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Summary: "From ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome) - there are alphabet disorders for almost every medical condition, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress." "Alphabet Kids have disorders that are often concurrent, interconnected or mistaken for one another, for example, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 WOLOlivera, Lisa
Summary: This guide will help you identify, understand, and reframe your life story in order to live a more whole and meaningful life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 OLISchmitt, Eric
Summary: Reveals the Pentagon's covert strategy for countering terrorism that developed when initial efforts following September 11 were unsuccessful, explaining how multiple agencies have adapted Cold War practices to disrupt key jihadist networks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SCHAnderson, Olive M. (Olive Mary)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alger County Historical Society 1989
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z comes an illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 SCHSchotz, Susanne
Summary: A leading authority on cat communication provides a crash course in speaking cat, describing what feline vocalizations mean in different situations, and provides practical advice to help better understand pets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 SCHWeliver, Phyllis
Summary: "Phyllis Weliver was in the vanguard of those who first became ill from the novel coronavirus. Ten months later, she had recovered enough to return to work. Moving from the city to a woodland cottage above a glacier lake in order to regain health, Weliver reflects on the process of integrating mind/body health with the natural world. As she recovers from long-haul COVID, the author draws...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Medical WeliverSibony, Olivier
Summary: The author, a strategy professor and management consultant, shares forty methods for improving an organization's decision-making process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.403 SIBSchuetz, Kari
Summary: Ouch! Pesky insects bite up warthogs under the hot sun. Luckily, banded mongooses are here to help. They ride atop warthogs backs, picking insects out of their skin. The warthogs are happy to provide meals for the mongooses. The symbiotic bond between these species helps them both survive. This title for young readers explores the lives of these animal friends, including their habitat,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.8 SCHSchatz, Kate
Summary: "From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold new collection of 40 biographical profiles, each accompanied by a striking illustrated portrait, showcasing extraordinary women from around the world. In Rad Women Worldwide, writer Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl tell fresh, engaging, and inspiring tales of perseverance and radical success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 SCHSchatz, Kate.
Summary: Presents a collection of short biographies of notable American women representing each letter of the alphabet, from Angela Davis and Billie Jean King to Yuri Kochiyama and Zora Neale Hurston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J920.72 SCHBald, F. Clever (Frederick Clever)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1961
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 BaldSchuetz, Kari
Summary: Scientists believe more than half of Earth's plants and animals reside in tropical rain forests. Many species have yet to be discovered! These wet, humid forests are found near the equator, where it's warm year-round. Discover the importance of tropical rain forests in this fun title for exploring minds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2016
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 577.34 SCHSchuetz, Kari.
Summary: "Developed by literacy experts for students in grades two through five, this title provides readers with basic information for taking care of fish"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2010
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 636.6 BELOliva, Alejandra
Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLIOller, John
Summary: "From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 OLLPourriol, Ollivier
Summary: "Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 POUGlover, Lorri
Summary: Floundering from two years of warfare with Indians and dissent among the settlers, the Virginia Company was about to collapse. To rescue the doomed colonists and restore order, the company chose a new leader, Thomas Gates. Nine ships left Plymouth in the summer of 1609--the largest fleet England had ever assembled--and sailed into the teeth of a storm.... The inspiration for Shakespeare's The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.21 GLOSchmeltz, L. R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Streak Publications 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.87 SCHBullough, Oliver
Summary: Explores the history and people of the Caucasus, recounting the resilience of the native peoples of the area despite historical invasions, persecutions, and warfare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.5086 BULLuckett, Oliver
Summary: "From visionary tech entrepreneur Oliver Luckett and MIT Media Lab's Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit. In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself at the center of twenty-first century life. The combined power of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 LUCMorton, Oliver.
Summary: Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.43 MORSacks, Oliver
Summary: Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 SACLever, Évelyne.
Summary: A biography of the French queen explores the intrigue surrounding her life from her birth, through her unhappy marriage, her lavish life at Versailles, to the events leading up to her death by beheading during the French Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000