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Summary: A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold type books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.3209 ANDKanipe, Jeff
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 KANKanipe, Jeff
Contents: Hunting for snarks -- The race for the most distant galaxies -- To the end of the beginning -- Cosmic canvas -- The egg before the chicken -- It stinks, but it rocks -- Keck : sailing across an unknown ocean -- Peculiar universe -- Distant reflections in a nearby universe -- More of everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.112 KANSanborn, Melinde Lutz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.374 TORREY SANSanborn, Melinde Lutz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1995
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.374 TORREY SANGordimer, Nadine.
Summary: The Nobel Laureate's psychologically penetrating story of the love affair between a rich South African and the illegal alien she "picks up" on a whim Who picked up whom? Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country? Or is the pickup the powerful businessman's daughter trying to escape a priveleged background she despises? When Julie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORSmith, Zadie
Summary: "Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel, White Teeth, almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also as a brilliant and singular essayist. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books on a range of subjects, and each piece of hers is a literary event in its own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 824 SMIEtinde-Crompton, Charlotte
Summary: "Celebrates the life of the soul musician and singer, detailing the many personal and professional challenges that she overcame throughout her career." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Art Etinde-CromptonRobertson, Sadie
Summary: "Are you tired of the struggle? Tired of fear, loneliness, anxiety, and not knowing who you are or what you're meant to do? You don't have to struggle anymore! In [this book], bestselling author and star of Dancing with the Stars Sadie Robertson shares her story of overcoming anxiety and fear. Sadie battled insecurity, comparison, and isolation -- just like so many of us do. And she went on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 248 ROBEtinde-Crompton, Charlotte
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Art Etinde-CromptonSmith, Zadie.
Summary: A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 824 SMIFernández-Armesto, Felipe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FERRadinsky, Sadie
Summary: "This book focuses on the author's three pillars for well-being for teenage girls: living a positive and empowered lifestyle, practicing mindful movement, and enjoying delicious, nutritious treats. Includes insights from wellness experts, suggestions formindful movements, and 60 grain- and gluten-free, low-sugar recipes to fit particular moods"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 641.5 RADGordimer, Nadine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.04 GORFernández-Armesto, Felipe.
Summary: Explores eight milestones in the cultural and culinary history of food, including the origins of cooking, the ritualization of eating, the inception of herding, the invention of agriculture, the rise of the class system, food trade, ecological exchanges, and the industrialization and globalization of food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 FERHerrera, Juan Felipe.
Summary: "For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected....
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 HERFernández-Armesto, Felipe
Summary: For readers of big history and philosophy, a fast-paced new book on the origins and history of human ideas--from cannibalism to religion, feminism to stoicism--by a renowned historian. A vividly rendered work that relates the history of human ideas and examines the broad array of ideas that have defined Bronze Age thinking all the way up to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2019
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Summary: Chronicles the life and times of Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, an obscure adventurer, salesman, sorcerer, and relentless borrower of others' experiences and achievements who gave his name to the continents of the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 VESPUCCI, AMERIGO FERFernández-Armesto, Felipe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 121 FERBurke Harris, Nadine
Summary: Explores the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adult health problems, drawing on scientific insights and personal stories to outline beneficial health interventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Contents: Establishing a clear and profitable vision -- Defining your market -- Building strong distribution channels -- Empowering your way to success -- Educating your partners -- Creating valuable strategic alliances -- Celebrating achievements -- Do values really sell?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.85 THOMeralli, Swann
Summary: Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors, this is the story of the greatest gangster of all time: Al Capone. Family man, community leader, industrious smuggler, or vicious killer? You decide. Born into a poor Italian family in Brooklyn in 1899, little Alphonse didn't have a lot of options, so he'd have to get creative in order to make a name for himself. A bit of cards, some enforcing, maybe a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Panel Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPONE, AL MERCrompton, Samuel Willard
Summary: "War had a profound effect on Horace Pippin. Stationed in Europe during World War I, Pippin saw active combat as part of the Harlem Hellfighters regiment, a group of mostly African American soldiers. While he was serving bravely for a country that didn't yet fully recognize his civil rights, his right arm was injured by sniper fire--but he harbored far deeper wounds inflicted by the horrors of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018