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Summary: "Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized-about cities, about people, about making a better world-remain hugely relevant today. Now, in Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People, we have the first biography for young people of the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker. Debut author Rebecca Pitts draws on archives and Jacobs's own writings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 JACSher, Barbara
Summary: Lifestyle coach Sher discusses the "Scanner"--someone who frequently has a multiplicity of interests, but finds it hard to create a successful life, because their passions and abilities are taking them in so many different directions. Sher identifies seven types of Scanners--ranging from the Serial Specialist (someone who learns all about one subject, only to get bored and need to move on to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SHESmith, Siân.
Summary: Brief text and photographs examine a wide range of machines used at the airport, including airplanes, staircases on wheels, scanners, conveyor belts, and radar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 SMIKanigel, Robert
Summary: Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016