Gladden, Yolanda
Summary: Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GLARidge, Yolanda
Summary: "We can change the world with genetic modification--but should we? CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. If it sounds complicated, it is--but it's also one of the most powerful ways we can shape the future. And it's poised to completely upend the way we think about science. Author Yolanda Ridge tackles this topic in a friendly and accessible tone, with two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2020
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Summary: "A step-by-step guide to becoming successful as a freelancer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 BLABeramendi, Rolando
Summary: Presents over one hundred twenty recipes for authentic Italian fare, including such dishes as farro soup with black kale, Tuscan-style lasagna, roast pork belly with wild fennel, swordfish torte, and panettone bread pudding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 BERToland, John.
Summary: "A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people - from Hitler's personal chauffeur...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 TOLToland, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5352 TOLBerglund, Bruce R.
Summary: "During World War II, a group of homesick Polish soldiers took in an orphaned bear cub and named him Wojtek. As the bear cub grew, he became friends with the soldiers, lifting their spirits as he learned to imitate them around camp. Later, Wojtek was helpful by carrying many heavy shells during a large battle in Italy. Learn how Wojtek showed his courage in battle and earned the rank of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BERBoland, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 MicToland, John.
Summary: Chronicles the outlaw era of John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, and Machine Gun Kelly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 TOLToland, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1980
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Summary: Describes the mixture of gases that make up air, the different ways in which air becomes polluted, and the various efforts being made around the world to clean it up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.789 SAPGamal, Adam
Summary: "The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit--an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: Topics include: tips on how to recognize great song ideas and make them work; how to tell a story, express a point of view and effectively unfold a plot; do's and don'ts of the writing process; A to Z checklist to rewrite and fine-tune a song; tricks to push your art beyond the ordinary; insights about the art of successful collaboration; sample proposal letters and lyric sheets; advice on how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allworth Press 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cool Springs Press 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kitchen Sink Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CAPKamp, David.
Summary: One day we woke up and realized that our "macaroni" had become "pasta," that our Wonder Bread had been replaced by organic whole wheat, that sushi was fast food, and that our tomatoes were heirlooms. How did all this happen, and who made it happen? Journalist Kamp chronicles the transformation from the overcooked vegetables and gelatin salads of yore to our current heyday of free-range chickens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.013 KAMLazenby, Roland
Summary: "Seventeen-time all-star; scorer of 81 points in a game; MVP and a shooting guard second only to Jordan in league history: Kobe Bryant is one of basketball's absolute greatest players, a fascinating and complicated character who knew when he was a mere boy that he would be better than Jordan on the court. The debate about whether he achieved that is a furious one--but Kobe has surpassed Jordan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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Summary: "It can be hard to know what to believe, especially when what looks or sounds like a legitimate news story is tainted with bias and opinion or is riddled with flat-out lies and disinformation. Media bias and disinformation are two different things, but they often share the same purpose: to manipulate how members of the public think and act rather than allow people to make up their own minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kitchen Sink Press 1988
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Summary: "In 1970, in soundstage on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of men and women of various ages and races met to finish the first season of a children's TV program. They had identified a social problem: poor children were entering kindergarten without the learning skills of their middle-class counterparts. They hoped, too, that they had identified a solution: to use television to better...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 KAMRoland, James
Summary: "This book explores the latest discoveries about black holes while also exploring various theories and discoveries throughout history and even looking into the future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.8 ROLSmith, Roland
Summary: "Did you know that brown rats were brought to the United States in the eighteenth century on a ship from England? Or that thousands of exotic pets were released into the Florida Everglades after a hurricane in 1992, leading to today's booming Burmese python population? All over the country, non-native species from around the world have been introduced to our lands, irrevocably changing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company 2023