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Death Femmes Suffrage États-Unis Histoire Bandes dessinées Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity Loss (Psychology) Paper work Racism Religious aspects Christianity Spiritual life Spirituality Suffragists United States History Comic books, strips, etc Teenagers and deathSummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUDuling, Kaitlyn
Summary: "Get the facts about the dangers and destruction caused by hailstorms in 12 in-depth chapters that include hailstone size, formation, forecasting, and cloud seeding. Includes safety tips, statistics, sidebars, and critical thinking questions, plus editor-curated online resources for up-to-date information"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 12-Story Library 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.55 DULSchiess, Kaitlyn
Summary: "This book explores America's history of using the Bible in politics, highlighting moments of proper practice and examples of deep misuse, and helps us apply the Scriptures in our political participation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.7 SCHGay, Kathlyn
Summary: Discusses the myths and misconceptions surrounding epilepsy, and offers medical information, advice on dealing with the disorder, and candid stories from teens living with epilepsy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.853 GAYCulmo, Kaitlin
Summary: "There's history as it's told, and then there's history as it actually happened. You may think you know the stories behind the world's most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but To Her Credit is here to make you reevaluate our collective story as it has been written. This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.409 CULBell Barnett, Kaitlin
Summary: "Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in the number of young people taking psychiatric medication--but, despite a heated debate on the issue, we haven't heard directly from the "medicated kids" themselves. In Dosed, Kaitlin Bell Barnett, who was diagnosed with depression as a teenager, weaves together stories from members of this "medication generation, exploring their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8918 BARBailyn, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BAIGay, Kathlyn
Contents: Death in your life -- When someone close dies -- Vigils -- Living with deadly diseases -- End-of-life decisions and care -- Euthanasia : mercy killing or murder? -- Suicide survival and loss -- Funerals, burials, and memorials -- Cultural and religious beliefs about death -- Legal matters -- When pets and service animals die -- Living your life -- Appendix -- Further reading -- Glossary --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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Summary: This moving memoir-in-verse tells about what it means to be an everyday activist and foot solider for racial justice, as Kathlyn recounts how she went from attending protests as a teenager to fighting as an adult for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday tobecome a national holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIRBailyn, Bernard
Summary: "A series of brilliant historical portraits combine to create a self-portrait of one of our greatest historians. With characteristic vitality and brilliance, Bernard Bailyn revisits the major phases of his long, pathbreaking career and offers readers newinsights into history and his distinctive approach to understanding it. From his early work on the New England merchants through his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BAIBailyn, Bernard.
Summary: "From one of the most respected historians in America, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a new collection of essays that reflect a lifetime of erudition and accomplishments in history. The past has always been elusive: how can we understand people whose worlds were utterly different from our own without imposing our own standards and hindsight? What did things feel like in the moment when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 900 BAIPhillips, Kaitlin Ugolik
Summary: An insightful exploration of what social media, AI, robot technology, and the digital world are doing to our relationships with each other and with ourselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4833 PHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.4833 PHISrinivasan, Bhu
Summary: From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things -- the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 SRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 SRIChua, Amy.
Summary: Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 CHUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents ChuaCurtice, Kaitlin B.
Summary: "Popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice argues that resistance isn't just for professional activists but for every human who longs to see their neighbors' holistic flourishing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: "Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith. Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.308 CURSchu, John
Summary: "Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: Paper crafting is the hot new craft, and in this delightful book, Minhee and Truman Chofounders of popular stationery company PAPER + CUPoffer 25 unique paper projects: vintage-inspired frames, hanging bird mobiles, pretty flower hair clips, personalized place cards, and many more. Each project is presented in a few easy, illustrated stepsall crafters need to get started is paper, scissors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 CHOFitz, Caitlin
Summary: "A major new interpretation recasts U.S. history between revolution and civil war, exposing a dramatic reversal in sympathy toward Latin American revolutions,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 FITFlanagan, Caitlin.
Summary: Describes the modern transition from girl to woman and discusses the changes that have taken place in the process over the past thirty years while finding that the landmarks through the journey have remained the same.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 FLAChe, Cathy Linh
Summary: "A comprehensive and spirited exploration of Asian American history--its movements, cultures, and key figures--beautifully illustrated and compellingly told for readers of all ages."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 CHECho, Kat
Summary: "Somin and Junu are helping Miyoung and Jihoon heal from their recent trauma when a new supernatural threat arises"-- Gu Miyoung is a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. She violated the rules of survival to rescue Jihoon and lost her fox bead, her gumiho soul. Following the deaths of Miyoung's mother, Yena, and Jihoon's grandmother, they might have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHOCho, Lisa
Summary: The Galápagos archipelago is one of the most beautiful, wild, and untouched places on earth. Travel back in time with Moon Galápagos Islands.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel 2023