Pollack, William S.
Summary: "Pollack follows up on his popular Real Boys (1998) by letting the subjects of that book speak for themselves about the pressures and problems of modern male adolescence."--Booklist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 POLSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1919
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.4 OSB1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 OSB
St. Clair, Moriah S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathways United Publications 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 150 ST. COsborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon)
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Jaques Cattell Press 1942
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 OSBClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: Introduces reindeer, providing facts on their physiology, what they eat, and why they are always on the move.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLANewnom, Clyde L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Book of Michigan Company 1927
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.4 NEW1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 977.4 NEW
Summary: Betty is a best selling novelist who has invented her name to escape a troubled past made worse by her emotionally unstable and violent mother. When her young son is killed in an accident, her mother brings her a "replacement", a boy she kidnapped off the street.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALIClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: "Did you know that wild boar originally from Europe have taken over parts of the United States? Or that thousands of Burmese pythons from Southeast Asia slither all around the Everglades in South Florida? These animals, taken from their homes and brought to new areas, might not be the best neighbors, but they make it work!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.6 CLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLAClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: A photographic history of dragon lore attributes famous mythological tales to real-world animals considered by some to be examples of dragon species, in a nonfiction leveled reader that invites students to check the science to decide what they believe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLACline, Elizabeth L.
Summary: Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion's hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.3 CLIClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: "Did you know that octopuses have been around since before dinosaurs existed? Or that each arm on an octopus has two rows of suckers used to taste and feel? With eight arms, big brains, and sometimes weighing hundreds of pounds, octopuses are one of the most recognizable animals in the ocean!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2024
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Summary: Simply describes what a platypus looks like, where it lives, and how it swims, builds a nest, cares for its eggs, and raises its babies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1929
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Summary: An introduction to the jellyfish. Did you know that the heaviest jellyfish in the world weighs almost 500 pounds? Or that the smallest jellyfish is less than one inch wide, but has venom that is 100 times stronger than a cobra's? Dive into the depths of the ocean and learn amazing facts about one of the world's oldest animals--the jellyfish!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Presents over twenty different kinds of marsupials, including kangaroos, koalas, and wallabies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.2139 CLAClarke, Ginjer L.
Summary: "Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLASummary: Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SLAClark, Heather L.
Summary: "An engrossing new biography of Sylvia Plath focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual growth and achievement, restoring the vivid creative woman behind the longtime Plath myths perpetuated by a pathology-based approach to her life and art. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark here brings to life the brilliant daughter of Wellesley, MA who had poetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PLATH, SYLVIA CLACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PlathDatnow, Claire L.
Summary: Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HUBBLE DATSimone, Adrienne L.
Summary: Picture this: a calm, chill pregnancy book with the magical soothing powers of a yoga class. That's the approach of The New Health Rules: Pregnancy. Here the experts guide you, the modern pregnant woman, through all aspects of pregnant life in an easy-to-digest, compassionate, and motivating way. Instead of a detailed week-by-week look at your baby's development, it's all about you, and how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 SIMPorter, Claude L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Village Press 1989
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 940.544 PORCline, Elizabeth L.
Summary: Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2012