Lazare, Ally
Summary: Mealtime can be simple and sustainable with these fresh, fast, and flavorful plant-based recipes. Quick, easy, delicious, and balanced--all in 30 minutes or less. Includes shopping shortcuts and time-saving techniques, as well as the healthy basics of the plant-based diet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 LAZLazar, Tara
Summary: "This revolutionary dictionary-thesaurus hybrid puts more than 750 high-level, wondrous, and wacky words in fun, engaging, and hilarious context"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.1 LAZNafisi, Azar.
Summary: "A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 NAFNafisi, Azar.
Summary: Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in a family in Iran, moving memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and difficult mother, against the background of Iran during a time of revolution and change. A young girl's pain over family secrets and a mother's lost life, a young woman's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NAFISI, AZAR NAFNafisi, Azar
Summary: What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives, and the way we meet our enemies on the page in fiction? How can literature, through its free exchange, affect politics? In this galvanizing guide to literature as resistance, Nafisi seeks to answer these questions....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 NAFNafisi, Azar.
Summary: Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9 NAFNafisi, Azar.
Summary: BONUS: This edition contains a Things I've Been Silent About discussion guide. In this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country's political revolution. A girl's pain over family secrets, a young woman's discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the price a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2008
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Jurich, Nick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Missing Link Press, Inc. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.866 JurBugai, Ardith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Bugai 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 811.54 BUGReichenberg-Ullman, Judyth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prima Health 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2009
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Summary: A beautiful adaptation of the classic novel. Renowned graphic novel artist, Edith, has created an enchanting version of the classic Tom's Midnight Garden. This is a new and special way to read and share one of the best-loved and most enduring children's stories of all time. A story with a special place in the hearts of grandparents, parents, and children everywhere, this wonderful graphic novel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 EDIHardwick, Lamar
Summary: "An autistic pastor and disability scholar helps the contemporary church understand the connections between ableism and racism and how to dismantle both in attitudes and practices"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 HARBahari, Maziar.
Summary: A former prisoner in one of Iran's most notorious prisons offers a moving memoir of how thoughts of his family got him through the days of torture, in a book that also sheds light on Iran's history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAHARI, MAZIAR BAHGlazer, Robert
Summary: "As the corporate world continues to embrace virtual offices and working remotely, there is a need for companies to understand how they can intentionally build a remote workforce that thrives. This book serves as a quick guide with actionable steps to take if you are transitioning to a remote workplace or looking to improve your existing setup"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simple Truths 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 GLAKazan, Elia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4302 KAZLaxer, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 LAXLubar, David
Summary: When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBTatar, Steven.
Summary: A collection of twenty-six colorful knitted projects adapted from original patterns from the 1940s through the 1970, with detailed directions, schematic charts, and color guides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 TATZabar, Abbie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 ZABAscher, Barbara Lazear
Summary: "Ascher writes passionately about her unlikely marriage, her husband's illness and death and her ensuing sorrow. A witness to the insanity that grief visits upon its victims with a seeming determination to destroy, she gazes straight into the eye of grief and does not blink. In time she moves beyond that grief -- her voyage out. Ghosting is, by turns, moving and funny, tender and brutal"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASCHER, BARBARA LAZEAR ASCAzari, Sara
Summary: "Unprecedented is a simple, go-to guide to the many legal issues engulfing the Donald Trump presidency"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 AZALanza, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 LANLipsky, Eleazar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Press 1969