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Audiobooks. bibliography biography Cookbooks. History. memoir Mystery fiction. Recipes.Winspear, Jacqueline
Summary: London, 1929. Joseph Waite is a man who knows what he wants. With his Havana cigars and Savile Row suits, he is one of Britain's wealthiest men. And the last thing he needs is a scandal. When his eighteen-year-old daughter runs away from home, he is determined to keep the case away from the police and the newspapers. So he turns to a woman renowned for her discretion and investigative powers -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Murray 2004
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Summary: "Throughout fifteen years and fourteen books, the Maisie Dobbs series has had a resounding impact on fans. Over the years, readers have shared with author Jacqueline Winspear how Maisie's stories have resonated with them or helped them through a difficulttime. Fans have been inspired by her resilience and endurance, repurposing her strength in their own lives in a way perhaps best embodied by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Shares the author's minute-by-minute account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned about the nature of human consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 133.90 ALECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.901 ALEBehn, Noel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.154 BEHBren, Paulina
Summary: "The Barbizon tells the story of New York's most glamorous women-only hotel, and the women-both famous and ordinary-who passed through its doors. World War I had liberated women from home and hearth, setting them on the path to political enfranchisement and gainful employment. Arriving in New York to work in the dazzling new skyscrapers, they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 BRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.4097 BRESen, Mayukh
Summary: "America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company, independent publishers since 1923 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 SENWinspear, Jacqueline
Summary: "After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather's shellshock, her mother's evacuation from London during the Blitz; her soft-spoken animal-loving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WINSPEAR, JACQUELINE WINWinstead, Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.2685 WINBorgeson, Bet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.24 BORDavis, Bek
Summary: "Healthy, home-cooked meals can play a huge role in maintaining a low-carb diet. But many people don't have the time to cook healthy meals and instead find themselves reaching for carb-loaded frozen meals or fast food. The 5-Ingredient Low-Carb Diet Cookbook makes low-carb cooking convenient, featuring 100 deliciously easy recipes made with only 5 everyday ingredients. The 5-Ingredient Low-Carb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 DAVFarthing, Pen.
Summary: Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 FARSen, Amartya
Summary: "From Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, a long-awaited memoir about home, belonging, inequality, and identity, recounting a singular life devoted to betterment of humanity. The Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is one of a handful of people who may truly be called"a global intellectual" (Financial Times). A towering figure in the field of economics, Sen is perhaps best known for his work on poverty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEN, AMARTYA SENBraun, Bev
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.593 BRABorgeson, Bet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.24 BORHartman, Bena.
Summary: When a second grader takes a chance in class, her confidence level soars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferne Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Hartman 2011Liu, Bin
Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUTanabe, Gen
Summary: "Guide for parents and high school and college students on how to win scholarships. Contains advice on finding the right scholarships, crafting applications, writing essays and asking the college for a financial aid reassessment. Also has a scholarship directory of 175 awards; examples of winning scholarship applications, essays, and interview questions and answers are included"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: A Harvard-trained neurosurgeon's minute-by-minute account of his own near-death experience, and what he discovered in the heavenly realm beyond life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2012
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 133.901 ALEXANDER, EBEN ALEBrazelton, Bev
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702.81 BRASen, Paul
Summary: "Einstein's Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe. Thermodynamics-the branch of physics that deals with energyand entropy-is the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences. It governs everything from the behavior of living cells to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 536 SENSmith, Bren
Summary: "Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement, Smith introduces the world of sea-based agriculture, and advocates getting ocean vegetables onto American plates (there are thousands of edible varieties in the sea!). Here he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, BREN SMIAlexander, Eben
Summary: "Dr. Eben Alexander, author of international phenomenon Proof of Heaven, shares the next phase of his journey to understand the true nature of consciousness and how to cultivate a state of harmony with the universe and our higher purpose. In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a weeklong coma. It was almost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2017
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Max Sumner and the Grey Griffins continue to be tested and trained while the Black Wolves, commanded by Max's own father, and Morgan La Fey use the Spear of Ragnarok in their attempt to destroy the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey Griffin Industires 2008
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Summary: The excitement you feel after hearing good news or achieving a goal is fleeting, but true happiness-that is, the warm feeling of deep contentment and joy-is lasting, and it can be yours in every moment. The Buddha's Way of Happiness is a guide to putting aside your anxieties about the future, regrets about the past, and constant longing to change your life for the better, and awakening to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2010