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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 HAGBorman, Tracy.
Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BORBrafman, Ori.
Summary: A journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making. Why is it so difficult to end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? Here, organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer these questions and more....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 BRAPaxman, Jeremy
Summary: Examines the role of the monarchy in modern times, commenting on the lives of royalty from George IV to the public scandals of Prince Charles and how they serve the imaginations and expectations of their people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.009 PAXTayman, John.
Summary: Reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy colony on Molokai and of the extraordinary people who struggled to survive under the most horrific circumstances. Tracked by bounty hunters and torn screaming from their families, the luckless were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and most of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.546 TAYBrafman, Ori.
Summary: A psychological investigation of the forces behind what makes us click with certain people, or become fully immersed in whatever activity or situation we're involved in. These kinds of peak experiences, when our senses are completely focused on the moment, are something that individuals--and companies--strive to achieve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 BRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation BrafmanWadman, Meredith
Summary: "The epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the creation of some of the world's most important vaccines. Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of American children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 WADBorgman, Harry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 1977
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 KAMLayman, Teresa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 LAYFasman, Jon
Summary: "An investigation into the legal, political, and moral issues surrounding how the police and justice system use surveillance technology, asking the question: what are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? Jon Fasmanlooks at how these technologies help police do their jobs, and what their use means for our privacy rights and civil liberties"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.44 FASLahman, Sean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.33 LAHHagman, Bette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5638 HAGBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 BORPaxman, Jeremy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 PAXBannan, Patricia
Summary: A nationally-recognized registered dietitian nutritionist presents recipe remedies for stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and more through eighty dishes specifically designed to help replenish mind, body, and spirit, including tricolor roasted carrotswith cardamom tahini and watermelon cucumber juice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 BANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 BANBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BORBatuman, Elif
Summary: "From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood Selin is the luckiest person in her family: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's sophomore year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BATWegman, Jesse
Summary: "A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms-like abolishing the Electoral College-seem possible. Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of theentire electoral system into question. Political passions are already high, and they will reach a boiling point as we enter the 2020 race. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 WEGBakan, Joel
Summary: "From the author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power comes this deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and democracy sits in a precarious situation. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. Over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BAKHarman, Claire.
Summary: "A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE HARHarman, Claire.
Summary: In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 HARKagan, Jerome.
Summary: "In this overview of human emotions, a widely respected psychologist and author addresses the ambiguities and embraces the controversies that surround this intriguing subject. An insightful and lucid thinker, Jerome Kagan examines what exactly we do know about emotions, which popular assumptions about emotions are incorrect, and how scientific study must proceed if we are to uncover the answers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 KAGBregman, Ahron
Summary: In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula in 1967's brief but pivotal Six Day War. Cursed Victory is the first complete history of the war's troubled aftermath--a military occupation of the Palestinian territories that is now well into its fifth decade. Drawing on unprecedented access to high-level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015