LoFaro, Guy.
Summary: In the midst of the battle of the Bulge, there occurred on exchange that, perhaps more than any other, exemplifies the attitude of the troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. It was 22 December 1944. The U.S. First Army was still in headlong retreat from the onrushing panzers that were seemingly everywhere. A column of American tanks came upon a lone bazooka gunner in a snow-covered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 LOFHay, Roy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ebury P.; Joseph 1969
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 635.903 HAYLofaro, Michael A.
Contents: "Let the girls do the spelling" : the boyhood of Daniel Boone -- Soldier, suitor, hunter, explorer -- "In quest of the country of Kentucke" -- Henderson's imfamous company of land pyrates" : Transylvania -- Cutting the Wilderness Road -- Revolution and rescue on the frontier -- Sel-tow-ee, son of Blackfish -- Patriot or traitor? : Boonesborough besieged -- From pauper to legislator -- "Our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.9 LOFSodaro, Craig.
Summary: Describes the dangerous missions of several Civil War spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.785 SODKing, Rax
Summary: "TACKY is about the power of pop culture -- like any art, low or high -- to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fifteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we've learned to hate to love -- frosted tips and glosses, Sex and the City, The Cheesecake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 KINPray, Alison.
Summary: The famous Maine bakery reveals some its secret recipes, including Mediterranean lemon cake, almond macaroons, and cheddar sesame shortbread.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Down East 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.71 PRARao, Joe.
Summary: "Did you know that comets are sometimes called "hairy stars?" Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RAORaz, Guy
Summary: "Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 RAZSodaro, Craig.
Summary: "Describes the U.S. Marines Special Operations Regiment, including the group's history, weapons, gear, and missions"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J359.96 SODTodaro, Lenora
Summary: "What would happen if people all around the world stayed inside, away from animals' habitats? Twelve fascinating real-life stories of creatures around the globe who reclaimed their habitat during the COVID-19 quarantine show animal lovers and aspiring citizen scientists how to help wildlife by fighting habitat loss"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: minedition 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.7 TODAbramitzky, Ran
Summary: "Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 ABRTodaro, Julie
Summary: Todaro posits a new paradigm for planning, administering, and assessing library services. She explains each facet of administering both "old" (physical) and "new" (virtual) libraries. The text includes concise case studies that illustrate the real-world nature of the shift and discussion questions to facilitate active learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 025.1 TODDray, Philip.
Summary: From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.88 DRALay, Richard.
Summary: Teaches how to prepare soil for gardening, including choosing a site for a bed, building a frame, and creating a blanket of leaves or grass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 LAYNotaro, Tig
Summary: In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C-diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Days after her diagnosis, Tig took her grief onstage, opening an unvarnished set with, "Good evening. Hello. I have cancer." The set went viral instantly and was later...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NOTARO, TIG NOTCharan, Ram.
Summary: A noted business consultant introduces his nine-step program for creating profitable, sustainable, internally generated growth in a business, in a handbook with useful tools, anecdotes, and real-life business stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CHALozano, César
Summary: "Esta es una obra en la que el Dr. César Lozano nos exhorta a valorar lo que tenemos; es un reconocimiento de que nuestra vida es breve y pasajera pero que, para aquellos que tenemos esperanza, siempre nos lleva al verdadero despertar. ¡Despierta!... que la vida sigue ofrece valiosas fórmulas y técnicas que te sacudirán para que no te quedes enredado en tus problemas y disfrutes de los mejores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aguilar 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 LOZPatel, Raj.
Summary: Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced and reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics but rather the larger failure of a democratically bankrupt political system. The solution he offers: discover democratic ways in which people, and not simply governments, can play a crucial role in deciding how we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.12 PATVamplew, Wray
Summary: Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sports. The book shows how sports have been practiced, experienced, and made meaningful by players and fans throughout history. It assesses how sports developed and diffused across the globe, as well as many other aspects, from emotion, discrimination, and conviviality; politics, nationalism, and protest; and how economics has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reakton Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.09 VAMIvker, Rav
Summary: "The first authoritative and comprehensive guide for treating chronic pain with medical marijuana from a holistic family physician who has treated more than six thousand chronic pain patients with cannabis. While the number of patients using medical marijuana increases every year, misconceptions about cannabis and whether it's harmful or dangerous still exist. In Cannabis for Chronic Pain, Dr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 IVKWay, Daniel
Summary: Deadpool wants to be an X-Man. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way--not even the X-Men! When Cyclops announces to the world that the X-Men are constructing an island haven for mutants, Wade Wilson decides it's time for him to join the revolution. But he soon find outs that big guns and a healing factor don't an X-Man make. Then, Deadpool must team-up with Spider-Man to go after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DEAObaro, Tomi
Summary: Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Funmi is beautiful, brash, and determined; Enitan is homely and eager, seeking escape from her single mother's smothering and needy love; Zainab is elegant and reserved, raised by her father's first two wives after her mother's death in childbirth. Their friendship is complicated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBALovato, Roberto
Summary: A journalistic memoir detailing the author's firsthand experiences with immigration, gang life, and guerilla warfare explores the violence that shaped generations of his impoverished Salvadoran family to connect today's immigration crisis to the realities of everyday families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOVATO, ROBERTO LOVRam, Chandra
Summary: The Instant Pot® is a game-changer for Indian cooking because it replaces a pressure cooker, slow cooker, yogurt maker, rice cooker, bread proofer and steamer all in one. Gone are the days when preparing Indian food just seemed too intimidating or for weekends only. Dried lentils and chickpeas cook in a flash, even when they haven't been soaked overnight. Rice is perfectly done in ten minutes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robert Rose 2018