Cashin, Sheryll

Summary: "A meditation on how America protects and overinvests in "white space" and disinvests, surveils, and stereotypes in "the Hood;" Cashin calls for abolition of these anti-Black processes and bold new investment to repair poor Black neighborhoods and our broken race relations"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 CAS

Tippins, Sherill.

Summary: "An icon of American artistic invention, the Chelsea Hotel has been, since its founding by a French socialist utopian in 1884, a cultural dynamo lodged in the very heart of uber-capitalist New York City. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House, delivers a lively, masterly history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.94 TIP

Kheiriyeh, Rashin

Summary: Even the greatest poet was once a child. And so it was with Rumi. When he was young he was enchanted by birds and books. He later became a scholar, but it was the loss of his best friend, Shams, that inspired Rumi to his most important realization: Love is in us and everywhere. The Persian mystic and poet Rumi is one of the best known and most widely read poets in the world. The renowned...

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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUM

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB RUMI KHE

Costin, Carolyn.

Contents: From diet to disorder : problems and prognosis -- Young, white, and female : myth or reality? -- Activity disorder : when a good thing goes bad -- Genes or jeans : what causes eating disorders? -- Eating disorder behaviors are adaptive functions -- Assessing the situation -- Treatment philosophy and approaches -- Individual therapy : putting the eating disorder out of a job -- Sharing the pain...

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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 COS

Khalidi, Rashid

Summary: A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to a hundred years of colonial war against the Palestinians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019

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Cantin, Elaine.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Elaine Cantin 2012

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8530 CAN

Grashin, Merrily

Summary: The perfect mix of punny humor, feminist verve, and practical instruction, Women's Libation! is a cocktail guide for the lady who likes to shake things up (and not just her martinis). In it, Brooklyn-based illustrator and long-time bartender Merrily Grashin toasts the feminist heroes who've come before us and the social movements that have helped shape us, honoring each with a delicious,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.21 GRA

Laskin, David

Summary: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.48173 LAS

Pelletier, Cathie

Summary: Tells the story of the winter storm that significantly impacted the New England region in 1952.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 PEL

Casson, Lionel

Contents: The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.09 CAS

Laskin, David

Summary: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010

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Maslin, Mark.

Summary: Discusses different kinds of storms, what causes them, how we predict them, and some famous hurricanes, tornadoes, and snowstorms from the past.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers 2000

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 551.55 Masli

Cashman, Kevin

Summary: This classic bestseller by Kevin Cashman pioneered a holistic approach to leadership development: grow the whole person to grow the whole leader. The third edition turns leadership development inside out for a new generation of authentic, purpose-inspired leaders.

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Publisher / Publication Date: BK Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CAS

Gaines, Caseen

Summary: "For readers of Hidden Figures and Something Wonderful, Footnotes is the story of New York in the roaring twenties and the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success-and its impact on our popular culture. Amidst a culture actively whitewashing, controlling, or trying to prevent their stories from being told, these artists changed the course of American...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.089 GAI

Gaskin, Margaret.

Summary: Churchill called it his nation's greatest trial and its finest hour. Europe had fallen to Hitler and Britain stood alone. Determined to bomb the English into submission, the German Luftwaffe attacked London nearly every night, targeting the "Square Mile," the heart of the city and the site of some of its greatest landmarks. In this gripping historical narrative, Margaret Gaskin puts the reader...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 GAS

Rashid, Ahmed.

Summary: The terrorist attacks of September 11 have turned the world's attention to areas of the globe about which we know very little. The author turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.04 RAS

Waskin, Mel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Academy Chicago Publishers 1985

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.3 WAS

DeVore, Sheryl.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Press Pub. Co. 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 DEV

Sandberg, Sheryl

Summary: After the sudden death of her husband, Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. Grant, a friend, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. Here they combine personal insights with research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 SAN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.9 SAN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self Grief Sandberg

Cashill, Jack

Summary: "In Untenable, Cashill broadens the canvas to tell the story of his neighborhood and others like it. His is the first serious book on the subject of 'white flight' written from the perspective of those forced to flee. Cashill and the scores of people he interviewed speak candidly about race, schools, and crime--subjects that are essential to any honest understanding of the issue. Like J.D....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3362 CAS

Laskin, David

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.02 LAS

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Laskin

Khalidi, Rashid.

Summary: Analyzes three historical moments from the past thirty-five years to reveal how the U.S. and Israel have worked together to prevent the emergence of a Palestinian state.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 KHA

Darznik, Jasmin

Summary: "A dazzling novel of one of America's most celebrated photographers--exploring Dorothea Lange's wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion, and daring. In 1918 Dorothea leaves the East Coast for California, where a disaster kick-starts a new life. Her friendship with Caroline Lee, a vivacious, straight-talking woman with a complicated past, gives her entrée...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DAR