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Fink, Jennifer L. W.

Summary: Confounded by rapidly changing gender norms, today's parents are attempting to raise kind, compassionate, emotionally sensitive boys in a society that simultaneously rewards stereotypical masculinity and is increasingly hostile to boys. Making the world safer for women and girls is not the only reason to rethink our boy raising practices: current culture harms our boys too. Fink offers rules...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.132 FIN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Parent Fink

Veyne, Paul

Summary: In this concise and elegiac book, Paul Veyne, one of Palymra’s most important experts, offers a beautiful and moving look at the history of this significant lost city and why it was—and still is—important. Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this book offers a beautifully illustrated memorial to the lost city while serving as a lasting...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 939 VEY

Maine, Margo

Summary: ""The body is the canvas upon which women paint their secrets and self-doubt, their hopes and their dreams, their pain and their disappointments. Hair has historically played a central role in the battles for power, self-determination and autonomy-serving as a nonverbal language that represents women's lives. However, pain, anxiety, racism, sexism and rigid beauty standards can too often...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Toplight 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.5 MAI

Gagne, Tammy

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Summary: In the years following Christopher Columbus's expedition, Europeans made homes for themselves in the Americas and pushed out the indigenous peoples already living there. Many popular stories about life in the early American colonies have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of American Colonization dives into the myths about colonization and brings the truth...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021

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Gagne, Tammy

Summary: Every year on the Fourth of July, Americans celebrate the birth of the nation and the heroes who brought it about. But many popular stories about the American Revolution have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of the American Revolution dives into the myths about the war fought between the patriots and the redcoats and brings the truth to light....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021

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Gagne, Tammy

Summary: From vehicles and weapons to robots and service animals, the tools of the US military are truly amazing. Ready for military action takes you on the front lines with some of the most fascinating technology, gear, vehicles, and animals being used by the US armed forces. Learn more about the history behind these tools and technologies and how the US military uses them today to get its job done.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2015

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 623.4 GAG

Gayle, Caleb

Summary: "A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.004 GAY

Ventura, Marne

Summary: This book features 12 of the most influential technology breakthroughs in robotics covering the major players in each breakthrough, its main turning points, and how it changed the way we live.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 12-Story Library, an imprint of Peterson Publishing Company 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 VEN

Gagne, Tammy

Summary: The telephone, the lightbulb, and the airplane are all inventions have changed the world for the better. But many popular stories about the creation of American inventions have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of American Invention dives into the myths about inventors and their inventions and brings the truth to light. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J670 GAG

Grady, Wayne.

Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRA

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature Grady

Kadar, Wayne Louis.

Summary: Describes natural disasters and true stories of disasters at mans hands, such as trains that collide, mines that collapse and more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 KAD

Tapp, P. Gaye

Summary: "A glimpse inside some of the most significant residential rooms of the twentieth century, whose stylish inhabitants influence our tastes today."--Jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli New York 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 TAP

Wiegand, Wayne A.

Summary: "Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern public libraries. As in other efforts to integrate civic institutions in the 1950s and 1960s, the determination of local activists won the battle against segregation in libraries. In particular, the willingness of young black community members to take part in organized protests and direct actions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana State University Press 2018

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Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach

Summary: "The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolu-tion centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 LEM

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