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bibliography biography Essays. Genealogy. Juvenile works Juvenile works. Nonfiction. Pictorial works.Foster, Gerald L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 625.2 FOSPosner, Gerald L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5405 POSPosner, Gerald L.
Summary: Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 POSEaster, Gerald
Summary: "On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. The vessel was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Europe's most voracious collector: Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Among the lost treasures was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 EASPosner, Gerald.
Summary: A history of the legendary music label offers profiles of the artists, many from Detroit's inner-city projects, who achieved fame, detailing their rise to success, the inability of many to handle stardom, and their conflicts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.644 POSWeinberg, Gerhard L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 WEIKooyman, Gerald L.
Summary: "The 2005 Luc Jacquet documentary March of the Penguins won an Oscar for its depiction of emperor penguins' fifty-kilometer trek over sea ice to their breeding grounds. While such a trek may be common for emperors breeding in colonies around the Antarctic perimeter, it is not the case for the largest colonies in the Ross Sea. To understand emperor penguins here, we must follow them on four...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.47 KOOSummary: "The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTFisher, Kenneth L.
Summary: Filled with more than 100 visuals and practical advice, an investment expert and long-time Forbes columnist shows investors how to improve their investing success rate by answering just three questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.6 FISFisher, Kenneth L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 FISFisher, Kenneth L.
Summary: A columnist for Forbes magazine shares his personal approach to wealth and success as he discusses ten different ways to amass a fortune, describing the guideposts and warning signs on the path to wealth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2009
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Summary: "Organized by fish family, with sections on waters of the Great Lakes region, zoogeography, field study and collection, preservation of fishes for study, fish identification, anatomy, terminology, and more, Fishes of the Great Lakes Region is comprehensive in its scope and breadth of information--truly the classic book on Great Lakes fishes. The book also documents a half century of changes in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2004
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 597.176 HUBFisher, Edwin L. (Edwin Lewis)
Summary: William Fisher and Betsy Burnett established their family in a rural area of Salem, Washington County, New York starting in 1817. Almost twelve hundred descendants and their spouses have been identified and there are probably hundreds more who have not been found. The details of their migrations provides a fascinating story of one small part in the early development of our country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.L. Fisher 2006
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 FISHER FisherPoster, Donna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 POSValério, Geraldo
Summary: "This stunning exploration of butterflies from around the world is a companion to My Book of Birds. Geraldo Valério grew up in Brazil, watching white butterflies visit the vegetable patch behind his house. As he got older, he learned more about these unique and beautiful insects, which can be found on every continent except Antarctica. In this gorgeous album, Geraldo presents his favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.78 VALOster, Maggie.
Summary: Provides instructions for making herbal vinegar and for adding herbal flavors to bottled vinegar, and shares recipes for vinegar-flavored condiments and dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.622 OSTOster, Emily
Summary: "In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting, the big questions in this age come up less frequently. But we live with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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Summary: Surveys the fads, fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the comfortable, high-living 1920s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HERHerald, Jacqueline.
Summary: Looks at how the fashions of the 1970s reflected the social, historical and cultural events of that decade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HERHerald, Jacqueline.
Summary: Explains the techniques, design, and modern changes in such crafts as pottery, basket making, carving, painting, printing, and embroidery in countries around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745 HEROster, Emily
Summary: "From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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Summary: "Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious -- capable of inciting a full-blown grammar war at the splice of a comma, battles readily visible in the media and online in the comments of blogs and chat rooms. With an accessible and enthusiastic journalistic approach, Ostler considers these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word OstlerWorster, Donald
Summary: A definitive biography traces the life of John Muir from his boyhood in Scotland up to his death on the eve of World War I and offers important insights into the passionate nature of America's first great conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUIR, JOHN WORKoster, Gloria
Summary: "Coyotes and badgers team up to hunt prey in this photo-filled nonfiction resource for young wildlife enthusiasts. One cunning coyote + one burrowing badger = a tremendous twosome! Discover how two vastly different animal species team up for a successful hunt. With sharp senses and speed, coyotes are skilled hunters on their own - except when their prey hides underground. Cue the badgers! These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023