Kawasumi, Masakuni.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 KAWMastini, Frank.
Summary: Many people would love to build a mantel-quality model of a sailing ship but are intimidated by seemingly arcane terminology and two left hands. In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts on paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench, to help novices take their first steps in this growing pastime. Mastini guides readers patiently through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 632.8 MASAbawi, Atia
Summary: "As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RIDAbani, Chris
Summary: "In The Face: Cartography of the Void, acclaimed Nigerian-born author and poet Chris Abani has given us a profound and gorgeously wrought short memoir that navigates the stories written upon his own face. Beginning with his early childhood immersed in the lgbo culture of West Africa, Abani unfurls a lushly poetic, insightful, and funny narrative that investigates the roles that race, culture,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Word Essay AbaniAbaci, Peter.
Summary: Pairs traditional medicine with unconventional treatments such as tai chi, art therapy, diet, and yoga. Groundbreaking information about how functional MRIs can now measure pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GPP Life 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0472 ABAAbidi, Maliha
Summary: Presents brief biographies of twenty first and second-generation immigrants whose contributions to science, entertainment, politics, and business helped shape the United States. Sidebars feature numerous historical and political facts about the immigration process, including an explanation of the difference between a permanent resident and a citizen, a look at various types of immigrants, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Becker & mayer! kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 ABIMaskin, Steven L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.7 MASShahani, Aarti Namdev
Summary: The Shahanis came to Queens-from India, by way of Casablanca-in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; and the strength of a family determined to stay together....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAHANI, AARTI NAMDEV SHACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio ShahaniAbadi, Jennifer Felicia.
Summary: A collection of more than 125 Syrian-Jewish recipes, plus personal anecdotes and little-known stories of Syrian-Jewish culture and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Ethnic AbadiJacobsen, Reham Aarti.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.5 JACNazemian, Abdi
Summary: It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Nazemian 2019Jacobson, Abbi
Summary: When Broad City star Abbi Jacobson announced that she planned to drive across the country alone, she was met with lots of questions and opinions. Why wasn't she going with friends? Wouldn't it be incredibly lonely? The North route is better! Was it safe for a woman? The Southern route is the way to go! You should bring mace! And a common one: Why? But Abbi had always found comfort in solitude...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACOBSON, ABBI JACIftin, Abdi Nor
Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 IFTIftin, Abdi Nor
Summary: Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why western democracies still beckon to those looking to make a better life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IFTIN, ABDI NOR IFTSummary: Traveler Sami Sabiti starts his journey in Seattle, then heads southwest to the logging town of Hoquiam. Hitching a ride to Astoria, he then heads across the Cascade range to Mount Hood. He also visits the city of Portland and Mount St. Helens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 PACSummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHEBalingit, Abi
Summary: "A sweet baking book of fantastically imaginative remixed Filipinx American dessert recipes, plus stories of the Filipinx American experience by baker-activist, Abi Balingit When the pandemic started her lonely work-from-home life in 2020, Abi channeled all her energy into the one thing that brought her joy: baking. She started to produce Pasalubong boxes filled with novel treats that blended...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest an Imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 BALSummary: "Kisa Kids Publication's first ever graphic novel surrounding the stories and lives of the 14 ma'soomeen and what their name means"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kisa Kids Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 297.1 NAMSummary: For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SALCushman, Abi
Summary: "Wombats are elusive, burrowing marsupials. Their teeth never stop growing, they have backwards pouches, and they're the only known animal to have cube-shaped poop. And if you ask their friend Snake, those aren't the only things that are weird about wombats!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.2 CUSMaxwell, Abi
Summary: "A fiery, heartbreaking, riveting memoir that follows one New Hampshire family over the course of three years, unspooling a story of gender identity, poverty, trans youth, and a child caught in the riptide of America's culture wars. Abi Maxwell grew up in rural New Hampshire, one of eight children in a poor town abutting the wealthier lakeside village of Gilford. As a young couple, Maxwell and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC POPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD POPShamir, Yoav
Summary: Follows Shamir as he attempts to determine the current state of antisemitism; includes talks with members and critics of the Anti-defamation League, a trip to Auschwitz with Jewish school-children, and a visit to Brooklyn to investigate reports of violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010