Yan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANTian
Summary: "Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIASummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWISummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSilverston, Anthony
Summary: "Since her mother left, Pearl has spent more and more time in the ocean, fishing to help her father pay the bills. But when she gets mixed up with a group of illegal abalone poachers and starts diving near a restricted wreck, Pearl meets an ancient sea monster named Otto-who isn't quite as monstrous as she thought. And when Otto's enemies come back to finish what they started, Pearl is the only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC SIL (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Silverstein, Alvin.
Summary: Explains how the heart works, what happens when it doesn't do its job properly, and the progress made in the treatment of heart disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1983
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Summary: Describes bioluminescent insects, plants, and sea animals and the uses these creatures make of their self-generated lights, such as communication, finding food, and attracting mates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1988
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperResource 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2003
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Summary: The second original book to be published since Silverstein's passing in 1999, this poetry collection includes more than one hundred and thirty never-before-seen poems and drawings completed by the cherished American artist and selected by his family from his archives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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Summary: A collection of humorous poems and drawings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1981
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.4 BAISilverstein, Alvin.
Summary: "Find out what dyslexia is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.8 SILSilverstein, Alvin.
Summary: "Provides basic information about potbellied pigs and keeping them as pets"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.84 SILSwartz, Sarah Silberstein
Summary: "Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2022
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Summary: Runny Babbit lent to wunch and heard the saitress way, "We have some lovely stabbit rew -- Our Special for today." From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature. Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 0000
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Summary: Collects poems and drawings that feature Runny and other woodland characters speaking his topsy-turvy language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper and Row 1974
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Summary: "Provides basic information about tarantulas and keeping them as pets"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 639.7 SILSilverstein, Amy
Summary: Memoirist Amy Silverstein tells the story of an extraordinary group of women who surrounded and supported her through the long, emotional fight to stay alive as she waited for her second heart transplant in twenty-five years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SILVERSTEIN, AMY SILSilverstein, Ken.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAHN, DAVID SILSilverstein, Ken.
Summary: "The oil industry provides the lifeblood of modern civilization, and bestselling books have been written about the industry and even individual companies in it, like ExxonMobil. But the modern oil industry is an amazingly shady meeting ground of fixers, gangsters, dictators, competing governments, and multinational corporations, and until now, no book has set out to tell the story of this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.2 SILSilverstein, Rebecca
Summary: " Kids love to be the experts! Now they can feel like real pros with this exciting nonfiction series for beginning readers. Kids will be hooked on the thrilling real-world topics and big, bright photos. Each book features simple sentences and sight words that children can practice reading. Then, with support, kids can dig deeper into the extra facts, Q&As, and fun challenges.Fans of this series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J591.3 SILSilverstein, Shel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HARPER COLLINS 2005