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Publisher / Publication Date: Snow Lion Publications 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel DalaiMordden, Ethan
Summary: Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic," by Opera News, which compares his books to "dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion." The "preeminent historian of the American musical" (New York Times), he "brings boundless energy and enthusiasm buttressed by an arsenal of smart anecdotes" (Wall Street Journal). Now Mordden offers an entirely fresh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.0974 MORSchleese, Jochen.
Summary: Humans and horses have been joined for thousands of years, and for much of that time, one thing has served as the primary point of physical contact between them: the saddle. However, for many horses and many riders, the saddle has been no less than a refined means of torture. Horses have long suffered from tree points impeding the movement of their shoulder blades; too narrow gullet channels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 SCHDillon, Michael
Summary: "Now available for the first time--more than 50 years after it was written--is the memoir of Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka (1915-62), the British doctor and Buddhist monastic novice chiefly known to scholars of sex, gender, and sexuality for his pioneering transition from female to male between 1939 and 1949, and for his groundbreaking 1946 book Self : A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology. Here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fordham University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DILLON, MICHAEL DILHemmleb, Jochen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 HEMThies, Jochen
Summary: What did Hitler really wanted to achieve: world domination. In the early twenties, Hitler was working on this plan and from 1933 on, was working to make it a reality. During 1940 and 1941, he believed he was close to winning the war. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berghahn Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 THIGrant, Kesha
Summary: "Introduces the reader to women's rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 GRAGresh, Dannah.
Summary: Presents guidelines for mothers of young boys to help them maintain proper morals and values, focusing on protecting them from negative influences and guiding them to a life for God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.845 GREGushee, Lawrence.
Contents: Dramatis personae -- Before the beginning -- The first season -- The second season -- The third season -- The final season -- Life and music after the band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GUSLossing, Benson John
Summary: "The Battle of Bull's Run, so disastrous to the National Arms, and yet so little profitable, as a military event, to the Confederates, was in its immediate effects a profound enigma to the people of the whole country. They could not understand it. The Confederates held the field, yet they did not seek profit from the panic and flight of their opponents, by a pursuit. The Nationals were beaten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 2001
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Summary: Argues that contemporary economic theories, particularly those concerning efficiency and wages, favor the rich over the poor, and that there are better, more just options.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 ADLGessen, Masha
Summary: "On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother Dzhokhar was captured and ultimately charged on thirty federal counts. Yet long after the bombings and the terror they sowed, after all the testimony and debate, what we still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 GESGessen, Masha
Summary: Hailed for her "fearless indictment of the most powerful man in Russia" by the Wall Street Journal, award-winning journalist Masha Gessen is unparalleled in her understanding of the events and forces that have wracked her native country in recent times. In The Future Is History, she follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each came of age with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 GESGessen, Masha
Summary: "An analysis of the destruction the Trump administration has waged on our institutions, the cultural norms we hoped would save us, and our very sense of identity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 GESMoore-Lobban, Shavonne J.
Summary: "Black women experience domestic violence and abuse at a disproportionately high rate. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this first-of-its-kind book addresses the unique struggles faced by Black women who have experienced domestic violence, and empowers them to understand and heal their trauma, leave harmful situations, and regain a sense of safety and freedom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 MOOHesse, Josiah
Summary: "Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall's Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)--and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating "runner's high" they all seek"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 HESAshe, Geoffrey.
Summary: Ashe offers convincing proof that Arthur not only existed, but was more like the Arthur of legend than historians ever suspected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.01 ASHLossing, Benson John
Summary: "The Battle of Bull's Run, so disastrous to the National Arms, and yet so little profitable, as a military event, to the Confederates, was in its immediate effects a profound enigma to the people of the whole country. They could not understand it. The Confederates held the field, yet they did not seek profit from the panic and flight of their opponents, by a pursuit. The Nationals were beaten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LOS VOL 3Lossing, Benson John
Summary: "The Battle of Bull's Run, so disastrous to the National Arms, and yet so little profitable, as a military event, to the Confederates, was in its immediate effects a profound enigma to the people of the whole country. They could not understand it. The Confederates held the field, yet they did not seek profit from the panic and flight of their opponents, by a pursuit. The Nationals were beaten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 LOSHesse, María
Summary: "Frida Kahlo fue algo más que dolor y angustia. Quiso ser fiel a su arrolladora personalidad y se convirtió en una artista llena de vida. Su pintura es sangre y sufrimiento, pero también fiesta, color. Fue una luchadora que decidió ponerse el mundo por montera, una mujer apasionada que no se conformó con estar a la sombra de su gran amor, el pintor Diego Rivera, y peleó por alcanzar cada uno de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2016