Lem, Stanisław.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8 LEMSummary: In 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann made a sensation discovery; a powerful molecule with the ability to alter both the scientific world and human perception itself. But did its benefits outweigh its dangers? An informative and entertaining investigation into the history of a drug so potent that mere fractions of a milligram can alter a subject's perception of reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUBDehaene, Stanislas.
Summary: In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418.4019 DEHDehaene, Stanislas
Summary: "In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 DEHQu, Lei Lei
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4251 QUKirschbaum, Stanislav J.
Summary: A history of Slovakia from prehistory to the 1990s. It includes a description of the development of a Slovakian consciousness, from the 19th century under the colonial rule of the Hungarians, through the merger into Czechoslovakia, Nazi-sponsored independence, the Russian invasion and independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.73 KIRLei, Sida
Summary: I was a ten-year-old girl living in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge came and robbed me. First, they took my home, driving us out of the city and into their labor camps. Then one by one, they took my family members. They tried to take me too. They tried to starve me, to wear me down with disease, to catch me stealing so that they could execute me. They tried to work me to death. But every time,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sida Lei 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEI, SIDA LEILim, Louisa
Summary: "An award-winning journalist and longtime Hong Konger indelibly captures the place, its people, and the untold history they are claiming, just as it is being erased. Lim's deeply researched-and deeply personal-account casts often startling new light on key moments: the British takeover in 1842, the negotiations leading to its "return" to China in 1997, the current protests, and the future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 LIMLim, Michael
Summary: The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent and penicillin. Today, in the face of urgent ecological, societal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.5 LIMMilton, Jem
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 FLYBarnes, Len.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Momentum Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 BarneCollis, Len.
Summary: Gives instruction for a variety of card games for one, two, three or more players.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Games CollisLev, Elizabeth.
Contents: Prologue: Christmas cannons -- The education of an Amazon -- Childhood's end -- The countess-in-waiting -- Triumphal parade to Rome -- Courtiers and conspiracies -- The Riario dynasty -- The fairest in the realm -- The birth of Athena -- The lean years -- Center stage -- The retort at Ravaldino -- The spoils of war -- Fanning the flames -- Blinded by love -- Avenging fury -- Intrigue and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SFORZA, CATERINA LEVSummary: "The gripping true story of Stanislav Petrov, a man who single-handedly averted a fullscale nuclear world war, but now struggles to get his life back on track ... before it is too late. An epic and grand Cold War thriller that sends shivers down your spine and shows us just how close we came to apocalypse ... and it's not over yet! With a new Cold War rising and thousands of nuclear weapons on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MANLew, Kristi.
Summary: "Describes some disgusting, but very useful, medical treatments"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J 610 LEWLey, Emily
Summary: Offers strategies, systems, and methods for simplifying, prioritizing, and living life intentionally, focusing on the areas of living space, style, food, scheduling, finance, hospitality, technology, self care, motherhood, and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home LeyFreedman, Lew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 FREFreedman, Lew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 FREFrench, Lew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 721.0441 FRELew, Kristi.
Summary: Explores some repulsive aspects of the human body with a focus the body's healing process, and provides facts and information on bleeding, clots, scabs, scars, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J617.1 LEWAlburt, Lev.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.12 ALBRaphael, Lev.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terrace Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 RAPHAEL, LEV RAPWelch, Lew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey Fox Press 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 WELCex
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001