Summary: An exploration into the day-to-day lives of three children who literally feel no pain. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany have congenital analgesia, a genetic defect so rare that it is shared by only about one hundred people in the world. Their parents must watch their every move, but even their vigilance hasn't shielded the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frozen Feet Films 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFMellody, Pia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSan Francisco 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 MELLeed, Percy
Summary: "David Beckham starred for great soccer teams in England, Spain, and the United States. Off the field, he's one of the biggest superstars in sports. Read about the life of a soccer celebrity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BECReel, Monte
Summary: In A Brotherhood of Spies, award-winning journalist Monte Reel reveals how the U-2 spy program, principally devised by four men working in secret, upended the Cold War and carved a new mission for the CIA. This secret fraternity, made up of Edwin Land, best known as the inventor of instant photography and the head of Polaroid Corporation; Kelly Johnson, a hard-charging taskmaster from Lockheed;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 327.127 REECreed, Patrick.
Summary: Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told--the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation's military headquarters, and defend their country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio Press/Ballantine Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 REESeed, Diane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.822 SEEKassis, Reem
Summary: "The Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis's historic research and cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. Organized by primary ingredient, the recipes and vivid photographs bring the dishes to life while her narrative offers not only a sense of taste, but a sense of time and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5953 KASBeattie, Melody.
Summary: In her first book, Melody Beattie introduced the term codependency and established herself as a pioneer in self-help literature. Twenty-five years later, concepts such as self-care and setting boundaries are part of mainstream culture. This follow-up clears up misconceptions, identifies how codependent behavior has changed, and provides a new generation with a road map to wellness....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.869 BEAHerr, Melody.
Summary: "Describes the exploration of North America in the times of explorers Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and Sieur de La Salle. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from Columbus' voyage in 1492, Coronado's 1540 expedition, and Sieur de La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River in 1682"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.6497 MELBeattie, Melody.
Summary: The companion volume to "Codependent No More" journeys beyond the concept of self-understanding to analyze the dynamics of the healthy recovery process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 1989
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Summary: "Maps out the steps needed to recover your own life and understand that letting go will set you free"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.86 BEABeattie, Melody.
Summary: With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises and self-help tests, this guide has helped countless readers change their codependent behaviors and understand that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 BEABeattie, Melody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix Books 0000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.86 BEAGriffiths, Melody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cico Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 GriffithsMoezzi, Melody
Summary: "A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet. Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself - to gain wisdom and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio MoezziBeattie, Melody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 BEABeattie, Melody.
Summary: Evaluates how co-dependence has changed in recent years while making recommendations for how readers can make healthier behavioral choices in order to reclaim their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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Summary: "Christmas should be celebrated with family, but for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town Fiona enlists Vera's aid, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has special request--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CARRees, Laurence
Summary: This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, in his magnum opus, he combines their enthralling eyewitness testimony, a large amount of which has never been published before, with the latest academic research to create the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 REERees, Yvonne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ward Lock 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.13 REERees, Anuschka
Summary: "With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet, style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 REERees, Yvonne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square Pub. 2001