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Summary: An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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Summary: "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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Summary: A true story of tenacity and imagination describes how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 621.453 KAMRussell, Sharman Apt
Summary: "An important, hopeful book that looks at the urgent problem of childhood malnutrition worldwide and the revolutionary progress being made to end it. From the much-admired writer of luminous prose and humane heart, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing. A healthy Earth requires healthy children. Yet nearly one fourth of the world's children--one in four--are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.19639 RUSRobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALSeverin, Timothy.
Summary: Presents the author's reflections on his 1996 adventure in the Malay Archipelago, describing the unique features of the region and paying tribute to Victorian scientist Alfred Russel Wallace, whose 1896 travelogue of the Spice Islands served as a guide on the journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.8 SEVCorey, Shana.
Summary: This Step 4 Biography Reader shares the inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Even as a young girl in Pakistan, Malala spoke up about the importance of girls' education, via speeches and a blog. Since the Taliban regime was intent on denying girls an education and silencing anyone who disagreed with their laws, this was very dangerous. Malala was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED CORPerry, Alex.
Summary: "In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. They're not sleeping, Sachs told him. They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead. Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.532 PERSummary: An overview of the life of His Holiness, the 15th Dalai Lama with an explanation of how Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a "science of the mind." The Dalai Lama shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering. He discusses how the first step in dealing with emotions is to recognize the patterns, triggers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: Malaria is one of humanity's oldest and most devastating plagues. In many parts of the world, it remains an ever-present scourge that sickens or kills millions of people each year. What if it could finally be defeated? Now, scientists may be on the verge of a breakthrough with a promising new vaccine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV BATEnglish, Charlie
Summary: The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.2 ENGHuelat, Barbara J.
Summary: "The dementia journey for both caregiver and patient can be chaotic and scary, and while there is no cure for dementia, there ARE interventions that can help make the journey a calmer and more comfortable one. Barbara Huelat offers practical strategies to mitigate the turbulence of dementia care"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging HuelatDeiters, Erika.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 598.7 DEISummary: The fifteen year realization of a cinematic dream that presents the profound and life-changing journey of innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world's problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016