northern Arapaho on the Wind River Indian Reservation, while also exploring powerful spirits, material poverty, spiritual wealth, friendship, violence, confusion, death, and above all else,"a love that comes before and after and above and below romantic love."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JONES, LISA JONJames, Eloisa.
Summary: In 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: she sold her house, took a sabbatical from her job as a Shakespeare professor, and moved her family to Paris. Paris in Love: A Memoir chronicles her joyful year in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With no classes to teach, no committee meetings to attend, no lawn to mow or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012
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James, Eloisa.
Summary: Chronicles the year that the author and her family lived in Paris, describing her walking tours of the city, her school-age children's attempts to navigate foreign language schools, and her thoughts on the pleasures and eccentricities of French living.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAMES, ELOISA JAMJones, Megan Lisa.
Summary: Insight from educators, kids, investors, thought leaders and CEOs provides answers and solutions to prepare children for the opportunities and challenges of the modern world. Aimed at parents, educators and children it empowers each to help kids succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 JONSummary: Investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control. The film documents the first known public protest against the pontiff himself. The investigation helped uncover documents from the secret Vatican archives that show the Pope, who must operate within the mysterious rules of the Roman Curia, as both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MEASummary: In 1964, author Ken Kesey and his friends, known as the Merry Pranksters, set out on a cross-country bus trip from California to New York to visit the World's Fair. They also decided to record it, with several 16 mm movie cameras and audio tape. Compiled from more than 40 hours of footage shot during the journey, it was the magical mystery tour--fueled by both the countercultural sentiments of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5486 ALISummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMMarshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: "This... biography sheds light on Dr. Salk's groundbreaking journey and the importance of vaccination."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SALZobel-Nolan, Allia.
Summary: The ten commandments are presented for young children using easy-to-understand language and engaging illustrations. Includes colorful images of Old Testament scenes to accompany each rule--then a picture of contemporary life showing children how each rule might apply to them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 224 NolJames, Alice
Summary: "There are all kinds of things to find and see when you go outside, whether you're in a city park or deep in the woods. This book is full of ideas for getting out and about in the great outdoors, wherever you are and whatever the weather."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETJames, Alice
Summary: Everything in the Universe is made up of just 118 chemical elements, all of which are listed in the Periodic Table. Lift the flaps in this informative book and discover which elements are crucial to life, which are smelly, explosive or radioactive and lots more. An essential introduction to the building blocks of chemistry, with over 125 flaps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Set Lift Flap 546.8 James 2017Joyes, Claire.
Summary: One of the most influential painters of modern times, Claude Monet lived for half his life in the famous house at Giverny. It was after moving here in 1883 with his future second wife, Alice Hoschede, and their eight children that Monet's work finally achieved recognition. His growing success meant that he was able to indulge his passion for comfort and good living. Family meals, special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 JOYLevinson, Aliya
Summary: "Willpower, for most, is a refined skill set needed to succeed in life. How to Win with Willpower provides a roadmap to managing this inner strength. From your diet to life in general, you'll find ways to reach your goals faster by eliminating roadblocks like procrastination, temptations, and waning motivation--and embracing positivity. Your personalized program begins with understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 LEVSummary: Profiles Paul Taylor, pioneer of 20th century modern dance. Features interviews with Taylor and company members. Includes excerpts from: Espanade; Company B; Polaris; 3 epitaphs; Events II, Epic, and Duet from 7 new dances; Scudorama; Aureole; Airs; Cloven kingdom; Last look; Musical offering; Offenbach overtures; Eventide; Piazzola caldera.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DANAline
Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 ALIChilders, Alisa
Summary: "Here the reader will find the current Christian deconstruction movement set against the broad background of postmodernism and explained both in terms of contemporary idiom and issues and basic biblical foundations. . . . Alisa and Tim help the reader to deconstruct the deconstructionists and thus to respond to them, both with arguments and with pastoral love and sensitivity."--From the foreword.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Elevate 2023
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Summary: Do you sometimes feel as though your body is a problem to solve? Discover how to make it part of the solution instead. It's now known that the emotional and relational pain we've lived through has a profound negative physical effect on our bodies. Alisa Keeton, popular fitness professional, proposes that the reverse is also true: What we do with our bodies can have a dramatic positive effect on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Refresh 2023
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Summary: An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ROTValdes, Alisa.
Summary: Author Alisa Valdes reveals how falling in love with a conservative cowboy forced her to rethink the feminist beliefs she's always held dear.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813.6 VALCrawford, Alisa
Summary: America’s only authentic operational Dutch windmill, De Zwaan serves as Holland, Michigan’s iconic connection to the community’s roots. Believed to have been built in 1761, then moved to the village of Vinkel in North Brabant, The Netherlands, where it produced flour for eighty years, the windmill was dismantled, shipped to the United States, and reassembled in 1964. For more than a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: In-Depth Editions 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.41 CRAVitti, Alisa.
Summary: Offers a food-based solution for women's menstrual health, fertility support, and energy and libido issues; and guides readers to improve their overall quality of life by rebalancing their hormones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2013