Burton, Valorie
Summary: Encourages readers to set new personal norms in their lives that guide them on a path to purpose, success, and fulfillment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 248.843 BURLuiselli, Valeria
Summary: "Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights thecontradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear--both here and back home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 LUIValério, 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 VALSioras, Efstathia
Summary: The landlocked Czech Republic is not a large country, but it has a rich history. Known for its architectural treasures, lush forests, and a strong literary heritage, the Czech Republic was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was united with Slovakia under the name Czechoslovakia before its peaceful independence in 1993. Since then, the Czech Republic has become a stable and prosperous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943.71 SIORuelas, Valeria
Summary: "Discover the vibrant culture of brujeria and embrace your own inner witch with this essential guide to spellcasting, spirit worship, tarot, crystals, and all the other elements of this increasingly popular lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2022
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Summary: Discusses the anatomy of the human heart and the functions of the cardiovascular system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 612.1 VIELintner, Valerio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GIOSchaefer, Valorie Lee.
Summary: "Our best-selling body book for girls just got even better! With all-new illustrations and updated content for girls ages 8 and up, it features tips, how-tos, and facts from the experts. You'll find answers to questions about your changing body, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between. Once you feel comfortable with what's happening,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 SCHGrogan, Jake
Summary: "A collection of the true stories that inspired 202 of the world's most famous books"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 808.3 GROGioia, Robyn.
Contents: The world in 1565 -- Uncharted lands -- Spain in the 1560s -- Florida in the 1560s -- The Timucua, St. Augustine's Native Americans -- The founding of St. Augustine, 1565 -- Day of thanksgiving -- The site today -- Cocido (Spanish stew).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.9 GioiaGioia, Ted.
Summary: The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta--from legendary greats Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others--changed the course of American popular music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2008
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Summary: Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar—but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, the classic account that singlehandedly invented the genre of artistic biography and established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill rather than an intellectual pursuit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VASARI, GIORGIO ROWGioia, Ted
Summary: Gioia tells a 4,000-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval. He shows how social outcasts have repeatedly become trailblazers of musical expression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.9 GIOGioia, Ted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GIOOgas, Ogi
Summary: "Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 OGABodden, Valerie
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of chameleons, the color-changing reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why chameleons shake while they walk"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597 BODBodden, Valerie
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of jellyfish, the bell-shaped, oceanic invertebrates. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why jellyfish have squishy bodies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 593.5 BODBodden, Valerie
Summary: A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of peacocks, the rainforest birds whose males have showy feathers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why peacocks are so colorful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.6 BODBodden, Valerie
Summary: This revised edition surveys key aspects of snakes, describing the slithering reptiles' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures do not have legs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.96 BODBodden, Valerie.
Summary: "A basic introduction to crickets, examining where they live, how they grow, what they eat, and the unique traits that help to define them, such as their ability to chirp or 'sing'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Paperbacks 2011
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Summary: Provides a basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of koalas, Australia's tree-climbing marsupials.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.2 BODHansen, Valerie
Summary: "In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 HANBodden, Valerie
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of crabs, the widespread shelled crustaceans. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why crabs look as though they are headless"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2017