Culture Magazine (COR)/ Miller, Laurel/ Skinner, Thalassa/ Tsai, Ming (FRW)
Summary: Presents information on selecting, cooking with, and making cheeses, including mozzarella, gouda, and Morbier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Canada 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.373 CHEBrown, Laaren.
Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MANDELA BROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Mandela 2006Brown, Laaren
Summary: Go wild with incredible untamed animals! Meet awesome wild animals up close. See stunning photographs of animals in their natural habitats and learn how animals survive and thrive all around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc., Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J590 BROLaurin, Carl
Summary: The legend of D. B. Cooper is one that fascinated and frustrated the world for four decades. He is the only skyjacker ever to pull off a $200,000 heist from 10,000 ft. in the air, without harming a soul. Three years ago, a man named Carl revealed to the world that his best friend Walt was D. B. Cooper. This is his story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mys LaurinMasterton, Laurey.
Summary: Highlighting a different honey variety each month (orange blossom, tupelo, acacia, avocado, raspberry, tulip poplar, sourwood, blueberry, sage, eucalyptus, cranberry, and chestnut), beekeeper and chef Laurey Masterton offers dishes made from simple, fresh ingredients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.68 MASSilverhardt, Lauryn.
Summary: Dora and Boots are on their way to her birthday party when they are whisked away to Wizzle World, where they need to find the Wishing Wizzle to wish them home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Childrens Books 2013
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE DORMagazine, Seventeen.
Summary: From love triangles and cheaters to summer romances, these stories will touch every teen's heart. One seventeen-year-old's story talks of her sweetheart who joined the Army and was sent to the Middle East, and how his love letters kept their romance strong. In another, one girl learns (the hard way) how playing the field can only lead to heartache. Whether the ending is happy or sad, there is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2012
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Adler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLLassen, Tina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav USA LassenLauria, Jo.
Summary: This book is a companion to the Craft in America PBS television series and to the traveling museum exhibition of the same name. This book will show that craft has never been just about pretty things. It has always been about our things, our inheritance, our personal collections. It is about functionality, about identity, about conceptual thinking, about fun and experiment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 LauriaLayden, Joseph
Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the 1990 boxing upset during which Buster Douglas defeated champion Mike Tyson, tracing the story of both athletes as drawn from interviews with both men, their families, and their trainers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 LAYRichard, Laurent
Summary: "Pegasus is widely regarded as the most effective and sought-after cyber-surveillance system on the market. The system's creator, the NSO Group, a private corporation headquartered in Israel, is not shy about proclaiming its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals. "Thousands of people in Europe owe their lives to hundreds of our company employees," NSO's cofounder declared in 2019. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.8 RICMagazine, Editors of Yankee.
Summary: Find the best hints, tips, and secrets for everything from cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance to pet care, gardening, and holiday celebrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2011
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Southern Living Magazine (COR)
Summary: Features over two hundred Christmas recipes, including honey-curry-glazed lamb, red velvet brownies, and okra-shrimp beignets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5686 SOUBallesta, Laurent
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 577.7 BALLaurent, Monique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.92 LAUGarren, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GARLauber, Patricia.
Summary: Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.12 LAULaurino, Maria
Summary: Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar caricatures fostered by popular culture, she tells the stories of Sicilian workers imported to replace the labor of freed slaves, the grim realities from which most immigrants came, the lynchings of Italian Americans, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LAUBosselaar, Laure-anne
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BOSLaufer, Peter
Summary: "After eating some suspect "organic" walnuts that he was shocked to find were produced in Kazakhstan, veteran journalist Peter Laufer traces the origins of items in his pantry back to the source, learning how easily we are tricked into buying "organic" claims"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 LAULaufer, Peter.
Summary: Laufer chronicles his adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. He examines the allure of butterflies and recounts the constant role they have played throughout history and across cultures in mythology and art. But his research takes an unpredictable turn into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, species depletion, the integrity of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.78 LAUNorton, Laurah
Summary: "Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order know that when it comes to "getting the bad guy" behind bars, your best chance of success boils down to the strength of your evidence-and the forensic science used to obtain it. Beyond the silver screen, forensic science has been used for decades to help solve even the most tough-to-crack cases. In 2018, the accused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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Summary: Even before the 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, and has often been blamed for its own wretchedness. But as historian Laurent Dubois makes clear, its difficulties are rooted in its founding revolution, the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world; the hostility that this rebellion generated among the colonial powers; and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2012