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Feng shui Feng shui in interior decoration Gender identity in sports Italy Sex discrimination against women Sex discrimination in sports Law and legislation Sexism in sports journalism Sports Social aspects Stereotypes (Social psychology) in sports Women athletes Legal status, laws, etcYang, Gene Luen
Summary: Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches especially the high school's basketball team, the Dragons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 YANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC YANGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction YangCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC YANSummary: Shares stories about growing up in diverse homes or communities, from an Asian youth who gains temporary popularity by making up a false background, to a biracial girl whose father clears subway seats by calmly sitting between two prejudiced women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PERSummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 COMYang, Gene Luen
Summary: In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity: the Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 YANSummary: Collects Asian tales told in graphic format and illustrated by some of the best independent artists on the Internet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2018
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Summary: "In an increasingly cramped world, a modern guide to opening up your living space-and your life-using the ancient principles of feng shui. The practice of feng shui, centuries old and rooted in ancient principles of harmony between people and their environments, has perhaps never been more necessary than in the modern world. As we pack our homes-and now our workspaces, too-into mere square...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3337 TANVenkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Summary: "At the heart of the story are two teenagers: Marshal Mariot, an introverted video gamer and bike rider, and Frankie Paul, who leaves foster care to direct his cousin's drug business while he's in prison. Frankie devises a plan to attack Marshall and his friends--it is his best chance to showcase his toughness and win respect for his crew. Catching wind of the plan, Marshall and his friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 VENHuey, Michael
Contents: volume 1. 1921-1963.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4635 HUECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4635 HUEShum, Desmond
Summary: "After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.092 SHUMorrison, Lesley A.
Summary: Transform your home into a magical place that harmonizes with your deepest needs through more than a dozen thought-provoking exercises. Lesley Morrison's room-by-room approach bridges the worlds of design, spirituality, and psychological health by presenting practical techniques that draw from a variety of traditions, such as Feng Shui and Vastu Shastra. This book covers how to clear a space of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2022
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Summary: "A fresh, smart, and inspiring lifestyle book that shows you how to create an empowering home environment by changing the messages you are telling yourself within your own four walls. Award-winning magazine editor and certified Feng Shui consultant Emily Grosvenor invites us to a reality where our homes hold limitless opportunities to create meaning, shape behavior, and inspire action. Drawing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Prism 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 GROSegal, Julie Ann
Summary: "This approachable guide to Feng Shui-centered interior design sits at the intersection of spirituality, energy work, aesthetics, and personal connection. It not only provides room-by-room guidance, but also focuses on the big picture--the interplay between goals, intentions, and mindful design choices"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 SEGJones, Margaret B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 098.3 JONSimons, T. Raphael.
Summary: Find your date of birth on easy-to-use charts and discover your lucky stars, lucky diredctions, and lucky colors. Diagnose and solve problems in the layout of your home and arrangement of your furniture quickly and affordably.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Trade Paperbacks 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 SIMSiepker, Barbara.
Contents: Preface -- Glen Lake Map ©Frederick W. Dickinson, 1942 -- Introduction -- Glen Lake Map ©Arthur Gommersen, circa 1939 -- The Cottages -- Miller House -- Walker House -- Evelyn's Cottage, Brown Cottage -- Worthington Cottage, Birchworth -- Bray Cottage -- Fralick • Lehmann Cottage -- Dillon Cottage, Crodillonbear -- Warren • Senter Cottage -- Dunbar • Batchelder • Williams Cottage -- Hench •...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leelanau Press 2008
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: 977.4635 Siepker1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.4635 SIE
Clavin, Tom
Summary: "The thrilling true story of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of the great gang of outlaws. The Dalton Gang consisted of four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James Gang. They soon became legends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CLAWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIBowden, Mark
Summary: "In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight of its members in prison. Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname "Bodymore, Murderland," and was made notorious by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 BOWSummary: "An astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHISummary: Tells the untold story of Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who risked their lives to rescue Jews, partisans and other refugees in Nazi-occupied Italy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYBarnes, Katie
Summary: "A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "I want life. For ten years, Achut Deng surrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya after her family was ripped apart by the Second Sudanese Civil War. But Achut wanted to do more than merely survive. She wanted to live. The twenty-two-year civil war essentially orphaned over 20,000 children and drove them from their villages in southern Sudan. Some of these children walked over a thousand miles,...
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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 921 DENZhang, Selina
Summary: Presents recipes, mostly featuring clear school glue and liquid starch, for colorful, non-toxic slimes, including slimes with sequins, glitter, and beads, that glow in the dark, or that can be blown to make bubbles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620.1 ZHADudley, Steven S.
Summary: Looks at the most dangerous street gang in America, MS-13, as seen through the lives of one family caught in its malicious web.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020