Ward, Lynd
Summary: From the eve of the Great Depression to the onset of World War II, Lynd Ward, America's first great graphic novelist, bore witness to the roiling, dizzying national scene as both a master printmaker and a socially committed storyteller. His medium of expression, the wordless "novel in woodcuts," was his alone in the United States, and he quickly brought it from bold iconic infancy to a still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 761.2 WARWard, Lynd
Contents: Reading pictures / Art Spiegelman -- Prelude to a million years -- Song without words -- Vertigo -- On "Prelude to a Million Years" -- The equinox idea -- On "Song Without Words" -- On "Vertigo" -- The Book and the woodblock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 761.2 WARUllmann, Linn
Summary: Presents a genre-bending novel about time, memory, and the author's extraordinary childhood as the daughter of a genius filmmaker and his muse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FICTION ULLGillingham, Sara
Summary: Illustrated guide to the 88 internationally recognized constellations with stories and legends. Includes key star information, location descriptions, and maps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.8 GILSymonds, George Wellington Dillingham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Barrows 1963
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.17 SYMLinn, Susan.
Summary: Publisher's description: With the intensity of the California gold rush, corporations are racing to stake their claim on the consumer group formerly known as children. What was once the purview of a handful of companies has escalated into a gargantuan enterprise estimated at over $15 billion annually. While parents busily try to set limits at home, marketing executives work day and night to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.834 LINLyon, Daniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 LYOLyon, Lea
Summary: Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOLyon, Gabrielle
Summary: "Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®. After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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Summary: "There are always two sides to every argument. Advocating for issues that matter to you is important, but what's equally as important is understanding those issues from the other perspective. Pros and Cons: Banned Books dives deeper into this highly debated topic and provides readers with the tools and strategies to think critically and analyze the topic through an unbiased lens. Readers will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Press 2023
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social LyonSymonds, George Wellington Dillingham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Barrows 1958
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582 SYMCollingham, E. M. (Elizabeth M.)
Summary: A history of the role of food in World War II reveals how more than twenty million people died from starvation, malnutrition and related diseases during the war and traces the interaction between food and strategy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.531 COLFonstad, Karen Wynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 FONHalsted, Judith Wynn
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio Psychology Press 1994
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 025.535 HALLinn, Jo White.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.W. Linn 1995
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929 LINSymonds, George Wellington Dillingham.
Summary: This book is divided into two sections, Pictorial Keys and Master Pages. The Keys section provides an easy visual comparison of details to narrow the identification of a tree to one of a small group--the family or genus. The Master Pages then further narrow the differences within a family group to determine the exact species of the tree. More than 1500 photographs, many shown in actual size,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill 2003
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 582.16 SYMO'Brien, Flann
Contents: At swim-two-birds -- The third policeman -- The poor mouth -- The hard life -- The Dalkey archive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2007
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Summary: This Everything guide presents a balanced approach to treating children with anxiety--from traditional to nontraditional drug and behavior therapies to relaxation tricks and meditation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.928 SANO'Brien, Flann
Summary: Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the writings of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dalkey Archive Press 1999
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Summary: Bringing together both the journalist's eye and the addict's mind, "Pill Head" explores Lyon's own addiction and the cultural phenomena that made pill-popping so popular, especially among the twenty-somethings of Generation Rx.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LYON, JOSHUA LYOWillingham, Daniel T.
Summary: "Written by a cognitive psychologist who has spent decades studying low we learn, OUTSMART YOUR BRAIN is the definitive guide to help students master the skills of understanding material and retaining information. In clear, accessible prose, Dan Willingham lays out the techniques necessary for students at any stage to succeed and thrive when learning, studying, and taking exams. When studying,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WILBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKFlinn, Kathleen.
Summary: " The author of The Sharper Your Knife tells the inspiring story of how she helped nine others find their inner cook. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one day at a supermarket she watched a woman loading her cart with ultra-processed foods. Flinn's "chefternal" instinct kicked in: she persuaded the stranger to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011
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Summary: Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and longtime top vegan lifestyle coach Lani Muelrath shows how practicing mindfulness brings freedom and a new joy to vegan eating and living.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2017