Ruliffson, Jess
Summary: "Candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 355 RULSummary: "Are you getting ready to take the HESI Admission Assessment Exam? You know the importance of this test, and the multiple topics you'll need to understand in depth. This book is directly from the HESI experts, so you'll know that your studies are aligned with the test. Give yourself the best chance to pass by using this comprehensive guide before you face the test! This easy-to-read gives you:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elsevier 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.76 HESPowers, Ron
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 POWCahalan, Susannah
Summary: For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, normal, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 CAHCopaken, Deborah
Summary: "Breasts. Uterus. Cervix. Heart. Vagina. The source of life, right? Well, for writer and photographer Deborah Copaken, it turned out to be just the opposite--almost. Between escaping from an abusive marriage, facing down the challenge of single-parenthood, and attempting to find love again, getting her bearings after everything she knew fell to pieces proved more slippery than she ever could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COPAKEN, DEBORAH COPHellis, Lori
Summary: "The book begins with a list of rules to help you through the tough parts. They're reliable, time-tested, formulated from the author's 27 years in practice. In a clear, concise, and contemporary voice, author Lori Hellis offers step-by-step, start-to-finish advice on the many phases of divorce. She covers the full spectrum of divorce issues from beginning to end, from how to start and what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 HELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation HellisHollander, Stuart J.
Summary: "Whether you're a parent planning to pass on a cottage to your children, someone who has inherited a cabin with your siblings or other relatives, or someone who is thinking about buying a vacation home, you want to know how to keep the property in the family--and avoid squabbles over it. This book tells you how. You'll find out how to:. Prevent a family member from forcing a sale of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business HollanderLoftsgordon, Amy
Summary: "Learn how to stop: collection calls, wage garnishments, foreclosures & more"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Money LoftsgordonRehm, Diane.
Summary: "In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio hostess speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from Parkinson's) of her husband of 54 years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REHM, DIANE REHRankin, Lauren
Summary: "Abortion has been legal for nearly fifty years in the United States, but with a new conservative majority on the Supreme Court and an emboldened opposition in the street, the threat to its existence has never been more pressing. Clinic escorts-everyday volunteers-are prepared to stand up and protect abortion access, as they have for decades, even in the face of terrorism and violence. They...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1988 RANHand, Carol
Summary: "Often young people assume that, because they are healthy, they can do without health insurance. Then, the unexpected happens--a car accident or a serious illness--and they are left with a mountain of medical bills they cannot pay. This volume explains exactly what health insurance does for people, and the types of health care plans, including private, group, and government plans, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 368.38 HANLebovic, Sam
Summary: "The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 to prosecute spies and critics during World War I. And yet, after a century of piecemeal revisions, the Espionage Act still forms the basis of our national security architecture today - a tool that lets the government keep an untold amount of information secret, without ever justifying the need for that secrecy. In State of Silence, political historian Sam...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.7302 LEBSummary: "A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.569 GOIMagary, Drew
Summary: The fan-favorite Defector and former Deadspin columnist shares his long recovery from a catastrophic brain hemorrhage and how he learned to live with a broken mind as he tried to figure out who this new person is, in this fascinating, darkly funny comeback story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAGARY, DREW MAGMoeller, Philip
Summary: "A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money. Social Security provides the bulk of most retirees' income and Medicare guarantees them affordable health insurance. But few people know what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 368 MOEBakst, Dina
Summary: Provides practical tips for navigating the workplace while pregnant or being a new parent, covering such topics as morning sickness, maternity leave, and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAKVargas, Elizabeth
Summary: "From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served in Vietnam-and how she dealt with this anxiety as she came...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VARGAS, ELIZABETH VARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B VARGAS VARChesney, Will
Summary: "Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a SEAL Team Operator whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will was introduced to the SEAL canine program, he and Cairo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 CHESNEYLawson, Jenny
Summary: "As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor: "People do different things to distract themselves during each treatment. I embroider. It feels fitting. I'm being magnetically stabbed in the head...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LAWSON LAWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio LawsonJones, George Fenwick
Summary: "The author has provided a lengthy introduction on German names -- actually a treatise -- with chapters devoted to (1) the origin and significance of given names; (2) the need and origin of surnames; and (3) Christian names. A substantial work in itself, the introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.4 JONSlesnick, Twila
Summary: Whether you have an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k), Keogh or other retirement plan, this book will help you make sense of the rules for taking your money out. Even more important, it will show you how to avoid the stiff taxes and penalties that lurk in the fine print.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2017
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Summary: As a Conservation Officer for 27 years with Michigan's DNR, author John Borkovich tells his adventure stories about running down wiry poachers of all stripes and hues. John is recognized for his clever approach to track down the bad guys and save our valuable natural treasures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.28 BorChertoff, Michael
Summary: "Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018