Dollo, Xavier
Summary: Who is considered the world's first science fiction author? How did American science fiction begin? What sci-fi novel is the all-time best-seller? What were the "Pulps" and how did they predict with uncanny accuracy the 21st century world around us? The answers are here, along with detailed chapters dedicated to the founders of the genre and their modern-day successors. Discover the origins of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanoids, Inc. 2021
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Summary: "In the early 20th century, English suffragist group the Women's Social and Political Union formed an all-women security unit. Trained by Edith Garrud, these 'jujitsuffragettes' fought against abuse and arrest while pursuing long overdue rights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 324.6 XAVCrews, Xavier
Summary: "With Art of Custom Sneakers, learn to make your own one-of-a-kind kicks from YouTube superstar Xavier Kickz"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockport Publishers, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.742 HOLNapier, Erin
Summary: "From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town, comes Make Something Good Today, a memoir that tells us all to seek out the good in life, celebrate the beauty of family and friends, and prosper within our communities because everything we need in life to be happy, is within our grasp. Long before their hugely popular TV show, an expanding family, or demolition day on their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NAPCouturier, Andy
Summary: In an evocative and intimate narrative that captures the texture of ordinary--yet exceptional--lives, Andy Couturier tells the stories of ten men and women who left behind mainstream existences in urban Japan to create new lives deep in the rural mountains. He relates the ways they found to live simply and sustainably, in harmony with their environment, surrounded by the luxuries of nature,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 COUCastillo, Javier
Summary: "¿Quieres jugar? Nueva York, 2011. Una chica de quince años aparece crucificada en una iglesia en un suburbio a las afueras. Miren Triggs, periodista de investigación del Manhattan Press, recibe de manera inesperada un extraño sobre. En su interior, la polaroid de una chica amordazada y maniatada, con una sola anotación: 'Gina Pebbles, 2002.' Miren Triggs y Jim Schmoer, su antiguo profesor de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Suma 2021
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Summary: "This gorgeous debut speaks with heart-wrenching intimacy and first-hand experience to the hot-button political issues of immigration and border crossings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ZAMZamora, Javier
Summary: "Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: Provides detailed instructions for constructing replicas of several variations of Henry Ford's dream machine, the Model T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shephard Books 1980
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Summary: An elderly man in his nineties, living in Barcelona, a Holocaust survivor who gave hundreds of speeches, granted dozens of interviews, received important national honors, and even moved government officials to tears. But in May 2005, Marco was exposed as a fraud: he was never in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCO, ENRIC CERSantaolalla, Javier
Summary: "Si cuando sales de noche a un sitio despejado levantas la cabeza y solo ves puntos de luz, te estás perdiendo la mejor parte de estar vivo. Yo, Javier Santaolalla, veo partículas que surgen de una gran "explosión" hace miles de millones de años, que chocan y se transforman mientras se van agrupando por gravedad. Veo cómo se van creando cúmulos de materia en forma de nubes de gas, que dan lugar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceano 2023
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Summary: "Tea, in all its varieties, offers just as much subtlety and complexity as fine wine, and in many countries around the globe, the tea service is one of the highest expressions of culture. Tea Sommelier will provide the knowledge and practical tips you need to feel at home in the world of tea, in 160 easy lessons. Topics include the varieties of tea and where they are grown, how to select and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1975
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Summary: "A gorgeously illustrated debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a home in the remote American West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAHDAVIAN, NAVIED MAHRaver, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 RaverCouturier, Father Albert J.
Summary: The following story contains a mixture of sorrow and happiness associated with my birth. I must be willing and feel rewarded as an adjustment to a new way of life. My rewards are peace of mind, courage, strength and physical abilities. Can I make the adjustments to a life of a paralytic from the active life I had been living? This story will concern itself with the workings of my mind on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COUTURIER, FATHER ALBERT J. COUTURIERNapier, Erin
Summary: "Our homes are more than an assemblage of bricks and glass, wood and nails. They are the keepers of our childhood memories, our milestones, and heartaches. They evolve as we do. As a family grows and eventually retracts, a home can change hands and begin again. We are the chapters in the book of a house. They carry on after we are gone, setting the stage for another story, a new life, new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2000
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Summary: With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CompanionHouse Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 LANBaier, Bret
Summary: On May 31, 1988, Reagan addressed a packed audience at Moscow State University, with a remarkable -- yet now largely forgotten -- speech that capped his first visit to the Soviet capital. This fourth in a series of summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was a dramatic coda to their tireless efforts to reduce the nuclear threat. More than that, Reagan viewed it as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 BAILanier, Jaron.
Summary: Silicon Valley visionary Jaron Lanier was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, Lanier offers this cautionary look at the way the Web is transforming our lives, for better and for worse. The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Summary: Each letter of the alphabet introduces a fact about the game of hockey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2002
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