Humphreys, Jessica Dee
Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUMSlade, Rachel
Summary: "From the best-selling author of Into the Raging Sea comes a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why doing so is vital to our well-being as a nation, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically. Ben and Whitney Waxman are two tireless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 338.4 SLABaude, Dawn-Michelle.
Summary: Presents exercises, fun facts, tips on pronunciation, and popular phrases to assist in learning to read and speak French.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2008
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Summary: "In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end. Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLARKE, RACHEL CLAClarke, Rachel
Summary: "One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 CLAMichel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MichaelSummary: When a marketing executive for a huge burger chain finds a nasty secret ingredient in their burger recipe, he goes to the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate and finds that the truth is sometimes difficult to swallow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FASMichels, Heide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 MICSummary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSummary: Walter Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo is the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURHoward, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 HOWMischel, Walter.
Summary: Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child sits in front of a tray with one marshmallow on one side and two on the other. He is told he can either eat the one now or wait and get the two later. What will he do? And what are the implications for his behavior later in life?The world's leading expert on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Dahlén, Micael
Summary: "How many unread emails are there in your inbox? How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? We're drowning in digits and immersed in integers, and More Numbers Every Day, by internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen is a timely and powerful investigation - and warning - about the trouble numbers can bring us. Today...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 DAHMichell, Tom.
Summary: "Whether as rugby team mascot or assistant swimming coach, the penguin known as Juan Salvador touches and transforms everyone he encounters, including Tom Michell, the young teacher who finds him and rescues him from an oil spill disaster. After a time, Juan Salvador (meaning "the saved one") receives a new name: Juan Salvado, or "the savior." Set against the turbulent world of political unrest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MICHELL MICTartaglia, Michela
Summary: "From rising Seattle chef Michela Tartaglia comes a collection of seasonal recipes that showcase the best of Northwest seafood, produce and meat in creative, delicious pasta dishes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 TARSchoenberg, Arnold
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9373 MICSchonberg, Marcia.
Summary: Examines different periods in the history of Michigan from its earliest beginnings to the twenty-first century, and includes a map, time line, glossary, and resources for further study.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.4 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 977.4 SCHSchonberg, Marcia.
Summary: Discusses the traditions, clothing, food, tools, and current status of the different tribes of Native Americans who made their home in what became the state of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.1 SCHWilliams, Nicola
Summary: Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Switzerland. Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from climbing Mt Rigi's panorama hiking trail for epic views to puffing up snow-dusted peaks aboard the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, and exploring the medieval Schloss Habsburg, the ancestral home to the Habsburg dynasty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2024
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Summary: Includes tips and tricks, detailed instructions for cutting with the large and small Kaleido-Rulers [Item# 7977 & 7976], full-size patterns, and how-to’s for making 14+ quilts in a variety of styles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michell Marketing, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 MICSummary: A handful of men and their expertly trained dogs search for rare, expensive and delicious white Alba truffles deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021