Baugh, Joyce A.
Summary: Overview: In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, racial equality in American public education appeared to have a bright future. But for many that brightness dimmed considerably following the Supreme Court's decision in Milliken v. Bradley (1974), which emerged from Detroit's efforts to use cross-district busing to desegregate its schools and was the first such case to originate outside the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.73 BAUBargh, John A.
Summary: "The world's leading expert on the unconscious mind reveals the hidden mental processes that secretly govern every aspect of our behavior. For more than three decades, Dr. John Bargh has been conducting revolutionary research into the unconscious mind--not Freud's dark, malevolent unconscious but the new unconscious, a helpful and powerful part of the mind that we can access and understand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 154 BARSummary: A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESBalch, Phyllis A.
Summary: This new fifth edition of the nation's #1 bestselling guide to natural remedies incorporates the most recent information on a variety of alternative healing and preventive therapies, and unveils new science on vitamins, supplements, and herbs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.1 BALCoyne, Jerry A.
Summary: The best-selling author of Why Evolution Is True discusses the negative role of religion in education, politics, medicine and social policy, explaining how religion cannot provide verifiable or responsible answers to world problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 COYCoyne, Jerry A.
Summary: Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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Summary: "In 2007, New York Times bestseller Joy Bauer's Food Cures taught readers what and how they should eat to achieve optimal health. Now, in a brand new, fully revised edition, Joy brings readers up to date on the most current science and research regarding nutrition and diet , presenting to-the-minute information on the specific foods and nutrients we need to boost metabolism and lose weight,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS JANBauer, Erwin A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Winchester Press 1975
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table book offers intimate details of the composer's life from musicians, scholars, and Strayhorn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden an Agate Imprint 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRAYHORN, BILLY STRHornstein, Hugh A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09774 HORRoyce, Beverly
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schoolhouse Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ROYBoyce, Charles.
Summary: Nearly 3,000 entries and over 50 illustrations provide information on all facets of Shakespeare's life and works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 BOYSummary: "Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation is the first practical and comprehensive manual that provides step-by-step instructions for creating natural science research projects that involve collaboration between scientists and the general public. As citizen-science projects become increasingly common, there is a growing need for concrete best practices around planning and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.9 HANUpholt, Boyce
Summary: In this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels and exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Contents: Black mischief -- Scoop -- The loved one -- The ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAUWaugh, Alexander.
Summary: If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family has it. The first literary Waugh was Arthur, who, having won a poetry prize in 1888, broke with the family tradition of medicine. He went on to become a distinguished publisher and an influential book columnist. He fathered two sons, Alec and Evelyn, both of whom were to become novelists of note; were to rebel in their own ways against his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 WAUBluth, Karen
Summary: "Teens can be extremely self-critical, and are often nicer to others than they are to themselves. In The Self-Compassionate Teen, psychologist Karen Bluth offers powerful, everyday self-compassion and mindfulness tools to help teen readers overcome self-judgment, stop comparing themselves to others, and cultivate the courage to be themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155.5 BLUChugh, Dolly
Summary: "A revolutionary, psychology-based guidebook for developing resilience and grit to confront our whitewashed history and build a better, more just future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 CHUWebb, Jonice
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Using primary military dispatches, gives an in-depth account of the Crimean War, remarking on the war's military tactics, brutal nature, and significant impact on modern warfare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.073 ROYBagge, Sverre
Summary: "Christianity and European-style monarchy--the cross and the scepter--were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingdoms from the age of the Vikings to the Reformation, written by Scandinavia's leading medieval historian. Sverre Bagge shows how the rise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.023 BAGCayce, Edgar
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1972