Vivas, Esther
Summary: "¿Es posible ser mamá y feminista al mismo tiempo? ¿Hay alguna salida al dilema «carrera vs. familia»? Si hemos elegido se madres, ¿hasta que punto podemos decidir sobre nuestra maternidad? En Mamá desobediente, la periodista, socióloga y madre feminista, Esther Vivas aborda éstas y otras interrogantes cuando explora la maternidad con emancipación y sin imposiciones. Con un tono fresco pero...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Español 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 VIVSwartz, Mimi
Summary: "In Ticker, Texas Monthly executive editor and two-time National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz takes readers behind the scenes of perhaps the greatest medical and technological quest of our time, as she follows pioneering heart surgeon O.H. "Bud" Frazier and his partner, Dr. Billy Cohn, in Frazier's lifelong effort to develop, perfect, and successfully implant an artificial heart in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRAZIER, O. HOWARD SWARaarup, Ed.
Summary: Enzo, a little firefly without a taillight, faces the challenges of being different. He sets out on a fantastical journey to find his light, which leads him to realize his own unique strengths and the importance of accepting the differences in oneself and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moonwatch Productions 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RAAFRENCH,VIVAN
Summary: Stanley has trouble deciding what to give his mother for Mother's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CANDLEWICK PRESS 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC FRENCLekas, Gerry
Summary: "This isn't your average travel book--and these aren't your average tourist destinations! Take a wild ride through hidden Windy City history--often dark, sometimes inexplicable, and occasionally glamorous. Meet the gangsters, ghosts, serial killers and celebrities that only Chicago could produce. This journey into eclectic Chicago lore includes: 19 spine-tingling creepy sites (Resurrection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 LEKSwamp, Jake
Summary: Adapted especially for children by a Mohawk chief who has shared this inspiring vision of thanksgiving all over the world, these words originated with the Native people of upstate New York and Canada, and are based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift that should be cherished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SWAViegas, Jennifer.
Summary: Discusses the anatomy of the human heart and the functions of the cardiovascular system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 612.1 VIEVillas, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maxwell Macmillan Canada 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5975 VILSikes, Amie
Summary: In their first book, the Junk Gypsies--sisters and stars of the popular Texas-born brand and HGTV show--combine big dreams, stories of roadside treasures found, and down-home design projects inspired by epic makeovers for friends like Miranda Lambert, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Sadie Robertson. Amie and Jolie Sikes, the Thelma and Louise of the design world, are the Junk Gypsies: a family with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 SIKGovindarajan, Vijay.
Summary: Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must build the business of tomorrow without endangering the business of today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 GOVVirts, Terry
Summary: "A kid's guide to leaving the planet from someone who's done it! Former astronaut Terry Virts guides readers through the practical elements of becoming an astronaut, along with the wonders (and challenges!) of space travel. With insider information on training, piloting a ship, and working in space, readers and aspiring astronauts will be inspired to start their own journey to the stars. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 VIRGandhi, Vikram
Summary: In order to prove that self proclaimed Indian gurus are no more holy than anyone else, New Jersey filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transforms himself into guru Sir Kumaré and develops a following.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KUMGatsos, Nikos
Summary: Nikos Gatsos's profoundly mysterious and magnetic poem Amorgos ', named after a Greek island he never visited and written during the Nazi occupation, is the single work on which his reputation rests. It is a wonderful incantation on the theme of loss and hope - a unique blend of surrealism, symbolism and folk song - lyrical and erotic, sometimes celebratory, sometimes bitter. It was much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anvil Press Poetry 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 489.3 GATVitkus, Jessica
Summary: "An energetic, informative, and inspiring exploration of craftivism -- the intersection of art and activism -- throughout American history, with particular focus on the present day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 745.5 VITVokac, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: West Press 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Summary: Asperger's on the Inside is an acutely honest and often highly entertaining memoir by Michelle Vines about life with Asperger's Syndrome. The book follows Michelle in exploring her past and takes the reader with her on her journey to receiving and accepting her diagnosis. Instead of rehashing widely available Asperger's information, Michelle focuses on discussing the thoughts, feelings and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey Gecko Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VINES, MICHELLE VINVillas, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 VILBilas, Jay
Summary: The basketball player, coach, and ESPN analyst examines his life and career through the prism of toughness, which he explains comes from discipline, a team-oriented mind-set, and belief in oneself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BILAS, JAY BILVirts, Terry
Summary: Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Space VirtsViers, Laura.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VEIViets, Elaine
Summary: Fans of J.A. Jance and Lisa Gardner will love this exploration of the little-known job of death investigator in small-town Missouri where Angela Richman finds herself investigating the lives and secrets of the one percenters in Chouteau Forest. Chouteau Forest's wealthy are being targeted by the Ghost Burglars, who've carried out twelve burglaries over two weeks. So far, there's been no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House Pty Ltd. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURBearup, Adam D.
Summary: Supply companies that were not willing to stock the new, soon-to-be-called "green" products, actually helped unite those of us who wanted to lead a change in the building industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hybrid home Guy Productions 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home Build BearupViva, Frank
Summary: "A boy and a mouse trek to the top of a volcano, taking in soaring trees, lunar landscapes and snow capped peaks, then return to the ancient city at the bottom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2018